Deportations of Belgians widen with new German pretext
Memorandum to Secretary Lansing from Belgian authorities reports continued forced labor and deportations of Belgian civilians. In March, 2700 men from East Flanders and surrounding areas were taken to work on the Western Front and railroad construction. Victims, including girls aged 14 to 40, are relocated to camps behind the German front in France and Belgium, subjected to harsh treatment, and denied access to neutrals.
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Associated Proms
Washington
Lansing
Belgium
Senate
House of Representatives
Flanders
Hainaut
Namur
Luxemburg
Lockeren
East Flanders
Moerbke
Wachtebeke
Alest
Germany
France
Belgiun
Elliott seeks to amend food law in Congress
Representative Elliott of the Sixth district has introduced a bill amending the food control law. If a farmer cannot market wheat due to railroad delays and must store it, the government would pay an extra two cents per bushel to cover storage, interest, insurance, and incidental costs until movement resumes. The wheat price remains fixed. The proposal was discussed at a county agricultural agents meeting.
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Elliott
Losa
British Casualties Week End May Total 34171 Killed 4447
British casualties for the week ending May totaled 34171 officers and men with 4447 reported killed. The report notes reporting officers and men in the tally and emphasizes the losses in the period.
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London
Jane M
Weather For Indiana Report From Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau forecasts show possible showers tonight and Saturday for Indiana. Local showers likely this afternoon or tonight with unsettled conditions due to atmospheric disturbances over the Lakes. A large storm is developing over the Rocky Mountains while highs prevail in the middle West and southwest reaching as high as 112 in Phoenix.
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Wayne County
W. E Moore
Lakes
Indiana
Illinoia
Ohio
Rocky Mountains
Middle West
Phoenix
Ariz
Eleven Pershing men receive U S Distinguished Service Cross
The Distinguished Service Cross, the new American war medal, has been awarded to eleven men of the American expeditionary force under General Pershing. Citations detail bravery on Feb 28 and on April 19 and 20, with ambulance drivers, artillerymen, infantrymen, and a medical private honored.
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Associated Press
France
General Pershing
Medical Department
Lece McGillre
Fred A. Rennick
Public Invited to Flag Service in Richmond
Hundreds of Richmond residents celebrated Flag Day with displays of the flag. The Elk lodge lawn will host an open flag raising with the Elk ritual led by W. W. Reller. An actress contributed by William Dudley Foulke. At the Pennsylvania round house, over 100 employees raised the flag, swore allegiance, and heard a patriotic talk by Attorney Ray Shiveley amid applause.
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Richmond
Woman's Relief Corps
Elk Lodge
W. W. Reller
William Dudley Foulke
Pennsylvania Round House
Stars and Stripes
Gustav Pfafflin
Round House
Ray Shiveley
Kaiser Under Fire in Recent Heavy Fighting
INSTERDAM June 14 Emperor William moved into regions under fire during the recent fighting on the French front, according to Karl Rosner, the emperor's favored correspondent who accompanies him on his tours.
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Insterdam
William
Karl Rosner
U-boat commander identified from affidavits
The commander of the T-151 submarine off the American Atlantic coast is identified as Captain Neustidt. He previously served five years as a gunner's mate in the United States Navy, according to affidavits from officers and sailors aboard the schooners Hattie B Dunn Edna and Hanuppague, victims of the submarine. Naval reserve officers arrived from Cuba with the documents.
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Ty Associated Press
New York
Atlantic
Neustidt
United States Navy
Hattie B
Dunn
Edna
Hanuppague
Naval Reserve
Cuba
Richmond beef rationed under wartime food order
Wayne county and Richmond butchers must enforce a 144 pounds per capita weekly cap on beef sales. Washington cites rising summer demand for beef for armies and civilians, with pork promoted as a substitute. Hotels and restaurants should limit beef meals, while households are urged to buy no more than 1.5 pounds per person weekly. The policy remains until September 14, callers urged to cooperate.
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Richmond
Wayne County
Harry Gilbert
Gilbert
Washington
France
Ttig
New Regulations Limit Sugar Sales
Washington issued strict limits on sugar distribution. In towns two pounds and rural areas five pounds per purchase, all based on three pounds per capita monthly. The rule bans stockpiling by manufacturers and distributors, requires a housewife to report sugar use before cann ing, and threatens confiscation and penalties for violations.
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H. W. Gilbert
Wayne County
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee Backs War Time National Prohibition
With only five members present the senate agriculture committee tentatively inserted in the agricultural appropriation bill the amendment by Senator Jones of Washington to provide for a national prohibition during the war was approved.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senator Jones
Richmond Gardens Rated Best in State by Purdue Expert
Purdue University expert W E Lommel inspected Richmond gardens Friday and praised the city as having the best war gardens in the state. He noted some vacant lots and wealthy homes lacking backyard gardens and urged more individual production as the war would last and food must be grown locally.
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Richmond
Purdue
W. E. Lommel
Purdue University
Lommel
Gadren
Murphy
Kline
Mr. Lommel
Post Office
South Ninth Street
Germans Still Fail In Objective In Latest Offensive
Paris dispatch reports a five day German effort near the Oise valley failing to reach its objective. Despite some ground gained, losses were heavy and no decisive success occurred as French and American forces claim strong defense and counterattacks across Montdidier Noyon and Compiegne sectors.
Lectured Life in the Trenches at Coliseum
An 8:30 start tonight for Professor Claude Michelon of the French army at the Coliseum features a talk on Life in the Trenches. Official war pictures will be shown. No admission charge. Indiana State University Daily Student praised the intimate firsthand account.
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Claude Michelon
Indiana State University “Daily
Michelon
Two German Planes Shot Down by Americans at Toul Front
On the Toul front American aviators destroyed two German airplanes and drove another down out of control. Three American fighters pursued a German patrol at two thousand metres, driving it toward St Mihiel and Thiaucourt. In a separate engagement over Norroy north of Pont a Mousson, a German aircraft was shot down in flames while another was crippled. one American plane is missing, believed to have landed safely with the pilot captured. All remaining American planes escaped unharmed.
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Associated Press
France
Toul
St. Mihiel
Thiaucourt
Norroy
Pont-A-Mousson
Canadian Officer to Speak at Dublin
Sergeant Charles Bisset of the 19th Canadian regiment will speak at an outdoor meeting at the Dublin school house Saturday at 3 oclock. He saw action at the Somme Vimy Ridge and Ypres and will relate his war experiences. The local band will perform before the address.
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Dublin
Ind
Charles Bisset
19Th Canadian Regiment
Bisset
Somme
Vimy Ridge
Ypres
Funeral Services Monday For Mrs Anton Stolle
Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine Stolle will take place Monday morning at 9 o'clock at St Andrews church. Burial will be in St Andrews cemetery. Friends may call at any time.
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Catherine Stolle
St. Andrews Church
St. Andrew's Cemetery
U S Sends 150000 Tons of Steel to Japan
Washington June 14. One hundred fifty thousand tons of steel have been allotted to the Japanese government by the war industries board completing the first step toward the reciprocal agreement whereby Japan will build ships for the United States. The steel is being rushed to seaboard for quick transport in ships.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Industries Board
Japan
United States
U-Boat Activity Delays Atlantic Shipping Port Sails
Reports from an Atlantic port describe ships held back after word of a submarine operating 18 miles off Cape Henry. The British steamer Keemun was attacked near the Virginia cap e and later reported sinking. An American vessel from West Indian ports recovered a wireless call for help near Cape Hatteras as shells were fired.
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Associated Presa
Atlantic
Virginia Cape
Keemum
Keemun
Manilla
Associated Press
Cape Hatteras
Austrian Attack on Italian Lines Broken by Italians
Rome reports that Austro-Hungarian forces attacked Italian positions at Cady summit and Monticello ridge. The Italian war office said the assault was repelled, marking a successful defense by Italian troops.
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Associated Preas
Rome
Cady Summit
Monticello Ridge
Italian War Office
First School Garden Market in State Held in Richmond
The first Indiana school garden market opened Friday at the city market house in Richmond. Exhibits were judged by Nina Short and L. E. Lommel of Purdue, with sales from 4 to 6 pm. Vegetables sold at varied prices and pies and breads by schoolgirls complemented the display as part of a plan to aid summer food distribution.
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Richmond
Indiana
School Garden Army
Federal Food Administration
Nina Short
L. E. Lommel
Purdue University
Murphy
Germans Check Allied Advances in French Sector
German attacks on both sides of the French salient between Montdidier and Soissons were halted, with the enemy unable to outflank French lines near Compiegne. French resistance grew stronger along the Oise and Aisne fronts as Germans faced heavy losses and repulsed attempts to seize Belleau Wood and Bouresche. Allied airmen harass German positions in the Montdidier Noyon area.
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London
Oise
Compiegne
Villers-Cotterets
Foch
Bouresches
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Aisne
Paris
France
Montdidier
Noyon
Associated Press
Soissons
Compeigne
Picardy
Flanders
Aronde
Matz
Marne
Amiens
Channel
Merris
Scarpe River
Arras
Villers-Cotsterets
Mery
Laversine
Coroy
Coeuvre
Lafgue Forest
Compiegne Forest
Ypres
Villers-Cotterets Forest
Chateau Thierry
Belleau Wood
Boureschea
Darass
Montdidier-Noyon
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United States Weather Bureau
Aimee Vanane
Renceevesee
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U. S
Arthur W. Jones
Cornelius Beard
Need
Belanger
Ralph Bishop
Kaiser
Henri Bidou
Col de Thomasson
Anton Stolle
Navy Department
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