Allies Hammer Front in Flanders Gains Reported
London reports British forces attack on nearly twenty mile front from the Cojeul river to Chaulh é and push at several points. Haig says fighting continues along a broad front from the Somme to the Cojeul river with progress at multiple sectors and repulsed German counterattacks near Baillescourt Farm and north of Albert and Bailleul.
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London
Cojeul River
Chaulhé
Haig
Flanders Front
Albert
Bailleul
See
Somme
Coreul River
Arras
Baillescourt Farm
Beaucourt
Lys
Letourte
Norf,Berquin
Outtersteene
Foch Planned Winter Campaign To Pound The Axis
Washington reports high military experts favor a strenuous winter campaign to keep hammering the enemy. Officers say the French commander will press hard to prevent recuperation of Japanese? No, of German forces, keeping up pressure through the winter to pave the way for a possible spring offensive.
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Foch
Registration Day Set Across Townships on Saturday
Registration opens from 7 am to 9 pm for youths over 21 since last registration June 5 1918. York and Trimble townships register at designated offices while the rest go to Athens city building. Russell W. Finsterwald, son of Mr and Mrs John Finsterwald, joins Central Officers Training Camp at Camp Gordon Georgia September 1 after resigning a prior stint due to a broken leg. He is Syracuse captain elect this fall and starred for Ohio University last season. Sixty men report to Camp Gordon Monday, arriving Sunday evening.
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York Township
Nelsonville
Trimble Township
John Myers
Glouster
Athens
Russell W. Finsterwald
John Finsterwald
Camp Gordon
Georgia
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Syracuse University
Ohio University
Albert Falls, Too: British Take Albert After Two-Day Drive
London reports Albert in British hands after a successful assault on the six mile front between the Ancre and the Somme. The attack captured Albert amid stiff German resistance and yielded fourteen hundred prisoners, lifting total captives to five thousand in two days.
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Albert Falls
London
Albert
Somme
Scarpée
Ancre
British Air Board reports destruction of twenty one German planes
London reports twenty one German aircraft destroyed by the British Air Board. A barrage balloon was also taken down. Eight British machines are missing, with one returning to base and another reported missing yesterday. One destroyed German plane was a large bombing machine.
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London
British Air Board
French Advance On Twenty-Five Mile Front Between Oise and Ailette
Paris reports continued French advances last night along most of a twenty five mile front from the Oise to the Ailette. The War Office says the entire south bank of the Oise and Aisne rivers has been cleared from the Oise Divette confluence to the Coucy le Chateau Ford.
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Paris
Oise and
Ailette
War Office
Aisne
Divette
Coucy-le-Chateau
Huns to Fall Back From Picardy Front
Paris reports General Von Boehm building new rear defensive lines in Picardy as French forces circulate around Noyon. Echo de Paris expert Marcel Hutin says evacuation may be underway with over fifty villages re-occupied by French advance. Hungarian division arrival on the west front is noted.
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Webb Miller
Paris
von Boehm
Picardy
Marcel Hutin
Echo de Paris
Noyon
Munson Resigns from U S Shipping Board
Washington Aug 23 Frank R Munson resigns as a member of the United States Shipping Board effective Sept 1 accepted by Chairman Hur ley He will return to duties as president of a steamship line in New York.
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Washington
Frank R. Munson
United States Shipping Board
Hurley
Munson
New York
Dr Wilcok to Preach at Two Churches Sunday
The Rev Dr Wilcok of Athens will preach at the Presbyterian church in Guysville on Sunday at 10 30. He will then speak at the Carthage Presbyterian church at 3 00. Carthage Sunday School meets before the service.
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DR. Wilcox
Carthage
Wilcok
Athens
Presbyterian Church
Guysville
Carthage Presbyterian Church
Missing Faces in the War Effort Remembered and Honored
The piece laments missing neighbors serving in khaki abroad and urges support for the Liberty Loan drive. It speaks of sacrifice for democracy and freedom, the fight against tyranny, and the aim to hasten victory and safe return. It calls readers to begin saving for the loan to back the troops.
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Rhine
Hearing Held On Inter County Highway Change Near Glouster
J W Fawcett of the state highway department heard a Trimble township petition to reroute Inter County Highway No 158 between Glouster and New Lexington. The goal is to avoid two K and M railroad crossings on a slippery hillside by moving the road east onto solid ground. Levels will be run and the proposed change reviewed. another hearing is expected in about six weeks.
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J W. Fawcett
State Highway Department
Athens
Intercority
Trimble Township
Glouster
New Lexington
Glouster Corporation
German Press Admits Baker's Figures on U S Forces in France
Amsterdam dispatch notes most German papers concede Secretary Baker's force estimates in France are likely accurate. A few papers say earlier figures reflected pre May positions and that large American troop shipments began after that.
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Amsterdam
Baker
France
America
Austrian losses on British front in Italy rise to twenty thousand
Advices received report Austrian casualties on the British front in Italy from June 15 to August 15 totaling 20 000. British casualties in the same period amount to 2 500. The figures reflect ongoing engagements and reflect intensified fighting on the Italian front.
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London
Italy
Navy Exhibit Set for Ohio State Fair Display
The Navy Department will showcase captured guns and ordnance types from August 26 to 30 at the Ohio State Fair. The Bureau of Construction and Repair will present valuable ship models built from Washington hulls, accurately reproducing U S Navy ships in full detail, and shown to the public nationwide for the first time.
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NAVY
Navy Department
Ordnance Department
Bureau of Construction and Repair
United States Navy
Washington
Depth Charge Fatalities Hit U S Steamer Orizaba
Four men were killed and several injured when a depth charge exploded aboard the U S steamer Orizaba at sea on August 17. Lieutenant Commander William P Williamson was killed instantly, while Commander R D White suffered serious injuries. Enlisted victims include Samuel T Lambert of Riverside New Jersey Frank J May er of Cincinnati Ohio and Arthur Bairs of Pittsburg.
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Washington
Samuel T. Lambert
United States
Orizaba
Navy Department
William P. Williamson
New York
R. D. White
Riverside
New Jersey
Frank J. Mayer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Arthur ~Bairs
Pittsburg
German HQ claims 600 Allied tanks lost since August
Berlin Aug 23 official German statement says since August more than 600 Allied tanks were captured or destroyed on the battlefield between the Ancre and the Avre amid ongoing fighting in the region.
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Berlin
Ancre
Avre
Death Claims Lodi Woman Mrs Mary M McGrath 63
Mrs Mary M McGrath 63 died at her Lodi home after a two year diabetes illness. Funeral at Graham Chapel Sunday at 10 a.m. She leaves seven children including Mildred Lauer Aaron Owen Elizabeth Graham Maywood and sons Harrison Emory with Uncle Sam in France. Brothers Thomas Conrad Peter Anthony Adam John in Ohio and Meigs county. Daughter of the late John Steinmetz pioneer Athens county residents.
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Mary M. McGrath
Lodi
Graham Chapel
McGrath
Mildred Lauer
Aaron
Owen
Gay
W. Va
Elizabeth Graham
Maywood
Athens
Harrison
Emory
Sam
France
Thomas
Conrad
Peter Steinmetz
Meigs County
Anthony
Minnesota
Adam
Columbus
John
Little Hocking
John Steinmetz
Athens County
Red Cross opens eight children’s asylums in war zone
Rome August 23 The American Red Cross has opened eight children's asylums within the war zone according to an official announcement. More are to be opened soon in Treviso it's stated.
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Rome
American Red Cross
Treviso
Casualty lists trim totals with names from war reports
Washington reports 260 Army names and 72 Marine names in today's casualty lists. Entries include killed in action, missing in action, wounded and disease cases with amounts and several Ohio individuals named. A July 15 French battle death also noted for Karl Crabbe from Company C.
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Washington
War Department
Marine Corps
Ira Fowler
Neva
Ohio
Frank Cullen
Joledo
William Schoenfield
Cincinnati
Bart Welch
Wellsville
Louis Dankworth
Piqua
Frank Roberts
Thompsonville
George Sullivan
Carthage
Fred Brown
Columbus
Murray Spidie
Mascillon
Mike Wastelswoki
Toledo
Richard Martin
Mechanicsburg
Marine F
John Sechkus
Cleveland
Hoover Returns From Visit As Allied Lands News Break
An Atlantic Port report says Herbert Hoover head of the food department arrived aboard a British liner with 1200 passengers. He offered no comment at landing. a statement is expected from the United States grain corporation. The San Francisco Post Office Inspector's Department hires its first woman clerk in forty years.
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Atlantic
Herbert
Hoover
Food Department
United States Grain Corporation
San Francisco Post Office Inspector’s Department
Congress to Enable Quick War Manpower Expansion
Washington reports indicate Congress will empower the War Department to call into service 18 and 19 year olds under the new man power bill. The House vote is expected to be close while the Senate will resist amendments limiting army size. President Wilson backs the move and aims for speedy passage with potential conference tensions.
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L. C. Martin
Washington
Congress
War Department
House
Wilson
Senate
New Vessel Diomed Sunk Off Sandy Hook
The American steamer Diomed, a new vessel, was sunk by a submarine about 360 miles from Sandy Hook. Her 104 crew members and officers were rescued after forty eight hours in lifeboats by another steamer. No fatalities. several were injured by shellfire.
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Atlantic
Sandy Hook
Hiring Women at Cleveland Street Railway
Cleveland Aug 23 The Cleveland Street Railway Company began today to hire conductorettes for street cars. They will be paid the same wages that car men receive.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Street Railway Company
French and British Advance on Fronts in Somme Region
Allied forces push on two fronts from Roye to the Somme coast while German resistance tightens near Roye and the Aisne area. French and British troops report progress as casualty and prisoner counts rise. American units along the Vosges report activity and guard withdrawals as the line extends from St Martin to Pommieres.
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London
St. Martin of Roye
Beuvral Veresnes
Tyler cyclone leaves thirty dead and three missing
Tyler Minnesota reports thirty killed and three missing after a cyclone from Wednesday night. State guards man the ruins and a morgue is set up at the Town Hall as rescuers search for bodies. Reverend William J Warrener travels to Ohio to deliver the annual address at Little Negro church in a county.
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Tyler
Minn
William J. Warrener
Ohio Eastern Christain
Little Kgger
Urges States to Allow Soldier Absentee Voting
Washington August 23 Senate adopted a resolution urging each state to enact laws permitting soldiers and sailors absent from home to vote. The move seeks uniform standards, easing franchise access for armed forces members serving away from their districts.
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Washington
Senate
Death of Captain K. T. Crossen in France reported
Mrs. J Crossen of Albany receives news of her son Captain K T Crossen's death in France. The report notes her brave response and the heavy burden of sorrow, with letters from her son described as her choicest treasures amid the shock and social support.
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Albany
Amianthine Cloth From Amianthus Weaves Tarantaise
The text notes amianthus asbestos from Tarantaise Savoy and mentions asbestoss woven into amianthine cloth highlighting historic material use and fabric terminology.
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Tarantaise
Savoy
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Edward T. Scanlon
Massachusetts
James W. Scanlon
Camp Devens
Marysville
T. H. Wheeler
Karl Crabbe
One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Infantry
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New Vessle
Cojeul
Ines
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