Fierce fighting near Soissons as Germans press westward
May 31 dispatch from Paris reports heavy combat along the Soissons front with German attempts to swing west of Soissons toward Hartennes and Fere en Tardenois. Allied defenders, including French and British divisions, hold key positions near Reims while Paris watches a rising prisoner and loot tally and wary hopes that Allied reserves will blunt the offensive.
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Soissons
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Ville En Tardenots
Reims
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Foch
Berlin
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France
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Soissone
Line Will Hold is Belief of Experts
Washington reports military opinion that the German success at Soissons offers little strategic gain. Allies expect reserves from the Somme and Paris regions to disrupt a renewed Aisne attack within days, with Foch able to weld French and British lines and block a Paris-bound thrust.
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Soissons
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Foch
Somme
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Picardy
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Beispens
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Americans Repel Cantigny Attacks in Fresh Front Reports
A war department communique highlights renewed artillery and infantry actions near Cantigny with heavy German counterattacks repulsed. Reports note increased prisoner counts, hospital bombings, and ongoing aerial battles as American forces hold the Toul front amid intensifying pressure.
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Washington
Mershing
War Department
Cantigny
Lorraine
New treaty with Sweden signed in London
The Swedish minister announced a commercial and navigation agreement between Sweden and Great Britain and her allies was signed in London. In Lincoln Nebraska a Burlington railroad report notes a tornado near Sutton causing property damage with no reported injuries.
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London
Sweden
Great Britain
Wage Board to Hear Complaints on Railroad Strikes
McAdoo issues a communications to six labor leaders about a Virginia shopmen strike described as a government strike against the United States. He announces a wage board of three labor and three railroad representatives will hear petitions and assure justice while preventing coercion of the government.
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Washington
McAdoo
U. S
Alexadria
United States
Railroad wage award prompts claims and increased rates
The board urges classes of employees with complaints under the wage decision to submit their cases promptly for fair consideration. The text notes Americans are paying higher freight and passenger rates to partly fund the over 800 million dollars in increased wages awarded to railroad workers.
Paris Bombarded On Corpus Christi Feast Day
German long range guns resumed bombardment of Paris on Corpus Christi morning despite British promises not to raid. The Vatican had transmitted Cardinal von Hartmann’s request for no bombing in Cologne during the Corpus Christi procession amid prior bomb damage.
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Vatican
Cardinal von Hartmann
Cologne
French Airmen Destroy 10 German Planes in Battle
Paris reports French airmen attacked the enemy air forces during the battle. They destroyed 10 German machines, shot down 2 balloons, and forced 23 enemy airplanes to land due to damaged conditions.
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Paris
Draft 200,000 Called in June Across 22 Camps
War Department announces 200,000 men to be inducted into military service in a five day draft period starting June 24. Recruits to be sent to 22 camps nationwide from Lotteville Kentucky and other locations.
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U. S
Lotteville
War Department
Mas. Taft blackmail case ends with Drake arrest in Cincinnati
J H Drake, a veteran politician and Duckworth Club founder, is arrested on a $20,000 blackmail claim tied to a letter sent to Mrs Charles P Taft sister of ex President Taft. He denies guilt, faces hearing June 14, and is jailed on $1,000 bond. Evidence links Drake to writing the demand.
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Cincinnati
Joseph N., Drake
Duckworth Club
Bonor
Washington, D. C
United States
John R. Haugh
Post Office
Morgan Griswold
Charles P. Taft
W. H. Taft
C. P. Taft
Pike Street
Ohio
Adler
Drake
Hamilton County
Taft
Huns Plunge Under Mass Attack Left Flank Strains Allies
German assault drives into the Allied line on the left flank causing heavy pressure and battlefield tension as forces clash under severe strain.
Hospitals Bombed as Germans Attack French Fronts
German raids concentrate near Ailette and Soissons while Allied lines fall back on the Aisne left flank. South of the sector, German assaults fail to break through with minor gains north of the Marne. Cantigny remains under American control amid heavy bombardment on Allied hospitals.
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Iss Nes
Cantigny
Paris
Ailette
Soissons
Aisne
Marne
Thillois
Slaughter of Finnish Prisoners Alleges Civil War Atrocities
A Russian wireless dispatch reports the Finnish central committee of workmen protesting White Guard terrorism. It cites 70,000 imprisoned and mistreated, with Finnish troops aided by Germans slaughtering prisoners. In one day 158 women were killed and Sisters of Mercy executed without trial as field courts condemn many to death after the civil war.
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England
Central Committee of
Finland
White Guard
Sisters of Mercy of the Sacred Guard
Paris children moved to vacation colony to escape shell danger
The first step under Paris safety rules sent 1000 Montmartre children by special train to a vacation colony in Allier. The measure aims to protect pupils from long range gunfire after a Good Friday church attack during worship.
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Paris
Montmartre
Department of Allier
France
Jfun
Memorial day grave decorations for American dead abroad
American Red Cross and the A. M. Co. A. decorated the graves of American soldiers and sailors who died at sea, in the air, or from natural causes, now scattered across England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Not one grave was overlooked.
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London
England
Scotland
Ireland
Wales
American Red Cross
M. Co. A
Epidemic In Spain Surges Amid Madrid Cases
In Madrid the epidemic likened to grip grows with more than 150,000 cases reported. Mortality remains low despite rising infection levels across Spain.
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Spain
Madrid
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