French Counterattack Halts German Advance West of Oise
Allied dispatches describe a tremendous French counterattack that checked the German push across the Matz river west of the Oise. French forces rebuffed the enemy north of the river and extended strong positions on the south bank as German efforts to outflank near Compeigne faltered. Further east, French lines shifted south of the Ourscamp and Carlepont forests while Germans pressed near the Aronde river and in the Chateau Thierry area ahead of American positions near the Marne.
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Matz
Oise
Noyon
Compeigne
Courcelles
Antheuil
Platau
Aronde
Peigneh
Oise Mer
Ourscamp
Ambleny
St.Pierre-Aigle
Chateau Thierry
Marne
Flanders
Morris
Ypres
Aisne
Defense of Courcelles Heroic French Stand in France
French forces on the left wing defend Courcelles from June 9 to 11, holding a key village under heavy German pressure. Despite being nearly surrounded for 48 hours, they counterattacked to drive back the enemy as prisoners and machine guns flowed into Allied lines.
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France
Courcelles
Spirit of Whole Army Drives American War Sacrifice
London reports a Daily Mail correspondent says the American army is ready to make greater sacrifices than the brigading with French and British. Troops regret not having more trained Americans to aid allies but stand prepared for dramatic, difficult duties if required.
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London
Daily Mail
France
United States
Soldier Robs Pawnbroker in Broad Daylight Hold‑up
In Spartanburg D C on June 13 a military policeman impersonator robbed R Skalowski’s pawnshop on East Main Street. He forced the two employees to handcuff the manager, secured about 150 dollars in cash and a ring, and fled the scene after displaying a pistol as bystanders watched. Diamonds valued around 4000 dollars remained untouched. Civilian police investigate with many witnesses present.
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Spartanburg
D. C
R. Skalowski
East Main Street
Why the Western Front Remains Largely Inactive
Gustave Herve of Victoire explains reader questions on why Allied forces pause Western Front action while Germany presses. He notes General Foch directs all allied armies and may hold Brit ish forces to protect Paris, asserting Paris’s strategic and economic importance makes a strong British attack unnecessary if reserves force a French advance to beat Germany.
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Paris
Gustave Herve
A Victoire
Foch
M. Herve
Washington Set To Keep Cotton Compression Rules This Year
Washington announced no drastic changes in cotton compression rules for the year by the railroad administration despite urging from the War Industries Board. A conference on cotton compression and transport will be held in Memphis on June 26 by the railroad administration s cotton traffic advisory committee with Lincoln Green, vice president of the Southern.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
War Industries Board
Memphis
Cotton Traffic Advisory Committee
Lincoln Green
The
Southern
St. Paw
Minn
Wilson
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
American Federation of Labor
Seattle
Wash
Burleson
H. B. Perham
St. Louis
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Thomas F. Fleharity
Committee On Resolutions
Successful Daylight Raid Southeast of Arras
The war office reports a successful daylight raid yesterday southeast of Arras with heavy enemy casualties. One trench mortar captured and two destroyed. Night operations were carried out southwest of Morris and east of Dickebusch Lake.
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London
Arras
War Office
Morris
Dickebusch Lake
Health Conditions Improve in Army Camps Report
The surgeon general reports general health in army camps remains satisfactory. Minor rises in pneumonia and meningitis occur while measles scarlet fever and dysentery decline. Weekly deaths total 94 versus 113 the prior week.
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Washington
Aganst
Convention Postponed by Tri State Water and Light
The Tri State Water and Light association postpones its annual convention at Wrightsville Beach Oceanic hotel due to delay in delegates arrival. The event will now open tomorrow instead of this afternoon.
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Tri-State, Water and Light Association
Oceanic Hotel
Wrightsville Beach
Artillery Power Helps Marines Capture Bel leau Wood Prisoners
American artillery fire aided by marines in Belleau Wood near Chateau Thierry resulted in about 400 German prisoners, including six officers. Reports say Germans feared capture and attempted to escape under machine gun fire while the artillery barrage kept them confined. Prisoners praised American soldiers and expressed hopes to visit the U S after the war. The rear barn held more prisoners than U S forces in over half a century as quiet returned along the Marne sector.
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France
Belleau Wood
Chateau Thierry
United States
Germany
Marne
Tybee Island Closed to All Alien Enemies
Savannah Georgia June 13 Deputy United States Marshal J Ben Wilson acting under TM N instructions from the United States marshal for the southern district of Georgia today declared it of Tybee Island closed to alien enemies This island which is the site of a summer resort has been open to these people in the past It contains Fort Screven a government reservation and it is understood it has recently become a more important Atlantic base than in the past because of the sea traffic.
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Savannah
United States
J. Ben Wilson
Georgia
Tybee Island
Fort Screven
Soniss: Plicit
Long List of Southern Casualties In Army Report
Washington. June 13 The army casualty list today shows 168 names with actions including killed in action and wounded among officers and enlisted men. From southern states the list notes several deaths and numerous wounded and missing, with names and hometowns across Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi North and South Carolina Tennessee and Virginia.
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North
South Carolina
Georgia
Washington
John W. Rhoades
Payette
Ind
Jesse M. Robinson
Washington, D. C
James A. Bayne
Grand Rapids
Mich
Richard A. Newhall
Minneapolis
John W. Scott
Detroit
Harold K. Simon
Marshall
Minn
Raymond C. Burky
Philadelphia
James Smith
Sergent
A. R. Wynn
Griffin
Wentz Parks
Madison
Severly
Claude W. Bauknight
West Mitchell St
Atlanta
Joseph F. Cely
Easley
8. C
Preston’ Collins
Dublin
Herman F. Parker
Tuscalooga
Ala
Claude BH. Robison
Athens
Frederick ©. Allen
Portsmouth
Henry C. Burch
Walstonburg
N. C
William. E. Burns
Greenville
S. C
William Grubb
Germantown
Morge Oak Starr
Robert Hines
Samuel M. Hodges
Concord
Henry Howell
Lucedale
Miss
Luther D. Little
Montgomery
Tommie Osborne
Mantes
Linzie R. Pateckingham
Martin W. Porter
Hirman
David A. Register
Graceville
Fla
Aaron Shell
Shell Creek
Tenn
John M. Shields
Dozier
Shellie B. Tucker
Columbus
Joe Wagner
Denver
Oakley D. Wilson
Lost Creek
William Yawn
Three Rivers
Oates Closes Fayetteville Fruit Dealer Shop
Fayetville June 13 David Harrel a local fruit and soft drink dealer had his business closed for the day by Food Administrator John A. Oates for hoarding sugar for non essential uses. He was ordered to close and return the sugar.
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Oates
Fayettaville
N. C
David Harrel
John A. Oates
Harrel
Two Austrian Battleships Sunk Torpedoed Near Pola
Rome reports Commander Rizzo led torpedo boats to sink two Austrian battleships leaving Pola and ending Austria’s major warships in the Viribus Unitis class. The same officer previously torpedoed the Wien at Trieste on December 9 1917. A Basel dispatch cites Vienna announcing the Szent Istvan torpedoing in the Adriatic.
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Rome
Dalmatian
Idea Nazionale
Rizzo
Trieste
Wien
Pola
Pellegrini
Sebenico
Cattaro
Paris
Basel
Switzerland
Vienna
Szent Istvan
Adriatic
Germanism in America Prophesied Crushed by Wilson Policy
An official dispatch reports a German press pessimistic that Wilson will crush German elements in the United States. It says German schools and associations are shrinking, German-American lines are placed in a blacklist, and German assets are seized for American war production.
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Washington
America
Lloyd Lines
Germany
Board Refuses to Order Primary in Abernethy Contest
In Raleigh on June 13 the state board of elections declares no power to order a second primary in the Abernethy versus Dortch congressional race in the third district and adjourns to June 20 to canvass returns. With two Democrats and two Republicans present and Pass absent the board cannot rule behind the returns. Abernethy’s attorneys allege fraud while Republicans Call and another party member vote on party lines.
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Raleigh
Abernethy
Congress
Dortch
State Board of Elections
Pass
Clarence Call
Freemen
Lamb
Claywell
Nation Plans Long War Training for Officers
Government outlines a prolonged conflict plan with officers to be admitted to training camps for lieutenants and captains. The article notes that the biggest allied army will place men whose wives are not dependent on them for support into first class assignments.
Americans Plan A Big Army As Civilians Enter Officer Training
Washington signals that the war will require a vast army with officers drawn from both service ranks and civilians. Civilians may enter the fifth officer training camps, with age limits 32 to 36 for lieutenants and 36 to 42 for captains, aiming to supply France with leadership as the United States builds its largest allied force.
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Washington, D. C
America
United States
War Department
Washington
Wilson
France
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Soissons
Compeigne Forest
Courcessto
Clemenceau
John T. McGutcheon
Austria
Volks Zeitung
Frank P. Morse
Labor Federation
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