24 Jun 1918
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1918
Page
1
From Montello to the Adriatic the Austro Hungarians retreat in disorder across the Piave. Italian forces close in, estimating enemy losses near 180 000 with heavy fighting on Montello and around Dona di Piave. German support appears lacking as Austria’s huge drive collapses into disaster.
News from London and Berlin reports minor gains and counterattacks near Bugny and Morlancourt with Allied prisoners taken. Critics foresee another major western offensive possibly around Amiens as U S gunners receive praise for accuracy. Washington notes quiet day with no notable events by U S forces.
Rev Walton S Danker of Worcester Massachusetts chaplain to the One Hundred and Fourth Infantry died Tuesday from a shell wound and was buried Wednesday near where he fell. He was the first American chaplain to give his life on the American front and was decorated about a month earlier with 116 men for gallantry at Apremont in April. His brother Rev F H Danker of YYM I A was with him when he died.
In Hammond Indiana acting coroner Henry C Green opened an inquest into the Ivanhoe wreck in which 85 may have died. Engineers Alonzo Sergent and Gustave Krause are key witnesses as the circus train disaster toll rises with 24 identified dead and many others missing or unnamed.
Cleary Somers aged twelve and his brother Martin Somers sons of hotel keeper Michael Somers Calumet Minn were drowned in Mud Lake near Marble while playing on a boat with no oars. They swam toward shore as it drifted and sank in deep water. bodies were recovered.
Nine hundred thousand American soldiers shipped to the front, five months ahead of plan. North west of Chateau Thierry, a series of small attacks strengthened the line near Belleau Wood with quick, artillery free assaults. German posts were quickly overrun while heavy shelling targeted the Dresses area as aerial reconnaissance confirmed American fire was effective.
Wuhu in Anhwei province China reports the murder of J W Ladlaw manager of the Standard Oil company New York based in Wuhu Detailing the crime is sparse as per a Reuters dispatch from Shanghai offering few specifics beyond the fatal attack by brigands and the unresolved nature of the case
The article notes German plans possibly this week toward Paris or channel ports while Austrian Italian drives fail. Allied raids across the front target prisoners as American forces near a million. Foch aims to wait for clear numerical superiority before any major attack, training new troops to front line standard by fall.
Washington reports the July 4 celebration will include the largest single day launch of ships in American yards. At least ninety ships with 489,886 dead weight tons will be launched, plus six more hulls near completion, surpassing pre-war annual tonnage records and several postwar benchmarks.
Fresh clashes in Vienna amid crowds marching to the German Embassy, fired on by police and troops. Four killed and 17 wounded in strike riots as Count Karolyi announces in Hungarian parliament. cabinet resignation said to be under consideration by Emperor Charles. Budapest and Hungarian towns pledge to ease Vienna with supplies and reduced compute quo ta.
Washington reports the food administration grain corporation in New York is authorized by executive order to raise wheat prices above the $2.20 a bushel minimum set by the February proclamation, with Hoover’s approval, at primary and pet markets.
A dramatic chase ends with a suspect fleeing across streets as pursuers close in. Police report a high speed pursuit resulting in capture behind a fortysand barrier, with authorities citing the suspect’s escape attempts and eventual arrest.
Special to Evening Journal reports Italian forces completed the rout of the Austrian army on the Piave front by June 24. The enemy conducts a disorganized retreat across a wide front, leaving cannons and stores as Italians bridge the Piave and pursue. About 45,000 Austrians captured. thousands of Austrian dead found in floods. American airmen assist in the rout.
Special to the Evening Journal reports from Washington that American forces have made further gains in the Chateau Thierry sector as of June 24, according to General Pershing.
German forces attacked Mount Bligney and the Antheull region on the west front held by Italians. After intensive fighting the Germans were repulsed and driven back by French forces securing the area.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels announced that U S Navy strength has climbed to 450,008 officers and men, aided in part by German U boats prompting expanded manpower across naval branches.
Moscow reports the Soviet foreign minister Tehieherin pledging no change in policy toward the Entente since the bolshevik government’s reply. He declares a compulsory disarmament will be used against counter revolutions, citing Kiev etc. In Washington a conscription notice goes to 21 year old registrants with temporary delays and serial-number orders.
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