Americans hold Chateau Thierry bridge despite heavy fire
An American machine gun battalion with French support held the Chateau Thierry bridge while repelling a German thrust on the left bank of the Mare. Casualties were light for the Americans, with one man killed and several wounded, as French forces gained a foothold on the eastern bank. Y M C A workers and volunteers assisted troops, with Miss Marie Herron of Cincinnati among the workers aiding in food and relief.
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France
L’ress
Chateau Thierry
Amer
Ern
Mare
Gerhill
Erry
Nans
Marie Herron
Cinnati
Taft
Marne
Jaulgonne
Postal postage hike sparks global rate alignment
The note explains that rising postal charges are linked to a wartime tax on mail and compares penny postcard rates across major nations. It mentions a new rate set by the exchequer and notes inland delivery costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
War Savings Drive Aims Nine Million From Utah
Lake City Utah June 6 residents of Utah urged to raise nine million dollars in war savings as part of a statewide campaign tied to the two billion dollar sales goal. The state organization launched an inter selling effort running until June 28.
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Lake City
Utah
Defense coast lines balloon and air stations proposed
The War Department asks Congress for a 16000 appropriation to establish sixteen coastal balloon and airplane stations to guard against submarines and air raids. Thirteen stations would be on the Atlantic coast and three on the Gulf coast with fortifications to move guns by railroad between points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Congress
War Department
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Mysterious death of American General near Rouen
Paris June 6 General Robert E L Michie of the American army died suddenly on a railroad train near Rouen yesterday. He had shown no signs of illness and his death was unexpected.
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Paris
Robert E L. Michie
Rouen
Students drive nails into Kaiser likeness for Red Cross
In Denver Manual high school students competed to nail a wooden likeness of the German emperor. Lucile Torrey paid ten dollars for a nail and drove it in the Kaiser’s eye, while Perry Crandall also paid ten dollars for a chance to nail him. About one hundred dollars was netted on the first day for the senior class fund to buy an ambulance for the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Manual High School
Lucile Torrey
Perry Crandall
Red Cross
Unfit Meat Sold to Army Under FTC Probe
The federal trade commission finds further evidence of the sale of unfit meat for the army. Chief Examiner Chantland stated this after Wilson & Company Chicago packers appeared to deny charges of selling unfit meat to the military.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Trade Commission
Chantland
Wilson & Company
Chicago Packers
Deputies Catch Prisoner Pair After Farm Breakout
Seeley and Taylor fled from the Wyoming penitentiary farm near Rawlins on Saturday. Deputy McCammon and Jack Blake captured Selby. Deputy Wheeler caught Taylor. A $100 reward was posted as Seeley and Taylor, both middle aged, were to be returned to the Wyoming pen by Warden Bryan.
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Seeley
Taylor
Wyoming Peniton
Rawlins
Sday
Selby
Wales
Bryane
Wyoming
Tribune
Wigsacs
Harriant McCammon
Jack Blake
Sheriff's and Police Department
Wheeler
Warden Bryan
Check the drive on Paris
General Fayolle commands the French armies along the Oise and gained fame for halting the April German advance between Montdidier and Noyon. Humbert now leads between St Mihiel and Verdun and may command the defense as German forces sweep the front. Humbert guided Verdun’s defense in 1916.
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Fayolle
Oise
Montdidier
Noyon
Amiens
Foch
Italy
Humbert
Stheims
Verdun
von Gallwitgt
Duke Albrecht
Wurttemberg
Idaho mobilizes 4000 more men in June draft
Idaho boards received orders from Boise to call 130 men for service with a June 24 to 28 entrainment window. About 2000 additional Idaho men were added in the national mobilization, with 700,000 to 1,000,000 more expected to become eligible. Entrainment to Camp Lewis begins June 24.
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Idaho
Adjutant General's Office
Boise
Bannock County
American Lake
University of Idaho At
Moscow
Idaho Tech
Bannock
Camp Lewis
Wash
Lewis
Washington
Crowder
Arizona
Congress
National Army
Illinois
New York
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Proclamation Sets Draft Rules for Young Men
The southern Idaho district exemption board investigates cases and may place some registrants in class 1, likely triggering induction under current calls. Official notice warns that registration could be required for the nation’s youth.
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Southern Idaho District Exemption Board
Fire destroys most of Mexican district in Jerome
A major blaze in Jerome Arizona on June 6 swept through the Mexican district destroying more than a hundred homes and large residences. More than a thousand residents were left homeless and one Mexican man was critically burned and expected to die.
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Jerome, Ariz
Local men urged to volunteer for army corps
Christopher D. O Neill of 222 North Eighth and Alfred L. Cot trell of 1500 McKinley avenue Pocatello volunteered for the coast artillery corps and were forwarded to Fort Douglas. The notice invites youths to join medical, coast artillery, field artillery, cavalry, infantry, signal corps, quartermaster, veterinary, and engineering branches with various trades and roles.
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Christopher D. O'Neil
North Eighth
Alfred L. Cottrell
McKinley Avenue
Pocatello
Coast Artillery Corps
Army
Fort Douglas
Veterinary Corps
Kansas
Georgia
Quartermaster Department
Shaffer
Army Recruiting Office
Medical Department
Coast Artillery
Field Artillery
Cavalry
Infantry
Signal Cotps
Quartermaster Corps
Engineering Corps
Market Report Corn and Oats Prices
Chicago June 6 corn priced at 1 55 and oats at 67 1 4 cents per bushel. The brief listing records latest price quotes for staple grains.
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Chicago
Next Move May Be Directly on American Front
Washington reports show demonstrations to press new western front sections as the German third drive slows. Possible increased American sector activity northwest of Toul may signal an impending blow to draw reserves from Amiens and Flanders. French repelled German crossing attempts on the Marne near Jaulgonne with aid from American troops.
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Washington
War Department
Soissons
Toul
Amiens
Flanders
Foch
Picardy
German forces hold front from Noyon to Rheims
London reports the battle line largely unchanged from Noyon to Rheims with German losses heavy in the last days. French notices now anticipate further events as the clash continues near key sectors and territories.
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London
Ottawa
Noyon
Rheims
German Push Pauses North of Marne Front
German forces renew pressure on the Montdidier area as French units north of the Marne report continued French counterattacks along the Oise front near Sempigny. In Washington, Senator Lewis of Illinois challenges a Connecticut editor over navy warnings about underwater craft and destroyer readiness.
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United States
Lewis
Mnois
Brandegee
Connecticut
Navy Department
Edward R. Baird Sunk by German Sub Near Cape Charles
Captain R. R. Coaldman and the crew of the schone r Edward R. Baird were rescued by an American destroyer after the vessel was torpedoed eighteen miles off Cape Charles on Tuesday.
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Atlantic Port
R. R. Coaldman
Schoner
Edward R. Baird
Cape Charles
Rail movements report from northeast to west of Toul
American patrols report extraordinarily heavy railroad movements from the northeast toward the west of Toul behind enemy lines. The movements are noted in the area northwest of Toul as of this morning.
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France
Associated Press
Toul
Senate debate erupts over Navy submarine policy
Washington on June 6 reports sharp Senate debate after attacks on the Navy Department for permitting submarines to sink American ships off the Atlantic coast. The clashes focus on defense policy and responsibility.
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Washington
Navy Department
Atlantic
Senate
Raid Repulsed Near Amiens Front
London reports German efforts to raid British lines in the Morlancourt area east of Amiens were repulsed last night, per an official military bulletin.
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London
Morlancourt
Amiens
Monument to Donner pioneers to be dedicated at Donner Lake
A monument at Donner Lake near the California Nevada line will be dedicated today in memory of pioneers who perished while crossing the Sierra Nevada to reach California. Native Sons of California erected the monument with speeches by California Governor Stephens Nevada Governor Boyle and Native Sons grand president J W Snyder on the program.
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San Francisco
Cal
Donner Lake
Sierra Nevadas
California-Nevada
Pioné
California
Native Sons of
Stephens
Boyle
Nevada
J. W. Snyder
The
Native Sons
Nurse Seeks Husband Missing Since Neuve Chapelle Fight
London reports a nurse, Lady Robert Sheffield Stuart, who qualified three years ago and went to France seeking news of her husband Captain Stuart of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. He was wounded after insisting his comrades be evacuated and disappeared when stretcher bearers returned.
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London
Robert Sheffield Stuart
France
Battle of Neuve Chappelle
Royal Scots Fusiliers
Stuart
East Side Rooming House Shooting Resolves in Jail
In an east side rooming house a shooting left Lewis Ferris jailed on assault with a deadly weapon charges after he attacked a ill husband in bed and threatened to kill both occupants. The wife, Ma bel Batakias, fired a revolver after warning Ferris, wounding him as deputies arrived and released her. Ferris awaits a hearing Friday.
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Lewis Farris
M. R. Lockhart
Mabel Batakias
Steve Batakias
Ferri
Ferris
Wheeler
Nelson
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Meis
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Wilson
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Havas
Campigny
War Office
Aisne
Hautebraye
Veuilly la Poterie
Somme
Sempigny
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