Gigantic battle rages near Rheims and Soissons
Paris reports immense fighting as German forces press the center while Allies hold on the wings. French airmen aid in slowing the advance. German claims of prisoner captures rise to 35,000 as manpower drains draw on both sides. British raids southeast of Arras and patrol skirmishes add to the day’s action amid open-field combat.
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Attempted Raid on Paris Bombardment Reported
German airmen raided Paris last night but were repelled by heavy anti aircraft fire. Eighteen people were killed or wounded in yesterday's bombardment as Corpus Christi celebrations continued amid the long range German gunfire.
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Germans fail to seize Black Sea fleet claims
Amsterdam on May 31 reports via the Rhenische Westphalian Zeitung that the Germans did not capture the Russian Black Sea fleet. The fleet escaped from Sebastopol and was later destroyed by Russian sailors, leaving only a few Russian merchant ships taken.
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Labor mission returns to Atlantic Port with notable passenger
An Atlantic Port reports the American labor mission concluded several weeks abroad and returning to port. George F. Frey Butler, director of the British information bureau in the United States, was aboard the same ship.
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Sub Treasury Report Shows Gains From Banks in May
New York May 31 the subsidy gained 263000 from the banks on Wednesday marking the cash not gain since Friday of 2535000.
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88 Names In Two Casualty Lists
Washington May 31 There were 60 names on today’s casualty list divided into killed in action died of wounds accident disease wounded severely wounded slightly and missing in action. Seven lieutenants appear in the list with several killed in accidents and others severely wounded. The long roster names lieuts captains sergeants privates and a cadet among others from St Louis Jamaica Plains Mass Enfield Mass Grand Rapids Mich Wilmington Del and many cities across the United States. The May 31 list also details additional officers and enlisted men including George Squiers Koenne Crawford Cartland Miller and others with entries for died of disease and disease related causes and prisoners of war reported.
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St. Louis
William S. Stevens
Jamaica Plains
Stanley Belen
New York City
Robert L. Belen
Galtiic
Miss
Ira D. Cochran
Protection
Frank Colon
Aberdeen
S. D
Kenneth Edward Counter
Alden
Minn
Francis E. Dyer
Lake Arthur
Donald Gregg
Houston Heights
Texas
Carl M. J. Martinson
Stanley
Wis
Clarence L. Massey
Columbus
George E. Mooney
Glasgow
Mont
Frank A. Murray
Nunia
N. Y
Howard L. Spidel
Union Furnace
Penn
R. White
Southampton
George F. Atkens
National City
Cal
Lester W. Chase
Derry
N. H
Charles Messina
Marshall B. Nelson
Grand Junction
Mich
Charles Pouler
Louisville
Leslie L. Stokeley
Ellington
Robert Grit
Southern Mutual Ice_Co
Athens Plain
Mass
William N. Hewitt
Enfield
Frank P. Mereery
Fort Washington
Eugene D. Penn
Austin
Tex
Gordon J. Geeting
Chicago
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Claud Engram
Hawkinsville
Thomas W. McDermott
Albany
Daniel Albert Snyder
Buffalo
Lawrence Wolff
Brooklyn
Bert Lewis
Stockton
Don Francis Gundér
Puyallup
Wash
Humbert Hook
North
S. C
Isaac M. Vaughn
Singer
Clark H. Atted
Grand Rapids
Thomas D. Amory
Wilmington
Del
William P. Ridge
Cawood
George Fuss
Newark
Ohio
Claude D. Green
Effingham
Horton Creech
Harlan
Henry J. Cundiff
Defatur
Elmer Calvan Downer
Traverse City
Robert J. Eaves
Douzette
James W. Hicks
Williamsburg
Charles Joseph Murphy
Long Island City
Henry Musileka
Lake Andres
Henry Ruch
Waukesha
Isador Stupel
George Squiers
St. Paul
Edward A. Koenne
Rochester
James F. Crawford
Warsaw
William H. Cartland
Wakefield
Raymond D. Miller
Battle Creek
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Johnnie Jackson
Lamar
Willie Washington
New Orleans
Ralph F. Welles
Woodstock
Germans Capture Large Reserve of Munitions
Army experts report German forces in the Soissons and Marne drive claim to have seized vast munitions cannons and war material. French lines hold west of Soissons and along the Oise as American units prepare to join the battle, with estimates marking German losses as higher than allied ones.
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