War updates from Allied air and ground actions in Europe
Allied airmen continued operations over enemy lines and successes against German advances near Montdidier and Noyon, with French and British actions halting major efforts toward Paris. American troops in France repelled attacks at Belleswood and Bouresches as British and Austrian fronts shift. civilians, battles, and diplomatic notes fill a broad wartime roundup.
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Alane
Montdidier
Noyou “Howe
Compiegne
Paris
Tos
Fidelity Traiz
Noyon
M. Clemenceau
Li Hormme Libre
Malian
Villers Cotterets Forest
Chateau Thiers
France
Belleswood
Bouresches
Arizona State News Highlights 1918 Town Updates
Tucson plans Fourth of July celebration and a new radio training station. Fires in Bisbee and Jerome displace residents and damage property. Elgin ranch prep for cultivation. Douglas to build vaudeville theater. Measles flare in Courtland. Peterson grocery robbed of cash and securities. Red Cross fundraiser near Tycoon nets over $30. Willcox area expected to ship nearly one million dollars’ worth of produce in 1918. Mesa Rifle Club aids search for a Yagu Indian near Chandler. Fort Grant plan to cost 12000 for central light plant. Globe-Miami road outlining progress and sulfuric acid plant at Patagonia planned. Missouri Mohave finds lead ore with gold values. Granddaughter of Tucson’s last Spanish captain general dies. Arizona political shifts ease primary nominations. military voting rights debated. Jer ome fire leaves over a thousand homeless in Mexican quarter. Oro Blanco property deals and United Verde Extension output projections. Humboldt smelter dividend declared. metals produced tally copper, silver, gold. Governor signs budget and observatory exemption bills. Mann Act case return to Tucson. Capital punishment restoration proposed after Meas. Meantime, summer work camps open for Salt River Valley youths. White Mountain fishing allowed with permits, no hunting permits. Apache tragedy at Ash Creek follows a Talapt celebration. Douglas merchant bound over on espionage act charges.
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Festara Kewnpaper Union News Service
Tucson
Bisbee
Elgin
Douglas
Courtland
Peterson
Lenda Hand Club
Tyccon
Red Cross
United States
Joe Dillon
Fittess
Mesa Rifle Club
Chandler
Bars” and Girls Industrial School
Fort Grant Ward
Phoenix
Miami Superior-Phoenix Road
Patagonia
John R. Magruder
Missouri Mohave
Atringman
Ise Juana Suastegul
Carlota Salazar
Arnona
Jerome
AR. Kelly
Oro Blanco
Globe
United Verde
Apache County
Lyman Dam
Consolidated Arizona Smelting and Refining Company
Humboldt
Lowell Observatory
Paul DeBaud
Deming
N. M
Mary Ann Frederick
Artrops
Meas
Salt River Valley
Mackay C. H. 2
Mra
Isaac Cutter
Old Rock House
Ash Creek
Iman
Jobn Kazal
Federal Grand Jury
Piave River Crossed In Fierce War Front
Western Newspaper Union reports heavy Austrian attacks along a 100 mile front from the Aslago plateau to the Piave River and Venice Plains. Italian and British forces countered, recapturing mountain positions. Italians said to have taken over 4,000 Austrian prisoners including 89 officers. In France the fight cooled except near Soissons while American lines repelled German assaults near Xivray. Denver banker John B. Cosgriff died of paralysis stroke.
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Union News Service
Hallan
Jualy
Halisa
Aslago Place
Piave River
Adriatic Sea
Romania
Galicia
Pacres
Venetan
Asiato
Brenta
Monte Grappa
Piave
Victor Emmanuel
Plave
Vienna War Office
Sette Comun
Assaso
France
Soissons
Montaidier
Noyon
Macedonia
Sreter
London
Bethune
Maralis Hale
Xivray
Toul
Army draft to reach 3,000,000 by August first
Provost Marshal General Crowder told the Senate military committee that three million Americans will be under arms by August first. He urged extending draft age limits and warned that Class II calls could exhaust by January 1. He noted 1,347,000 of 2,428,099 men classified have already been called to colors.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
General Crowder
Crowder
Mining and Oil Prices and Copper Outputs Report
Prices for motels and metals are listed with copper ore outputs from Ajo, Calumet and Arizona, and New Cornelia. May production includes 10,260,000 pounds of copper for Inspiration Consolidated Copper. 4,400,000 pounds from Ajo. Silver City area mining activity, Mogollon oil prospects, and Thermopolis gas wells.
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Arizona
Ajo
Swansea
Yuma County
Calumet
New Cornelia
Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company
Reserves to Win the Big Battle
General Foch asserts in the Field that modern warfare hinges on offensive action. He argues that only the destruction of the enemy’s organized forces through decisive attacks, mass and surprise, with carefully prepared reserves, can secure victory in battle.
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London
Foch
the Field
Praying for a Miracle in a Child’s Odd Wish
Thomas A. Mott, superintendent, recounts a Seymour girl who prayed to make Boston the capital of Maine after a test. The child admitted writing the answer as Boston on the paper and sought correction. The anecdote reflects innocence and the perils of misdirected confidence.
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Thomas A. Mott
Seymour
Boston
Maine
Indianapolis
Selgian Queen Visits Hospital Front Comforts Soldiers
The queen of Belgium visits the hospital at the front to comfort the wounded, encourage soldiers, and organize a symphony orchestra for entertainment. A cablegram notes Paul Ginisty visiting a Belging school near the front where war victims seek refuge, with dormitories and beds showing gas marks.
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Belgium
Paul Ginisty
Petit Parisian
The Making of a Famous Medicine
A Marquette University medical faculty regent cites the rise of U S science and medicine. The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia drives research, dye production, and international exchange with China Japan and South America, highlighting young Philadelphian chemists and notable figures in modern pharmacology.
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South America
China
Japan
South Awguenos Aires
Wistar Institute of Anatomy
Philadelphia
United States
Wistar ix
Gravblers
Philadelphian
Uhe
Wistar
Ge Fenuerkublle
Aliseavertes Miller
Away With the Cate and Crop Shortages Amid Policy Debate
The article notes crop damage linked to cats and blris that feed on insets, prompting calls for extra supplies from interstate legislatures. Philadelphia reports a shortage in Bartage collection as part of the broader agricultural disruption.
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Inter
Philadelphia
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