Italian Victory Restores Piave Front As Austrian Drive Fails
Reporting from Rome and the Piave, Italian forces repelled the Austro-Hungarian offensive along a forty mile front. Bridges across the Piave enabled a steady pursuit with 2,000 more prisoners taken and hundreds of enemy killed or missing. Emperor Charles returned to Vienna after the setback as Rome praised the allied effort and Italian engineers restored lines to their pre offensive positions.
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Zenson
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Austria
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Capo Sile
Orlando
Zenson Loop
U S Planning 10 Furnish Big Guns
Washington reports discuss possible German breakthrough in France this summer and the need to speed up US field artillery production to back allies. Borland notes France may fail to supply guns, risking shifts in supply to the United States. Debate centers on cost plus contracts and profit limits with a possible stop watch efficiency amendment.
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France
Borland
House
United States
Americans cited for success on Toul front in France
A French army corps commander and a corps officer praised American troops after they repulsed German forces at Xivray on the Toul front. The citation lauded the American division and regiment, declaring the Americans superior to Germans and signaling what to expect when the Entente goes on the offensive.
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France
Xivray
Toul
Galesburg Launch Marks Sixth Ship for Standa Plant
The 7,500 ton steel cargo vessel Galesburg was launched at Mariners Harbor S. L. today in New York. Named after Chairman Edward N. Hurley birthplace, it is the sixth ship built by Standa Shipbuilding corporation at the plant. Mrs. Alice Beadle of Galesburg NL christened the vessel in a large crowd. The ship is 392 feet long.
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Edward N. Hurley
The
Shipping Board
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Mariners Harbor
S. L
Standa Shipbuilding Corporations
Alice Beadle
Hungarian cabinet plans resignation under Wekerle
London dispatch reports the Hungarian cabinet led by Premier Wekerle plans to resign with Count Tisza as potential successor. Earlier reports indicated the Austrian cabinet under Count von Seydler had resigned.
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Wekerle
Budapest
Count Tisza
Dr. Wekerle
Count von Seydler
German War Loan Aims to Push War Cost Past 139 Billion
Copenhagen dispatch cites Berlin Tageblatt: Reichstag to approve a new war loan raising total wartime cost to 139,000,000,000 marks. Berlin also signals possible reduction of meat rations soon.
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Reichstag
Berlin
Tageblatt
Names on casualty list highlights multiple states in June report
Washington June 24 62 American expeditionary forces casualties announced by the War Department. Eight killed in action four died of wounds two from disease 45 severely wounded three wounded degree undetermined. Officer Lieut Edward G Tomlinson Baltimore Md sole officer named. New England figures include KIA Priv Giro Arsolao Worcester Mass and severes John Palmndas Nashua N H Michael J Sullivan East Pepperell Mass. Wounded undetermined Arthur Mimbe New Haven Conn. Sunday list adds 56 names including Lieut James H Hughes Howe Tex died of wounds Lieut Don R Cope Yakima Wash killed in airplane accident Lieut Thomas Arthur Goodwin Chicago severely wounded Sgt Carl R Schncke Woodside N Y and several corporals and privates listed with addresses. Died of wounds and disease tallies also shown. Prisoners previously reported missing include Corporal George D McHugh New Haven Conn Frank J Alfano Bristol Conn Charles S McGovern Charlestown Mass.
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Baltimore
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Worcester
Mass
John Palmndas
Nashua
N. H
Michael J. Sullivan
East Pepperell
Arthur Mimbe
Maple Street
New Haven
Conn
Army
James H. Hughes
Howe
Tex
Don R. Cope
Yakima
Wash
Thomas Arthur Goodwin
Chicago
Edgar Beaudry
South Street
Woonsocket
R. I
Mihram Abram
Sea View Avenue
Bridgeport
Harry Flax
Brooklyn
N. Y
George D. McHugh
Tyler Street
Frank J. Alfano
Park Street
Bristol
Charles S. McGovern
Blue Hill Road
Charlestown
Inquest Set On Hagenback-Wallace Circus Train Crash
Gary Indiana June 24 Inquest into the deaths from the Hagenback-Wallace circus train wreck will be held in Hammond today. Officials will pursue responsibility while survivors perform under the Beloit Wisconsin big top. Engineer Alonzo Sargent will testify before the coroner's jury as the death toll climbs toward eighty five with many bodies recovered and others unfound or unrecognizable.
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Ind
Hammond
Beloit
Wis
Indiana
Alonzo Sargent
Indiana Public Service Commission
Joe Coyle
New Haven Weather Forecast For New Haven Area
Forecast covers New Haven and Connecticut: fair and slightly cooler tonight and Tuesday with partly cloudy skies. Central weather system over Nova Scotia and a trough over eastern Nebraska shape overall fair conditions, light winds, and cooler temperatures. Observations list scattered coastal and inland readings with New Haven at 62 and Hartford at 53.
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