War department seeks 16100 000 to build balloon and seaplane stations
Washington June 6 the war department asked for a 16 100 000 appropriation to establish 16 defense stations 13 on the Atlantic coast and three on the Gulf coast plus mobile fortifications to meet possible attacks. Details on exact sites were not given.
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War Department
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Apsocinted
Washington
United States
Department
Atlantic Somat
German U boats Sink 769 Norwegian Ships Since War Began
Norway reports continued heavy shipping losses from German submarine warfare and other war causes. In May fourteen vessels totaling 11,791 tons were sunk with two sailors dead and four missing. Since the war began Norway has lost 769 ships totaling 1,127,610 tons and 1,008 seamen, plus 704 more men and 53 vessels missing.
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Associated Press
Washington
Norway
Weather Summary for Indiana and Wayne County
The United States Weather Bureau reports thunderstorms this afternoon or tonight in Indiana with cooler temperatures. Wayne County will see unsettled weather and thunder showers this afternoon and tonight, then partly cloudy and cooler Friday. A regional low pressure over the Rockies has driven a broad area of rain, while higher pressure to the east brings clear and cool conditions moving southeast from Mericine Hat.
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Indiana
United States Weather Bureau
Waynn County
W. E. Moore
Central States
Rocky Mountains
Mericine Hat
Americans Hold Chateau Thierry Bridge After Fierce Fighting
American machine gun battalion accounted for about 1000 German troops while holding a Marne bridge at Chateau Thierry. Casualties were light for the Allies as French and American forces pressed the line, with fresh U.S. troops arriving and joint action with French and British units reported along a wide front.
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Associated Press
France
Chateau-Thierry
Marne
London
Daily Mail
Chateau Thierry
United States
Submarine activity off Atlantic coast cited in June reports
Associated Press dispatches from Atlantic Port and Washington detail sightings of a suspected German supply submarine near the Virginia cape on May 25 and the sinking of the Edward R. Baird off Cape Charles. Navy officials await fuller reports as coastal anti sub patrols overtake vessels and salvage papers indicate raiders gather information. Officers note enemy ships listening to radio traffic and speculate a Mexican port steamer flying an American flag as a possible base.
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Washington
Atlantic
Navy Department
Eidsvold
Virginia Capes
Virginia
Delaware Capes
Herbert L. Pratt
Associated Press
Ray
Joel Cook
R. R. Coldman
Edward R. Baird
Jacksonville
New York
Cape Charles
U boat raid on U S coasts energizes war effort
London reports say German submarine activity near American waters will harden U S resolve and not alarm. British papers predict American fleets will confront raiders effectively and that the raid may boost morale and determination to crush Germany.
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London
Indian Anticraft Revolt Dispersed at Henrietta Ohio
Henrietta Ohio June 6 Fear of uprising among Indians and mixed blood groups in Old Hickory stamping grounds was quelled as the Henrietta home guards led by Captain Kleisting returned with word that malcontents would disperse. Authorities had reported agents stirring Indians against the draft in an isolated area once linked to the Crazy Snake uprising. Officials say a Creek woman who spoke in Creeks urged young men to ignore the draft summons.
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Henrietta
Ohio
Old Hickory
Henrietta Company of Home Guards
Kleisting
U Boat Victim Edward H Cole Crew Describes Sinking
Capt H G Newcombe and ten crewmen of the U S steamer Edward H Cole tell in New York how they watched a German submarine sink their ship after torpedoing it at 3 50 PM Sunday seventy five miles southeast of Atlantic Highlands They heard firing for hours and saw another U boat attack what looked like a tanker moments later The crew were rescued by the collier Bristol hungry after thirty six hours without food and the article includes a photo of Captain Newcombe and several crew members.
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H. G. Newcombe
Edward H. Cole
New York
U. S
Newcombe
Atlantic Highlands
Bristol
Cole
William Jones
Carl Carlton
William Herlen
Daniel Jerome
Samuel Son
Army service registration totals in Wayne county
A total of 254 young men registered in Wayne county on registration day, reaching 21 since June 5, 1917. Richmond board logged 170 registrants, below the estimated 250 to 270. Division No. 2 in Cambridge City recorded 89 registrants. Officials attribute lower numbers to many enlisting in navy and army earlier. Names of Richmond and Wayne county registrants listed, including Logan, Day, Stout, Spalding, Kenworthy, Jordan, Clark, Keeler, Parshall, Davenport, Cox, Knode, Strebe, Goodwin, Weist, Cook, Tiemann, Lewis, Harlen Hardwick, and Libero Bartolomen.
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Wayne County
Richmond Board
Richmond
Wayne
Franklin
Boston
Carr
Navy
Army
Cambridge City
Cambridge City Board
John A Logan
Henry Day
Twenty-first
Harry A. Stout
Charles H. Spalding
South Second Street
Frank Edgar Kenworthy
W. Forrest Jordan
Carl B. Clark
South Seventh
Logan E. Keeler
Jesse O. Parshall
R. R. C Nigro’ Libero Bartolomen
North
Situation Satisfactory But Drive is Not Ended
Paris reports the battle situation as frankly satisfactory with the enemy not pressing on the Rheims to Oise front for now. German hopes for a decisive battlefield victory appear set aside for the moment, though newspapers warn the offensive may still resume. Petit Parisien hints Ludendorff plans a blow with major impact.
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Paris
Havas
Beten Rheims
Oise
Petit Parisien
Ludendorff
Dr E R Churchell Receives Commission as Captain
Dr E R Churchell was commissioned as a captain in the medical officers reserve corps on Thursday. Assignment to duty is expected soon. He enlisted in the medical reserve corps about six weeks ago, leaving the county defense council chair to join the army physicians call. He previously served as a volunteer in the Spanish American War and in the Missouri National Guard medical department.
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E. R. Churchell
Medical Officers’ Reserve Corps
Churchell
Medical Reserve Corps
County Defense Council
Missouri National Guard
German Drive Stalls as Allied Lines Hold Near Marne
German efforts to break Allied lines along the Marne and Aisne sectors stall with French and British defenders holding firm. French gains north and west of Hautebraye and around Vin gre push back Germans, while American troops in the line near Vealily endure continued raids and artillery fire remains normal along Flanders and Picardy fronts.
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Entente
Luneville
Tou
Montbec
Associated Press
Marne
Somme
Sampigny
Oise
Aisne
Soissons
Allette
Montdidier
Noyon
Ines
Arlette
Vingre
Retz Forest
Villers Cotterets
Monta Agache
Longpont
Villers- Cotterets
Vauilly
Chateau Thierry
Rheims
Berlin
Oureq
Flanders and
Picardy Salients
Vealily
Kaiser and Austria Hungary discussed Serbia ultimatum war pact
Disclosures from Dr Wilhelm Muehlen say Germany fully backed Austria Hungary on the Serbia ultimatum at war outbreak. He notes Emperor William as the decisive driver of German policy, pledging leaders to support war, with confidences and documents revealing planned mobilization and pursuit of a world conflict.
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Kaiser
Austria-Hungary
Associated Press
Gumligen
Switzerland
Germany
Serbia
Wilhelm Muehlen
Krupps
William
Muehlen
Kruppa
Europe
Madison
Muehion
Karl Helfferich
Krupp von Bohlen
Krupp Works
Russia
Dr. Muehlen
Muehren
Foreign Office
Directorate of
Austria
Mueblen
Helfferich
Reichstag
Muehlson
Conrad von Hoetzendorf
Krupp
Muehlon
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Relief of Army Board
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Webster
Corporal Boston Corp
Centerville
Dublin Waters
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Fountain City
Greensfork
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Ene
Milton
Mount Auburn
Spring Grove
Whitewater
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