French Hold Rheims As German Drive Is Checked
Retaking and defending lines five miles southeast of Rheims the French repelled a German assault launched from the north bank of the Vesle. Paris reports heavy German losses and no gains along a 14 mile front, while Austrians press toward the Piave but face stiff resistance.
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Warstricken
Rheims
Montdidier-Noyon
Cathedral City
Vrigny
la Pompelle
Vesle
Teutonic
Paris
Chateau Thierry
Chalons
la Pom- Pelle
Montdidier
Noyon
Somme
Lys
Piave
Navy meat contracts face rejection amid inquiry findings
New York reports Captain B. Williams testifying before a federal trade commission inquiry that Wilson and Company meat shipments to the navy were rejected for sour, smeary conditions. He cited hundreds of thousands of pounds including 300,000 pounds of smoked ham and 128,009 pounds deemed unsound, with more ham shipped to the battleship Missouri found unfit.
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New York
Wilson and Company
Chicago
Williams
Navy
Federal Trade Commission
Cartment
Attleship
Missouri
Nerves of Paris Relax as War Tension Eases
Paris reports quiet on French and British fronts and limited German air activity. A Paris deputy urges precautionary measures, noting Paris could be evacuated by rail to protect residents, and outlines priorities for moving wealth and defense assets if bombardment worsens.
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Paris
Eeen
du Barry
Versailles
Matin
Jubedy
Frainer
Paris air raids fail to breach defenses 22 of 300 reach city
Paris records show 14 German air raids since January 31 with 22 machines out of more than 300 crossing the citys defenses. Of those penetrations nine were shot down by French forces, according to Excelsior.
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Paris
Excelsior Today
Fee Agents Seek Leniency In War Contract Scandal
Many contingent fee agents appeared at the Department of Justice to explain operations and seek leniency as officials probe the system defrauding the government of millions. They disclosed sub letting contracts and questioned legal status while a lawyers’ corps reviews raids on manufacturers. A court martial for Lt. James C. Staley and a Poindexter bill to bar cost plus contracts were noted.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Department
Gregory
Thompson
Oiid
Army
Charles E. Hughes
James C. Staley
New York
Poindexter
Senate Judiciary
Railway Employes Put In Class One
Washington June 19 Railroad administration reports show many railway employes within draft ages without dependents have been placed in class one despite executives urging deferred classification. No formal change will be made by the administration but executives may act to request that men not be drafted immediately.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Sacking of American hospital at Tabriz reported
Washington reports the sacking of the American hospital in Tabriz Persia and the seizure of British consulates by Turkish troops. If confirmed, the outrages could be deemed an act of war and decide whether Ottoman allies of Germany are America's enemies. The Turkish action occurred despite Spanish protests and flag over the building.
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Washington
Tabriz
Persia
State Department
Teheran
Germany
America
North Carolina Merchants Convene at Wrightsville Beach
The sixteenth annual North Carolina Merchants Association session opened at the Seashore hotel Wrightsville Beach with talks by state figures on fire prevention war savings and training the sales force. Secretary Young urged wartime sacrifice and conservation detailing failures to buy liberty bonds and stamps and wasteful fires harming food and production.
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James R. Young
John L. Gilmer
Winston-Salem
William T. Kelly
Greensboro
North Carolina Merchants’ Association
Seashore
Wrightsville Beach
Young
Red Cross
Wilmington athlete Arthur Bluethenthal Dies Victor in France
Arthur Bluethenthal of Wilmington a Princeton alum and football star died in a bombing mission behind German lines while serving with the French Foreign Legion aviation unit. He was 27 and buried June 8 after being seen to fall in combat. Mayor Moore ordered half mast flags and a city memorial gathering at the Academy of Music.
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Arthur Bluethenthal
Wilmington
French Foreign Legion
New York
Philadelphia
Arthur “Bloomingthal
N. C
Arthur Bluementhal
L. Bluethenthal
Arthur
International News Service
Paris
Morgan, Harije Company
J. P. Morgan & Company
Bluethenthal
Avia
Fifth
Dock Streets
P. @. Moore
Moore
Academy of Music
Princeton University
Walter Camp
University of North Carolina
All Carolina
France
Salonica
Foreign Legion
Sieien
Ead
Wilmington Honors Fallen Soldier Arthur Blgebenthal
The city announces a June 20 memorial at the Academy of Music for Arthur Blgebenthal who fell in battle. Businesses are urged to close from 12 to 1 pm to permit public attendance and pay honor to the brave young man who died for his country.
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Wilmington
Arthur Blgebenthal
Wilmington Grice
Academy of Music
France
Arkder Quince Moore
Thrilling North Sea air battle off Dutch coast
Ensign K B Keyes and Ensign Joseph Eaton describe a seven hour North Sea engagement on June 4. Five British seaplanes fought 19 German aircraft. one enemy plane fell in flames, another out of control. Eaton was wounded and interned in Holland. The battle featured intense firing and close maneuvers with heavy tracer fire and explosive rounds.
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London
Associated Press
K. B. Keyes
United States
Joseph Eaton
Holland
Eaton
Keyes
Terschelling
Héton
Cielite
Harbor of Zeebrugge Blocked by Allied Air Raids
Lieuts George Coward and John Read of the Royal Air Force report Zeebrugge harbor entrance blocked as British aviators pound German progress each night. Cement ships remain sunk to guard sluices while Germans risk explosion. Submarine entry at Ostend hindered. Coward and Read escaped to Holland after seaplane engine failure.
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Amsterdam
Zeebrugge
George Coward
John Read
Royal Air Force
Ostend
Coward
Read
Holland
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