Marines Deliver Severe Blow in Tosy U Sector Action
Reports say American Marines and French forces pressed from Veuilly la Poteries to Torcy and advanced to the edge of Torcy while commanding the railroad east of Chateau Thierry. US troops gained kilometers on a four kilometer front and captured prisoners as they pressed through German lines amid heavy machine gun fire.
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France
Veuilly-la-Poteries
Bussiares
Bouresches
Vimy
Veuilly-la- Poteries
Haute Vesnes
Chateau Thierry
Torcy
No Man's Land
Profiteers report hints at high profits in key industries
The Internal Revenue Bureau prepares a report for Congress on profit levels by class after the Senate's request for information from income and excess profits tax returns. Coal operators oil producers mining industries and wool and cotton manufacturers show high profit rates. Taxpayer identities will not be disclosed.
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Washington
Senate
Internal Revenue Bureau
Congress
Locate Enemy Property Aid Urged By Palmer in Washington
Alien Property Custodian Palmer urges the public to help locate enemy owned property. He cites extended powers under the president’s proclamation and asks citizens to report property and the names of executors administrators or custodians connected with those classes of enemies.
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Washington
Palmer
Wilson
United States
Socialist candidate sentenced to 20 years in Leavenworth
Orville C. En eld, running against James V. McClintic in Oklahoma City's Seventh District, was found guilty by a federal jury of conspiracy to obstruct the selective service law and received a 20 year prison term at Leavenworth, Kansas.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Orville C. Eneld
Congress
Jas. V. McClintic
Seventh Congressional District
Leavenworth
Kan
Hospital Ship Mine Strike Off English Coast
The hospital ship Koningin Regentes carrying English delegates to the Anglo German war prisoners conference at The Hague struck a mine off the English coast. Four firemen died while the rest aboard were saved by the hospital ship Lindoro.
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the Hague
Koningin Regentes
Lindoro
Austrians mass divisions for Piave offensive
Dispatches from Rome report an Austrian offensive expected within days. About 60 of Austria’s best divisions are being moved and cavalry is massed on the Lower Piave as the push appears near.
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Washington
Rome
Piave
Fliers Die in Collision at Ambergieu Airdrome
Paris reports three French aviators Gaillauroux Hutin and Flamand were killed when two planes collided on approach to land at Ambergieu airfield. The crash occurred during a routine landing, ending the careers of the three seasoned fliers.
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Fliers
Paris
Gaillauroux
Hutin
Flamand
Ambergieu
We've Got Fritz's Number at Chateau Thierry
Crowds cheer wounded American soldiers arriving in Paris from the Chateau Thierry line on the Marne. A Hoboken lad and a companion reportedly captured two German machine guns, taking the crew prisoner before he was shot four times. His wounded friend died, but the survivor staggered back to safety.
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Paris
Chateau Thierry
Marne
Fritz
Hoboken
Kamerad
Governors Call Farm Labor to Colors in War Mobilization
Gov. Manning told the State Council of Defense that farm labor furloughs must be waived and farm workers in Class 1 be called to colors. He warned the United States may face trouble in Mexico and could deploy an immediate army to Russia to break a potential western front stalemate as U-boat activity suggested further actions.
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Columbia
D. C
Manning
Washington
State Council of Defense
United States
Mexico
Russia
New Railway Regiments Formed for France Service
Organization of five new regiments and 19 battalions of railway engineers for service in France is near completion under Samuel M. Felton director general of military railways. They will add 60,000 men to those already engaged in railroad construction and operation in France. Nine regiments have crossed, six in construction and three in operation.
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Washington
France
Samuel M. Felton
Military Railways
War Department
Dome of Massachusetts Statehouse to be camouflaged
Boston reports the gilded 23 carat dome of the statehouse will be painted or covered with canvas to reduce visibility for potential air raids. The statehouse commission, after talks with army and navy officials, notes the dome’s 500 electric lights have not been used for over a year.
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Boston
Statehouse
Statehouse Commission
Army
Navy
Cold Wave Strikes Central Europe and Holland
A sudden cold wave has hit Central Europe spreading to Holland and Scandinavia. Local snowfalls hail storms and severe frosts are reported with widespread damage to grain fruit and potato crops.
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Amsterdam
Europe
Holland
Scandinavia
Jersey City and Hoboken Prep Air Raid Lights Dimming
New Jersey towns including Jersey City and Hoboken moved to warn against air raids. Cities dimmed street lights and prepared defenses as part of an expected national alert and civil defense measures.
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Jersey City
N. J
New York
Hoboken
New Jersey
Interned Suspect Brecht Identified in Army Supply Fire Case
Leo Miller, arrested in the inquiry into a fire that destroyed $1,000,000 worth of army supplies, was ordered interned by a local Department of Justice representative. He is identified as Brecht, an alien.
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St. Louis
Leo Miller
Department of Justice
Brecht
Generals Put On Shelf in Berlin Retirements
London reports four German generals have been retired on half pay per the Berlin Kreuz Zeitung. Named are von Kebler von Helchow Bromers and von Wurob. The move signals a downsizing of senior military command in Germany.
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London
Berlin Kreuz Zeitung
von Kebler
von Helchow
Bromers
von Wurob
Germans Threaten State Secretary Clash Over Spy Exchange
Washington notes from April 20 reject Germany’s demand to exchange spies Captain-Lieutenant Franz von Rintelen and Siegfried Paul London. The United States defends international law and warns that German prisoners’ fate hinges on adherence to the rules, with von Rintelen in Atlanta and London born in Leipzig and naturalized in New York in 1887.
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Washington
Lansing
Franz von Rintelen
United States
State Department
Siegfried Paul London
Warsaw
Germany
Leipsig
Russia
New York
von Rintelen
England
Great Fund
Count von Bernstorff
Atlanta
Kaiser
Siegfried Paul Lendon
London
Mary Leonhard
Ban on Signs May Be Renewed in Washington
Fuel Administrator Garfield warned that the daytime sign ban could be reinstated if electric signs remain lit during daylight under daylight saving. He noted many signs were on despite the rule and announced J. B. Neal as Director of Production of the Fuel Administration.
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Washington
Garfield
J. B. Neal
The
Fuel Administration
NAB GERMAN SPY SUSPECT IN ATLANTIC COAST SIGNS
In Atlantic City a man naming Fritz Flage is held by police as a suspected German spy tied to coast signs since submarine activity began. Detectives found maps of the Atlantic Coast with routes to Philadelphia New York Boston Baltimore Hoboken and Norfolk plus gun forts explosives and a coded book in his room.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Fritz Flage
Atlantic
Naval Intelligence Bureau
Virginia
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Hoboken
Norfolk
Bolshevik Offer to Surrender Black Sea Fleet
Paris reports Bolshevik Foreign Minister Tchitcherin sent a wireless to Ambassador Joffe in Berlin stating the Soviet government is ready to surrender the Black Sea Fleet to Germany. Conditions require ships be restored to Russia after peace and that Germany refrain from using them, ending the German invasion of Russia.
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Paris
M. Tchitcherin
Joffe
Berlin
Havas
Moscow
Black Sea
Germany
Russia
Massachusetts Women Face War Draft Movement
A Western Newspaper Union dispatch reports a drive in Massachusetts to draft women into war work. Activists urge passage of a law forcing women to contribute to victory, criticizing leisure activities that distract from patriotic effort and planning a public enrollment of eligible sisters.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Mass
Belfast steamer torpedoed by German submarine reaches Irish port
A Belfast steamer torpedoed by a German submarine while en route from England reached an Irish port badly damaged. Three crew members died in the explosion. The submarine fired at least four torpedoes, three of which missed. The ship was steered to port despite extensive listing after daybreak. The crew, having abandoned ship, returned to save the vessel while the forward deck remained awash.
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London
Belfast
England
First of Four Government Shell Filling Plants Opens
Washington reports the first of four large Government plants for filling shells with explosives is now operating. All plants should be in operation by August, at a total cost near 5 million dollars. Each site spans 2,000 to 6,000 acres and daily shipments include 100,000 three inch shells, 48,000 six inch projectiles, 16,000 eight inch or larger shells, and 15,000 of the 4.7 howitzer shells.
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Washingston
C. C. Williams
Ordnance
Baker
Chicago to St Louis Air Mail Flight Authorized
Authorization for the first airplane postal flight between Chicago and St Louis was received from Assistant Postmaster General Prager. Aviatrix Katherine Stinson, who recently flew to New York, will be sworn in as a mail clerk and depart June 22 on the St Louis trip to survey the route and assess aero mail viability.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Prager
Katherine Stinson
Aviatrix
New York
City Employees to Aid Harvest Assistance Plan
Owensboro officials announce a coordinated harvest effort with 25 city employees offered at no cost to farmers. Additional workers will be sent to rural districts to help harvest the wheat crop expected early in the week.
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Owensboro
Hickman
Will Launch New Ships In Pacific Northwest Drive
Seattle and Portland will launch four steel ships each on July 4 with Tacoma adding one, while wooden yards pledge fourteen more ships to respond to the Shipping Board appeal to make Independence Day memorable for the enemy.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Northwest
United States Shipping Board
Portland
Tacoma
Steamer Sunk Off Maryland Coast Reported
Two whalers from New Bedford state they were held by a German submarine off Cape Hatteras. Captain J T Gonsalves of the schooner A M Nicholson says he pleaded his poverty and was spared with his ship and a $20000 sperm oil cargo intact.
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New Bedford
Mass
Cape Hatteras
J. T. Gonsalves
A. M. Nicholson
Ninety Percent of Cantigny Wounded Expected to Recover
Paris reports the principal surgeons of the American Army Medical Corps estimate that 90 of every 100 American soldiers wounded at Cantigny will recover. The wounded were evacuated quickly from the front as the battle raged.
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Paris
Cantigny
American Army Medical Corps
Three killed and six hurt in St Clairsville crash
In St Clairsville Ohio three people died and six were injured in a collision on the National road east of town. Victims include Mr and Mrs William Cellers of Bellaire and Lilia Paden aged one of Martins Ferry. Cellers, president of the Bellaire Brewing Co, is among the deceased.
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St.Clairsville
William Cellers
Bellaire
Lillia
Paden
Martins Ferry
Here
Cellers
Bellaire Brewing Co
House Protects Birds Under U S Canada Treaty
Washington report of a House adoption of a bill to implement a treaty with Canada for song and migratory birds. The treaty sets a three and a half month open season for game birds in both countries, and the measure now goes to conference.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Authorities Seek W W in Lumber Plant Explosion Deaths
Officials probe explosion at Schedunk Lumber Company power plant in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan. Two men died and a third worker sustained serious injuries as investigators pursue I W W sympathizers said to be employed by the company.
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Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
Schedunk Lumber Company
Freighter Aikoku Maru Stranded Off Pacific Coast
In dense fog the Japanese freighter Aikoku Maru struck a ledge off the North Pacific Coast and may slip into deep water at high tide. The vessel is said to be the first Japanese ship taken over by the United States Shipping Board, per a Merchants' Exchange message.
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Pacific
United States Shipping Board
Merchants’ Exchange
British Lose Destroyer St May in May 31 Collision
The British destroyer St May was sunk in a collision on May 31, with no casualties reported. The Admiralty announced details of the loss and relief efforts.
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London
St May
Admiralty
Wreck Near Shepherdsville Injures Ten on L&N Train
A Louisville and Nashville fast passenger train traveling from Cincinnati to Birmingham derailed four miles north of Shepherdsville near Huber Station after a split rail caused it to overturn at 60 mph. Six coaches derailed and two overturned, with ten injured, several may not recover. a relief train was dispatched from Louisville to assist.
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Louisville
Louisville & Nashville
Cincinnati
Birmingham
Shepherdsville
Huber Station
Loulaville
Western Canada soil analysis spurs prairie settlement boom
An expert report on Western Canadian soil praises lime, potash, phosphorus and nitrogen content, predicting strong crop yields. The piece notes settlers from the United States flocking to Calgary Edmonton Lethbridge Regina Moose Jaw Saskatoon to farm, bringing horses cattle and farming gear as volumes exceed prior years.
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Canada
United States
Western Canada
Stevens
State College of Washington
Pullman
Wash
Western
Brooks
Alta
Oak Harbor
Calgary
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Alberta
Regina
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
North Portal
Coutts
Kingsgate
British Columbia
Vancouver
Prairies
Medal Haarlem Oil Sold As Infalible Remedy
An old time home remedy, Haarlem Oil, claimed to cure pains back and joints, indigestion, insomnia, urinary issues, and stone problems. Marketed as imported from Netherlands labs, available in gold standard capsules labeled Medal brand. If unsatisfied, refund offered.
Offense Surges as Supply Fails to Budge
A wave of complaints persists despite a steady flow of offerings. Critics argue the issue remains unresolved while advocates urge patience and broader change across communities and institutions.
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HMS
Torey
U. S
City OF
Reims
Ure
Gov. Manning
South Carolina
Rintelen
Hun
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Maryland
W. W
Vay
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