Soldiers hunt for two escaped prisoners from Fort Thomas
Cincinnati date Aug 9 Soldiers from Fort Thomas Kentucky search for Private Orville Shilling of Columbus Ohio and Private Parsons after Shilling overpowered his guard and fled with him Parsons was the guard Shilling had escaped once before and was captured in Columbus
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Cincinnati
Fort Thomas
Kentucky
Orville Shilling
Columbus
Ohio
Par- Song
Shilling
Parsons
Uniformity in Textbooks Urged Across Athens County
Two years ago Athens county township boards accepted a county list of school books to secure uniformity. The adoption ensured that when new books were needed, the new list was used to procure them, promoting standardization across districts.
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Athens County
County Superintendents Urge Uniform Textbooks Across Townships
Due to economic strain the county superintendent urges boards to finish adopting the new text books to avoid extra purchases when families move between townships. Trimble Ames Bern Canaan townships Jacksonville and Buchtel have fully adopted the changes, others with minor exceptions. Roots faces difficulty securing teachers and visited the teachers continuation school this morning.
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Trimble
Ames
Bern
Canaan
Jacksonville
Buchtel
Bread price rise in Austria sparks unrest across cities
Zurich reports an 116 percent bread price increase in Austria provoking worker hardship. Socialists condemn the rise as unpayable, with protest meetings held and negotiations opened with the government as unrest spreads.
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Zurich
Austria
Heddleston Seeks Secretary of State Post
Russell C. Heddleston formerly East Liverpool postmaster runs as a Republican candidate for Secretary of State. He leads in Eastern Ohio, is a successful businessman, and enjoys strong support among younger party members.
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Russell C. Heddleston
East Liverpool
Heddleston
Ohio
Allen C. McDonald
Farmer Boy
Dayton
Montgomery County
Yankee forces lost lightly thru illness
Paris report shows 131075 sickness cases among American forces in the last year with 923 deaths. The expeditionary force lost 2.37 percent of its total working time due to illness. About one third of sickness from communicable diseases, mumps prominent. nineteen percent due to pneumonia.
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Paris
Stars and Stripes
Auto Makers Propose 50 Percent Curtailment
Hugh Chalmers of the Automobile Chamber of Commerce told the War Industries Board that manufacturers pledged at a Detroit meeting to voluntary cut passenger car output by 50 percent. The move aims to align production with wartime needs and reduce surplus capacity.
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Washington
Hugh Chalmers
Automobile Chamber of Commerce
War Industries Board
Chalmers
Detroit
Duty to speed coal production urged to operators and workers
Washington reports a United States Fuel Administration message urging mine operators to boost efficiency and provide workers with cars, air, timber, and fair treatment. Director James B. Neale says both sides must act to raise daily tonnage and shorten production shortfalls.
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Washington
U. S
James B. Neale
U. S. Fuel Administration
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