Atlantic port reports submarine attacks disrupt shipping
An American steamer from West Indian ports said it received a wireless call saying a submarine shelled ships off Cape Hatteras. A British steamer reported a wireless that she was attacked by a German submarine and is sinking. Ships due to sail were held as a submarine operated eighteen miles off the Virginia capes.
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Atlantic
West Inian
Cape Hatteras
Toay
Virginia Capes
British Casualty List for Week Shows 34 171 Casualties
London reports British casualties for the week totaling 34 171 officers and men. Of these 4447 are named as killed, with the remainder injured or missing as listed in the official tally released today.
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London
Human fat cited as healing agent in deep wounds
Amsterdam dispatch reports the Vienna Klinische Wochenschrift stating human fat from operations aids deep wounds with bone lesions. The fat is sterilized, heated to blood temperature, and injected to promote rapid cicatrization. It also speeds healing of torn tendons and nerves.
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Amsterdam
Vienna Klinische Wochenschrift
Girls Working in the Fields in Fairfield WA
Daughters of wealthy farmers in Fairfield Washington fill farm roles as men go to war. Hazel Miles plows acres with a gasoline tractor and hauls supplies between town and the Miles farm. Hazel and Irene Morris drive teams and perform power and field work on their father's farm.
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Fairfield
Wah
Hazel Miles
Daugter
Grant D. Miles
Hazel
Irene Morris
Daugters
B. Morris
Draving Six
Eigt-Orse
Farmers pledge Red Cross crops from acre of land
In Dutton Montana on June 14 through the efforts of the town women’s club over 150 farmers have pledged to donate the equivalent of one acre’s crop in cash to the Red Cross for this season. Organizers hope to raise nearly as many additional gifts before harvest.
Asquith warns Allies face critical war point
At an Aldwych club luncheon in London on June 1, former Prime Minister Asquith said the war had reached a critical point. He stressed that recent Western Front events do not lessen British resolve or its commitment to final aims.
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London
Aldwych Club
Asquith
German submarine commander identified off Atlantic coast
New York reports the U 151 commander is Captain Neustidt who previously served as a gunner’s mate in the U S Navy. Affidavits from officers and sailors aboard the schooners Hattie B Dunn Edna and Hauppane list him among the German crew involved in attacks off the American coast.
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New York
Atlantic
Neustidt
United States Navy
Hattie B
Dunn
Edna
Hauppane
French Halt German Offensive In France
With French Army in France on June 14 Allied forces repelled a German push between Montdidier and Noyon aimed at Compiegne. French counterattacks recovered key positions while British posts southwest of Morris on the Flanders front repelled a morning assault. Italian war office said Austrian forces attacked on Cady Summit and Monticello ridge but were broken up.
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France
A. P
Montdidier
Noyon
Compiegne
Boches
London
Morris
Flanders
Rome
Cady Summit
Monticello Ridge
Italian War Office
Soissons
Corn and oats price report from Chicago
Chicago market brief notes corn at 1421 and oats at 695 per large unit on June 14, reflecting futures and spot pricing conditions. The summary lists commodities with no additional details on buyers or sellers.
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Chicago
Flag Day Observed Across Nation on 141st Birthday of Old Glory
Washington observes Flag Day with public excitement as the 141st anniversary of the Stars and Stripes is celebrated. The piece notes the flag’s origins in 1777, Betsy Ross’s role, and its evolving star count through wars, while stressing liberty and unity symbolized by the flag amid world war.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
America
United States
Pennsylvania Avenue
Continental Congress
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Betsy Ross
John Ross
Spain
Mary
Germany
Milestones Path of Old Glory
A chronology lists key first displays and raises of the American flag from 1777 to 1917. Entries include Fort Schuyler, John Paul Jones voyages, Brandywine, Nassau, Bedford, Columbus, Endeavor, California, Straits of Magellan, Oregon, the sea of Galilee, Jeddo, New Bedford schools, Alaska, Midway, Mount Baker, Henry Stanley expedition, Andes, interior China, and the American expeditionary force in France.
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Fort Schuyler
Rome
N. Y
John Paul Jones
Ranger
Brandywine
Rathbone
Providence
Fort Nassau
Bahamas
Bedford
Massachusetts
Igrn
Columia
Straits of Magellan
Endeavor
Salem
Mass
California
James P. Arthur
Plymouth
Mays
Antarctic Circle
Mying Fish
Sea of Galilee
Lieut. Lynch
Japan
Perry
Bay of Jeddo
High School
New Bedford
Alaska
Russia
United States
Midway Islands
Pacific Ocean
Mount Baker
Africa
Henry M. Stanley
Andes
China
France
Chautauqua campaign urged as tickets fall short
A meeting of Chau tauqua guarantors at the Y M C A revealed only about half the required season tickets sold. A vigorous drive was ordered with tomorrow noon the last chance for reduced price tickets at 2.50. The program features 26 attractions across 19 events with seven musical groups and patriotic lectures endorsed by national figures including President Wilson and Secretary Baker. The Ellison-White system brings the big tent to Pocatello for a patriotic rally tonight at Corfield and Center.
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Chautauqua
Wilson
Baker
Marshall
Henry P. Davidson
Alead
Pocatello
Corfield and
Center
Japan Allocates Steel Tonnage for Shipbuilding Pact
Washington June 14 One hundred fifty thousand tons of steel has been allocated to Japan by the War Industries Board completing the first step of a reciprocal agreement. Japan will build ships for the United States and the steel is being rushed to the seaboard for fast transport by sea.
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Washingon
Japan
War Industries Board
United States
Seaboard
Senate Agriculture Committee Debates War Prohibition Amendment
Washington June 14 with five members present the senate agriculture committee tentatively inserts a prohibition during the war amendment by Senator Jones of Washington into the agricultural appropriation bill.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senator Jones
German Attacks Checked Before Compiegne
German forces on both sides of the Montdidier Soissons salient were held near the Oise and Aronde Matz rivers with no gains. Casualties reported include 119 killed or missing, 70 wounded severely, and 62 Marine casualties as American lines face heavy bombardment in France.
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Montdidier
Soissons
Compiegne
Aronde
Matz
Oise
Washington
Marine Corps
France
Women of Belgium Are Hon Victims
Washington reports a Belgian memorandum to Secretary Lansing detailing ongoing deportations and forced labor by Germany. Civilians are taken from Flanders and surrounding provinces with 2700 men from Lockeren and 800 civilians to labor on railways. girls and women from fourteen to forty are listed from Alost. some boys as young as thirteen are deported.
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Washington
Lansing
Flanders
Hainaut
Namur
Luxemburg
Lockeren
Moerbeke
Nachtebeke
Alost
War Proposal Demands Three Million US Troops
A House amendment to the army appropriation bill calls for at least three million American troops to serve in the coming year. The plan aims to send men and material to France until Allied forces achieve numerical parity, echoed by the president in reply to President Poincare on the anniversary of American troops landing in Europe.
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Washington
Fall of New Mexico
United States
France
Poincare
Europe
Pershing Receives French Anniversary Messages
Messages of congratulation on the anniversary of General Pershing's arrival in France were addressed to him by President Poincaré Premier Clemenceau General Foch and General Petain and were made public today.
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Washington
France
Pershing
Poincaire
Clemenceau
Foch
Petain
British steamer Kegman Arrives Safely at Atlantic Port
Washington June 14 notification from the navy department reports the British steamer Kegman arrived safely at an Atlantic port.
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Washington
Navy Department
Kegman
Atlantic
American Troops Parade Impress British Commanders
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reviewed American troops on a wide French plain. The units filed past with easy swinging steps, reinforcing British expert views that the Americans are as fit physically as training can make them.
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British Front
A. P.J
Sir Douglas Haig
France
Front Quiet After German Assault Near Paris
Paris reports a lull in fighting along the Villers Cotterets area and near Antheuil as German attacks are described as broken up. A front description notes five days of assaults yielded little objective and loss of valuable territory, with commentators predicting no decisive results.
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Paris
Henry Bidon
de Thomasson
War Hero Falls In Lane Injures Lieutenant O Brien
San Antonio reports Lieutenant Pat O'Brien of the Royal Engineers United Kingdom fell four feet in a lane today while alone and was injured after being a war prisoner.
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San Antonio
Pat O'Brien
Royaling Corps
United
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