Free War Movies and Lecture at the Coliseum Sunday Night
Prof Claude Michelon of Indianapolis will lecture at the Coliseum Sunday night during the showing of official French war pictures. He commanded French troops in the Marne and fought on front line trenches. The 8:30 PM event is free and open to all. Michelon heads the French American Alliance and Paris School of French in Indianapolis and has taught French to American troops. He plans to arrive in Richmond about 4:30 PM Sunday.
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Claude Michelon
Indianapolis
Marne
Michelon
Paris School of
French Tots Cheer U S Troops Leaving Camp for Front
French children wave and cheer as American soldiers march through a village in France en route to the front. A hillside view shows the cantonment and the final training area as troops depart for combat.
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U.S
France
U. S
Plans Being Made To Aid Wayne County Wheat Harvest
Wayne County launches volunteer plan led by the county agent and Commercial Club to mobilize professionals and laboring men to shock maturing wheat. Volunteers will work after hours, using county autos to reach farms, and receive compensation from farmers. Wording emphasizes civic duty and wartime effort.
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Wayne County
Thennyal
el al
Hom
Dork
U. S. hospital ship Comfort to sail unarmed
United States officials report possible German stance on sending the hospital ship Comfort to Europe unarmed. The Lokal Angeiger suggests the vessel will carry aeroplanes and aviators. Berlin has been notified she will travel unarmed not without convoy, becoming the first free American hospital ship to enter the war zone.
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Associated Press
Washington
Germany
Comfort
Europe
State Department
Lokal Angeiger
Reevel
800000 American Troops In France Reported
Washington June 15 General March chief of staff announced that American troops sent to France now number more than 800000. He said troop numbers are limited only by ship capacity and will continue to rise toward a million by July 1.
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Associated Press
Washington
France
General March
War Department
March
Rheims
Channel
England
Paris
Arrest 300 in Russian Plot in Moscow
Soviet government reports more than 300 arrests in connection with an anti Soviet plot. Names including M Kishkin minister of public welfare and M Malyantovitch minister of justice from the Kerensky era are listed among those detained. The plot allegedly expanded to Siberia and central Russia under the Union for Defense of the Fatherland and Freedom, aiming to overthrow the Soviets and resume the war with Germany with Allied support. Former officers reportedly traveled as bagmen and laborers to hide in public.
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Associated Press
Moscow
M. Kishkin
Kerensky
M. Malyantovitch
Siberia
Central
Russia
Union For Defense
Germany
Everybody is Blessing the Quakers
A letter from Captain Fletcher Steele in France praises the Friends unit workers. He notes Quakers direct much of the effort and are the hardest working, most modest crowd, quietly aiding at the front and in Lyons. He says locals bless the Quakers for ground-level help.
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Fletcher Steele
France
Friends Five Years Meeting
Friends
Lyons
Richmond Sub Center for War Industries Formed
Richmond was named the center of a sub district for war industries in the Tenth Industrial District. The Richmond region includes ten Indiana counties with Cincinnati as the district center. A Commercial Club drive will organize groups for castings, rubber, textiles, machinery, chemicals, and more, with manufacturers to file a full questionnaire on plant location, production, government work, and capacity.
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Richmond
Cincinnati
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
United States
Barney Baruch
National War Industries Board
Richmonds
Blackford
Henry
Union
Jay
Wayne
Franlin
Delaware
Rush
Randolph
Fayette
Indianapolis
Evansville
Richmond Commerial Club
Richmond District
Gilbert Orders Ban on Sundaes in Wayne County
Harry Gilbert, Wayne county food administrator, issued an immediate order to confectioners, ice cream parlors, and drug stores serving soft drinks prohibiting the sale of ice cream sundaes and any drinks containing sugar syrups. The order originates from the state food administrator and takes effect at once.
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Harry Gilbert
Wayne County
State Food Administrator
Treasury Extends New Credit To Allies
The treasury extended new credit totaling 184 million dollars to allies on June 15. Britain received 175 million and Belgium nine million, bringing total allied credit to five billion nine hundred fifty four million five hundred fifty thousand dollars, with Britain at 3.17 billion and Belgium at 121.55 million.
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YJ. S
Associated Press
Washington
Treasury Today
Great Britain
Belgium
Weather update Indiana and Wayne County forecast
The Weather For Indiana from the United States Weather Bureau calls for fair tonight and Sunday with warmer temperatures. Wayne County forecast by W E Moore predicts fair and warmer tonight and Sunday, with possible local thunderstorms Sunday afternoon or night. A broad warm wave brings 90 to 100 degree highs from Texas to Canada, and a low pressure area over Montana drives warmer conditions eastward.
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Indiana
United States Weather Bureau
Fair
Wayne County
W. E. Moore
Illinois
Lake
Montana
Mississippi Valley
Iinois
Texas
Canada
U S Batteries Hurl Thousands of Gas Shells Against Germans
American batteries on the Marne front northwest of Chateau Thierry pounded German lines with thousands of gas shells in retaliation for German gas attacks. The first American bombing raid behind enemy lines achieved successful, satisfactory results with observers and flyers reporting precise bomb drops on a railway junction three miles inland. German anti aircraft fire met the planes but could not stop the mission. Comrades cheered the raiders on returning to their lines.
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Associated Press
France
Marne
Chateau Thierry
Germany
Dommary-Baroncourt
Commary
HL and E Seeks Rail Rate Hike Across Indiana Line
Washington June 18 Terre Haute and Indianapolis Traction Co asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for a passenger rate of 20 cents per mile. The Ohio Electric Railway sought a 3 cent per mile passenger fare and freight rate hikes aligned with steam line rates as part of a broad financial bill passage.
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Associated Press
Washington
Terre Haute and
Indianapolis Astern Traction Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio Electric Railway
Paris
Senate
Richmond Board Reclassifies Married Registrants under War Law
The Richmond selective service board reports orders from Marshal General Crowder to re classify men married since May 18 1917. About 40 registrants are affected with new class 1 eligibility restricted by child dependent status and age rules. Estimates show 21 year olds who registered by June 5 total 744 865 with 208 588 enlisting.
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Richmond Selective Service Board
General Crowder
Richmond Board
New Blow Expected As German Offense Presses Western Front
Allied observers report a resumed German push on the western front with a potential major strike aimed at Paris Amiens or Calais. Despite heavy losses the crown prince’s forces gain ground and have captured territory and prisoners as German reserves may still launch a larger assault.
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Associated Press
Tondon
Ottawa
Campelgne
Montdidier
Chateau Thierry
Paris
London
Prince Rupprecht
Amiens
Calais
Aisne
Oise
Compiegne
Ypres
Rheims
Somme
Marne
Noyon-Montdlidier
Picardy
Huns
Berlin
Congress Passes New Pension Act Signed by Wilson
Congress has passed a pension act and President Wilson signed it setting monthly rates for Civil War veterans. Those with ninety days service receive 20 dollars monthly. veterans aged 72 with six months service qualify for 32 dollars. Rates rise to 35, 28, and 40 dollars at specified service lengths.
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Congress
Wilson
United States
British Sea Lord Says U S Shores Won't Be Blockaded
London June 15 German submarine activity off the U S Atlantic coast should not be overestimated says Vice Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss first sea lord of the British admiralty He asserts only one sub may be near the coast and its aim is to frighten Americans and force decentralization of efforts The admiral praises American naval cooperation in European waters and notes American ships operated from Queenstown and in the Mediterranean while warning that a blockade is unlikely due to distance from German bases
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Associated Press
London
Atlantic
United States
Rosslyn Wemyese
North Sea
Mediterranean
Womyse
North
Gibraltar
Hurd
Archibald &. Hurd
Board of the Admiralty
Weill
Europe
Washington
Queenstown
Realia
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