Battle Front Updates From Western Front July War Dispatches
July 6 war bulletin notes limited action in the Picardy theater with raids repulsed near Xivray and near Amiens. French and American positions hold, Germans fail to break through in Champagne Ramene and Chaume wood as renewed assaults attempt in the Vosges region.
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Vosges
War Office
Champagne
Ramene
Chaume Wood
Xivray
Ermans
Aume Wood
Vos
German activity on Picardy front reported by British Official
July 6 British official report notes great German activity in the Villers-Bretonneux sector and Ancre valley on the Picardy front. The war office says a few prisoners were captured in poor encounters nearby. Hosiery has been active between Bretonneaux and the Ancre. no further reports.
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Villers-Bretux
Ancre
Picardy Front
War Office
Bretonneaux
Women Swap Husbands and Divorce at Mineola
Two couples once close neighbors in Rockville Centre filed a double divorce after long marital strain. Mrs Verity and Mrs Frost were named as co respondents in the action, while J Frost and Elbert Verity Jr. were named by their spouses. Final decrees followed days later ending the swapped marriages.
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York
Mineola
Elbert
Verity Jr
E. Frost
Verity
J. Frost
Verity Bere
Frost
Rockville
Centtl
Returning Transport Covington Sunk with Six Missing
The Covington, formerly the American liner Cincinnati, was torpedoed and sunk off the French coast. Six crewmen are missing and presumed dead, with all officers and most crew injured but salvaged to land, while a Navy inquiry is requested into their fate.
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Covington
Explosion Threat Hits Atlantic Company Plant Fire
A fire at the Atlantic Company motion plant in Was narrowly prevented from becoming a catastrophe when an explosion occurred near gunpowder. A watchman rescued a missing man, sixty horses burned, and damage reached about $30,000. The incident prompted the States Employes Compensation Commission nomination of Charles H. Verpasine to a commission post.
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Hamtic City
N. J
Atlantic Company Motion
Charles H. Verpasine
States Employes Compensa
Sharing-house Statement York July 6
Sub-treasury reports exchanges totaling 622 397 dollars with ees of 55 653 068. The document lists 76 287 as a base amount and outlines related financial movements for the period.
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York
Sub-treasury
Ees
Sub Treasury Report Notes Friday Banks Disbursement
July 6 report indicates the sub treasury will disburse funds to banks on Friday. The item notes financial flows and timing for banking operations. It references the Treasury and banking counterparties in the period.
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Treasury
The
Sub-Treasury
Germans Captured by Yankees Ready for Fir
German prisoners in American headquarters area in France stand in line with Yankee mess kits awaiting a meal. The image caption notes readers can request a photographic copy by sending ten cents to the Division of Pictures, Committee on Public Information, Washington, D. C., referencing photograph No. 11,970.
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France
Division of Pictures
Committee On Public Information
Washington, D. C
Photgraph
President May Mull Plan For Joint Action In Russia
Washington reports a White House cabinet session on the Russian situation with Secretary Lansing Baker Daniels Admiral Benson and aides reviewing maps of Siberia and Persia. Officials expect a forthcoming entente plan to save Russia for world democracy with economic and military aspects, not a general intervention. General March later joined the talks.
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Washington
Entente
Wilson
White House
Lansing, Baker and Daniels
William 8. Benson
The
Bayy
Benson
Siberia
Russia
Persia
Lansing
General March
Another Circus Train Smash in Ohio Fog
In Girard Ohio on July 6 a Barnum and Bailey circus train collided in heavy fog with a New York Chicago Erie passenger train. One man Thomas A Tooney was killed and several others injured. Circus train men said no flagman had been sent to warn them. The circus train was traveling from Youngstown to Warren, Ohio.
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Girard
Ohio
Thomas A. Tooney
Youngstown
Warren
Wage Hearing Adjourned In Bridgeport Controversy
Bridgeport officials adjourn the wage hearing before War Labor Board examiner H. S. Hannon after employers said data could not be ready by Friday. The session, held July 6, appointed investigators to work with manufacturers and employees. Evidence of alleged union discrimination at Remington Arms surfaced amid wage demand talks.
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Bridgeport
Examiner
H. S. Hannon
War Labor Board
Examiner Hannon
C. H. Rice
T. A. Russell
Remington Arms Company
Thomas M. Daley
New York Mob Figure James Reilly Faces Life Term
New York on July 6 James Reilly aged 65 known to the underworld as Gimpy Gipps faces a life term in the penitentiary for robbery. Reilly first convicted in 1882 for robbery and later marked an habitual criminal in 1910 after multiple convictions. Under the law, another conviction now carries a life sentence.
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New York
James Reilly
Gimpy Gipps
Reilly
Policy toward Russia still under consideration in Washington
Washington July 6 officials said the president has not yet decided on policy toward Russia. He will act only if he believes action serves democratic Russia, with debates over allied aid and intervention ongoing. Military experts largely oppose intervention, preferring focus on the western front, while diplomats support economic and military aid.
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Washington
Wilson
Russia
Kerensky
Supreme War Council
Versailles
Belgium
France
Italy
Rev James E Dougherty Dies At 75 In Hartford
The Rev James E Dougherty chaplain of Mt St Josephs Home died in Hartford Conn yesterday aged 75 He was educated at St Giles College Maryland and St Mary's Seminary Baltimore after early life in New York City where he was born He served the church for many years and was widely known in the area
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James E. Dougherty
Hartford
Conn
Mt. St. Joseph’s
St. Giles College
Maryland
St. Mary’s Seminary
Baltimore
New York City
Port of Portland News And Local Notes From Shore to River
The article records varied local items across Portland including a 6 o clock start for three nights of an eo movement and return of Fourth holiday travelers. River conditions delayed small boats while a severe thunderstorm with hail caused minor damage. The Rev W H Johnson was ordained at a Meriden church. A French wood chopper toppled wood into Higganum Cove. coal delays threaten electric service. A giant firecracker blew a Pease’s post off. Steam yacht owner Engineer George H Bishop hosted friends. Captain Fred Carroll runs boat for Columbia Granite Co. Briggs band elects Whitaker president Wells vice president Dudley secretary Wellser member. Middletown Plate Co boilers to be reset during shutdown. Edgerton brothers cruise shoreward, with Capt William Lawrence steering. Jasper D Sibley drafts Durant school addition plans. Gildersleeve ferry sold to Fisher's Island buyers.
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Portland
W. H. Johnson
W. G. Fennell
Meriden
Lemuel Hart
Old Saybrook
Higganum
Portland Electric Light Co
Pease’s
George H. Bishop
Fred Carroll
Columbia Granite Co
Briggs Band
R. H. Whitaker
Charles FE. Wells
C. E. Dudley
Clarence E. Wellser
Middletown Plate Co
Hog Cholera Outbreak Expands in Stamford Farm Stock
In Stamford on July 6 five more pigs died from hog cholera, raising total fatalities to 17. Leroy M. Chapman, Stamford farm bureau supervisor, and a team of assistants race to control the outbreak.
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Stamford
Leroy M. Chapman
Stamford Farm Bureau
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