Reims Front Fights Turn German Offensive Stalled
Paris June 20 German attack on Reims front between Vrigny and La Pompetie repulsed by French counter fire. Germans suffer heavy losses with many taken prisoner as French forces hold cathedral city area amid ongoing pressure. British raids elsewhere report activity along Hebuterne and Albert sectors.
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Vrigny
la Pompelle
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Albert
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German gas attack repelled by American gas and artillery
In a contested trench raid the German gas attack failed as the wind pushed gas back into their lines. American engineers used electric projectors to fire about a thousand gas shells into a small German area. This was followed by a heavy artillery barrage as German forces endured shelling on Armorican positions.
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Toul
Czecho-Slovak Forces Take Siberian Towns and Set Provisional Regime
London reports Czecho-Slovak forces in Siberia have captured Satmuranoste and Nikolaevsk in the Omsk government and established a provisional bourgeois regime. They say Bolsheviks are crushed in Siberia and offer aid to Great Russia if Bolshevik advances halt beyond the Urals. Bolsheviks mobilize on the Volga and near the Urals in response.
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Satmuranoste
Nikolaevsk
Omsk
Petrograd
Express
Siberia
Great Russia
Ural Mountains
Volga
Urals
Poles Battle Opposite Germans Under Allied Banner
June 20 report says the First Polish regiment of the First Polish division entered front line trenches facing Germany. Under military and civil guard, the unit received its battle flag and joined the war on the Allied side as a reply to Berlin’s claims on the Polish question.
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Paris
Poland
Germany
Archinald
France
Infant Son of Governor Cox Dies in Dayton
Infant son of Governor James Cox and Mrs Cox dies at the family residence in Dayton Ohio after birth on the preceding Sunday. The death is announced from Columbus.
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Columbus
Thomas Blair Cox
James Cox
Dayton
Secretary Wilson Addresses AFL on War Effort and Labor Sacrifices
Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson told the American Federation of Labor that the United States must enter the war and workers will bear sacrifices. He praised organized labor for wage gains and better conditions over fifty years and urged unity to support war aims and future higher living standards.
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William B. Wilson
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Samuel Gompers
Federation
Woodrow Wilson
Germany
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Wisden
Krenit
United States
First American aviators join Italian front in fresh effort
The first cadre of American volunteers trained in Italy sails to the Italian front, welcomed by Italian officials. The Italian embassy cites deep U S support as crucial for the effort, while Vienna reports Austro Hungarian forces push along the Italian front crossing the Fossalta canal at several points near the Piave.
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Italian Advance and Prisoner Gain Reported on Front
The report notes 901 Italian prisoners captured since the offensive began and many guns including hundreds of machine guns. In the north the Austrians advanced at one point near Monteetto with limited gains in the lowlands east and west of the mountains. Monte Grappa region attacks were repulsed as Italian lines held the heights on that sector.
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Monte Grappa
Loca
Asingo
Austrian Battleships Wien and Ferdinand Sunk, Rome Says
London dispatch reports the Austrian battleships Wien and Braherzog Ferdinand sunk. The Italian minister of marine Delborne is cited in Spodia as denying the claim, per Central News from Rome.
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Wien
Braherzog Ferdinand
Delborne
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Spodia
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Ruling on Useful and Nonuseful Employments Sparks Draft Changes
Washington reports preliminary word that over 2 000 men may join class 1 for immediate military duty after Provost Marshal Crowder orders revision of deferred classifications. A general ruling on useful versus nonuseful employments is forthcoming, with army officers and the labor department studying the issue.
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Crowder
Army
Department of Labor
North Carolina
Mississippi
New York
Marscal General Crowther
Baker
Under Spain's Protection Sparks First Ottoman War Entry
Washington reports sacking of the American hospital at Tabriz Persia and seizure of American and British consulates by Turkish troops. The incident may be deemed an act of war and push Congress toward declaring hostilities, with fighting near Tabriz expected as British forces advance.
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Washington
Tabriz
Persia
State Department
Teheran
Germany
United States
Presbyterian aid identifies sacked Tabrez hospital in Persia
Officials of the Presbyterian board of foreign missions identified the American hospital sacked by Turkish troops at Tabriz, Persia, as the Colton Memorial hospital endowed by a Philadelphia family. The staff includes three physicians and eleven boarding-school teachers. Dr Cheries W. Lamme, medical director, is en route home on leave, with Edmund M. Dodd and Dr (Miss) Mary Kh. Fleming coordinating the hospital's work.
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Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Tabriz
Persia
Colton Memorial Hospital
Philadelphia
Presbyterian Board
Lir
Cheries W. Lamme
Aston
Edmund M. Dodd
Montclair
N. J
Steel men fix up new price
Leading steel manufacturers met with the committee on steel and steel products of the American Iron and Steel Institute to discuss prices and methods to speed up mill production for war materials. The present price expires June 30 and data on output costs transportation and labor were to be submitted for War Industries Board review in Washington next Friday.
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New York
Committee On Steel and Steel
American Iron and Steel Institute
Committee On Steel and Steel Products
War Industries Board
Washington
Wilson Transfers Shipping Powers to Emergency Fleet Corp
Washington report says President Wilson via executive order grants the emergency fleet corporation the congressional powers to take over shipping lines ships and shipping plants as part of wartime measures.
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Wilson
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Congress
Revolt in Kiev Expands as Polish and Russian Fronts Stir
Intercepted Moscow wireless reports a Kiev revolt with artillery stores exploded and street fighting. 40 000 peasants armed participate, spreading to Poltava and Teherai-goy districts. German forces warn Austria Hungary rioting. Vienna cabinet may resign and re-form the government.
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British raid pins German fleet in Bruges canal docks
London reports that twenty one German destroyers, many submarines, and numerous auxiliaries were trapped in the Bruges canal docks by the British attack on Zeebrugge, according to Thomas J. McNuirva.
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London
Zeebrugge
Belgium
Thomas J. McNuuiarva
Riot Breaks Out in Vienna Palace as Troops Deployed
Rioters stormed the Austrian capital palace prompting authorities to deploy troops. Local reports describe chaotic scenes with police attempting to restore order amid clashes and damage to property. No further details on casualties were provided in the available text.
U. S. Troops to Italy and Berlin Peace Protests
A report from London on June 20 notes U S troops being transported to Italy as peace demonstrations arise in Berlin. In Vienna hunger riots broke into bakeries seeking food and attacked the Premier residence and Hofburg Palace, with cavalry deployed to restore order.
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London
Vienna
Amsterdam
Hofburg
U.S. Troops Arrive to Aid Italian Defense in Italy
The War Department announced that United States troops are being transported directly to Italy to support the Italian forces against the Austrian drive, strengthening allied defense efforts in Europe.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
United States
Italy
Cries of Food Demand Reported in Berlin Hamburg Cologne
A censored Stockholm message says demonstrations erupted in Berlin Hamburg and Cologne with civilians demanding food or an end to the war. The report notes many killed as the unrest spreads across the three German cities.
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London
Stockholm
Berlin
Hamburg
Cologne
Italians Counter Attack Along Piave Front
Italian forces launch a wide counter attack along the Piave front as they roll back the enemy on both wings in a sustained action across the sector. Strong units engage on multiple sectors with gains reported near key positions.
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Rome
Piave
Shipboard impact cited in bone-dry amendment plea
Washington reports the United States Shipping Board urged Congress to defeat the Jones bone-dry national prohibition measure. Bainbridge Colby testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee that enactment would lower shipyard worker efficiency and reduce tonnage production by about 25 percent, hindering the war effort and submarine campaign.
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Washington
United States Shipping Board
Congress
America
Bainbridge Colby
Shipping Board
Senate Agriculture Committee
Wilson renomination urged at Indiana Democratic rally
Indianapolis June 20 1920 former Indiana governor Samuel M Ralston as permanent chairman of the Lediana state Democratic convention urged the renomination and election in 1920 of Woodrow Wilson The demonstration lasted several minutes after Vice President Thesea R Marshall delivered the keynote address as temporary chairman
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Indianapolis
Woodrow Wilson
Samuel M. Ralston
Indiana
Lediana
Mr. Ralston
Theseas R. Marshall
Senate Passes Largest Pension Bill in History
Washington June 20 The senate approved the annual general pension bill totaling 220000000 dollars, the largest ever by 12000600 dollars. The measure received a 35000000 dollarเพิ่ม addition while passing the house to fund recent pension increases.
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