Artillery Dominates West Front In World War I News
Frank Charlton reports that artillery leads the western front action as French regain ground against a German offensive between Montdidier and the Oise. Allied gunners trade shell for shell. British and French forces capture prisoners, while German raids falter. Paris reports heavy night activity and air superiority by Allied forces with multiple German aircraft downed.
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Montdidier
Oise River
Aisne
Rheims
Champlat
Bligny
French War Office
Champagne
Montdidier-Oise
Picardy
Villers-Cotterets
Chateau Thierry
Weather forecast for New Haven and Connecticut
Forecast from New Haven on June 15 calls for fair weather tonight and Sunday with little temperature change. Connecticut expectations mirror this, with light west winds and mainly fair conditions, while a broad high pressure system over the lake region supports fair, cooler conditions east of the Mississippi and a trough over the western states brings unsettled, hotter weather. Observed temps across listed cities show generally clear skies with mid-60s to mid-70s readings, including New Haven at 67 and Hartford at 58.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Lake
Mississippi River
North Dakota
Arizona
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Block Island
Boston
Buffalo
Cinginnati
Chicago
Denver
Detroit
Hartford
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Nantucket
New Orleans
New York
Norfolk
Northfield
Pittsburgh
Portland
St. Louis
Ee Paul
Washington
American Wounded Cheered In Paris Arrival
American dough boys wounded on the front arrive in Paris as the American colony gathers to greet the first trainloads. Soldiers grin from windows and steps of crowded coaches aboard hospital trains marked U S A, amid cheers and patriotic display.
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Paris
Compiegne Shelled as Germans Press Latest Offensive
The article describes Compiegne being shelled by German forces as part of a new western battle. It notes the town's strategic rail and road junctions, heavy artillery and gas shells, fierce fighting near Carlepont wood, French morale, and the arrival of American troops reinforcing the front. It suggests Compiegne could endure like Rheims as Germans confront the Allied resistance.
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Gordon Knox
Compiegne
Paris
Doegan
Aisne
Mr. Knox
Montdidier
Oise
Carlepont Wood
Germany
Ction
Rheims
Verdun
U Boats Active Here After 12 Hour Chase Off Virginia Capes
Atlantic port receives thrilling report of a 12 hour running fight between the British steamer Author and a German submarine off the Virginia capes. Captain Aitken notes shells and depth charges had no effect and the U-boat finally withdrew. A Norwegian captain described a camouflaged sub with iron bulwarks and an elevated bow, mistaken for a 200 foot freighter, as crew bragged of dances held on deck after sinkings.
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Atlantic
Keemun
Virginia
George Aitken
Virginia Capes
Aitken
Bratland
Vinland
Italian Front Active With Alpine Artillery Duel
Amsterdam reports a moderate big gun duel along the Alpine Italian front with artillery exchanges. Italian reconnoitering detachments near the Piave were repulsed. A British airman attacked the Austro-Hungarian base at Cattaro and was shot down. A French attack lasting 12 hours north of Devoli in Albania was repulsed.
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Amsterdam
Austrian War Office
Senna
Piave
Cattaro
Macedonia
Devoli
Albania
Sub Treasury Report Shows Bank Gains in New York
The Sub-Treasury report from New York on Friday shows a gain of 3,903,000 dollars from banks. The figure reflects daily banking movements and liquidity in the financial sector.
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Sub-Treasury
New York
Army Casualty List Shows 81 Names From AEF
Washington June 15 Highty one casualties in the American expeditionary forces were announced by the department divided as follows killed in action died of wounds disease accident and wounded severely and degree undetermined. Sixty three casualties in the marine corps attached to the AEF were announced at marine corps headquarters eight killed in action and 55 wounded severely. Officers listed include Captain Jewett Williams Langdendorf Switzerland and Captain Amel Frey Athens Georgia. Several lieutenants and sergeants are named with Wounded Severely and Died of Disease or Accident notes. Continued on page three.
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Department
Marine Corps
Army
Jewett Williams
Athens
Amel Frey
Langdendorf
Switzerland
Russell A. Warmer
Washington, D. C
Elmer E. Silver, Jr
Woburn
Mass
Marine
James McBride Zellers
Lexington
Davis A. Holliday
Marion
S. C
John D. Bowling, Jr
Upper Marlboro
Hassan Adolph Briesse
Rice
Minn
William Fleming
Cuba
Kansas
Jens C. Anderson
Clear Lake
Thomas J. Connelly
New York
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Clovis
Cal
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Stockton
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Detroit
Mich
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Pittsburgh
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Excelsior Springs
Maine
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S. Medford
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Alois A. Parg
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Wye
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Wilks
Elmira
George Francis Dickerson
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James F. Daley
Old Forge
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New Gretna
N. J
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Newark
Joseph Startz
Liberty
Kan
Henry Turnage
Wynne
Ark
John Mospoduras
Zurutoio
Minsk
Russia
James J. Finnegan
New York City
Charles Metge
Brooklyn
N. Y
John G. Dierkes
James T. Mahoney
Charlestown
Clyde G. Sanborn
Butler
S. D
Robert O. Smith
Waycross
Sidney S. Stetson
Tarentum
John B. White
Sunkirk
Wagoner
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Salina
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Manchester
Tenn
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Ironwood
William C. Brown
Crossville
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South Bend
Ind
Ken Cook
Dorothy
W. Va
Joseph J. Covaleskie
Mr. Carmel
Kenneth L. Daugherty
Centerville
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