Italians Drive Back Austrians as Piave Battle Rages
Reports from Rome and London describe the Piave front where Italian forces repelled Austrian assaults north of Montebelluno and captured 1,200 prisoners and machine guns. Italian advances along the Piave and at Asinge plateau are cited with notable gains and losses for both sides as air support increases. The Vienna and Copenhagen dispatches note price protests and wartime restrictions affecting civilians.
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Mentello
Piave
Italian War Office
Montebellone
Viave
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Evening Standard
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von Kronstadt
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Sweden
Latian
Treasury Receipts Push Tax Collections and Liberty Loan Total
Washington reports approx 3000000000 was received in income and excess profits taxes, bringing total receipts to 31500000000 and leaving 1225000000 still to be collected. Payments on the third Liberty Loan reach 2200000000.
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Washington
Treasury
British Raiders Annoy the Germans Front Frontline Raids and Captures
London June 21 British raiding parties operated along the front taking prisoners and inflicting losses in multiple sectors near Boyelles Lens Givenchy Strazeele and Ypres. Authorities report 18 prisoners and three machine guns captured and enemy casualties in several clashes. French troops entered German lines between Montdidier and the Oise river at night capturing 20 prisoners with no other notable front developments.
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War Office
Boyelles
Arras
Lens
Strazeele
Ypres
Planders
Morlancourt
Amie
Albert
la Bassee
Aris
Montdidier
Oise
Gas Saving Aim Expands to Include Lights and Gas
Washington reports the government will soon urge the public to broaden war sacrifices to include electric lights and gas as a means to save fuel. Officials say voluntary conservation will helpin the war effort and reduce fuel consumption nationwide.
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Washington
Americans push toward Belleau Wood near Marne front
Reports from June 21 describe American troops advancing five hundred meters from Belleau wood during night fighting northwest of Chateau Thierry, taking German positions in a small Belleau pocket with prisoners. Berlin later claimed deep American penetrations east of Seicheprey with heavy losses on defenders, while Marne forces reported German counterclaims of Allied casualties and Prisoners.
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Costalunga
Corte
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Chateau Thierry
Belleau Wood
Berlin
Seieheprey
President Seeks Information After Turkish Seizure
The American government seeks further details on the Turkish seizure of the American consulate in Turris Persia and the looting of an American hospital. A full official report will be prepared for President Wilson to decide whether to request a new war declaration from Congress. Secretary Lansing testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about the incident.
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Speun
Sweden
Turris
Persia
Tunis
State Department
Wilson
Congress
Senate
Lansing Ai
Striking Saginaw Machinists End Walkout
Saginaw Michigan June 21 1000 striking machinists agree to return to work and submit wage demands of 72 14 cents an hour to the war labor board.
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Seginaw, Mich
War Luober Board
Transport Anna Sunk by Torpedo Near Malta
From Paris and Sandy Hook reports, French troops aboard the Transport Anna were torpedoed and sunk while en route from Bizaerts to Malta. Of 250 aboard, 150 were saved. Separate notes describe an American steamer repelling a German U-boat near Sandy Hook and a coastwise steamer reporting a German submarine near Montharalina with evasive action taken.
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Malta
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Eaptaain
Jersey
Weorner
Montharalina
Riots Across Vienna Berlin Hamburg and Cologne Shake Europe
Reports from Stockholm and Amsterdam describe serious riots in Vienna and protests in Berlin Hamburg and Cologne. Cavalry to restore order and possible martial law feared as bread ration cuts trigger unrest.
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Hamburg
Cologne
Stockholm
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Amsterdam
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Imperial Palace
Martin Law
Wilson imposes license on all stock yards nationwide
President Wilson issues a proclamation placing all stock yards under license effective June 25 under a 1917 act to bolster national security and defense by encouraging production conserving supply and controlling distribution of food and fuel. The Secretary of Agriculture leads implementation with full government cooperation.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Parley on Prisoners Fails to Yield Exchange Plan
Washington reports failure to reach an agreement with Germany on prisoner exchange. Inability of American representatives to contact German officials in Switzerland delays progress as negotiations continue to study conditions of U S prisoners in Germany. State department aims to expand the proposal into an exchange program.
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Washington
Germany
State Department
Switzerland
Slavic Volunteer Legion Authorized for Siberia Action
President Wilson backs a plan to raise a large Slavic volunteer legion in the United States for service abroad as Congress weighs allied intervention in Siberia. Senate committee approves an army amendment to allow the commander in chief to form the force, potentially 500,000 strong, if needed for action against Germany.
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Tutta
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Minois
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Merten
Hitcheork
Foreign Relations Committee
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Japan
Ateelean Copescut
Residents Flee Berlin by Airplane Amid Turmoil
Reports indicate residents fled Berlin by air as internal troubles surfaced in today’s dispatches. Authorities warned of escalating unrest and advised caution while noting limited shelter options and ongoing evacuations.
Flyers in Game Blow Up Two Bridges on the Piave River
Special to Evening Journal reports indicate internal troubles in Austria and Germany due to food scarcity. Riots in Vienna are spreading and residents of Berlin are fleeing by air to escape the crisis unfolding in June.
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Copenhagen
Austria
Germany
Vienna
Berlin
American Flyers Blow Up Two Bridges At Piave River
Italian headquarters report on June 21 that American airmen destroyed two German built bridges across the Piave River, hindering Austrian operations. Italian commander commends the American effort and bravery.
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Evening Journal
Piave River
Austrians Fail To Widen Northeast Piave Front
From Rome June 21 the Austrian attempt to widen their northeastern salient protecting the Piave front failed in Parliament reports. The Italians report gains on the lower Piave while enemy crossings at Montebelluna Susena were repelled and Austrian losses were described as enormous.
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Evening Journal
Rome
Montebelluna
Susenana
Piave
Pershing Reports Heavy Losses Northwest of Chateau Thierry
General Pershing's daily communiqué says heavy enemy losses were inflicted northwest of Chateau Thierry as artillery fighting continues at the front.
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The
Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Pershing
Chateau Thierry
Amendment on Slavic legion seen after Masaryk visit
The executive conference with Prof. Masaryk discussed forming a Slavic legion and potential allied intervention. Masaryk reported 100000 Poles and Czecho-Slovaks in Russia could be armed by the Allies. The president sent a letter to Senator Hitchcock, not made public, touching delicate international questions including U.S. stance on Siberian intervention.
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Russia
Hitchcock
Siberia
Rail Commission Maintains Powers Under Federal Rail Oversight
The Interstate Commerce Commission stated it will continue to hear complaints and order changes on rates during federal control of railroads, removing doubt about its authority.
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Interstate Commerce Body
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
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