No Change in Draft Age Is Decided for the Present
Washington June 26 and 27. Secretary Baker and General March told the Senate military committee they oppose changing draft age limits as premature. they favor timely action to secure new registrants next year. Baker said class one suffices for now and detailed changes would come with enlarged programs.
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Washington, D. C
Baker
March
Senate Military Committee
Crowder
Congress
United States
Comitttes Y Toppean
Hitchcock
France
Senate ‘Military Committee
War Department
Sénate
Senate
Chamberlain
House
74000 Men Called to Colors in July by Gen Crowder
Washington June 26. Provost Marshall General Crowder orders 124,526 draft registrants white and colored to mobilize for general military service in July. The month begins with 27,000 white men on July 5 and includes 220,000 previously announced plus other calls totaling about 368,000 men. Georgia whites 1,500 go to Camp Oglethorpe and Camp Screven. 5,000 Negroes go to Camps Gordon and Wheeler. South Carolina whites 1,641 go to Camp Wadsworth and 7,000 Negroes also to Camp Wadsworth.
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Crowder
Washington
D. C
General Crowder
Georgia
Oglethorpe
Camp Screven
Gordon and Wheeler
South Carolina
Camp
Wadsworth
Camp Wadsworth
Americans Take Hill Near Belleau Wood in World War I Battle
Allied forces push toward the Belleau Wood position northwest of Chateau Thierry winning control of the hill and 264 German prisoners including seven officers. German command expected to launch another major offensive as aerial combat intensifies with clashes over Ypres Rheims and the Italian front.
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Prave
Ypres
Rheims
Belleau Wood
Chateau Thierry
Torcy
Berlin
Italiana
French Artillery Lively South of Aisne Reports
An official war office statement from Paris on June 27 notes lively artillery duels south of the Aisne near Coeuvres and Villers-Cotterets and in the Vosges. French forces took prisoners in three raids.
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Paris
Aisne River
Athe
War Office
Vosges
Aisne
Coeuvres
Villers -Cotterets
Vougés
British Take Position West of Vieux Berquin
London reports that British forces last night seized a German strong point west of Vieux Berquin and east of Lazeebrouck, taking prisoners and machine guns. German artillery remained active between Givenchy and Robecq with gas shells toward the Forest Nieppe.
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London
Vietx Berquin
Lazeebrouck
Lyssa Fent
Vieux, Berquin
Givenchy
Robecq
Nieppe
Italians Attempt To Storm Col Del Rossa Repulsed
Vienna reports Italians renewed assault on Col Del Rossa between the Brenta and Asiago but were repulsed with heavy losses, the war office says.
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Vienna
Col del Rossa
Brenta
Asiago
War Office
Italians Attack Austrians in Mountain Post Surprise
Rome reports an Austrian advance post in the mountains was surprised by Italian forces yesterday and wiped out, according to the war office announcement.
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Rome
War Office
Americans capture 311 Germans at Belleau Wood drive
With the American Forces on the Marne, June 27, the number of prisoners taken by the Americans in the Belleau Wood drive rose to 311. They also seized eleven heavy machine guns and other materials.
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Marne
Belleau Wood
Brother of former czar heads new Siberian government
Amsterdam dispatch reports Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch, younger brother of former Czar Nicholas, has placed himself at the head of the new Siberian government and issued a manifesto to the Russian people.
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NEW
Amsterdam
Grand Duke
Michael Alexandrovitch
Nicholas
Moscow
Siberian
War Savings Stamps underwriters allowed. new club members named
The ban is lifted permitting wider underwriting of War Savings Stamps for large subscriptions. The Thousand Dollar Club in Thomasville grows by two new members C. W. Kirby and Mrs M E Kirby, with Homer Illiams James Watt L F Driver previously reported. Ten more names expected tomorrow.
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Thousand Dollar Club
Thomasville
C. W. Kirby
M. E. Kirby
Homer Illiams
James Watt
L. F. Driver
War Savings Day rally urged across Thomas County
The community plans a War Savings Day on June 28 with speeches in every schoolhouse and a countywide drive to raise two million dollars in War Savings and Thrift Stamps. Quotas by district list Thomasville at 265 320 dollars and others, urging pledges of at least 20 dollars per person with monthly installments allowed.
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Thomas
Thomasville
Baptist
W. H. Higg
Thomas County
Barwick
Boston
Metcalfe
Ellabelle
Coolidge
Merrillville
Patten
Meigs
Liberty
Red Cross
Schooner Stranded Off Atlantic Port
Atlantic Port June 27 The schooner ar Mark Pendleton bound from New York to Savannah stranded on the Jantic Coast early today. crew rescued though vessel likely total loss. Government urges war savings and thrift to finance war materiel with stamps maturing Jan 1 1923. minimum purchase $20, max $1,000 with 4 percent interest to futures. C P Grant ham Vice Chairman Thomas County issues notice.
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Atlantic Port
schoon‘ar-Mark -Pendleton
New York
Savannah
Bhs
Austria in serious difficulty and danger of revolt
Paris reports a French official summary on Austria Hungary warning against high expectations from Austria. It says Austria cannot negotiate a separate peace, is seen as a weak ally to Germany, and possible revolts would be discouraged by Allied military strength. Labor and nationalist splits in Vienna and Budapest complicate any union with Czecho Slovaks.
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Paris
Austria
Vienna
Budapest
Germany
Canadian Pacific ships sunk by German submarines
Atlantic Port reports the Canadian Pacific steamships Pomeranian and Medora sunk off British Isles while bound for U S ports. One crew member saved from Pomeranian. only one engineer survived out of sixty. Medora crew abandoned in lifeboats after torpedo strike.
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Atlantic
England
British Isles
Medora
Assassination confirmation of former Emperor Nicholas II
The report from Lausanne confirms that Bolshevik troops in Yekaterinburg executed former Emperor Nicholas II after a brief trial. Details of the execution are not available. date cited is June 27 in Yekaterinburg.
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Trom’ Ey
Nicholas
Russia
Yekkaterinburg
Geneva
Ukraine
Lausanne
Yekaterinburg
Army Casualty List Reports Eighty Names Today
Washington D C June 27 the army casualties for today number 80 names with 29 killed in action 6 died of wounds 6 died of accident 2 died of disease 31 wounded severely 4 wounded slightly 2 missing in action Private Jack Brown of Columbia SC died of accident Ernest Kimbrell of Spartanburg wounded severely
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Washington, D. C
Jack Brown
Columbia
S. C
Ernest Kimbrell
Spartanburg
Von Kuehlmann Speech Sparks Debate In Reichstag
London dispatches report Foreign Secretary Von Kuehlmann faced sharp criticism over his Reichstag remarks on negotiations and military victories. Gustav Stresemann and Chancellor von Hertling defended the stance, saying military gains must be followed by diplomacy.
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London
von Kuehlmann
Reichstag
Gustav Strezmann
von Hertling
German Foreign Secretary Von Kuehlmann May Lose Office
London reports may indicate the removal of German Foreign Secretary Dr. Von Kuehlmann following his Reichstag speech. Conservative Pan German newspapers are quoted by a Berlin correspondent of the Frankfurter Zeitung via a Central News dispatch from Amsterdam.
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von Kuehlmann
London
Reichstag
Berlin
Frankfurter. Zeitung
Amsterdam
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von Kuerlmann
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