Austro German offensive in Italy falters amid fierce fought front
Rome reports violent, widespread fighting along a 100 mile front in northern Italy. Austrians push across the Piave and into Asiago sector, but Italian, British, and French troops mount savage counterattacks, holding most positions as prisoners and air losses mount on both sides. The clash, described as the fiercest yet, continues with the line largely holding and Allied morale described as very reassuring.
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Austrian War Office
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Rome
Italy
War Office
Piave
Assago
Grappa
Monello
Monte Bello
Sandona di Piave
Asiago
Brenta
Monte Grappa
Middle Piave
Monte Asolone
Monte Solarola
Nervsa
Venice
Fagare
Oderza-Treviso
Asolone Height
Orth
Cessna
Jntil
Montebello
Monte Asolona
Fertica
Solarola
Porte di Salon
Adriatic Sea
Nebelmaschinen
Treviso
Cesuna
Nemar
Colnera
Ness Porte di Salton
Col
Meschini
Foreman Harry Spatcher Injured by Rock Blast Near Norwich
Harry Spatcher employed by Arrigoni Brothers was injured Sunday when a rock blast at a government project near Norwich caused rock to pierce a shack roof. He suffered a scalp wound and shoulder injury, treated at Backus Hospital. condition not as serious as initially feared. He is noted as a former police officer and long-time electric light worker.
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Harry Spatcher
Arrigoni Brothers
Norwich
Backus Hospital
Spatcher
Local Electric Light Co
Connecticut, Power Co
Arrigoni Brothers, Contractors
Names of 39 in Casualty List
Washington announces thirty nine American expeditionary force casualties. Six killed in action two died of wounds one from an aeroplane accident four from disease twenty four severely wounded one wounded and one missing in action. Officers named include Captain Albert S Tucker and Lieutenants Gahring Gilmore Thompson among others. Private Niver remains missing. Also note egg licensing for Connecticut and reports on American troop arrivals in Europe.
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Washington
War Department
Albert S. Tucker
Laredo
William Ross Gahring
Mt. Vernon
Samuel J. Gilmore
Brooklyn
Hugh Smith Thompson
Chattanooga
Tenn
Weather forecast for New Haven and Connecticut showers likely
Government weather report from New Haven on June 17 notes unsettled conditions with probable showers late tonight or Tuesday and warmer temperatures tonight. Observations across multiple cities record generally fair weather with clear conditions in several eastern coastal towns and scattered showers in northern regions. A low pressure trough extends from Canada to the Mississippi Valley influencing the area.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Canadian
Maritime Provinces
Middle
Mississippi Valley
New England
Lower Lake Region
Upper Lake
Rocky Mountain
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Block Island
Boston
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Chicago
Denver
Detroit
Hartford
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Nantucket
New Orleans
New York
Norfolk
Northfield
Pittsburgh
Portland
St. Louis
Or Paul
Washington
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Main Street
Johnson
George F. Redford
Corey
Tretia A. Glasses
Oderza-Trevio
London
Harry S. Gwynne
Tulsa
Charles F. W. Albrecht
N. Y
William M. Goodwin
Clovis
N. M
Dan T. Graves
Ellisville
Miss
Claude H. Myers
Browning
Pietro Natale
Lucca
Montenegro
Henry J. Robertson
Lockport
Ee Olkossky
Peohn M. Peterson
Rutland, N. D
George Jones
Norwood
Bonifass Miller
Erie
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Paul A. Wineholt
Laporte
Ind
Charles H. Buck
Jamestown
Arthur Simmons
Canton
Oklo
Alexander Sabo
Rahway
Joseph J. Balenger
Lowell
Mass
Barney C. Beckwith
Parkersburg
W. Va
Dewey Brewer
Indianapolis
James Donaldson
Jodie M. Ferguson
Timpson
Tex
Ralph M. Fox
Hershey
Merciario Garcia
Meadowbrook
Neil W. Gibson
Holley
Gustav C. Gunderson
Maddock
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Levi D. Johnson
Ayr
Fred R. Sawyer
Bismark
John C. Lisle
Columbus
Ohio
Harry R. Matten
Reading
Leo E. Mitchell
Amsterdam
Joseph R. Pace
Elizabeth
William A. Roe
Fort Wayne
Marion Sinatra
E. Boston
Clarence Stiff
Evansville
Wis
Robert S. Niver
Hudson Street
Conn
Edward E. Jurney
Huntington Street
Carl H. Nilson
Plainville
Boleslaw R. Sefcik
New London
Federal Food Administration
United States Administration
United States Food Administration
Washington, D. C
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Morning Post
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Middletown, Conn
Brainard & Logan
Middletown
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