French Take 590 Prisoners in Montdidier Noyon Battle
French and German forces clash in the Montdidier Noyon sector with heavy losses. The war office reports German offensives near Mery Belloy St. Maure Marqueglise and Elincourt as French lines hold firm and prisoners rise into the hundreds. Berlin claims 5 000 prisoners in the new attack.
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Montdidier-Noyon
Mery
Belloy
St. Maure
War Office
Kessons-Sur-Matz
St. Denis
Ribecourt
Marqueglise
Bessons Sur-Matz
Elincourt
Thiescourt Wood
Courceles
Rabescourt
Oise
France
Montdidier
Noyou
Berlin
German War Office
Noyon
Americans Shelled as German Offense Builds in France
American forces in Cantigny face heavy bombardment by German artillery and gas, with trench mortars intensifying the attack east of Montdidier and Noyon. The action aims to dislodge French positions and shorten the Allied front, while U S troops stay alert for possible exploitation of the assault.
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Eenady
Bessons-Sur-Mantz
Mareuil
France
Montdidier
Montdidier-Noyon Tite
Cantigny
Oise
Chauteau Thierry
Two Flyers Die in Fall at Curtiss Field Buffalo
At Curtiss aviation field in Buffalo New York two flyers died when an airplane fell from the sky on June 11 Philip D Nader of San Francisco and Robert Connor of Los Angeles were killed. Nader one of the oldest flyers in the country served with the British flying corps in 1914 and 1915 and later worked as an instructor Connor was a student.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Philip D. Nader
San Francisco
Robert Connor
Los Angeles
Curtiss Aviation Field
Rader
British Flying Corps
United States
Condor
Americans Sweep Ahead on the Marne
General Pershing reports a fresh attack northwest of Chateau Thierry repulsed with heavy losses to the enemy. French and American forces gain ground on the Marne front near Brusseigres, increasing prisoners to 250 and capturing 50 machine guns. Corporals Rogers and Privates Howard and Ridgway describe capture and harsh treatment but eventual liberation with French troops. observers praise American fighting resolve.
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Washington
Pershing
Chateau Thierry
Bouresches
Picardy
Marne
Paris
Bruseigres
London
Thmes
France
Sidney W. Rogers
Reymond Howard
Frank P. Ridgway
Hill 204
Europe
Londo
Army of U S Best in World Declares Surgeon General
Maj. Gen. William C. Gorgas, surgeon general, declares the American Army superior in health and morals. In Chicago for the American Medical Association convention, he denies immorality or drunkenness among troops or at home, says deaths decline and disease is curbed, except for new recruits with infections.
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Chicago
William C. Gorgas
United States Army
Hores
America
American Medical Association
Amerte
THREE U S SHIPS DESTROYED
News from New York reports the sinking of the American steamer Mun bon off Italy in late May. Twenty six Mun bon crewmen arrived aboard a freight ship along with twelve City of Pensacola crew and thirty City of Wilmington crew rescued after fire at sea.
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New York
Munbon
Italy
City of Pensecola
700000 Yanks In France Debut In Liberty Loan Aid
Secretary Baker told French Blue Devils in Washington that more than 700000 American soldiers have been sent to France for the third Liberty loan drive. He noted that his earlier statement claimed over half a million had already gone overseas.
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Baker
Blue Devils
Washington
France
Slacker Roundup Nets 2,090 in Michigan Draft Sweep
Detroit police and federal authorities captured 2,000 men in a broad draft evader roundup from Saturday night to Monday. Officers cleared stores and soft drink parlors and questioned loiterers as the operation continued.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Labor Leaders Urge Overthrow of German Militarism
President Samuel Gompers outlines AFL stance at the annual convention in St Paul urging workers to back freedom and democracy in World War I. He says Americans will give all for the republic but nothing for profit and calls for crushing autocracy and imperialism in Germany.
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St. Paul
Minn
United States
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Republic of the United States
Germany
Gompers
Executive Council
Federation
Beacon Light Ideals In War and Labor Rights
The text frames America as a beacon to oppressed peoples while noting auto cratic powers drew the nation into war. It also foregrounds labor solidarity demanding equal representation and a voice in agencies shaping employment and welfare in both private and government work.
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America
Marine deaths total 78 in France through dispatch
Washington reports at Marine Corps headquarters that 78 Marines died in France since the landing up to the dispatch date. Wounded total 288, with one reported missing and one taken prisoner. Not all recent fighting is included in the tally.
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Washington
Marine Corps Headquarters
Marine Corps
France
Semenoff Beats Russian Army in Siberia Fight
General Semenoff, leader of anti Bolshevik forces in Siberia, reports say he has driven back Russian troops crossing the Onon river in Transbaikalia though his forces face heavy odds in the Harbin Manchuria zone on June 11.
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Siberia
Harbin
Manchuria
Semenoff
Onon River
Transbaikalia
Mooney Paraded as German Agent, DA Says
San Francisco June 11 District Attorney Wickert filed a brief with Governor Stephens charging that Thomas J Mooney the preparedness parade bomb defendant was in the employ of the German government.
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San Francisco
Wickert
Stephens
Thomas J. Mooney
Mother Ship Named Involved in Submarine Action off Virginia
Survivors from the American freighter Pinot Del Rio tell of a grey mother ship of about 6,000 tons aiding the submarine that sank their vessel. They also witnessed a schooner’s sinking nearby and report two submarines sighted off Virginia as aviators patrolled the coast.
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Atlantic
Jersey
United States Army
Norfolk
Elizabeth City
N. C
Virginia
French Forced to Give Ground in Belleau Woods
Amsterdam dispatch says the Belleau Woods fight inflicts severe American losses with a Marine Brigade wiped out after exposure to German artillery. Full details unavailable.
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Marine Brigade
Cen
Evening Journal
Amsterdam
Wolf News
Belleau Woods
British Advance Lines Near Amiens Captures Hit 233 Germans
Special to Evening Journal reports British forces advancing their lines about a half mile east of Amiens. The operation resulted in 233 German soldiers captured.
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Evening Journal
London
Amiens
Foe Gains Ground
Special dispatch reports French forces recapturing the village of Mery and a principal German push at the Arcnde River center. French counter attacks later repulsed the German advance. On the right wing French lines fell back near Ribecourt.
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Evening Journal
Parise
Mery
Arcnde
Ribecourt
One Shot Sinks Submarine Off American Coast
Passengers aboard a British steamer report a gun crew fired a single shot that sunk a submarine Sunday morning off the Atlantic coast, with the event dated June 11.
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Atlantic
Coast Watch Probes German Submarine Activity Off Virginia Cape
Washington officials deny evidence that German submarines have shore bases or contact with the mainland after reports of U boat sightings near the Virginia capes. Navy officers report a methodical Atlantic coast survey found no coast-based subs arrangements. Submarine sightings by aviators prompted immediate submergence.
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Virginia Capes
Washington
Atlantic
Mexican Line
Halifax
Daniels
Cameron McR. Winelow
Naval Districts
Metriets
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