Allies Gain Good Positions in French Front Action
Allied forces extended gains on the Meuhlin Lutivent sector between the Orne and Aisne rivers, with Petain units penetrating German lines by about half a mile and taking 220 prisoners. British troops faced some reverses near Vouzincourt as Hale's fighters lost part of previous gains. German efforts to retake high ground yielded only a foothold in old positions.
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Petain
MeUhlin Sons Loutvent
Orne
Aisne
Hale
Vouzincourt
Government Will Retain Control of Pullmans Board
The railroad administration announced it will retain control of the Pullman Company to permit wage increases for sleeping car conductors porters and maids on the same basis as recent railroad employee advances. Rotterdam reports the Dutch cabinet will resign tomorrow per the Nieuwe Rotterdam Courant.
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Associated Prox
Washington
Pullman Company
The
Railroad Administration
Rotterdam
Nieuwo Rotterdam Courant
Two and a Half Million U S Troops to France
Paris July 3 reports Andre Lardieu head of the General Commission for Franco American war matters told the Petit Journal editor that in six months there will be two and a half million American troops on the French front.
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Associated Press
Paris
Andre Lardieu
General Commission For
Petit Journal
Explosion Kills Forty Five at Semet Solvay Plant
A deadly blast at the Semet Solvay Company plant in Syracuse New York on July 3 kills forty five workers and injures many more. Forty two bodies have been recovered and half the large munitions facility is destroyed with losses pegged above a million dollars.
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Associated Press
Syracuse
N. Y
Semet Solvay Company
Senator Tillman Dies After Cerebral Hemorrhage
Washington reports United States Senator Tillman veteran of 24 years in Congress and chairman of the Senate Naval Affairs committee died from a cerebral hemorrhage suffered last Thursday in London. Also reported are the deaths of Viscount Rhonda British food controller and Aryan Iding, with ages and causes unclear.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Tillman
Congress
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Two Million U S Forces In World War I Report
AP from Washington reports a wartime review showing 160 400 officers and 2 010 000 soldiers in the field with the colors. Production of Liberty motors exceeds 2000 weekly, and 286 aircraft delivered. Pershing notes heavy American advances near Vaux Voir De Le Roche and surrounding woods with captured trench mortars guns and aviators.
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Pershing
Vaux
Voir de le Roche
Chateau-Thetrry
Italian Forces Break Austrian Lines Near Grappa Front
Italian troops pushed forward along the lower Viave battlefront delivering hard blows to Austrian defenses. They captured about nineteen hundred prisoners with trench guns machine guns and war material and withstood an Austrian counter attack at the head of the San Lorenzo valley in the Grappa region after seizing key positions the day before.
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Itome
Lower
Viave
San Lorenzo
Grappa
Eddy County Draft Board Cancels Call 864
The Eddy County draft board cancels Draft Call 864 referencing a sixty who would have been called on the 25th. The notice notes the draft action is rescinded and details are limited within the communication.
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Lool Draft Board
Eddy County
Arrest of Archangel provincial officials reported by Bolsheviks
Washington reports the arrest of Archangel provincial government members by Bolsheviks as relayed by ambassador Francis Dalx Vologuda to the State Department. The Duma at Vologuds claims these officials failed to execute soviet mandates amid ongoing postwar unrest.
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Thussian
Associated Press
Washington
Archangel
Holsheviks
Francis Dalx Vologuda
State Department
Duma
Vologuds
Draft call cancellation notice from Eddy County
A dated Civil War era style missive from Ranta Fe New Mexico July 1 1918 informs that Eddy County has 102 men required under call 864 but since the addressee lacks those men the quota is canceled and no men need be sent. The letter is signed by a local official addressing seven gentlemen.
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Ranta Fe
N. M
Lee
Eddy County
Omy
Marine Casualties Involving A. Elie Worth Reported
A Marine corps dispatch from Associated Press notes casualties among naval and infantry units. The report names A. Elie Worth among listed service members, with details on injuries and status and notes on operations in coastal Colorado and nearby zones.
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Wil
France
Senator Tillman
London
Viscount Rhonda
Aryan Iding
Weahington
Nalties
National Bank OF Carlsbad
Federal Reserve Bank
Try
Dent
Military Committee
House
Reker
Dune
Captain Reid
Cline
Carlabad
MENT
First National Bank
Carlabad, N. ML
Comptroller of the Currency
Carlsbad
Carlsbad Light & Power Go
Associated Preps
S.— Marine
Juster A. Elieworth
Cripple Greek
Colo
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