Ohio University schedules announced after state meeting
Dean J. Richeson, returning from Columbus, released Ohio University basketball and football schedules. Basketball shows Denison, Wittenberg, Baldwin Wallace, Ohio Wesleyan, Heidelberg, Wooster, Kenyon, and Heidelberg games across January to February and a Delaware date in March. Football lists Akron, Heidelberg, Kenyon, Ohio Wesleyan, Baldwin Wallace, Wittenberg, Denison, and Marietta games with various venues.
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J. J. Richeson
Columbus
Ohio Conference
Ohio University
Denison
Granville
Wittenberg
Springfield
Baldwin-Wallace
Ohio Wesleyan
Heidelberg
Tiffin
Wooster
Kenyon
Delaware
Ohio University -Akron
Akron -Heidelberg
Gambien
Thela
Parcel post routes eyed for Ohio network expansion
Columbus December 11 plans for an Ohio parcel post system with army motor trucks to be transferred from the war department were outlined at a meeting with James I. Blakslee and the Ohio Good Roads Federation parcel post routes committee. Sixty tentative routes were discussed including two main east west lines via Cleveland and Toledo and Columbus to Cincinnati via Pittsburg and Indianapolis with additional spur routes to Newark Utica Mt. Vernon Delaware Marion Marysville Bellefontaine Urbana Mt. Sterling Circleville Lancaster Logan and Athens.
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Columbus
Ohio
War Department
Post Office Department
James I. Blakslee
Parcel Post
Ohio Good Roads Federation
Blakslee
Cleveland
Toledo
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Newark
Utica
Mt. Vernon
Delaware
Marion
Marysville
Bellefontaine
Urbana
Mt. Sterling
Washington D. H
Circleville
Lancaster
Logan
Athens
Do Yanks Eat Cookies Paris Red Cross Bakes 6 Million
In Paris the American Red Cross has manufactured over 6 million old fashioned American cookies for soldiers in service and wounded in hospitals. Distribution covers canteens and units. production is rising from 300000 cookies daily to an anticipated 700000 per day within a month.
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Paris
France
American Red Cross
Britain Aids Troop Return With 40000 Tons of Shipping
Britain allocates 40000 tons of shipping to help bring American troops home during December, as announced on Tuesday. The measure, part of wartime logistics, aims to speed troop repatriation and support allied operations.
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Britain
Washington
Jobs Await Tiffin Soldiers Homecoming Posts
Dec 11 article notes returning Tiffin soldiers will find their old positions open, based on a canvass by R. C. Strausbaugh, a United States government service agent in Tiffin.
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R. C. Strausbaugh
United State Government Service
Arkansas inventors patent gasoline air cannon
Two Arkansas inventors patent a device that fires shells using a gasoline and air mixture spark ignited instead of traditional gunpowder. The invention envisions a lighter propellant method, potentially altering early artillery concepts.
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Arkansas
Chows and Doughboys Light Up American Front Cafeterias
A vivid tour of US Army dining in France shows doughboys flocking to field kitchens at chow time. Soldiers line up for a four course meal with soup meat vegetables bread coffee and dessert while French troops eat quietly. American appetite and banter fill ruined villages as cooks dish out hearty grub and stories.
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France
Uncle Sam
Teachers Asked to Give Service for War Effort
Washington reports the provost marshal seeks school teachers nationwide to collect data from local draft boards. Teachers would help classify up to eight million potential workers by occupation and skill to support a large industrial army without disrupting existing employment.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
America
National Army
Provost Marshal's
Provost Marshal
Avoid Coughs and Coughers in Health Appeal
An old advertising notice promotes SHILOH as a guaranteed remedy for the worst cough within 24 hours. The message emphasizes public health by preventing disease spread through coughing.
Homecoming Soldier Returns to Joyful Welcome
A U S Army service member arrives in uniform amid scene repeated nationwide as troops are returning from overseas. The homecoming brings joy to the soldier and relief to families, especially mothers who endured months of longing and anxiety.
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United States
U. S
Letters From Men In Service From Amesville boy to mother during front line duty
Roger Halsington writes from near the German front describing mud packed days, scarce lights, and constant danger. He notes a vast mail influx, meals of hard army fare, and his resolve to stay contented with army provisions while the front line hums with shells and night watches.
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Roger Halsington
Amesville
Edith
Battery C
Soldier's Letter From Belgium Describes Shell Fire and Resolve
A November 11 letter from Roger of the 112th Supply Train, 87th Division, in Belgium recalls first shell fire, mud, hunger, and camaraderie. He notes a brave squad, a comrade whose brother died in St Mihiel, and signals distrust of rumors the war is over. He mentions Fritz and family ties at home.
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Camp Willis
Ohio
St. Mihiel
Fritz
Roger
Belgium
Registrants to Receive Pay Without Camp Induction
Athens draft officials were notified Tuesday by Major W F Pealer that registrants who received induction notices but never entered camp are to receive pay and must be formally discharged.
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Athens
W. F. Pealer
Adjutant General
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