German Attacks On Amiens Forge Ahead On New Front
German offensives along a twenty mile Somme front press toward Amiens. General Haig reports heavy fighting north of the Somme with limited gains as German wedges threaten rail links. Six German divisions attacked Dernancourt near Albert before dawn in two hours of bombardment. fighting continues.
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London
Somme
Haig
Ayette
Arras
Carbie
Hangard
Demuin
Amiens
William Phillip Simms
France
Noye
Avre
Paris Amiens
Paris
Luce
Albert
Dernancourt
Laborers Needed for Hog Island Shipyards Ohio to Philadelphia
Fourteen hundred Ohio laborers are required at Hog Island shipyards with Public Service Reserve enrollment. Pay is 38 1/2 cents an hour. Transportation from Columbus and Cleveland covered to Philadelphia. Food and lodging at Hog Island set at 7.70 dollars weekly.
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United
RFSS
Columbus
Ohio
Hog Island
Public Service Reserve
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Federal probes test bread and flour contamination claims
Federal and state investigators opened inquiries into reports from over thirty people alleging ground glass in bread candy and flour bags. Detectives found 110 workers at a factory with 47 listed as enemy aliens by U S officials.
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United Presa
New York
United States
Airplane crash near Pimlico injures Creel and Bounds
George Creel of the committee on public information and A. M. Bounds escaped injury when the plane they traveled in from Washington made a hard landing at Pimlico Baltimore. The incident occurred April 6 and prompted quick safety checks.
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Baltimore, Md
George Creel
Committee On Public Information
A. M. Bounds
Washington
Pimlico
One Year In War Aims To US Democracy Leadership
On April sixteenth, 1917 President Wilson declared war on Germany and the US entered a year of sacrifice and adjustment. The piece notes wheatless and meatless days, higher taxes, loans, and rationing while praising American perseverance and predicting leadership in world democracies if the Hun is not crushed by one year hence.
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Wilson
United States of America
German Empire
Europe
America
Zeppelin
Ironton First to Reach Quota in Bond Drive
Ironton Ohio led the district by reaching a Liberty Bond total of 233000 dollars surpassing its quota by 12000. An honor flag was sent to the Iron ton Liberty Loan Committee as more counties and towns in the Sixth Federal Reserve District reported going over their quotas within hours of campaign start.
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Ironton
Cincinnati
Ironton Liberty Loan Committee
Atlanta
Federal Reserve District
Washington
Forty-Five Take Teachers' Exams at Ellis Hall
Forty five applicants sat the teachers' examination in Ellis Hall Auditorium today. Fourty one seek elementary certification and four seek high school. Seven men took the exam and one sought a high school certificate. The crowd is smaller than a typical year. Chile's tillable soil is held by seven percent of the population.
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Ellis Hall
Garden plots assigned by police at city level
Between thirty five and forty persons have already been given garden plots through the agency of the Chief of Police. A steady stream of applications continues as fast as they come in. One seller asked 110 dollars for two acres and seems intent on holding firm. The city likely will take over and pay the fixed rate of one big iron dollar.
87th Division Reviewed in Montgomery Parade
The 87th Division under Major General Charles G. Treat marched in Montgomery Alabama today. The parade began at 9 and lasted three hours with the rear guard leaving Camp Sheridan four miles away. Major Hoffman led aviation personnel including Captain Dahlbeck who floated the idea of a Sweden Finland seaplane service.
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Montgomery
Ala
87Th
Charles G. Treat
Camp Sheridan
Hoffman
Swedish Ships Taken Over by United States
Washington reports that one hundred thousand tons of Swedish shipping will be chartered to the United States under a temporary trade agreement, with negotiations underway for a permanent war pact. The deal aims to secure larger tonnage in exchange for food and essential war materials.
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United Press
Washington
United States
War Trade Board
Akron youth injured after Easter Sunday auto crash
Bernard Newcome youngest son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Newcome Jr formerly of Athens was struck by an automobile about 7 p m on Easter Sunday. He was taken to a hospital with injuries not serious and is improving as well as could be expected.
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Akron
Ohio
Bernard Newcome
Ernest Newcome Jr
Athens
War Chest Receives Athens Theater Donations totalling 459.22
The War Chest Expense Fund collects 459.22 from three Athens moving picture theaters after special benefit exhibitions advertised to donate proceeds. The Majestic contributes 228.41, the Columbia 149.50, and the Grand 81.41.
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War Chest Expense Fund
Athens
Moving Picture Theaters
War Chest
The
Majestic
Columbia
Grand
Barracks Destroyed by Fire at Fort William
Three connected barracks at Fort William, Portland were destroyed by a blaze started by crossed wires. Officers denied an explosion preceded the fire and said all troops escaped safely. Edward E. Sargent, 60, of Chelsea, Massachusetts, formerly conductor on the first electric Chelsea division car, is noted in a separate item.
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Portland
Fort William
Edward 8. Sargent
Chelsea
Mass
Attempt Upon Lif e of a Loyal Man in Youngstown
Police and family say the incident was an attempted murder of Congressman John G. Cooper in retaliation for his support of Lenroot. A disconnected furnace flue caused gas fumes to fill the Cooper home. Mrs Cooper and three others were overcome after the family left for Washington.
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Youngstown
Ohio
John G. Cooper
Irvine L. Lenroot
Wisconsin
Cooper
Washington
Americans in France Mark First War Anniversary
April 5 report notes ongoing US operations in Picardy with no detail for military reasons. It mentions enhanced Allied strength and a quiet Toul front with normal artillery activity and one German killed in a Thursday patrol.
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Fred
Ferguson
France
America
Picardy
Toul
Athens Stores Close One Hour for Wheaton Funeral
Athens stores closed today for one hour from 11 to 12 as a mark of respect to the late H. L. Wheaton whose funeral was in progress at that hour.
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Athens
H. L. Wheaton
Boies Funeral Sunday Service in New Lexington
Funeral services for Phillip Boies will be held Sunday at New Lexington Lutheran Church. The funeral party will depart Athens on the early K M train Sunday morning, with burial in New Lexington cemetery.
America’s Third Liberty Dollars Drive Opens Nationwide
America’s third grant drive for Liberty Dollars opened throughout the United States today with a 28 day campaign. Officials predict billions in war money will be subscribed as leaders push loan support nationwide.
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America
United States
Washington
Wilson
Germans Rush to Front for New Drive
Paris April 6 German raids on Seuzey and Vaux-les-Palames were repulsed as Artillery battles raged along the Meuse Avre and near Momchel. The front south of Somme braces for a major artillery prelude to an Amiens push with German 160 and 210 millimeter guns reported. American forces influence noted as French authorities say their weight is felt in the gigantic contest.
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Paris
Seuzey
Vaux-les-Palames
Verdun
French War Office
Meuse
Apremont Wood
St. Mihiel
Toul
Avre
Momchel
Montdidier
Vaux-lee Palenix
Seuzéy
Henry Wood
Somme
Amiens
British Armies Fight Ravaging Attacks Near Amiens
Dispatch reports fighting around the Amiens rail line near Albert and the Somme valley. German assaults west of the Vatre Wood and along the Corbie area press British lines, with heavy casualties and ongoing uncertain results as the clash continues.
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William Phillip Simms
Amiens
Nankmenst
Albert
Ancre
Astrithe Somme
Corbie
Somme
Vatre Wood
Trench Raid At Camp Sherman Staged By Army Squads
Four squads from Ohio se went over the top in a first trench raid at Camp Sherman Chillicothe April 6. The realistic drill used steel helmets trench knives and grenades. The ten minute exercise impressed officers who said the men are ready for front service. General today ordered filling officer quotas to maximum.
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United Press
Sherman
Chillicothe
National Army
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