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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1918
Page
1
Civilians report naval officers recalled from Switzerland and leave suspended as tensions rise. The base readies forces for imminent conflict with a stated aim to “expect battle soon” amid growing global tensions.
Carol Ryan, 14, a Bryn Mawr paper carrier, owns a town lot and garden earned from delivering The Star. She saves $5 monthly for thrift stamps and has not required new clothes for six years, with nearly 20 girl carriers already in the program and plans for more.
A Paris front dispatch reports American troops cooperating with French forces holding gains along a 10 mile front northwest of Chateau Thierry. The rapid deployment from Gisors reached line positions by June 1, with a thousand Americans in place guarding key approaches and filling a four kilometer gap with machine gunners, engineers, and rapid artillery resupply.
Allied lines report renewed German assaults against American marines northwest of Chateau Thierry. Gas shells and black smoke used to disorient them, but marines masked up and held Bouresches amid heavy fighting. Prisoners and collateral hits indicate significant enemy losses while reinforcements arrive for a renewed push.
The nation watched the solar eclipse from Goldendale and Chehalis, with government astronomers coordinating timing and 59 photographs planned during 113 seconds of totality. Sailors from Bremerton assisted, while Europe’s battles continued unseen.
Reports from Jacksonville and Biddeford indicate enemy submarines operating off Florida and Maine. A passenger steamer captain sighted a port near Mayport, while the Biddeford lightship crew observed a submarine seven miles off the coast. Unofficial totals show weekly losses of about 72,200 tons across ten ships with 14 known dead from the Carolina liner incident.
Captain Parker of the steamer Westerner said his ship was attacked by a submarine about 100 miles off Nantucket shoals last Thursday. Naval patrol boats appeared and the U boat vanished. He said another submarine chased him but he outran it in the open sea.
The Star Liberty Weekly previews a Sunday showing of the 2424 machine gun company from Camp Lewis visiting Mount Rainier. Soldiers are filmed climbing slopes and riding snow slides in Paradise Valley. Also featured are scenes of a solar eclipse and Hed Crane motor corps women learning tire changes.
Premier Lloyd George lauded American soldiers for superb valor and trained skill in the war effort. He said the flow of American troops is steady and crucial as the Allies face anxious times, stressing the moral stakes and the world’s future if the cause fails.
In Oroville California on a June day Mrs. H. Hamilton was scalped when her hair was pulled into a belt at Horst Bros vegetable drying plant in Wheatland. About seventy women workers witnessed the accident and many panicked. Mrs. Hamilton is reported in serious condition.
A thrift stamp campaign urges daily saving to support war effort. Information highlights small stamps as a practical, affordable step for families to contribute without large expenses.
Marines moved toward Paris in France as ambulances rolled along a French highway. Crowds of locals greeted the wounded and saluted as Marines raised a hand or waved from stretchers. France paid tribute to American heroism in what several observers called America s second Lexington.
Miss Enid Waite a 23 year old school teacher drowned in the Sacramento river near Putte City while bathing with Jackson James. James survived. Maresh Miller rescued him and resuscitated after an hour. The drowning occurred as Waite fought off rescuers near shore.
The Handelsblad reports a night clash off Vileland Island left one German seaplane in flames and sunk while seven Germans and five British seaplanes renewed fighting. Two British planes landed on Dutch soil and their crews were taken prisoner.
Gen. Pershing personally directed the Cantigny attack, the senate military affairs committee was told at the war council meeting. American forces halted the German advance just in time, preventing possible reach on French munitions plants and signaling the American-made victory from top to rookie.
One thousand soldiers will be in Seattle Saturday night seeking housing in private homes as hotels and clubs cannot accommodate them. Visit the Soldiers and Sailors’ club at Fourth and Cherry at 11 p.m. to take in a soldier or sailor, following last week’s short bed supply where five hundred were left without beds.
United Press reports French forces pressing on the Marne front near Chateau Thierry and west of Soissons with two repulsed attacks. In Picardy a raid near Loch is noted. German artillery active near Albert and long range guns threaten Paris alongside navy mobilization rumors. Russian activity includes peasant uprisings against German influence.
Allied and French forces push the front north of Clignon river advancing to Vinly Neuilly La Poterie and Belleau with Marine units cited for bold actions including a lieutenant who killed a German machine gun crew and a driver who returned four wounded men. A French botanist reports a dust clearing plant in Africa.
Paris reports French troops with American support repulsed two violent assaults south of the Oureq area and near Bouresches and Le Thiolet. Prisoners taken, lines held along Dammard Chezy and Neuilly La Poterie. Aisne front saw heavy cannonading near Verelles and improved positions southeast of Ambleny.
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