Italians drive Austrians across the Piave in bold offensive
The Rome dispatches report a major Italian offensive along the Piave as Austrian forces retreat across the river with thousands of prisoners and heavy matériel left behind. American airmen are credited with aiding the pursuit while Montello to Nervesa see continued fighting and bombardment.
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Washington
D. C
Rome
Piave
France
Montello
Italy
Viole
Raffaele Gariner
Milan Secolo
Candela
San Dona di Piave
Zenson Bend
San’ Dona
Grisolera
Adriatic
First Million Tons of Shipping for U S Ready Before July
Washington June 44 The first million tons of ships built on contract for the shipping board probably will be delivered before the end of the month. Last week deliveries totalled five steel vessels with a deadweight tonnage of 37 830 making the grand total LSIS production 924 000 dead weight tons. Deliveries during the first three weeks of June have averaged one ship a day with an aggregate carrying capacity of 125 992 tons. The first of 45 steel vessels to be built in Japan for the shipping board has arrived in this country and been placed in commission under the American flag. The ship is the Eastern Sun a cargo carrier of 1 066 dead weight tons. Of 23 steel vessels chartered from Japan by the shipping board two have been delivered on this side of the Pacific. They total approximately 145 000 tons.
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Washington, D. C
Shipping Board
LSIS
Japan
Eastern Sun
Pacific
20 000 STRIKE IN GERMANY ON FOOD DEMANDS
London, June 24 Extensive strikes broke out Thursday in Cologne and Mainz on the Rhine due to bread ration cuts. About 20,000 quit munition work. A street procession of over 9,000 at Cologne faced military police but continued. Speakers warned they would not work without more food. Smallpox rising among Krupp workers at Essen. Vienna strikers urge peace negotiations and invite enemy governments to talks. Vienna workers meet with Baron Burian. Amsterdam reports Austria has corn for half bread, 250 grams beef, two portions horse flesh weekly. Mobile kitchens will feed 100,000 daily for four weeks.
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London
Cologne
Maelheim
Rhina
Daily Mail
Hague
Essen
Vienna
the Times
Baron Burian
Amsterdam
Altho
Austria
Paul
Food Department
Rickey Saws League Stays In Schedule
St. Paul Minnesota June 24 Thomas J Hickey president of the American association said the league would finish its season as scheduled and the schedule would not be curtailed dispelling rumors of a suspension. Washington June 24 in an hour and twenty minutes the sundry civil appropriation bill carrying about 2590000000 was passed by the senate and goes to conference.
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St. Paul
Minn
Thomas J. Hickey
American Association
Senate
Washington, D. C
Paper Delivery Notice
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Central Powers face potential reverse after Austrian defeat
Allied readers were treated to a cautious but hopeful update as Gen Diaz reported Austrians defeated and in retreat with Italian pursuit underway. Analysts weighed impact on Western front and Austro-Hungarian internal stability while questioning whether Austria’s cabinet resignation followed military losses at the Piave.
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London
Diaz
Tayla
Italan
Italy
Piave
Indtan
France
Austria-Hungary
Austria
Trali
Registrants Excluded From July Draft Call
Des Moines June 24 Twenty one year old Iowans who registered under the selective draft the fifth of this month will not be included in the July 22 call for 17 829 selects from this state and local boards allotments for this call will not be announced until after July first.
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Des Moines
Waterloo Officials Under Scrutiny In City Audit
Waterloo audit by George W. Kyte highlights one man holding dual city offices with overlapping salaries, R L DeGon serving as auditor clerk and purchasing agent while W A Moore fills police court clerk and assistant purchasing agent roles. Report notes city purchasing and salaries set by ordinance, with total compensation reaching two thousand dollars for DeGon and nine hundred to nine hundred ninety dollars for Moore, while overall city operations remain orderly and receipts verified.
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Des Moines
Frank S. Shaw
Waterloo
George W. Kyte
R. L. DeGon
W. A. Moore
Kyte
D. BE. Brown
Kyle
Mr. Moore
Food administration grain corp gains broad wheat authority
In Washington on June 24 the grain corporation in New York was given blanket authority to purchase wheat above the $2.20 bushel government price, pending Hoover's approval. It may raise its capital from 56,009,000 to 150,000,000 with government subscription. The move aims to offset rising freight costs and protect profit margins for growers amid legislative pressure for a higher minimum price.
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Washington, D. C
Food Administration
Grain Corporation
New York
Hoover
Congress
Commendation for Gunner’s Mate in submarine engagement
Washington June 24 Secretary Daniels commended Chief Gunner's Mate Harry R. Chambers of Atlanta for efficient conduct during a May 12 engagement with an enemy submarine. Chambers’ gun crew fired four shots after torpedoes were launched, with the fourth hitting the conning tower as the U boat submerged. A heavy smoke plume rose over the submarine from the shell explosion.
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Washington, D.C
Harry R. Chambers
Atlanta
Secretary Daniels
Chambers
Navy Department
Crowder Orders 500 White and 180 Colored Grammar Graduates
Provost Marshal General Crowder directs Wisconsin to furnish 500 white grammar school graduates and Ohio 180 colored grammar school graduates qualified for general military service for special training at arms schools. Entrainment date set for July 15 with fall open for volunteers until about July 15.
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Washington
D. C
Crowder
Wisconsin
Ohio
Bulgaria to Maintain Policy Says Premier Malinoff
Amsterdam dispatch reports Bulgarian Premier Malinoff states no change in foreign policy is planned. He seeks cabinet unity to safeguard food supplies for people and army and to bolster national confidence. London notes preliminary talks with Turkey on Dobrudja, with Austria possibly joining soon.
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Amsterdam
Bulgaria
Malinoff
Sofia
London
Turkey
Germany
Daily Mail
Hague
Austria
Army draft order numbers to be drawn this week
Washington June 24 reports indicate a Wednesday or Thursday date for the next drawing of order numbers for men registered for the draft on June 4. Local boards report incomplete records as arrangements await, with a Capitol ceremony planned similar to last year’s vast registration. Most of the 800,000 registrants are expected to enter Class 1.
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Washington, D. C
Capitol
Black Hawk County Sees 300 Men in Draft Call
Cedar Falls reports more than 300 men in Black Hawk County likely to be taken in the next national army call, as exemption board records suggest Class lists may be exhausted. The note mentions registrants in the county and references a local draft advertisement.
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Cedar Falls
Black Hawk County
National Army
Circus Train Wreck Investigations Ordered After Gary Crash
Engineer Alan Sargent of the empty troop train said to be asleep due to illness explains signals were not seen. Investigations by coroner Indiana public service commission and possibly Interstate Commerce Commission ordered. 62 bodies recovered, 36 injured released, 36 still hospitalized, Hagenbeck-Wallace circus involved near Gary Indiana and Sammond Indiana.
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Hammond
Ind
Charles J. McFadden
Michigan Central
Alan 7 Sargent
Gary
Sargent
Kalamazoo
Sammond
Hagenbeck-Wallace
Indiana Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Alonzo Sargent
Gustave Krauss
Mich
Michigan City
E. M. Ballard
Flagman
Chicago
GO. Timm
Timm
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