British plan trans Atlantic flight by next summer
Major General Brancker of the British air ministry says American fur and seaplanes should fly across the Atlantic by next summer. He seeks cooperation with US aviation officials and expects an autumn test flight from Newfoundland via the Azores to Ireland or Portugal, aiming about forty hours.
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Atlantic
Brancker
British Air Ministry
New Foundland
Azores
Portugal
Ireland
Hoding Up The Dry Bill
Washington June 21 after a three hours session the senate agriculture committee decided to take action on the Jones prohibition rider to the agricultural appropriation bill and reopen for further estimating the statements made Bainbridge Colby of the Shipping Board said taking beer away from shipyard employees would reduce output of the American yards twenty five percent.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Bainbridge Colby
The
Shipping Board
Anglo Saxons Will Accept Challenge from Kaiser
Geneva June 21 German newspapers attack Emperor William's anniversary speech at headquarters. The Post of Munich criticizes the warlike tone and says Anglo Saxon races are too poor to accept the emperor's challenge.
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Geneva
William
Munich
England
American Fliers Bomb Bridge on Italian Front
Italian Army headquarters reports the first American aviators to operate on the Italian front conducted a bombing mission today and blew two holes in the Austrian bridge across the Piave. The attack marks a notable air action by U S forces against Austria.
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Piave
Bannock War Savings drive presses on in county
War Savings work continues in Bannock county with W P Havenor reporting loyal chairmen in Soda Springs Grace county and optimism the rural districts will meet their quotas. June 28 is War Savings day nationwide with a pledge drive through June 21 to 28 and county councils aiding school districts in canvassing every citizen to sign up and act on the war loan effort.
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Grace Country
War Savings
War Savings Campaign
Ley
Union
United States
Idaho
War Savings Committee
Council of
Limit Club
Havenor
County Council of Defense
Pocatello
Bannock County
Fourth of July Fireworks Rules Cited by Officials
Government notes fireworks use may be allowed to a limited degree under new explosives law. Licenses required for manufacture sale export import and purchase. some items exempt from licensing like Chinese firecrackers and sparklers under ten cents per package. Restrictions specify sizes for rockets Roman candles and shells and allow older stock to be sold with license. Retailers need a vender license and special purchaser licenses may apply to minors under strict conditions.
Limit Club of Bannock County War Savings Stamps Drive
The Limit Club of Bannock County reports members including Citizens Firms and Associations have joined to purchase War Savings Stamps up to the 1000 dollar limit per person. Purchases must be made by December 31 1918 and include stamps already owned. June purchases cost 834 dollars for a 1000 dollar maturity value to be repaid by the United States Government on January 1 1923.
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Andy
Bannock County Limit Club
W. S
United States
Framing for Next Attack on the Front
Paris reports via Havas that German forces reform and prepare a new assault on the British front. Crown Prince Ruprecht’s fourth army group reorganized after weeks of battle and may strike along the front, amid ties to a prior abortive attack on Rheims. Italian and Austro Italian fronts show ongoing activity with renewed offensives, rail lines crossed, and heavy enemy losses as Piave and Montello fronts shift.
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Paris
Havas
Fourth
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Rheims
L’homme Libre
British raids continue in Arras region and near Morris
London reports extensive raiding and patrols by British forces last night in the Arras region and the front south toward Albert. German attempts to regain ground won near Morris on the Flanders front were repulsed, according to the war office.
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London
Arras
Albert
Morris
Flanders
War Office
French and American troops gain ground near Soissons and in Lorraine
Washington reports enemy patrols suffered heavy losses northwest of Chateau Thierry and in the Woevre region. French troops improved positions southwest of Soissons near Favrelles and further south near Hautresnes as lighting continues in Chateau Thierry and Woevre regions and in Lorraine.
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Chateau Thierry
Woevre
Pershing
Lorraine
Paris
Soissons
Favrelles
Hautresnes
War Office
MISS STIMSON TO SURVEY CHICAGO AERO ROUTE
Miss Katherine Stimson will pilot a test flight from Chicago to St Louis to survey the route for a regular aero mail service. The decision hinges on her report after the trial flight following her Chicago to New York long distance feat.
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Chicago
Post Office Department
St. Louis
Katherine Stimson
Missouri
Stimson
New York
Successors of Disloyal Preacher Sentenced in Espionage Case
Joseph Rutherford, successor to Pastor Russell as head of the International Bible Students Association, and six associates were sentenced in New York to twenty years imprisonment for conspiracy to violate the espionage law.
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New York
Joseph Rutherford
Russell
Interational Bible Students’ Association
All American Troops Hold Line on Western Front
Washington reports American forces are defending a thirty eight mile front on the western front under Yankee officers in cooperation with British and French units. Casualties include 127 Marine corps deaths and 38 Army deaths with many wounded while U boats threaten Atlantic movements. American war effort continues toward a September start.
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Washington
Marine Corps
House Militar Amittee
Baker
Marehb
Atlantic
Caldwell
New York
America
Food shortages in Germany drive unrest and cruelty tales
London reports worsening food conditions in Germany due to ration cuts. An interview at The Hague cites discontent, with workers and civilians reluctant to speak openly for fear of front duty. A popular saying claims people would pay a hundred marks for a sick dog to eat.
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London
Germany
Nan
Times
Hague
Wirupp
Mortar Explosion Kills Two at Aberdeen Proving Ground
Two soldiers died when a trench mortar exploded prematurely at the Aberdeen proving grounds in Maryland. Secretary Baker was within three hundred yards but unharmed.
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Proving Ground
Baltimore
Army Proving Grounds
Aberdeen
Maryland
Baker
Bohemians Cry for Bread Inform Vienna Report
The Vienna Neue Freie Presse warns Prague and Bohemian industrial centers face bread shortages. The Austrian government may raise the bread ration to avert unrest, or risk widespread disruption as railway services could be cut if a revolution breaks out.
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Copenhagen
Prague
Bohemia
Vienna Neue Freie Presse
Five men charged in bribe scheme over lifeboats sale
New York June 21 five men including a man linked to the army transport service were arrested under federal indictments for offering and taking bribes in a scheme involving lifeboats and rafts sold to the government.
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New York
Army Transport Service
American Forces Tighten Front Near Chateau-Thierry
American troops northwest of Chateau-Thierry conducted a series of small, but brilliantly executed attacks on the north sector of Belleau Wood, further straightening the line this morning.
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France
A. P
Chateau-Thierry
Bellean Wood
Call for National English Theatre in Britain
London debates a Shakespeare tercentenary dispute stirring a push for a national theatre modeled on Paris Comedie Francaise. Proponents note Germany staged 94 theatres producing 21 Shakespeare plays across 675 performances during the jubilee.
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London
Berlin
Comedie Francaise
Paris
Better Positions After the War
Rome reports Secretary of the Treasury Nitti arguing to parliament that too many public officials have been called to military service during the war. He says fewer public positions should be pensioned and predicts better paid private industry jobs after the conflict.
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Rome
Nitti
Pariament
Crowder Recruits 8976 for Special Training Draft
General Crowder calls 8976 registrants to duty at various schools for special training. Volunteers may enroll until July 1. Washington reports new draft regulations affecting status of professions and sports under the work or fight order.
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General Crowder
Crowdedk
Te ‘Smeigtibog
Shee Angen
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