Marines Hold Bouresches as Allied Breaks German Line
United Press reports American forces in France push to Bouresches hold and retake ground along a five mile front amid heavy fighting near Chateau Thierry and Belleau Wood. Marines and French troops repulse counterattacks while the Amiens sector shows a German bulge and the Verdun area is referenced.
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the Marne
Verdun
Chateau Thierry
U. S
Amiens
Chairan Thierry
New Order Issued On Reexamining Exempt Men
Pro vost Marshal Gen Crowder issued orders to all local and district draft boards to reexamine exempted or deferred men to address a shortage of Class 1. The move targets those seeking Navy entry, shipyard workers, and others with special war work claims, with states like California and New York notably below Class 1 averages. Local boards will use questionnaires and possible personal reviews to reclassify to Class 1 or 2 where justified.
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Washington
Gen. Crowder
California
New Mexico
Iowa
Ohio
Kentucky
North Carolina
Missouri
New York
Massachusetts
Legal Advisory Boards
Crowder
Seattle
W. M. Whitney
Draft Board No. 6
War Department
Labor Joins C P S Rally in Seattle for 50 000 Members
Labor supports the Council of Patriotic Service rally in Seattle with shipyard workers organized for home war labor. The Electrical Workers union leads a permanent war work committee headed by W F Delaney. About 65 000 pledge cards and window shields have been distributed across 12 divisions and downtown blocks.
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Council of Patriotic Service
Seattle
Electrical Workers’ Union
No. 0
W. Fr. Delaney
Dave Fink
George Parr
Frank Tristin
G. A. Stark
J. H. Bowles
H. J. Titus
Chauncey Wright
County Council of Defense
Congress Shocked by Big Tax Bill for 1918 19
Secretary McAdoo proposes an $8,000,000,000 tax bill to fund war expenses, signaling two Liberty Loan drives before June 30, 1919. He urges taxes be raised sharply, including a heavy tax on war profits and a high levy on unearned income, to avert financial crisis.
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Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Kitchin
House
Ways and Means Committee
Britain
Ontario Draft Reserves Grow as 88,900 Men Called
Ottawa June 7. Eighty eight thousand men have been called under the military service act and 900 have complied. A surge in Quebec recruits is reported. It is believed the 100,000 to be raised will be in the colors before Parliament convenes.
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Ottawa
Ont
Uder
Quebec
Ball Saturday for Fort Worden Boys
A military farewell ball will be held Saturday night at the Armory for the 634 regiment stationed at Fort Worden. The regiment soon heads to France. Tickets cost 1 dollar and will fund comfort for the men, many of whom are Seattle residents.
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Fort Worden
France
Communda
Seattieites
Free Circus Ticket Contest For Local Students
Students are invited to submit ten or more sentences twisting the phrase Al Gaine’s Big Outing Wild Animal Circus. Daily prizes include twenty free tickets for three days. Contest runs ahead of the circus showing June 13 to 15. Mail entries to The Star Circus Contest Editor with name and address on the same page.
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al Gaines
James
Star Office
Dutch Steamship Koning Regentes Sunk by Mine
The Dutch steamship Koning Regentes was sunk by a mine in the North Sea while sailing from an English to a Dutch port. Four firemen were killed. Initially it was thought a British delegation to the Anglo-German prisoner exchange at The Hague was aboard, but the mission was later found to be on the BS. &. erat, which rescued the passengers and crew.
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Amsterdam
Koning Regentes
North Sea
The
Hague
BS. &. Erat
Koning Tregentens
Florid Gibbons Wounded Covering Marne Battle
Florid Gibbons, Chicago Tribune correspondent, was wounded last night while reporting on the Marne fight. He was struck in the eye and arm by machine gun bullets. his injuries are not fatal.
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Marne
Florid Gibbons
Chicago Tribune
Navy Yard Seeks Laborers and Mechanics
The Puget Sound navy yard at Bremerton seeks laborers helpers and mechanics. Applications should be made with the recorder board of labor to the navy yard office.
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Navy Yard
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Recorder
Board of Labor
Bremerton
Allies Push Bitter Combat In Marne Area
Paris reports heavy fighting northwest of Chateau Thierry as French and American forces push Germans back. British forces recapture Bligny while others seize ground near Neuilly la Poterie and Torcy Belleau front. French and American units take positions and prisoners across the front with intermittent shelling continuing.
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Marne
Oureq
Neuillly- La-Poterie
Hussiares
Vinly
Woods
Neuilly- La-Poterie
Torcy-Belleau-Bdurcaches
Aisne
le Pont
Fontenoy
Amableny
Chateau Thierry
Rheims
Bligny
Montdidier
Noyon
Austrian mobs threaten war factory sites as Russia parallel grows
Travelers returning from Vienna report widespread attacks on military works in Austria as unrest spreads. In Dalmatia and along the Croatian coast workers are said to have blown mines and sabotaged ports and canals, while in Bosnia Hungarian patrols have been massacred and railways disrupted.
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Berne
Austria
Russia
Vienna
Adriatic
Dalmatia
Bosnia
Battle Situation on the Western Front Today
United Press reports on day 405 of the war with gains for American and French forces northwest of Chateau-Thierry and a north Marne front advance. British recapture a town between the Marne and Rheims. French prisoners near Montdidier and Noyon. British raid in Bethune area. Lorraine theater sees night air duel. Austria Hungary nearing revolution in Vienna transit toward Switzerland.
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Marne
Chateau-Thierry
Rheims
Picardy
Montdidier
Noyon
Flanders
Bethune
Lorraine
Austria-Hungary
Switzerland
Vienna
Rusia
Submarine Raids Raise German Losses in Atlantic
Real Prussian frightfulness enters Atlantic raids as the Harpathian, a 2800 ton steamer, was torpedoed off the Virginia Capes. Captain Owen and 41 crew spent 26 hours afloat with scarce provisions amid sightings of two more subs. The attack lifts the German tally to 14 ships sunk. 35 souls missing from the Carolina. A 10000 ton liner arrived safely at a West Indian port. New York street lighting limits tighten, and a false air raid alarm causes Manhattan panic as police field calls.
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New York
Harpathian
Virginia Capes
Owen
Manhattan
German Parties Reported Agree on Peace Offer
Paris dispatch notes that most German political parties favor offering peace to the allies. Chancellor Hertling is expected to deliver a sensational Reichstag speech soon.
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Paris
Echo de Paris
Hertling
Reichstag
Food crisis sparks regional notices on revolt penalties
Damaged text reports warnings posted across the region from Grats to the sean. The notices declare revolt, desertion, or complicity in military transgressions punishable by hanging or shooting, reflecting a severe crackdown amid a severe food shortage.
Americans Worrying Hun Chief
Von Hindenburg fears U S forces on the Western front and concentrates German troops in Lorraine while hoping Americans cannot defend their positions and still aid Paris. Night artillery duels in Lorraine saw American batteries neutralize German bombardment.
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United Press
New York
von Hindenburg
Teutonic
Lorraine
Hindenburg
France
Paris
Channel
Quiet British Front in France Amid Local Skirmishes
The front near Morlancourt remained calm with no major ground action in the last 24 hours. About 30 German troops were repulsed with most killed as they attacked the position, while U S Senate days pressed for nationwide prohibition as a substitute measure after the Randall amendment failed.
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France
Morlancourt
Washington
Senate
Randall Honedry
Wilson
Hoover
Eclipsing Sun At Hand On Tomorrow Afternoon
A total solar eclipse is described as simple to understand with a leaf shadow illustrating the sun's rays being blocked. Readers are urged to observe the event beginning around 2 37 p m tomorrow afternoon using smoked glass to view the sun safely.
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Dame Nature
Seattleites Flock to Chehalis for Total Eclipse
Chehalis will witness totality at 3 55 p m as Seattle visitors converge urged by travel plans on the Great Northern and Oregon Washington trains. Fare is 3 02 each way with no round trip reduction. Weather notes and eclipse description follow.
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Chehalis
Seattle
Great Northern
Oregon-Washington
Moon Shadow Diagram Demonstrates Solar Eclipse
A sun diagram illustrates how the Moon blocks sunlight to cast a shadow on Earth during a solar eclipse. The illustration shows rays converging behind the Moon and the resulting umbra and penumbra on our planet.
Marines Drive Deep Into Belleau Wood Front at Thierry
American forces reinforced by French infantry pressed the German line northwest of Thierry and at Lucy le Cocage advanced across wheat fields to seize key positions. They cleared Neasly wood taking 100 plus prisoners and ten machine guns while other units captured 160 prisoners at Belleau wood Rouresches and adjacent railways.
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Marne
Thierry
Lucy-le-Cocage
Chateau Thierry
Bussiares
Torey
Bow Neuilly Wood
Belleau
Bouresches
No Man's Land
Neasly Wood
Belleau Wood
Rouresches
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Balandwehr
Anale
Woard
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C.P.S
Electric Union Busy
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Martin
Ontario
Fort Worden Boys
Chateau , Thierry
French War Office
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Atlantic Coast
J. W. T. Mason
Cantigny
Chateau- Thierry
North Front
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