Austrians Halted In Piave Front By Italian Resistance
The Austrians failed to extend their Montello position on the Piave as Italian defense held firm near Nervesa and Susegana. American aviators resumed operations on the Piave front and aided bombings against bridges while heavy rains threaten flooding. On the Western Front British raids continue and Cantigny sees American troops clear German trenches. Berlin claims a trench penetration at Leicheprey, later deemed false. News from Vienna reports strikes and unrest as martial law looms and food shortages grow.
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Montellopeau
Piave River
Rome
Monte Belluna
Susegana
Nervesa
Plave
Montello Platea
Theorth
Jose
Nerthenet
Wer
Soissons
Piave
Vienna
Germany
France
Belgium
Montdidier
Cantigny
Berlin
Leicheprey
Mediterranean
Missing French Captain Rumored Held by Germans
Paris reports Captain Alexandre erthier Duke Wagram, 35, a descendant of Berthier, is missing and believed captured by German forces. An official statement confirms the disappearance and possible captivity.
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Paris
Alexandre Erthier
Duke Wagram
Berthier
Kaiser and His Methods Condemned at Seashore Session
President J M Davis of Newberry South Carolina declares Germany the outlawed nation and accuses it of duplicity treachery and murder in his annual address at Wrightsville Beach. The Southern Textile association opens a two day meeting with welcome remarks from Roger Moore of Wilmington and a pledge to support war efforts including war savings stamps and shipbuilding.
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J. M. Davis
Newberry
S. C
Southern Textile Association
Seashore Hotel
Wrightsville Beach
Davis
Germany
France
Lusitania
F. D. Amburg
Assembly
Roger Moore
Rotary Club
J H. McDowell
Greensboro
Wilmington
Beach
Moore
McDowell
Association
America
South
American Airman Baylies Missing After Four-Plane Duel
Paris reports First Lieutenant Frank L. Baylies of New Bedford Mass. is missing after an unequal fight with four German single-seaters over France. Baylies fought bravely as his aircraft caught fire and fell about six miles inside German lines. Sergeant Macari suspects a possible landing if Baylies escaped the flames.
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Paris
Frank L. Baylies
New Bedford
Mass
Baylies
DuBonnet
Macari
Stork Escadrille
Ennemy
Baylies Noted Ace With 12 Victories by June 7 1918
Lieutenant Baylies, 22, joined the American Field Ambulance in February 1916 and served in France, Serbia, and Macedonia before being rejected by the American aviation corps for vision reasons. He earned the Legion of Honor cross on June 1 and was cited in French army orders multiple times for his bravery as an airman.
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Baylies
Legion of Honor
American Field Ambulance
France
Serbia
Macedonia
Shorty Brown Confesses in Brooks County Killing
Shorty Brown held in Jacksonville confesses to the killing of Hampton Smith and wounding his wife at Barney Brooks County. He implicates another man Simon Shuman of near Morven, who has been arrested and jailed at Quitman.
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Shorty Brown
Moultrie
Shorty” Brown
Jacksonville
Fla
Hampton Smith
Barney
Brooks County
Simon Shuman
Near
Morven
Shuman
Quitman
American Planes to Cross Ocean Soon
Washington reports the German government has agreed in principle to a conference with United States representatives. The meeting would discuss treatment welfare and exchange of prisoners.
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Washington
Berlin
United States
Americans Hold 38 Miles of Fighting Front
Washington reports that American troops now hold a 38 mile fighting front on the western line with six positions manned by all American forces under American officers. Additional Americans are with British and French units. The committee noted no shift in crossing the Atlantic troop movement due to U boat activity and projected a major US operation by next September with abundant materiel.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Baker
General March
Atlantic
Caldwell
New York
America
United States
Dentists to Elect Officers at North Carolina Association
The sixty fourth annual North Carolina Dental Association convention at Harbor Island auditorium Wrightsville Beach moves into election of officers this evening after morning chart and clinic work. Delegates will also choose next year’s convention city as the Oceanic Hotel serves as headquarters.
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North Carolina Dental Association
Harbor Island Auditorium
Oceanic Hotel
Wrightsville Beach
British Officer Seeks Trans Atlantic Flight to Front
Major General W Brancker of the British air ministry states big American air and seaplanes could cross the Atlantic to the front by next summer. He seeks U S cooperation for a pioneer flight this autumn using a seaboat design from Newfoundland to Ireland, with crews of four. He notes Britain’s air production and administration reforms and plans to attack Germany by air, expanding access to strategic targets.
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Washington
Atlantic
W. Brancker
British Air Ministry
Brancker
British Air Council
United States
Foundland
Agores
Portugal
Ireland
Pioneer
America
Europe
Great Britain
Air Ministry
Germany
Grumble Means Fight Popular Saying Stirs Debate
A controversial proverb circulates as readers discuss the idea that grumbling signals conflict. The saying suggests people will pay 100 marks for a sick dog to eat, sparking debate over value and ethics in a tense period.
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London
Germany
The
Times
Hague
Krupps
Essen
Resentment in Austria and Germany over bread ration cuts
Reports from The Hague relay Dutch and Austrian sources detailing growing hunger and unrest as bread and food rations shrink. German workers fear speaking out. Austria faces severe shortages and calls for foreign tutelage to avert famine.
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Austria
London
Times
The
Hague
Seydler
Aebertey ‘Zeitung
Vienna
Germany
Hungary
Austra
Daily Mail
Arbeiter Zeitung
Two Mecklenburg Men Among Marine Casualties Named
Washington lists 137 names in the Marine casualty report. Among the southern cases are killed in action Private Louis E. Lee Nashville Tennessee and Private Arthur B Sawyer Key West Florida. Died of wounds Private Joseph L Orr Matthews North Carolina and Private Arthur D Sims Memphis Tennessee. Wounded severely include Private Charles H Woodbury Norfolk Virginia and Corporal Oliver Parker Centerville Alabama. Sergeant Harvey C Graves Blacksburg Virginia and Gunnery Sergeant Oscar E Jordan Ore Hill North Carolina also listed.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Louis E. Lee
Nashville
Enn
Arthur B. Sawyer
Key West
Fla
Joseph L. Orr
Matthews
N. C
Arthur D Sims
Memphis
Waverly
Tenn
Lee H. Crawford
Macon
Harvey C. Graves
Blacksburg
Oscar E. Jordan
Ore Hill
David E. Brown
Chamlee
Eugene McCloud
Charlotte
New Plan Aims to Ship Thousands of Coal Cars Monthly Coast to Coast
Washington moves to use wooden ships and coastwise vessels to transport coal to New England and Atlantic cities. The plan releases thousands of railway cars monthly, boosting coastal port growth and southern prosperity while easing coal shortages for factories in Philadelphia New York Baltimore and Norfolk.
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McAdoo
Railway Administration
Tidewater
Virginia
New England
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Atlantic Coast
Pennsylva
Eaphytes
Norfolk
Newport News
Peace Coal
Baltmore
United States
Atlantic
New Orleans
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi River
Boston
Wilmington
Charleston
Savannah
Sim
Hampton Roads
Jap Aviator Kobayashi Killed in French Service Battle
Paris reports Sergeant Kobayashi, a Japanese aviator in French service, was killed in an aerial engagement when his aircraft was set afire by an incendiary bullet. He leaped from 9 000 feet behind French lines as enemies pursued. Lieutenant De Turanne downed his tenth enemy plane, and Lieutenant Madeg claimed his 24th.
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Paris
Kobayashi
de Turanne
Ria
Madeg
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Foch
John T. McCutcheon
Montello Plateau
Leideprey
Kaiser
Methos
Textile Association
HMS British
Dentists
Brancher
U. S
Britain
Mecklenburg
Mississippi
South Atlantic Coast
Frank P. Morse
D. C
United States Shipping Board
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