German Attacks Halted In Picardy Front Near Soissons
German forces have halted their plunging offensive along the French salient between Montdidier and Soissons. French officials report only local fighting along the line, with no major gains by the attackers. The British front at Merris faced a strong local assault repulsed, while Amiens and Arras regions saw bombardment without infantry breakthroughs.
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Montdidier
Soissons
Compiegne
Picardy
Flanders
Aisne
Aronde
Matz
Oise
Marne
Amiens
Channel
Merris
Scarpe River
Arras
Merry
Villers- Cotterets
Villers-Cotterets
Compiiegne
Gwen's Jolly Tar Free And She's All Colled Anew
Chicago report details Gwen Gwendolyn Cooper's release from custody and return to Boston after involvement with Charles Boyle. It notes dropped charges, witness fees, and her flamboyant outfit. Boyle resumes uniform duties, and Gwen plans to return home despite asserting age.
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Gwen
Chicago
Gwendolyn Cooper
Charles Henry Boyle
Jackie
Lake Shore Drive
Marmmad
Gwendolyn
Mason
Boyle
i@Stanter
Wheaton
Western Avenue
Boston
Belgian Young Old Deported for War Work
A memorandum to Secretary Lansing from the Belgian minister reports ongoing deportations of Belgian civilians by Germany. In March 2700 men from Hife were taken to the western front, 800 civilians from Moerbeke and Wachtebeke were sent to rail construction, and girls aged 14 to 16 from Alost area were requisitioned. Some boys as young as 13 were taken. schools were asked to provide quotas.
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Washington, D.C
Lansing
Belgium
Senate
House of Representatives
Flanders
Hainaut
Namur
Luxemburg
Hife
Lockeren
East Flanders
Moerbeke
Wachtebeke
Alost
Hang Review Yankees We Are Righly Fit
After a long march and war with heavy packs the group displays excellent points and fitness. The report highlights the endurance and training progress of the Yankee unit amid strenuous terrain and recent hardship.
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Hang Review
Yankees
Dayrider of Socapitul ate Jones tied to Americans on farm bill
A jumble of wartime notes reports on American troops under Haig, a June 12 review showing fit men and flying corps stunts, plus Senate debates on prohibition amendments amid wartime food policy. It includes Bouresches, Belleau Wood fighting, and a California man jailed after a Kaiser aid claim.
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Socapitulate
Jones
Tauge
Associated Press
Sir Douglas Haig
France
Royal Flying Corps
Marshal Haig
London
Chateau Thierry
Daily Mail
Helleau Wood
Bouresches
Belleau Wood
Bussiares
Yellow Pine Price Fixed by War Board for South Output
Washington June 14 The war industries board announced new maximum retail margins for fir and southern yellow pine lumber for the government's emergency timber needs through July 31. The price fixing committee and industry set margins from 2 to 12.50 per thousand feet purchased at the Atlantic seaboard.
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Washington, D. C
War Industries Board Today
Atlantic Seaboard
German Purpose Is Clearing Visibly
FRANK H. SIMONDS analyzes German aims on the western front, tracing thrusts toward Paris from the Oise and Aisne sectors. He explains that German flanks are exposed if the French hold the center, and argues Germany seeks to turn the French from a strong central position to threaten Paris from the north and east.
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Roiis
Marne
Aisne
Somme
Oise
Sois
Chateau Thierry
Compiegne
Nonnette
Ourcq
Compicene
Villers Cotterets
Sentis
Crepy En Valois
Neaux
Betz
Wluck
Verdun
Souville Two
Furth
New U S War Medal Awarded to 11 Yanks by Pershing
The Associated Press reports Gen. Pershing awarded a new U S war medal to 11 members of the American expeditionary force for gallantry in France. Two officers four noncommissioned officers and five privates were honored. six earned bravery for actions on February 28. Ambulance drivers artillerymen infantrymen and a medical department private are among the recipients. Washington officials also commend Boatswain's Mate Raymond Pyne of Milford Massachusetts and Fireman George W Yearson Jr of Cincinnati for separate acts of gallantry and rescue.
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Associated Press
France
Pershing
Washington, D
Peru Seizes German Vessels at Callao
Lima June 14 The Peruvian government has taken possession of the German vessels interned at Callao with military forces. The action follows Peru breaking diplomatic relations with Germany earlier and reacting to Germany not replying satisfactorily to demands over the sinking of Peruvian barks.
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Lima
Peru
Callao
Germany
Streetcar Strike Looms In Waterloo Cedar Falls Area
A planned streetcar operators strike set to begin at 1 am tomorrow may force workers to walk or ride via other means. No definite action to postpone has been taken as Cass interests in Washington engage. local road officials will meet both night and day crews to decide. About 49 workers in Waterloo and Cedar Falls would be affected after last year’s voluntary wage increase.
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Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern
Cass
Washington
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Higher Glass for County Selects Higher Glass for County
One hundred and seventy men in Bremer county and 40 in Buchanan shift to Class 1 in the draft after the district exemption board sustained a report by T. R. Carpenter of Black Hawk county. The decision overruns appeals by registrants, with 40 Buchanan cases pending for later action. The adjusted count equals a military company.
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Bremer County
Buchanan
District Exemption Board
T. R. Carpenter
Black Hawk County
War Department
Buchanan County
Carpenter
Opium Pie Sent Prisoner in County Jail Case
Henry Walker, a county jail prisoner, faced a narcotics violation end. His wife sent a pie to the jail, and the keeper, acting as custodian, found two small picks of powdered opium beneath the crust. Mrs Walker was confined in a room adjoining her husband.
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Springfield
Henry Walker
St. Ife
Brilliance of American Troops Praised in Paris Front Pages
Paris dispatch reports unstinted praise for American troops as they repelled a German attack and marked the anniversary of the first contingents in France. President Wilson reaffirmed U S support, while Poincare, Clemenceau, and Foch sent congratulations to General Pershing and the American expeditionary forces.
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Paris
Havyns
France
Washington
D. C
United States
Wilson
Poincare
Army
Fall
New Mexico
Fall. Poincare
Pershing
Washington, D. C
Raymond Poincare
Clemenceau
Foch
Petain
March
Gen. Pershing
Paril
Brown
U-Boat Raider Captain Was In American Navy
Eight days on a diver, affidavits detail Capt Neustidt of the U 151. Prisoners picked up after eight days at sea describe the submarine’s armament, construction, and sinking of ships including American victims.
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New York
Atlantic
Neustidt
United States Navy
Hattie B. Dunn
Ednad
Hauppage
Naval Reserve
Cuba
Cant. Neustidt
Rio
Isabelle B. Wiley
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