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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1918
Page
3
Home and Bell phones listed for reporting carrier delinquencies. Six German and three American planes took part in attacks and three German aircraft were driven off in additional fights. American pilots claim at least one enemy biplane was shot down.
Lost four keys tied together between Citizens Central Bank and Monroe street. Found items to be returned to 109 Myers Street. Also a class pin engraved N. S 1916 and initials V. F H marked on one side. Ward is returned to People’s Bank.
Hats bargains advertised with trimmed hats at 2.60 and a fine line of white hats including Panamas and Milans. Sale starts immediately and lasts through the season.Mrs. Hannah Parry in Nelsonville Ohio invites shoppers to inspect the assortment.
Central Bank and Monroe Street ad lists a live passenger touring car for sale at 4400 new price, now 750 cash or trade for smaller car, contact John Smith 615 Chestnut Street Nelsonville Ohio. Also reports Mr and Mrs Willard Bartoe hosted an ice cream picnic for Mason City Hill children at Hickorynut Grove with many local attendees. event described as enjoyable.
Regular session met with President H E B Donley presiding. May minutes read and approved. Mayor's May fines and licenses reported 419.60 and referred for correction. Ordinance 519 fixing salaries for public service employees given first reading and adopted on third reading. Council adjourned.
A merry group led by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nutter and family fished Saturday at Margaret's Creek near Athens. Guests Mrs. W. T. Grace and daughter Catherine visit Circle Hill. Miss Catherine Gaffney returns to Murray City after visiting Mrs. James Bland.
At an executive board meeting the Red Cross thanked Miss Lottie McMillen Miss Lucile Kaelin and Miss Bertha Higgins for donating 150 to buy a cutting machine. Lucile Wells was elected chairman of the Surgical Dressing Department and the Junior Society met for its first instructions as workers increase after hot days.
Cradle Roll Day will be observed next Sunday at the Christian Church with a program after Sunday School. Parents are urged to attend with their children. Photos will be taken and a cradle roll offering will be collected. Everyone is invited.
Mrs. C. C. Cummins hosted a dinner for Misses Clara Evans Mabel Shafer and Mayme McNerney on Monroe Street Friday to honor Miss McNerney who will spend the summer in Chillicothe. Columbus visits followed by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ervin and others.
Miss Esther Ball Anna Bateman fretchen Hardy and Helen Largent left Monday for Columbus where they will enter Bliss Business College. Mrs William Morgan visited her daughter in Columbus Monday and Tuesday. Mrs F J Sauters was in Logan on business Monday. Mrs Walter Saunders returned after a visit with sister Mrs William Rible.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church will meet in the church social rooms tomorrow afternoon at 2 30. It will be a social gathering and refreshments will be served.
The Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung publishes a front line letter urging the public to bear losses with patience and confidence. The officer says German offensives have cost much and will cost more blood, noting heavy losses by some units while arguing total losses must be weighed against total troops in action.
June 3 report states Lieutenant Sumner Sewall of Bath Maine shot down a two seated enemy aircraft inside American lines northwest of Toul after a thrilling aerial combat with the German crew. The action underscores Allied air power over the French front.
Washington June 3 Colonel Chalmers G Hall of the aviation service is ordered to Columbus to inspect the Ohio state fair grounds He will report on whether the grounds can be used as a concentration camp for aviation personnel and guide plans for expanded housing and construction.
The lord lieutenant issued a proclamation in Dublin offering 50,000 voluntary recruits and 2000 to 3800 monthly to sustain Irish divisions. The first call targets men aged 18 to 27 with incentives including legislation to ensure land availability for servicemen.
New York reports a large merchant steamship fought a German submarine off New Jersey. The U boat prevailed, sinking the Edward H. Cole at 4 p.m. Sunday about 75 miles off Highland Light. The same U boat later destroyed another large steamship after hours of firing. Wreckage filled the sea along the coast. The submarine was described as the largest seen, 250 feet long with guns fore and aft.
Paris reports that La Matin and The Petit Parisien foresee an Allied offensive under Generals Foch and Petain. The papers claim the front has stabilized and fluctuations have diminished, signaling renewed offensive strength in supreme command.
Paris authorities announce the creation of underground theaters to continue cultural life amid frequent air raids. Plans outline secure venues beneath streets to host performances while air alerts persist.
Columbia Missouri campus dairy cow Alpha of the University of Missouri herd breaks state two year old record by producing 395.2 pounds of milk and 21.95 pounds of butter in a week.
Major General Harry C. Hale of the 84th division will assume command of Camp Sherman this afternoon. Hale departed Camp Zachary Taylor early today and arrived in Camp Sherman after orders were issued from headquarters.
The Ohio War Board issues a Red Cross appeal for thousands of nurses to serve in military and naval roles. It urges affluent families to release trained companions and governesses, and calls chronic invalids to dismiss nurses where possible. Housewives and older women with caregiving experience should join physicians and nurses’ registries to relieve current staff.
Oswald F. Schuette appeals to Chicago Press Club readers to awaken the American public to the true cost and demands of war. He contrasts luxury at home with total sacrifice abroad and urges every citizen to mobilize resources, endure shortages, and back soldiers in France as the nation enters a long, shared struggle.
At Cape Henlopen Delaware a morning of firing was reported in a clash believed to involve the U boat that sank the tanker Herbert L Pratt and US naval scout vessels. Earlier a 6 pm start near five miles offshore led to daybreak combat, with rescued passengers aboard the liner Carolina shielded from officials in Washington.
The army ordnance bureau demonstrated a five ton armored artillery tractor in Washington with Secretary Baker General March and foreign officers watching. The tractor hauled a 4.7 inch field howitzer over mud and ditches at Rock Creek Park climbing a 45 degree hill and then sped along a paved avenue at 12 miles per hour, proving shells torn territory will not stop rapid field gun movements. It is shrapnel proof and only a direct shell hit can disable it.
Senator McCumber of North Dakota accused the government of waste and graft in war fund handling during a debate on a bill to raise civil war pensions. He said aircraft money was unaccounted, departments were overstaffed, and shipyards were only 50 percent efficient.
Washington on June 3 reports Canadian railways asked the interstate commerce commission for permission to raise rates on business within the United States to the level set by Director General McAdoo in the recent railroad rate orders. The Prince of Wales shows a notable fondness for music and has joined soldiers in singing at front line events.
French aviators, regaining air mystery, dropped sixty three tons of bombs on German troop concentrations behind the Marne battle front Saturday and Sunday. The action came as the French and allied forces renewed pressure in the field as of June 4.
London reports nine members of the Woman's Auxiliary Auto Corps were killed in a bombing raid on British hospitals behind the lines. The announcement came today.
Dr John R Mott announced at the Y M C A war council meeting in New York that losses on the western front prompt a campaign to raise over 100 million dollars for war service work at home and overseas. The association already appropriated 500 thousand dollars to replace 89 huts and dugouts lost by the British in Flanders and Picardy, with more centers behind French lines reported as fallen to the enemy.
Pekin reports the foreign offices of Japan and China announce a signed convention aims at joint military operations in defense against the German threat in Siberia. Notes exchanged March 25 between the two nations were made public today by Beijing.
F B Pearson and the Ohio State Department request Prof F Cad Landsittle of Ohio University to serve on a School Policy Committee. The letter notes his careful thought and real contribution, and describes the committee as cosmopolitan, with the office acting as a clearing house for findings to be tabulated and filed.
An order by the state fuel commission forbids for one year the use of fuel oil and kerosene for operating private yachts in Ohio. The prohibition reportedly covers motor boats as defined in the order. Earlier reports from Washington said there was no plan to bar fuel oil for motor boats.
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