Foch Master of Situation On West Front
In a New York dispatch General Foch is credited with a major turning point. German efforts around Montdidier and Compiegne stall as Hindenburg’s fourth offensive falters. The article notes American troops aiding France and positions Foch as master of the situation with future Allied plans hinted.
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Foch
West Front
New York
Fogh
Hindenburg
Montdidier
Villers-Cotterets
Paris
Compiegne
Two Athens County Men Called for Limited Service
Athens county issued its first call for nine thousand men from the spruce region northwest to fill special service quotas. William Lowry of Nelsonville and Austin Owens of Athens are sent to Vancouver Washington as a railroad brakeman and locomotive fireman respectively. The local board orders release of June 5 1918 registrants for navy or marine enlistment and questionnaires are being forwarded from the Adjutant General.Classification rules for discharges due to disability are explained with placement in Class 1 or awaiting treatment completion.
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Athens County
Spruce
Northwest
William Lowry
Nelsonville
Austin Owens
Athens
Vancouver
Wash
Navy
Marine Corps
Adjutant General's Office
Collins Funeral Saturday for Mrs Michael Collins
Funeral services for the late Mrs. Michael Collins will be held Saturday morning. The funeral party will leave the home at 8 30 and a solemn requiem mass will be held at St. Pauls Catholic Church. Burial will be in the Catholic Cemetery. She was mother of sixteen children eight sons and seven daughters. Two sons and three infant daughters preceded her in death. A son Thomas died from injuries in a mine last September.
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Collins
Michael Collins
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Government seeks rehearing in United Shoe Machinery case
United States government petitions the Supreme Court for rehearing contending the court’s decision creates an avenue of escape from the Sherman Act and casts doubt on patent grant limits. The move aims to have the case heard again.
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United Press
Washington
Supreme Court
United Shoe Machinery
Scouts Meet at Monument for Flag Day Escort
All members from every troop gather at the monument at 7 15 this evening to escort the Elks to the Methodist church for a Flag Day celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Elks
Methodist Church
All Short on Yankee Front New Attack on
Report details a heavy bombardment with gas shells after a quiet night in the Tourcy Bouresches sector. An American unit suffered several casualties as tensions rise on the Marne front. A draft notice confusion caused a Salem family distress over a fictional farewell party for Birgie and Evan Morgan.
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Yankee Front
Lowell Mellett
Marnemoon
Tourcy-Bouresches
Birgie
Evan Morgan
Salem
Flag Day Parade Hookup at Club Rooms Tonight
Be at the Club rooms this evening at 7 15 to join in the Flag Day parade and attend services at the M E church.
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M. E. Church
Kaiser’s Sister Linked To Swiss Espionage Ring
Former Queen Sophia of Greece, sister to the Kaiser, reputedly leads a powerful espionage band in Switzerland, based on information from abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia
Greece
Kaiser
Switzerland
First all American bombing raid hits Metz area
In Lorraine on June 14 an American air squadron conducted the first wholly American bombing mission, destroying German cantonments supply sheds and rail facilities near Metz Dommary and Darney. Eight planes dropped ten bombs each and returned in perfect formation without losses.
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Frank J. Taylor
Lorraine
Metz
Dommary
Darencourt
Miss Mabel Roberts Resigns Kindergarten Director Post
Miss Mabel Roberts resigns as Ohio University kindergarten director to join the National Kindergarten College in Chicago where she will pursue a degree. Her departure is noted as a loss by students and supporters after a successful year.
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Mabel Roberts
Ohio University
National Kindergarten College
Chicago
Miss Roberts
Dr Wilcox to Speak at Carthage Church on War Sermon
The Carthage Presbyterian Sabbath school will present its annual Children’s Day exercises on Sunday June 16 at two o’clock. A preaching service will follow with Dr. Wilcox of Athens delivering the sermon titled The Church and the War.
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Carthage Presbyterian Church
Wilcox
Athens
Raiding Operation and Artillery Fire Reported
London dispatch reports General Haig confirming raiding actions and artillery exchanges today as Allied forces engage near the front.
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Dounted
London
Haig
Beans to Buy War Savings Stamps Contest Rewards Beans
In Cillingswood New Jersey on June 14 the Conservation committee announced a contest to promote war savings stamps. Boys and girls with at least 100 square feet of beans may win prizes for the best bean records using war savings stamps.
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Cillingswood
N. J
Conservation Committee
Food Riots Reported in East Again
Paris reports fighting along the new Oise Marne front has cooled to local actions. A German assault failed in the center of Oise while artillery pounded a twenty mile stretch between Villers Cotterets Forest and Chateau Thierry. Amsterdam dispatches say Premier Von Seydlers resignation offer reached Emperor Karl who delayed a decision after consulting leaders.
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Paris
Oise-Marne
War Office
Oise
Twenty Mile
Villers-Cotters Forest
Chateau-Thierry
Amsterdam
von Seydler
Karl
Decline in Submarine Sinkings Tied to Zeebrugge Action
In Paris on June 14 a semi official statement noted fewer submarine sinkings in the western central regions and the English Channel following the blocking of Zeebrugge and Ostend harbors.
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Paris
English Channel
Zeebrugge
Ostend
Riots and Martial Law Reported Across Regions
In Lemburg riots plunder shops and looted military lorries bound for the Hatlan front. Police failed to stop the unrest and troops were deployed. many arrests followed. Reports say Avadrians executed M Podtoilkon of the Peoples Commissary of the Don republic and martial law is in Roston. In Jampoul district thirty peasants were killed in fighting with Austrians as villages fell.
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Zurich
Lemburg
Hatlan Front
Avadrians
M. Podtoilkon
Peoples Commissary
Don Republic
Roston
Jampoul
French aviators Pierson and Russeau die near Hounslow
London reports Captain Pierson and Lieutenant Russeau, French aviators flying from France to Hounslow, were killed when their machine collapsed within 200 yards of the landing place.
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London
Pierson
Russeau
France
Hounslow
England
Why Protect 'Em Event in Ymuiden Hotel Attack
June 14 in Ymuiden a mob of Dutch fishermen attacked a hotel housing German airmen after a submarine shelled lifeboats from a Dutch lager sunk without warning Sunday. Police saved the German internees from the mob.
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Ymuiden
Holland
Final week at University 10 begins with commencement
Ohio University will hold its annual commencement on Sunday June 16 at 10 30 A M The baccalaureate address will be delivered by United States Senator Attlee Pomerene At 730 Sunday evening Bishop Charles D Williams will preach the baccalaureate sermon Monday June 17 an art exhibition runs 3 to 5 P M in the Art Department and at 730 P M the annual oratorical contest will take place in Ewing Hall Auditorium
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Ohio University
United States
Atlee Pomerene
Charles D. Williams
Ewing Hall
Ohians Listed Among War Casualties and Marines Honored
Washington reports a casualty list totaling 119 Ohio names with 29 killed in action 5 dead of wounds 6 dead of disease 3 dead of accident 70 severely wounded 1 wounded degree undermined and 5 missing. Among the dead are John A Strange Wade Holden and Charles McCarthy with several severely wounded including Leigh E Buster Leon Blosser Robert Catherat Homer Jones and Jack Stock. A second list notes 62 more Marines on the honor roll from France with eight killed in action six dead of wounds and forty eight severely wounded including Robert Clarke Gourley Richard Powers John Evans Forrest Racey and P Lawrence Shepard all of Ohio.
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Washington
War Department
John A. Strange
Columbus
Wade Holden
Jefferson
Ohio
Charles McCarthy
Tiffin
Leigh E. Buster
South Charleston
Leon Blosser
Columbus Grove
Robert Catherat
Piqua
Homer Jones
London
Jack Stock
Youngstown
France
Robert Clarke Gourley
Waterville
Richard A. Powers
Cincinnati
John T. Evans
Forrest N. Racey
Caldwell
P. Lawrence Shepard
Collinwood
Clerks Weigh Draftee Status Shifts in wartime rule
Marietta June 13 clerks in stores mercantile establishments if they are draft eligibles must change occupation or face early military call. The selective service regulation lists non productive jobs including hotel waiters elevator operators doormen footmen store club hotel apartment house office building and bath house attendants domestic workers gamblers fortune tellers palmists and similar roles.
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Marietta
Charles M. Coffman
Largest train ever pulled by a single engine
Lancaster Ohio reports a Union Pacific locomotive pulling a 100 car coal train from mines along the Hocking Valley. The engine, one of its 16 drive wheels, passed through Lancaster around noon, marking the largest such train ever traveled up the valley with one locomotive.
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Lancaster
Union Pacific
Hocking Valley
Explosion at Skoda gun works kills hundreds near Pilsen
Paris reports a massive explosion at the Skoda gun works near Pilsen on May 25 killing more than 300 and injuring 700. The blast was heard 150 miles away as submerged submarine attacks earlier drew headlines and a steamer arriving from an unspecified port added to the confusion.
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Paris
Skoda
Pilsen
Germany
Journal Today
Keemun sinks off Virginia Capes after submarine attack
Wireless calls from the British steamer Keemun report shells and sinking near the Virginia Capes after a U boat attack. Navy officials confirm the vessel fell victim to a U boat and question remains about the crew's fate. A Cuban port arrival carried warnings and accounts of submarine danger near the eastern coast.
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United Preas
Keemun
Virgina Capes
Keenun
Nantucket
Keenum
Navy Department
Explosion destroys grain elevator near Beech Grove
Indianapolis June 14 Fire and an explosion destroyed one Cleveland Grain Company elevator at Beech Grove and about 10001 bushels of corn and oats. Police said the blast was caused by something other than dust.
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United Preas
Indianapolis
Cleveland Grain Company
Beech Grove
Mayor finds job for idler in short order
Mayors proclamation against vagrancy yields a job for one man who previously shunned work. The urban cleanup drive is framed as arranging employment for those who would not seek it, aiding curbstone club cleanup and job placement. East Liverpool details follow.
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Curbstone Club
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Plotter
Queen Sophia
Yankee Fleet
DR. Wilcox
Carthage Church
University
Virginia
Atlantic
Berlin
Ment
East Liverpool
Kirk, Dunn Coal Company
Westpoint
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