Marines Win Brilliant Marne Advance From Chateau Thierry Front
U S Marines fighting with French troops push forward across a 2 1/2 mile front in the Neuily sector near the Marne, seizing high ground northwest of Chateau Thierry and reaching Corcy edge by 5 p m. The assault, begun at 3 45 a m, drives German troops from positions, with French forces delivering support and prisoners taken. Soldiers describe fierce fighting, with Marines advancing amid star shells and heavy fire, while civilians and officials observe the dramatic scene along the Marne line.
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Marne
Neuily
Marne Battle Front
Chateau Thierry
Teutons
John H. Marks
Thornton
Ark
Marks
Navy
Marines
New York Carmena Strike Shuts City Transit
More than three hundred workers of Union Railway Company in the Bronx and Westchester walk out after a union meeting. They demand fifty cents hourly rise and union recognition with women employed on streetrail lines a factor in a broader strike feared across New York lines. In New Jersey, strikers plan talks with city officials and Federal Mediator John S Rodgers to settle a trolley shutdown affecting northern New Jersey.
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Bronx
Westchester County
Central Federated Union
Newark
N. Y
Public Service Corporation
New Jersey
Thomas L Raymond
John S. Rodgers
Air Attack on Paris Ends With Minor Damage
Paris reports a night raid by twenty German airplanes causing one death and several wounds with some material damage. Alarm sirens and heavy gunfire woke residents before midnight and a brief air barrage followed until the all clear at 1 a.m. In London, John Clynes said Britain remains food secure despite U boats. New Haven notes a concrete company suspends operations for the war duration.
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Paris
England
London
John R. Clynes
Ministry of Food
House of Commons
Great Britain
America
Clynes
Ireland
Concrete Company
New Haven
Connecticut Concrete Company
James H. McDonald
McDonald
Chapel Street
Bennett Returns from Washington Conference on Motor Trucks
Hartford June 7 Charles J Bennett state highway commissioner returned from Washington where he attended a conference on operation of motor trucks for Return Load Bureaus and Rural Express called by the Highways Transport committee of the Council of National Defense. The result expected is development of motor truck movements nationwide following the Connecticut idea.
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C. J. Bennett
Hartford
Charles J. Bennett
Washington
Highways Transport Committee
Council of National Defense
Connecticut
State Treasurer Frederick Chamberlain Announces Retirement
New Britain Connecticut June 7 State Treasurer Frederick S Chamberlain said he will not seek re nomination at the Republican state convention in Hartford this month. Elected four years ago and two years later he also serves as New Britain city treasurer. A brutal man would be an ornament to any morgue.
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New Britain
Conn
Frederick
Chamberlain
Hartford
Forty eight names in casualty list announced
Washington reports forty eight American Expeditionary Forces casualties broken down by action with officers and enlisted ranks. Killed in action include Lieutenants Robert B. Anderson Wilson Grosvenor P Cather Henry W Clarke and Brig Gen Robert E L Michie among others. Died of wounds listed for Lynn Harriman Welborn Pridy Duncan Grant Earl Neville and others. Died of disease include Brig Gen Michie and Major Priddy, while several others died in aero accidents. A long roster of corporals sergeants privates and a few wounded or missing follows with many cities and states named. Weather note follows.
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Robert B. Anderson
Wilson
N. C
Lynn H. Harriman
Concord
N. H. Welborn
Pridy
Chicago
Robert E. L. Michie
Staunton
Livingston L. Baker
San Francisco
Cal
Duncan R. Grant
New York City
Earl H. Neville
Winona
Minn
Robert M. Noble
Galesburg
Ill
Red Cross
Wilson N. C
N. H. Wellborn
S. Priddy
Otto G. Abbott
Newkirk
Oklo
Robert Finnegan
Pitsburgh
Herman Hansen
Edmore
Mich
William L. Baxter
St. Paul
Ind
Mike Christianson
San Pedro
Cala
W. Gosnell
Greenville
Oe Keen
Pinelo
Miss
Leon R. Mathews
Springfield
Far Hills
N. J
Benjamin C. Wood
Lynn
Mass
Duncan
R. Grant
New York
George E. Finickle
Huron
S. D
George Jacob Frymire
Monmouth
Emanuel G. Williams
Morristown
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