First American Troops Land in Italy to Hold Front
Washington June 29 General March announces the first American troops have landed in Italy. The force is mainly non-combatant sanitary units with some special formations, not the Pershing expeditionary force. Five divisions returned to Pershing after training with the British. The 77th Division, raised in New York and trained at Camp Upton, takes up a front sector. Austrians report 18000 captured, Piave line restored, Austrian attack criticised for its wide front.
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Washington
Italy
General March
General Pershing
France
March
First National Army
77Th
New York
Camp Upton
J. Franklin Bell
Johnson
Pershng
Kansas
Missouri
William M. Wright
United States
Piave
Pershing
Mullins Boy Killed in France
George H Yarboro Jr son of D C Mullins was killed in battle in France sending a telegram to his father. He graduated from The Citadel in Charleston last year and joined the marines volunteering. He was a popular lad with classmates Captain Horace Cooper and Seaman George Hardwick of Wilmington.
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Horace Cooper
George Hardwick
Wilmington
Paris Invulnerable to Night Raid Despite Bombs
Paris reported unharmed after a German air raid last night. Bombs dropped by several aircraft aiming to breach defenses between eleven and twelve thirty did not strike the city.
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Paris
Branc o British Hit Germans Hard In Aisne Sector
Allied forces on two fronts reported solid gains as French troops drove Germans back in the Ambleny Montgobert area south of the Aisne and British lines near Hazebrouck were restored. Prisoners total about 1 060 to 1 400 with multiple salients captured and supplies disrupted amid ongoing fighting.
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Aisne
Ambleny-Montgobert
Hazebrouck
Flanders
Ambleny- Montgobert
Compeigne
Villers-Cotterets
Nieppe Forest
Merville
Merris
Mertville
Noyon-Montdidier
Com- Diegne
Berlin
Lys
Ypres
Rheims
Paris
Picardy
Marne
Metz
Asiago
Ship Onondaga Sinks After Reef Collision
The steam freighter Onondaga struck a reef off Watch Hill and sank in deep water. Boston officials reported the 35 crew members were saved, with Captain Googins commanding the Clyde line vessel bound for Florida points. Naval authorities later confirmed the crew escaped.
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Boston
Mass
Florida Points
Watch Hill
Googins
Propiteering and Bare-Faced Fraud Report Findings
Washington dispatch reports a federal trade commission study finding profiteering across industries due to war pressure and greed. It highlights high margins in meat packing flour milling coal oil and other sectors, with executives drawing abnormal salaries as profits surge under price controls.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Commission For the
War Industries Board
Food Administration
Fuel Administration
Weport
Commission
Kennedy and Howenstein Convicted in Draft Evasion Case
In Los Angeles federal court Mrs Idell Kennedy and optometrist Dr Frank T Howenstein were found guilty of conspiring to keep men from the selective draft by glasses that temporarily impaired sight. Acquitted was Joseph LeRoy who allegedly paid 1000 for eye treatment to evade service. Sentence set for next Monday.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Idell Kennedy
Frank T. Howenstein
Weer
Joseph LeRoy
Howenstein
Prisoners, Planes Taken by American Aviators
Washington reports 309 German prisoners captured and three German airplanes destroyed by American aviators in an official communiqué from General Pershing.
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HMN
Washington
Pershing
Troops Police Panama and Colon Amid Election Delay
Washington orders American troops to police Panama and Colon from 2 PM, citing the 1904 treaty. President Urriola postpones June 30 and July 7 elections by six months to avoid disorders as opposition protests Washington and Pretoria involvement. American authorities plan to supervise poll books and potentially run a late July or early August election.
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Panama
Washington
Colon
United States
Canal Zone
Urriola
American State Department
Arriola
Ciro Urriola
Lefevre
Germans penetrate Bouresches as U S forces hold stronghold
In Bouresches a violent night attack raised fears of German occupation. A high ranking officer asked about the aftermath and learned the defense commander replied the burying party had not yet arrived, highlighting urgent evidence of casualties.
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Bouresches
France
Associated
Train Strikes Auto Near Reidsville Kills Three
Greensboro scene of fatal collision when a southbound freight train struck a returning auto at Haw River crossing two miles south of Reidsville. Miss Mary Windsor and Miss Nellie Boland and Raymond Barber died at the scene or hospital. Jeff Burton listed in critical condition. Barber and Boland were set to wed. All victims from Reidsville.
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Greensboro
N. C
Mary Windsor
Nellie Boland
Raymond Barber
Jeff Burton
Haw River
Southern Railway
Reidsville
Miss Windsor
Barber
Miss Boland
Middlesex Man in Marine Casualties
Washington report lists 39 Marine casualties with 24 killed in action and 8 wounded severely. Among the named killed in action are Sergeant William J. Spire of Nashville Tennessee and Privates Claude A. Babb of Hampton Georgia Oscar Cottrell of Tuscaloosa Alabama James B. Deans of Middlesex North Carolina and Harold C. Gaiger of Mount Vernon Georgia.
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Washington
Marine Corps
William J. Spire
West End Avenue
Nashville
Tenn
Claude A. Babb
Hampton
Oscar Cottrell
Tusca
Weather forecast for southeastern states next week
Washington reports generally fair weather with temperatures above normal forecast for the southeastern states for the week beginning Monday.
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Washington
German deputy Haase blasts policy urging self-help peace
In a Reichstag speech cited by Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, Hugo Haase denounces military rulers, warns peace is impossible under autocracy, and urges Germans to act for peace. He cites American troop presence, U boat claims, Armenian case, Turkish actions, and abuses in Livonia Estonia and Finland.
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Amsterdam
Hugo Haase
Norddeutch Allgemeine Zeitung
Helfferich
Admiral Capelle
Haase
United States
Count von Westarp
Herr Stressemann
Herr Haase
Batum
Kars
Ardshan
Livonia
Esthenia
Riga
Russia
Finland
Germany
Moment ripe for action in Russia
Washington reports rising interest in aiding Russia as Allied leaders study President Wilson's view. Proposals consider humanitarian support, material aid, and potential allied troops if consent and coordination with Russian representatives are secured.
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Washington
D. C
Russia
Great Britain
France
Italy
Wilson
State Department
United States
United States Chamber of Commerce
Wasington
Siberia
London
Britis
Kerelsky
Petersburg Transport Co Seeks 25 Percent Rate Rise
The Petersburg Transportation Co operating between Tampa and neighboring points has petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission for a 25 percent increase in freight and passenger rates.
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Washington
Petersburg Transportation Coi
Tampa
Fla
Interstate Commerce Commission
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