Teutons Mass for Assault North of Chateau Thierry
American forces report increased enemy artillery and air activity north of Chateau Thierry with large troop movements and wagon trains. In Picardy a detachment of Americans captured 36 prisoners, while a German raiding party in the Vosges was repulsed. The U S forces prepare for a possible German assault and aim to meet it with strengthened defenses along the Marne.
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Picardy
Vosges
Marne
Chateau Thierry
Bonnes Wood
Belleau
U. S
Foot Four
First American troops land in Italy in World War II
General March announced the landing of the United States first national army troops in Italy. The Seventy-ninth Division, raised in New York and trained at Camp Upton, will hold a front sector under Major General Johnson, Pive, and command of General Bell.
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Washington
Italy
General March
General Pershing
United States
New York
Camp Upton
Bell
Johnson, Pive
American divisions returned to Pershing after training
American divisions brigaded with the British have been returned to General Pershing with training completed. They comprise Kansas and Missouri troops under Major General Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Pershing
Kansas and
Missouri
Wright
British and German naval skirmish off Belgian coast
London reports an inconclusive action off the Belgian coast as four British destroyers engaged eight German craft for 15 minutes. Additional enemy torpedo boats appeared. our destroyers fell back without damage. Berlin notes German torpedo boats were in action off Ostend for half an hour with hits on two British destroyers, all escaping in artificial fog and no German losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Belgaan
Berlin
Ostend
Debs Arrested on Socialist Address Warrant
U S agents arrest Eugene V Debs four time presidential candidate in Moreland as he prepared to speak. warrant linked to his June Canton speech and a July 1 incident in Terre Haute. Debs influence noted as fifth district Socialists bid for Congress. Port receipts fall as troop supply tonnage limits foreign trade in New York for the just ended fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moreland
Eugene V. Pebe
United States
Debs
Canton
Terre Haute
Eugene V. Debs
New York
Airplane tester killed in Dayton plunge
Lester E. Holt aged 29 of Los Angeles test pilot for a New York aircraft firm died when the airplane he was flying in dropped from 1200 feet in Dayton Ohio. He was instantly killed during the note dive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Lester E. Holt
Los Angeles
New York Aircraft Company
Wheat gets another price boost across markets
New York reports a government price raise for wheat tied to rail freight changes. The Chicago No 1 Wheat price is 2.26 a bushel, with No 2 and No 3 priced below by 8 and 7 cents respectively. The grain corporation plans to implement a nationwide 2nd price level for No 1 and outlines forthcoming details.
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Chicago—Grain Corporation
New York
Food Administration
The
Railway Administration
Chicago
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Newport News
Duluth
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Keanees City
Omeala
New Orleans
Catvesian
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
Astoria
San Prancisco
Los Angeles
Grain Corporation
Intermountain
Italians Take Monte Di Valdella Strike Captures 800 Prisoners
French forces push along a mountain front south of the Onreq river capturing Monte Di Valdella seven miles southeast of Villers-Cotterets and taking 265 prisoners including three officers. Allied air power bombs disrupted German counterattacks while raids extend toward Amiens and Vosges. The British front reports heavy artillery fire east of Nieppe wood as counterstrike concerns rise.
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Leiden
Onreq
Foch
France
Mosley
Paesy-Pn- Valois
Villers-Cotter
Forther
Cutry
Soissons
Mangard
Tore Amiens
Vosges 2
Aisne
St. Mierve Aigle
Niepperwood
Pield Marshal
Drittethy Jestrii
Wield Moerstest
Vrestubert
Lye Salient
la Bosse
Scarne
Ten Killed As Building Falls In Sioux City Fire Ruins
Sioux City July 1 A three story brick building collapsed during renovation killing ten to twenty and injuring many. Names of the dead include Louis Schuler Louis Soiset h Charles Kugel Walter Neisor Noy Ostrander and one unidentified. Missing include Alfred Hansen owner of Ruff Drug. Five tailors on the third floor believed buried in the basement. Rescue of Ceear Raff and others described with several workers pulled free after hours. Fire added to peril as walls collapsed trapping more.
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Sioux Try
Louis Schuler
Louis Soiseth
Charles Kuge
Walter Neisor
Noy Ostrander
Alfred Hansen
Ceear Raff
Welog
T.hh
FL Kreel
Ef Prog Company
Charles Kugel
Meele Kugel
Hans Asper
Pronktarp
Deanmmont & Bratmger
Icalian Victory in Mountains Near Allert and Arrae freni
Unclear spellings describe Italian forces supported by allies attacking positions on Ttalen and capturing Monte di Valbella. The Teallen announces over thirty Anetro-fianesrians captured. Strong counterattacks were repelled by talon tafan os fire despite heavy fighting.
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Allert
Tome
Lition
Awstre Houngerion
Ttalen Mennhin Trent
Monte di Valbella
Columbus Street Car Workers Strike Over Unreadmitted Rehiring
Columbus street car service halted as union car men walk out citing company refusal to reinstate seven discharged workers, affecting transit in Columbus.
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Columbus Car
Columbus
Union
Trade Board Names Firms in War Profiteering Probe
Washington July 1 The federal trade commission reports profiteering among American industries amid war pressure and greed. It details high profits by Armour Swift Morris Wilson Cudahy meat packers flour millers steel and other sectors with price fixing, restricted shipments, and executive pay as drivers of inflated consumer prices.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Commission
Armour
Swift
Morris, Wilson and Cudahy
Dominion
Commission For the War Industries Board
The
Food Administration
Fuel Administration
Comiuieston
United States Steel Corporation
Senate Approves Historic War Bill Packages
Washington July 1 Senate passes 12 billion army bill and 21 billion in appropriations for war effort. House backs Navy and civil measures totaling 21 billion. Debate over army size ends with no direct order to raise 3 million troops. McCumber amendment to 5 million rejected 45 to 19.
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Senate
Washington
Congress
House
War Department
McCumber
North Dakota
Pall
New Mexico
Glau
Han Allies Ar Called 10 Account Demands Sacking
Report says Han allies demanded ten accounts or explanations linked to the sacking of the American consulate. The text connects allied pressure to diplomatic fallout and potential investigations. Further details on names, dates, and involved parties are not provided in readable portions.
Germans in Russia Drive Opened In War News
Special dispatch reports German forces advancing into Russia and a Russian fleet action in the Black Sea. The note adds a U S request to Turkey for an explanation of a reported attack on the American consulate and hospital at Tabriz, with potential war implications depending on Turkey’s reply.
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The
Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
United States
Turkey
Tabriz
War news from Europe and Washington in July update
German forces capture Tiflis and advance through Russia while Archangel proclaims war. Huns seize the Russian Black Sea fleet. Czecho-Slovak forces drive out Bolsheviks at Vladivostok. Wilson seeks power to seize telegraph and telephone lines amid strike fears. Senate adds provisions on volunteer Slavic regions and Pan American forces.
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London
Tiflis
Russia
Archangel
Black Sea
Vladivostok
Evening Journal
Washington, D.C
Wilson
Congress
French Destroy 20 Planes and Bomb German Positions
French war office reports on June 28: 20 chasing planes shot down 15 German planes and destroyed two balloons. 19 enemy planes damaged. Bombing missions dropped 47 tons on aviation grounds in Somme Rozieres Braye Avre and rail hubs Sois sous Pere-Mn-Tardenois. five tons fell during German counterattack preparations near Cutry.
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Aris
War Office
Somme
Soissous
Pere-Mn-Tardenois
Cutry
Dwinsk Survivors Reach Hampton Roads. Lt Whitemarsh Among
Arrival of 20 more Dwinsk survivors at Hampton Roads after the torpedoing of the British transport 700 miles off the Delaware capes June 18. Among the rescued is Lieut Ross I Whitemarsh US Navy. Twenty three of the crew of 148 are missing. In France three American airmen were killed in accidents, Lieut B W Maynor of Hirmington Alabama and his observer, and Capt P Nines of Niagara Falls New York.
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U. 8S
Washington
Hampton Roads
Delaware Capes
Mery Department
Ross I. Whitemarsh
US 8
France
B. W. Maynor
Hirmington
Ala
P. Nines
Niagara Falls
N.Y
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U.S
YANKS
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Pershing
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Chateau
Thierry
General Versting
Com Tounique
America
National Army Division
Cleveland, O
Hoover
Ourcg River
Monte di Valdella
Sioux City
Firm
Trade Board
Gouy
Meh
Gions
Peorest
Crowder
Dwinsk
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