Timely Warning of Gen March at Conference
Gen Peyton C. March, chief of staff, declares over 800,000 American troops overseas and says Germany aims to seize channel ports to halt the American push. He notes four German drives since March 21 have been stopped and that shipping limits, not manpower, cap U.S. strength. He urges quicker ship production to sustain the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Edwin Nevin
Washington
Peyton C. March
United States Army
March
United States
Picardy
Flanders
Marne
Oise
Paris
Germany
Compiegne Under Shell Fire In World War II Narrative
Compiegne, a key French base 45 miles northeast of Paris on the Alene River, is shelled by German forces after a failed initial attack. The town sits at a railway and highway junction. German losses are described as appalling while French morale remains high and confident in repelling the main strike.
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Compiegne
Paris
Alene
Champlat
Bligny
Asne- Marne
Champagne
Amsterdam
Austrian War Office
Vienna
Piave
Cattaro
Macedonia
Devoli
Albania
Palmer urges more high command officers for US forces
Rear Admiral L C Palmer warned Secretary Daniels that US defeat is likely if Germany changes naval plans and the army lacks sufficient high ranking officers. He noted the navy would add eighteen rear admirals under a current bill, but argued that total personnel 131,485 remains insufficient without more officers and men.
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Washington
Germany
United States
L. C. Palmer
Daniels
House
Senate
Navy
Palmer
Bureau of Personnel
Navy Department
Germans Loot French Villages Across Occupied North of Marne
Paris reports German forces systematically loot the French territory north of the Marne. Allied capture reveals youths among prisoners wearing stolen rings and brooches, with camouflaged uniforms and flowers. Postcards depicting mythical Turks are labeled as brothers in the last push.
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Paris
Marne River
Foch Sees New German Attacks Likely on Front
Allied lines hold firm on Montdidier Oise as German assaults fail to renew. French air power dominates skies with heavy raids behind enemy lines. Twelve German planes shot down in one day and two observation balloons destroyed. Night bombing by French squadrons dropped nearly twenty tons of explosives on German cantonments.
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Ernest Porr
I. N.S
Montdidier-Oise
Picardy
Villers-Cotterets
Chateau Thierry
Cerfk
Rioting in Vienna Surges as Austrian Crisis Deepens
Reports from Amsterdam relay feverish rioting in Vienna with unrest spreading across Austria. The Daily Sketch notes a crisis resembling a revolution amid worsening prospects for immediate peace.
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London
Amsterdam
Vienna
Daily Sketch
Austria
Food situation survey shows varied central powers’ hunger
The labor department report says Turkey is starving while Germany and Austria struggle to feed their populations. Bulgaria fares best among the central powers, Hungary is in better shape than Germany or Austria. Hungary refuses to share its surplus with Austria, stirring official resentment.
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Washington
Turkey
Germany
Austria
Bulgaria
Hungary
Department of Labor
American aviators down two more Boche planes
Gen. Pershing reports in a June 14 communique that American aviators shot down two more hostile planes. The dispatch also recounts how an American sentry captured by a German patrol escaped through courage and clever planning.
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Washington
Britain Belgium Receive New Allied Loans Today
The United States announced today that it advanced 175 million dollars to Great Britain and 9 million dollars to Belgium. The loans bring Britain's total to 3.17 billion and Belgium's to 121.55 million, lifting total Allied funding to 5.95455 billion.
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Great Britain
Belgium
Washington
United States
Treasury Department
Draft treaty terms set age range for US citizens abroad
Washington reports detail a draft treaty between the United States and Britain outlining that Americans aged 18 to 49 in British territory would be subject to the draft. A June 3 notes exchange allowed US to exempt out-of-range Americans by diplomatic certificate, avoiding further delay.
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Washington
United States
Senate
State Department
Lansing
Earl Reading
Great Britain
Camouflage Used On U Boats Seen In Atlantic Run
June 15 report shows at least two German U boats operating off the Atlantic coast. Patrols doubled to hunt them, with accounts of camouflage on a submarine rigged to resemble a freighter. Captain Aitken recounts a twelve hour running fight with the Author, one of the few armed ships attacked by Germans.
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Atlantic
United States Naval Patrol
George Aitken
Breatland
Vinland
Bratland
Daniels Withdraws Opposition to Permanent Navy Increase
Secretary of the Navy Daniels withdrew his opposition to a permanent rise in enlisted Navy personnel to 131,485. He sent a letter to Chairman Padgett noting he still objects to the Senate amendment that would make the increase permanent rather than temporary, with letters from Admiral Benson and Admiral Palmer supporting that 131,485 will barely man ships to be completed this year.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Padgett
House Naval Affairs Committee
Senate
Admiral Benson
Admiral Palmer
Salve Name Change Ordered Over Mentholatum Confusion
Washington June 15 The federal trade commission ordered Block and Company Brooklyn to stop calling a salve Mentholanum due to its similarity to Mentholatum from Mentholatum Company Buffalo New York. Block and Company admitted unfair competition and no hearing was needed. Also noted is a ship arrival with a tale of a battle between her gunners and an undersea raider crew.
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Washington
Bsbecause
Mentho Atum Company
Buffalo
N. Y
Federal Trade Commission Today
Block and Company
Brooklyn
Keemun Engages U-boat Off Virginia Coast
The British steamer Keemun reports a clash with a German U-boat off the Virginia coast. The submarine fired five inch shells and the Keemun replied, escaping unscathed. The captain's detailed account was sent to Washington via naval authorities after quarantine.
Medical Director Nash fined for hoarding food
Washington June 15 Medical Director Francis S Nash U S N paid a 1000 fine rather than stand trial on an indictment charging him with hoarding nearly 2000 worth of food in his home The defendant entered a plea of nolo contendere before Justice Stafford The indictment against Mrs Nash was dismissed
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Washington
Francis S. Nash
Nolo
Justice Stafford
Weather outlook for Washington: fair and warmer
The June 15 report notes fair skies with increasing warmth tonight and on Sunday across Washington. Temperatures rise gradually with continued dry conditions and light winds expected statewide.
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THE
Washington
Minor Operations Report From War Offices Today
Artillery dominates the western front as Allied and German guns exchange heavy fire. British and French troops report small prisoner captures on Flanders plains and the Marne front. American positions near Chateau Thierry face gas shelling but no infantry assault. Local raids yield prisoners and machine guns in northern sectors.
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London
Flanders Plains
Paris
Marne
Frank Charlton
I. N.S
Western
Montdidier
Oise
Chateau Thierry
Prince Rupprecht
Picardy
Flanders
Noyon
Henry G. Wales
1. N
Triangle Farm
United States
British War Office
Bethune
Villers
Bretteneux
Aveluy Wood
Albert
Nieppe Forest
Secretary Daniels Addresses 20000 GE Workers in Schenectady
Secretary Daniels told 20,000 General Electric plant workers in Schenectady that daily production of better equipment for the navy equals fighting in the trenches. He was accompanied by Gov. Whatman and former Gov. Glynn as state officials inspected the huge works.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Naval Forces
DaNiels
General Electric Company
Whatman
Martin H. Glynn
Whitman Proclaims June 28 as War Savings Day
Governor Whitman designates June 28 as national war savings day from noon to 10 p m for pledges to save and economize to aid the war effort. The pledge should be fulfilled by investing in war savings certificates during the rest of the year.
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Albany
Whitman
American Air Men Bombard German Towns
A first real American air raid over German territory led by a former French army flyer ends with all planes returning safely at dusk. French and British officers at the flyers headquarters join in a large celebration praising the success of the mission.
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Newton C. Parke
LN. 5
France
Flyera
Rhine Valley
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Gen. March
Wth
Rheims
England
Foch
Virginia
Keemum
Schenectady, N. Y
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