U-Boat Fleet Off New Jersey Coast Sinks Many Ships
Reports from New York and Atlantic ports recount German submarines off the New Jersey coast sinking several American vessels, with crews rescued and ports from Norfolk to Boston closing to outgoing ships. Accounts describe multiple U boats near Barnegat and Nantucket, captains detailing attacks and bombings, and Navy efforts to safeguard coastal routes as ships vanish or are halted.
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Bhoats
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North Sea
Capital Employes Strike Nationwide City Workers Walkout
Washington reports nearly 1,000 city employees striking for higher wages. Most quit in street cleaning and water departments after demand for a eight hour day was refused. Madrid dispatch notes Spanish plague spreading to Morocco with influenza like symptoms.
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Madrid
Hax
Morocco
Omaha and Dakota Men Listed in War Casualty Roll
Names from Owa Nebraska and South Dakota appear in a wartime casualty list. Reports show Sergt Eugene Cy McKibben from Madison, D and Frank A Meverely wounded. Arthur Mccullough and Elbert Stone listed as wounded. The piece recounts action details, submarine encounters, and ships Cole and Edwin H Cole incidents near the Atlantic coast with warnings and denials from authorities.
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Dineare
Towans
Nebreakans
South
Madison
Frank A Meverely
Boker
Hkblad
Erf Sgowrie
Cor
Francis D. Dote
Heavy movement of troops into Italy report
Geneva reports Swiss frontier troops observe increasing Austrian infantry and artillery movement from Bozen toward the Italian front. At St Elvie pass, Austrian garrison strengthened as Emperor Karl heads to the front this week. Premier Orlando visits the Italian front to boost soldiers ahead of expected Austrian offensive.
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Pont
St. Elvie Pass
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Rome
Orlando
Oheér
Supreme Court strikes down federal child labor law
Washington DC June 4 The 1916 federal child labor law restricting interstate production was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court Injunctions restraining enforcement were dissolved and a Palm Beach case involving a mill and its workers was noted, with names obscured in the report
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Supreme Court
New Hospital
Palm
Children Beach
Jew Dee Court
Night in the Trenchen Cunningham Fight Ends in Wounds
German troops or mob clash described with nine bullet wounds in a lone fighter. Comrades rushed to aid him as he lay fighting, amid chaotic trench scenes and old lines. Unclear names and places but vivid wartime action noted in fragment.
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Hank You
Cunningham
Ingle
de Municntion
Hila
Plot to Overthrow Bolshi Regime Reported in Russia
Widespread plots to oust the bolshevik government are reported in Petrograd and Moscow with Moscow declared in a state of siege. The counter revolution spread reaches Kuban and Don regions threatening depots and Ukraine grain routes. Armas urged workmen and peasants to counter revolutionaries amid mutinies and railway seizures.
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Szecho-Slovaka
French Refugees Aided by Americans
Paris reports nearly 210000 refugees, mostly women and children, moved from the Marne districts to Normandy and Brittany. American motor trucks transport thousands toward countryside districts in the northwest. Scenes at the station are touching as Parisians greet the women and children with food and clothing gifts.
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Marne Diatchets
Normandy
Brittany
Paria
Coast Cities Fearful of Raid
New York got word of German submarine operations reported 79 miles off the New Jersey coast stirring fear of a possible attack on New York. Officials discounted submarines weaving through nets and defenses while experts debated the likelihood of an air raid launched from a submarine deck. Military officials noted anti aircraft guns are placed around New York and its suburbs.
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New York
New Jersey
New York City
Profiteering Exposure Highlighted by Treasury Records
President Wilson cites profiteering concerns as key to revenue legislation. Secretary McAdoo signals willingness to present treasury records to Congress if properly kept, strengthening calls for full disclosure.
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Treasury of Cynre
Wilson
Congress
Secretiry McAdoo
Senate
Treasury
Fairbanks Sinking Hope Fades After Attack
Indianapella Indiana June 33 Charles Warren and Was rapidly Sinise today. Tope fur Ws recovery bite been given up, Le has ben grains nearer for The Jet 48 Notes and we Ian very critical quae tic continnes than at ans 12 attack of weeks ago.
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Charles Warren
HUN LIE IS NAILED BY GENERAL PERSHING
Fragmentary wartime note references General Pershing and Hun Lie, with garbled OCR text through Washington and mention of March dates. Readable fragments mention military actions and Allied efforts, but details are unclear and names partially illegible.
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Hun Lie
General Pershing
Submarine menace grows as Atlantic reports mount
The Navy tracks German U boat activity near Norfolk and Nantucket with sightings from caps Henry to Bermuda. Submarine attacks drive fast ships to break from convoys as two tankers sink off an Atlantic port and a Canadian liner narrowly escapes.
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French Hold Marne Front Against German Push
Paris reportsGerman effort between the Marne and Ourcq checked as French forces counterattacked from Chateau-Thierry toward Paris. Heavy fighting raged 15 miles northwest with hundreds of prisoners taken and continued resistance along the entire front. News notes Haig reports only artillery activity on the British front and German attempts to infiltrate with large forces are being repelled.
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