German Foreshadowed Drive Fails at Compiegne End
United Press war expert J W T Mason reports General Foch defeats Hindenburg’s Compiegne plan, saving channel ports at Calais Boulogne and Compiegne. Paris and London fronts show limited gains for Germans as French and Allied artillery clash along Oise Marne fronts. Plans for Paris defense continue with evacuation drills while local raids yield prisoners.
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United Press
New York
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Compiegne
Hindenburg
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Flanders
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Noyon
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Compegne
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Marne
Paris
Oise and
French War Office
Olse
Aigne
Rheims
Champlat
Bliday
Freoch
Pfi
Ithe
Champagne
Draft rules free Irish and Australians under treaty terms
United States and Great Britain outline a military convention listing draft exemptions by nationality and age. Irish and Australian subjects in the U S are exempt while Americans in Britain and Canada face limits, with ages 21 to 31 exempt from draft under the pact pending Senate ratification. The notes detail reciprocal limits and future extension safeguards between the two nations.
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Great Britain
Canada
Washington, D. C
United States Senate
United States
Lord Reading
Lansing
American aviator downs five enemy aircraft in a day
Paris reports Sergeant David Putnam of Brookline Massachusetts downed five German planes on June 10. Three of the victories are official while two await verification, potentially giving Putnam 13 total and unseating Frank Baylies as America’s ace. Putnam had previously been awarded the French War Cross.
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Paris
David HE. Putman
Brooklin
Mass
Germany
Putnam
Lieut-Frank Baylies
New Bedfod
Rene Fonck
Frank B. Baylies
Israel Putnam
Three Subs Sunk By Troop Ship Convoy
Wellesley college unit aboard a troop ship convoy reports three submarines sunk on a round trip overseas. Letters received today describe the action with the ships involved and the fate of the submarines.
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Wellesly
Mass
Wellesly College
Bavaria Faces Meat Shortage as Meatless Weeks Ordered
Copenhagen reports Bavaria orders meatless weeks due to serious shortage. Home secretary issued the order after advices received. Separately in Prague, twenty five workers were court martialed for mutiny after refusing to work.
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Copenhagen
Bavaria
Home Secretary
Prague
OBRIEN S NOSE BROKEN IN NARROW ESCAPE
San Antonio reports Lieut. Pat O Brien, celebrated American hero of the Royal Flying Corps, is nursing a broken nose and various cuts in the Kelly Field post hospital. He congratulates himself on yet another near miss and recovery.
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O'Brien
San Antonio
Tex
Lieut
Pat O'Brien
Royal Flying Corps
Kelly Field Post
Navy Officials Warn of Shortage as Warship Plans Loom
United Press reports Navy officials in Washington warn of a critical officer shortage to crew nine destroyer squadrons proposed for deployment abroad. They urge adding 33 rear and vice admirals by mid 1919 and expanding naval personnel to 131 485 enlisted, plus clearer district command to support operations along coast and canal defenses.
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Naval
Palmer
Benson
Rotary Daniels
Admiral Bayley
Panama Canal
Great Lakes
Chicago
Akai Aesliaalin
Promotion Day at Camp Dodge Details
Des Moines Ia June 17 three first Promoted to captains in national army Saturday Cedric Potter Omaha Owen E Horn Minneapolis and Alva M Drake former aide to Brig Gen R N Getty also of Minneapolis Sixteen second lieutenants were made first lieutenants JAPAN MARINES IN CHINA Swatow treaty port near Canton Japanese marines landed Sunday as unrest at the port prompted the move according to an official announcement Tokyo reports said.
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Des Moines
Camp Dodge
National Army
Cedric Potter
Omaha
Owen E. Horn
Minneapolis
Alva M. Drake
R. N. Getty
China
Tokio
Swatow
Canton
Erect More Sirens in New York During Air Raid Warnings
New York reporters note additional warding was installed today to sound air raid warnings. The sirens reportedly have a carrying power of two to three miles, expanding alert coverage across districts.
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New York
Vessel Keemun Fights U-Boat Off Virginia Coast
United Press reports a British steamer Keemun engaging a German submarine off the Virginia coast in a running battle Thursday night. The U-boat fired five inch shells as the Keemun returned fire, with both sides moving at high speed and claims of a hot exchange lasting seven miles. A second sea clash was reported by Errest Lutes arriving from Charle on the North.
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United Press
Atlantic
Virginia
Virginia Capes
New York
Ertest Lutes
Charle
Kaiser Calls Home All German Soldiers in Russia
A terse wartime dispatch reports the Kaiser orders the return of German troops stationed in Russia. The message emphasizes strategic withdrawal and raid-free redeployment, with emphasis on maintaining command and control amid ongoing hostilities.
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Kaiser Cails
Russia
Revolt Reported In Austria Hungary Amid Front Tensions
United Press dispatch from London reports a revolution and serious rioting in Vienna with limited details. Meetings urging peace at the fronts are held in Hungary as Austrian shares slump on Amsterdam exchange amid tension in Austro German affairs.
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London
Austria
Vienna
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Amsterdam
Hungary
Amaterdam
Baron Burlan
Olen
Berlin
Pabea Agency
Madrid
Bread Conservation Must Go On Despite Big Crops
United Press reports Food Administrator Hoover said America must continue to conserve wheat until allies' granaries are filled. Despite a harvest boost, millions of bushels are cut, and marketing restrictions may tighten as a 1 billion bushel crop looms. Millers face new limits and bidding rules to curb speculation.
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United Press
Washington,d. C
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Nebraska
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Iowa
Chicago
Yankee Aviators Battle Way Back
The first American bombing raid behind German lines in France succeeds with favorable results. American planes faced heavy anti aircraft fire near Dommary Baroncourt but reached a railway junction, dropped bombs in a circle of smoke, and returned to base while German fighters pursued. Comrades cheered the pilots on arrival.
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Associated Press
France
Germany
Dommary-Baroncourt
Dommary
Wireless Relays Hint German Threats From Harbor Alarms
United Press reports German fleet emits repeated wireless alarums from harbor as Hindenburg presses for a sea offensive. American allied fleet monitors signals distinguishing battleship traffic while anti submarine work advances with rising probable sinkings listed by the Navy.
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Carl D. Groat
United Press
Washington, D. C
Hindenburg
United States
Britain
Navy Department
British casualties for last week total 33892
London June 15 British casualties published during the week ending today totaled 33892. They were listed as killed wounded and missing with figures shown for each category. The totals include a mix of regiments and units reported in the weekly summary.
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London
Attssing
Tal
Stentor
Tamo
High official held on espionage charge
London June 17 Sir Alfred Vernon said to have held an important post in the ministry of munitions was charged at Bow Street with conspiring with Sir Joseph Jonas former mayor of Sheffield who was recently arrested for communicating information useful to the enemy.
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London
Alfred Vernon
Ministry of Munitions
Bow Street Air Court
Joseph Jonas
Sheffield
Most of Wounded In Ranks In Three Weeks
Chicago dispatch reports Surgeon General Gorgas says about eighty percent of American wounded will be returned to fighting within three weeks of injury. He praises unusually high army health standards. A New York item notes postal telegraph dispute with the Commercial Telegraphers’ union settled.
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Chicago
Gorgas
New York
The
Postal Telegraph Company
Commercial Télegraphers’ Union
Tad Niall
Kenyon Plans New Push on Child Labor Law
Washington June 17 Senator Kenyon will introduce a bill to bar all firms involved in making and selling products manufactured by child labor. The proposal aims to curb child labor in all stages of production and distribution. Eddie Foy dies aged noted stage figure passes away.
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Washington, Dy
Kenyon
Troops to France Increase as U S Forces Grow
Senate military affairs committee heard that more than 1,090,000 American troops would be in France as war departments say troop shipments continue at capacity. General March noted American forces are being sent steadily, with the number limited only by ship capacity, as Allied plans focus on Paris and Channel ports amid ongoing German offensives in Picardy and Flanders.
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Picardy
Metz
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France
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War Council
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Boata
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Paris
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