Veteran 74 killed by automobile near Lake View cemetery
Webster P. Norrin a Civil War veteran aged 74 died moments after colliding with a car at Providence hospital following flowers laid at veterans graves at Lake View cemetery. Driver Mrs H B Langrell was released on recognizance and later exonerated. witnesses cited miscalculation and the car's slow speed as factors. Norrin leaves a widow and four children.
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Lake View
Webster P. Norrin
BE. Thomas ,Sr
Providence
H B Langrell
Terry Ave
Langrell
Tiffin
Norris
Langrel
American Troops Capture Cantigny After Fierce Assault
From a Cantigny frontline post Fred 8 Ferguson reports American infantry overran the village after a dawn assault. French tanks supported the attack as paired artillery and air observers pounded German positions, with prisoners taken and communications restored by signal corps.
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Fred
Ferguson United Press
Picardy
Cantigny
Great Plain
Bate
Signal Corps
Refugee Stream From Invasion Rises Across France
A journalist describes a vast exodus as families abandon homes in occupied France, piling belongings on wagons and steamers of transport. Women children and the elderly travel with livestock as young men fight at the front, while many seek any shelter while sorrowfully moving onward.
Lost N G Hun Title Finder Kept By Jack
A humorous note on a boy named Jack avoiding a German title after his father’s death on a Braail Plantation. His mother rejects titles, keeping Jack from the Kaiser’s label and letting him grow as a plain American on the Auburn California farm.
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Jack
Baron Johann von Hochstetter
Auburn
Cal
J. M. Fulweiler
British Haig reports minor operations on northern battlefronts
Field Marshal Haig announced minor operations on the northern battlefronts. Southeast of Arras a party rushed a German post and took prisoners. Northeast of Ypres patrol encounters yielded a few prisoners and machine guns. A raid near Robecq captured some enemy post personnel. Artillery activity occurred near Villers Arettoneux Albert and between Festubert and the Clarence River.
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Ypres
Robecq
Villers Arettoneux
Albert
Festubert
Clerance River
Sixty American casualties listed in US casualty roll
General Pershing reported sixty American casualties with 15 killed in action, 11 killed in accidents, four from disease, 15 severely wounded, eight slightly wounded and one missing in action. Names span many states including Illinois, New York, Texas, California, and Michigan.
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Washington
Pershing
Wagoner Chick MH. Campbell
Pittabure
Kaw
Geo
M. Abney
Mineola
Tex
Blanney Helen
New York
Hubert I. Helen
Aaitilio
Ira D. Cochran
Protection
Prank Colon
Aberdeen
Kenneth Edward Counter
Alden
Minn
B. Dyer
Lake Arthur
Donald Greeg
Houston
Malcolm K. White
Southampton
George F. Aickens
National City
Cal
Leater W. Chase
Derry
N. J
Charles Mensina
Marshall Hi. Nelson
Grand Junction
Mich
Chas Poulter
Lonteville
Leetiell. Stokeley
Ellington
Lieuta Wichard Anderson
Mt. Louis
Robert J Griffith
Athens
William
Htearna
Mase
William W. Newitt
Binfield
Frank PF. McCreery
Fort Washington
N. C
Cadet Frugene DD
Penn
Austin
Bob-Hergt
Gordon J. Greeting
Chicago
Claude Engram
Mawkineville
Thomas W. McDermott
Albany
Daniel Albert Bnyder
Duffaio
Lawrence Wolf
Brooklyn
N. T
Diabase
Corp
Bert Lewis
Stockton
Don Vrancis Gunder
THIRD
N. F. Puyallup
Humbert Mook
North
Jeane M. Vallahn
Dalliinger
Tes
Lieute Clark M. Apted
Grand Rapids
Thomas D Amory
Wilmington
Del
William Ll. Albers
Ridgewood
N.Y
George Fuses
Newark
Claude Green
Effingham
Morton Crech
Marian
Henry J. Cundiff
Decatur
Til
Elmer Calvan Doner
Traverse City
Robert J. Eaves
Doucette
James W. Hicks
Willamebure
Chas
J. Murphy
Lone Island City
Henry Mullek
Lake Andes
Henry Ruch
Waukesha
Wis
Leader Brupelman
William BH. Trussell
Honeapath
Sergt
Hh. Conell
Pitteburs
Clarence KB. Mitchell
Lansing
Clarence B. Ditty
Dillon
Mont
Joe HM. Lunner
Mt. Paul
Jobo Tobias
Neading
Wm. J Lay
Southington
Conn
America to Conserve Wheat for Allies
The Food Administration warned against relaxing wheat conservation rules. Americans should limit household consumption to one third to ensure allies do not face want.
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America
Washington
Food Administration
Three U S Hospitals Swept by German Machine Gun Attack
Picardy May 31 German aviators attacked three hospital tents in the American rear zone. Bombs and machine gun fire hit the clearly marked hospital settlement as American aviators prepared to lay flowers on graves for Memorial Day. French women and children led Memorial services with Salvation Army workers placing flags on graves.
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Picardy
Corpus Christi
Vatican
Cologne
Salvation Army
Arrest Sheriff in Slacker Probe
Montgomery news reports charges that 9000 men in Alabama are defiant slackers in armed bands, following the arrest of Sheriff H. A. Harris of Chilton County. Harris is accused of negligence failure to enforce the draft law and inefficiency.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabemna
Adjt
Hubbard
H. A. Harris
Chilton County
Harris
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