French Drive Back Germans on Montdidier Front Near Matz River
Paris reports on the Montdidier Oise sector with French and American forces driving the Germans back to the Matz river. Heavy losses on both sides as the center and left wing consolidate gains, while attacks on Bouresches and Belleau Wood are repulsed.
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Pest
Monte Salient
Matz
X Ricard
Meli- Amelicocq
We Valley
Compiegne-Paris
Jegne
Gerar
Aisne-Marne
Coucuvres-et-Valery
Pierre-Aigne
Soissons
Belleau Wood
Les
Chateau
Amers
Ger
Picardy
Flan
Marne
Paris
Montdidier-Oise
Fre Wch
Bouresches
Nothern
Villers-Cotterets
Coueuvres-Et- Valsery
St. Pierre-Aigle
Coueuvres-Et-Valsery
Cutry
St. Pierre Aigie
Coueuvres- Et-Valsery
Montdidier
Antheuil
Croix Ricard
Meliocq
Aisne
Villers
Laverand
Coucuvre
Laversine
Bouresches and
Bell
Can
New Ordnance Plant Expansion for U.S. Guns
Washington June 13 The Midvale Steel Company plans a greatly enlarged plant to manufacture large caliber guns for the United States government. Officials announced construction of an immense ordnance facility after earlier plans showed the current plant could not meet the expected demand.
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Washington
Midvale Steel Company
United States
War Department
Plan to Seek 200 Million Dollar Power Plant Appropriation
Washington june 13. To make ex ons and improvements necessary electric power plants may meet demands made upon them by the war program an appropriation of 200000000 is to be asked of Bernard M Baruch chair of casen Industries board The plan is said to the Penking of the White House.
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Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
Casen Industries Board
White House
Five Divisions Engaged in Assaults on Aisne River
Paris dispatch reports five divisions employed in assaults along the Aisne river and the Vil forest. About 230,000 men were lost as casualties.
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London
Aisne
Paris
Air raid over Calais injures eleven including four children
An air raid over Calais in the early hours of June 13 injured eleven people, among them four children. Local authorities described the attack as a bombing raid with debris and damage reported across several residential blocks.
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Calais
Navy Dock in Boston Harbor Could Be Ready Soon
The massive Boston harbor dock project, started by the state, may finish in time for wartime use. Initial cost four years ago was two million, later rising to three million due to higher prices. Two options were before Secretary Daniels: finance Massachusetts to complete and lease to the Navy at fifty thousand dollars yearly, or reimburse the state and finish the dock under government control. Daniels did not state a favored plan.
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Boston
Daniels
Commonwealth
Navy
Massachusetts
Private Letters Reveal Harsh German War Strain
London reports private letters from Germany describe severe wartime hardship. Allies quote Berlin correspondents noting food shortages and rising unrest among the poor. rioting fears grow if shortages persist. Letters claim the wealthy face scarcity and call for peace as the war drags on.
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London
Germany
Berlin
Navy Pays Tribute To Armed Guard Of Steamship Tyler
Navy Department honors the armed guard of the steamship Tyler sunk by a German submarine on May 1. Commander Claude H. Ryan commended for leadership and arranging survivor return. Two crew members died Howard Risher Smith of Pittsburg and Jesse C. Sampson of Fletcher Oklahoma.
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Navy Department
Tyler
Washington
Naval Service
Claude H. Ryan
Guard
Daniels
America
Ryan
Winchester
Howard Risher Smith
Pittsburg
Jesse C. Sampson
Seaman
Fletcher
Okla
U boat scare spreads fear across New York
German prop balloon drops fiction about a night bombardment in Brooklyn cellars and wealthier residents fleeing to Chicago. Wall Street brokers stay downtown in seedy fantasies while Atlantic City and other resorts fear submarine shells and avoid bathing nymphs.
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France
New York
Woolworth
Atlantic City
Edward F Badmington Dead at Rockville Mill Office
Edward F Badmington 57 longtime American Mills Woolen worker and mill superintendent was found dead at his Rockville office. Death attributed to heart failure after a two year period of heart trouble. Survived by his father, three brothers, a widow, two sons, a daughter, and a sister. He held lodge memberships including Washington Commandery Knights Templar and Sphinx Temple Hartford and formerly served as secretary of the Rockville Fair Association.
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Edward F. Badmington
Rockville
American Mills Company
England
Washington
Knights Templar
Sphinx Temple
Mystic Shrine
Hartford
Rockville Fair Association
George
Albert
Move To Raise Age Limit
Washington notes eight million American soldiers in France will be needed to secure victory over Germany. Representative Julius Kahn, ranking member of the House military affairs committee, discussed plans to introduce in the December session a bill to extend the draft age limits to 18 to 45.
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Washington
France
Germany
Julius Kahn
House Military Affairs Committee
Waterbury Men Honored For Wounded in Action List
Waterbury reports two local men believed wounded in action from today’s notices. H. W. Mellon and Ray Moore are named in the roster though families have not yet been notified.
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Waterbury
H. W. Mellon
Ray Moore
Letter Sealed Blocked From Opening
A letter sealed with wax remains unable to be steamed open, its contents likely guarded by the intact seal. No further readable details emerge from the fragment.
Americans Hold Belleau Wood Bloodied German Attack
At dawn German forces attacked Belleau Wood and Bouresches with gas and artillery, but American troops repelled the assault and launched a counterattack. US gunners, masked by gas, and machine guns, drove back waves of storm troops. about 1,000 prisoners taken as Marines and Allies tighten control of the sector near Belleau Wood northwest of Chateau Thierry.
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Bert Ford
Marne
Belleau Wood
Bouresches
United States
Spouresches
North Belleau Wood
French War Office
Teutons
Chateau Thierry
Livestock Market Report From United States Bureau of Markets
Chicago June 13 livestock market receipts and prices. Hogs estimated 34,000 with bulk 16.20 to 16.50 and top 16.65. Butchers heavy 16.30 to 16.50. packing heavy 15.80 to 16.15, light 16.45 to 16.65, pigs 16.25 to 16.60. Cattle receipts 13,100 and market steady with beef good 16.60 to 17.90, cows 8.25 to 15.00, veal calves 15.25. Sheep receipts 9,000 and market steady with lambs 16.00 to 18.00 and feeders 13.00 to 14.00.
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United States Bureau of Markets
Chicago
Suffrage for Women Proclaimed by President Wilson
President Wilson proclaims political freedom for women worldwide after a memorial from England France Belgium Italy and Portugal suffrage leaders led by Carrie Chapman Catt. He notes the service of women in the war and asks if their debt of gratitude can be paid by granting suffrage.
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Wilson
Washington
England
France
Belgium
Italy
Portugal
Carrie Chapman Catt
Remains of Vessel Sighted Off Jeffries Banks
A large amount of wreckage indicating a torpedoed vessel was sighted today 40 miles south-southeast of this by Captain William Ison of Bailey's Island who arrived with a haul of fish. Ison reported an eight-foot deck house floating nearby with a man's coat and a flag on it.
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D. Me
Jeffries
William Ison
Bailey’s Island
Wilson
French Praise American Troops in Chateau Thierry Actions
Washington reports a June 9 American patrol entered a German trench and killed three enemy soldiers with no American casualties. Pershing quotes a French communique praising American bravery and coordination with French forces during operations around Chateau Thierry, including advances toward Bussaires Torey and Bouresches and notable acts by U S infantry and medical corps.
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Washington
General Pershing
War Department
Chateau Thierry
Picardy
Chateau’ Thierry
Bussaires
Torey
Belleau Wood
Bouresches
United States Infantry
United States
Norwalk Republicans Move to Unseat Sentinel Editor
In Norwalk June 13 the first ward Republicans caucused to unseat Ed Mund E. Crowe, managing editor of the South Norwalk Sentinel. Councilman E. G. Murp and John D. Milne backed the effort amid fallout from last October’s council election when Jeremiah Ocrat was elected mayor by a similar faction. The dispute touches Ni New Canaan, Darien, and W, signaling a showdown at the state convention.
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Publican State Central
Norwalk
Edmund E. Crowe
South
Crowe
New Canaan Darien
Unclear notes signal Balkan tensions and German front activity
Dispatches from Washington and London describe Bulgarian aims in northern Greece and a looming major German offensive on the western front. Reports mention prisoners at Geneva and a statement that a large attack is yet to come, with Jerry Reidy noted as a prisoner.
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Washington
Macedonia
Geneva
Switherland
Bulgaria
Greece
London
London Evening_Ns
Days Get Setback in Senate Today
Washington reports a major setback for the wartime dry move as Senator Ellison Smith says President Wilson opposes a prohibition rider to an appropriation bill. Senators withdraw support from Jones amendment amid White House uncertainty. Senator Simmons warns the price of abolition would reach about 1 billion dollars and hurts federal revenue.
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Washington
Congress
Ellison Smith
South Carolina
Agriculture Committee
Wilson
White House
Senate
Smith
Simmons
North Carolina
Finance Committee
Sighted submarines report aboard trans Atlantic liner
Passengers arriving from a Dutch port on a neutrals owned liner say two German submarines of the largest type were sighted during the voyage. One followed for half a day and a third boat was seen 300 miles off the coast moving eastward. Customs and U.S. Army intelligence searched the liner which carried 612 foreign passengers.
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Opteh
Wasplot
Neutrals
United States Ary
German Reserves Intact As Battles Continue
London reports from a authoritative source that Prince Rupprecht has kept most of his divisions intact despite some units being engaged. German losses have been heavy in recent days though overall reserves remain sizable as the Aisne fighting continues and a new thrust may target Paris or threaten the allied lines.
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Prince Rupprecht
London
International
Paris
Flanders
Rheims
How To Help War Bonds Thrift Lesson For All Citizens
Edward W. Barrett urges thrift as a national duty in World War I era rhetoric. The piece stresses saving, buying war savings stamps and liberty bonds, and diverting luxuries to government needs. It frames the effort as a people’s war demanding sacrifice from all, not just the wealthy.
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Ingham Age Herald
America
Germany
France
The Rent Ghost in Philadelphia Ledeer Tale
A potential buyer jokes about a haunted home as an agent reassures him the ghost is well trained and under control. The exchange reflects a lighthearted, period-voice gag about property and superstition in a Philadelphia context.
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Philadelphia
Fashionable Divorce At Greenwich Court Showdown
Wealthy Greenwich broker John A sues wife Margaret for divorce in Superior Court with George Bowles named as co respondent. Foreign born hotel workers from Harrison, N Y testify to alleged infidelity offsetting society circles. Bullard outlines complex multiple marriages and prior divorces as the case promises to be one of the era’s most hotly contested trials.
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Superior
John A
Greenwich
Margaret
George Bowles
Harrison
N. Y
Bullard
St. Joseph
West
Stock market advances and mixed closes in June session
Vigorous buying led steel stocks higher at the opening with Bethlehem Steel and Midvale rising strongly. Reading and Distillers showed gains while American Sumatra Tobacco fell sharply. Copper and leather issues also climbed. grains finished lower in Chicago trade.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel B
Midvale Steel
Baldwin Locomotive
Crucible Steel
Reading
United Cigar Stores
American Sumatra Tobacco
American Hide & Leather
Central Leather
Distillers
Tennessee
Mexican Petroleum
Westinghouse
United Steel Common
Roundup of Disloyalists After Seattle Naturalized German
Washington June 13 Attorney General Gregory ordered a general roundup of disloyal naturalized citizens following the interment of Carl Swelgin of Seattle the first naturalized German to be interned Swelgin had lived in the United States twenty years and was naturalized in 1913 He was convicted of dangerous activities Orders directed United States attorneys to report instances of disloyalty among naturalized citizens
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Washington
Gregory
Carl Swelgin
Seattle
O. Swelgin
United States
Department of Justice
Elks Parade to Honor Flag Birthday in Middletown
Middletown plans an elaborate flag birthday celebration with a parade from Main Street to St John’s Square and a town hall program at 8 pm. Leo B Santangelo will command the parade with Colonel Elliott and staff leading machine gun companies from Middlefield and Cromwell.
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Middletowns
Leo B. Santangelo
Josep Elliott
Middlefield
Cromwell
Grand Army of the Rt B. P. O. Elks
Order of Knights of Columbus
St. Red Men
Order of Mai
Main Street
St. John's Square
Mimi
Leo B
Tangelo
Ellis’ Hall
Town Hall
William E. Stroud
Squire
Lang Syne
Joseph P. Quirk
Patrick L. Dolan
Lucien F
Middletown
Orange and Black staff hold final meeting after dismissal
High school notes report the Orange and Black staff meeting in the afternoon after the last dismissal. Pupils headed to room 24 for college entrance exams. Miss Chase's English class lists Raymond Dunn, Everett Rochette, George Wrubel, Walter Hubbard, Thomas Siegel, Mary Kavanaugh, Edith Turner, and Marjorie Turner.
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Miss Chase
Raymond Dunn
Everett Bond Rochette
George Ort Wrubel
Walter Law
Hubbard
Thomas Siegel
Mary Margaret Kavanaugh
Edith
Marjorié Turner
Marriage Announcement of Miss Sue T. M and Sergeant J Slamin
Miss Sue T. M of 269 William Street and Sergeant J. Slamin of Fort Strong Massachusetts were married at the Cathedral on June 10 1918 by Rev William Joy with Miss Laura Brink and Sergeant Harry A Allman as attendants.
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Sue T. M
William Street
J. Slamin
Fort Strong
Mass
Cathedral of Holy
William Joy
Laura Brink
Thig
Harry A. Allman
Tranquil Traders and War Finance Sentiment
The New York Evening Post reports that stock markets held steady despite German offensives in Picardy and the Somme. Analysts note Wall Street’s lack of panic, with some viewing German prospects as doomed, while Swiss observers warn that German exchange may worsen with any victory, signaling eventual bankruptcy.
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New York Evening Post
Picardy
Somme
Flanders
Assals
Wall Street
Germany
Philip
Switzerland
Japan Postwar Coal Field Expansion Report
The report notes steady postwar Japanese advances in coal resources. It highlights efforts to map and exploit coal fields, with focus on building capacity in Japan’s industrial energy sector and securing supply through regional exploration and development programs.
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Japan
Halien
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