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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1918
Page
1
German forces push toward Paris and Amiens as Allied lines hold. The advance includes a 26 mile gain in four days with heavy Allied reserves, Cantigny praised for American troops’ capture and defense, while Reims and the Marne region face critical danger.
The House sent to the Senate a record size annual army appropriation totaling 12.041 billion dollars with a target army strength of three million. The urgent deficiency bill totaling over 123 million dollars also cleared the House as amendments were agreed to.
The American transport President Lincoln, 18,972 tons and formerly of the Hamburg American line, was torpedoed by a German submarine and sank about an hour after 10:40 am. Returning from Europe to the United States, few or no troops were aboard and initial reports indicate no casualties. This marks the second U.S. transport lost to U-boat attacks after the Antillns.
Paris dispatch reports French forces resisting near Bierancourt Epagny and the road to Chateau Thierry as Germans push toward the Marne. Elsewhere French counterattacks recapture Thillois while Paris processes refugees from Soissons Reims and Chateau Thierry towns. A Reuters update notes 40 German divisions engaged on the Aisne with 40 in reserve and the potential for another blow at Amiens or Dunkerque. James B Clarkson, longtime Republican national committee member and former New York customs surveyor, dies in Newark at 76.
Worthington June 1 Rep Olney of Massachusetts told the house ten million American women are knitting for soldiers. He said the quartermaster general's department asked the Red Cross to aid in selecting the most useful items to conserve scarce raw materials.
On the French front northwest of Toul Lieutenant Edward Rickenbacher, a former automobile racer, downed one Albatross bi plane and engaged three monoplanes. He saved Lieutenant James Feissner after his aircraft was damaged. He fired on a bi plane, causing it to crash, then pursued others as Meissner engaged enemy planes and sustained damage to his craft.
More than 2000 workers at the Silvia shops in Moline demand 75 cents an hour with overtime. wage board set 55 cents. Appeals to officials fail. Washington reports a railroad administration envoy will go to Moline to investigate the strike action.
Washington reports official notice that 20000 men will be drafted in June. They must report June 24 but camp assignments and allotments are not yet decided. Dispatches also note Austria bars foreigners amid unrest blamed on socialists and Jugo Slav factions.
Washington reports a successful American raid in the Woevre sector destroying enemy advanced positions and inflicting losses. American forces crossed the German lines near Tout in a 300 yard front with artillery support and breach through defenses, taking two prisoners with minimal American casualties. German counterattacks at Cantigny were repulsed and allied aviators claimed another German aircraft.
The war department released General Pershing's addendum noting German claims of Cantigny capture omit the American role. German counter-attacks May 28 used tanks with heavy losses, prisoners rising to 240. First Lieutenant William D. Meyering received the Distinguished Service Cross for leading a platoon under fire on April 6, 1918, and continuing despite severe wounds.
U S gunners smash German tanks and infantry near Cantigny as Americans maintain control of the town. German artillery bombards the new lines while American artillery and antiaircraft fire repulse counter attacks and keep the position secure. A large German munition dump east of St Michiel is destroyed by American heavy artillery.
Paris reports eighteen killed and wounded in a long range bombardment on Corpus Christi Day. The raid occurred while Britain had pledged no attacks on towns outside the war zone.
Major General Crozier chief of ordnance and war council member returned to Washington from an extended Europe tour observing ordnance handling and supply issues for U.S. forces.
Regional incident around Soissons involving a crowd event. Authorities report a disorderly scene with confrontations and property disturbance. No fatalities confirmed. Police investigate as regional tensions rise.
Paris June 1 French counter attacks in the Soissons region drove back large German forces and gained ground along the Chauv-dun Vierzy line. The offensives were successful and resulted in numerous German prisoners.
Greek troops supported by French artillery seized enemy positions at Sika Di Legen on the Struma front across 12 kilometers and 2 kilometers deep. They captured more than 1,500 Bulgarian and German prisoners including 33 officers and seized a large amount of material.
General Alexander von Linsingen is named commander in chief of Brandenburg for the war by the German emperor. He previously led a German army group on the eastern front.
At Great Lakes Naval Training Station Illinois 27000 enlisted men are present up 2100 since January. May recruitment is expected to lead with 2153 enrollments so far and about 500 men were waiting outside the recruiting office by eight this morning.
News from Boston reports the Furness line steamship Cheviot Range was sunk off Fastnet by a submarine while en route from the Mediterranean to England. Twenty five crew members lost lives in the rapid disaster. In related news, Lieut Edmund O Bigelow of Boston, serving with the Red Cross in France, has been awarded the Croix de Guerre for bravery.
A reflective note on how human ties can become fetters when demands overshadow affection. It contrasts love as a gift with love as a debt, warning that obligations may bind rather than free relationships. The piece offers a concise meditation on balance in personal bonds.
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