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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1918
Page
1
Washington reports U S troop aid to Italy will come soon as Austrian offensive starts. American forces will join Italians and other allies to show backing, though numbers will be small. Aviators and other units already in Italy. Italian morale remains satisfactory despite Austro-German advances.
Rome reports renewed Austrian attacks against Italian, French and British forces in Asiago and Grappa. Fierce battles rage along the Piave river. the enemy attempts to bridgehead while defenders hold firm east of Montello and west of San Doga di Piave ten miles from the sea.
The War Office says Austrians lost five men to one for Britain in operations between the Asiago Plateau and the Piave. It notes 29 Austrian divisions, 348 000 men, faced 58 divisions totaling 696 000 men. British airmen destroyed seven bridges. The sector twenty miles wide is held by French British and Italian forces.
Paris reports in the Petit Parisien that fifty Austrian divisions totaling about 600,000 men were committed to a large attack on the Italian front on June 17, while Italian forces were not surprised according to the paper.
German submarines sunk two neutral vessels off the Atlantic coast near Virginia. The Norwegian sailing ship Kringsmaa and the bark Samona were sent down about 90 miles off Virginia. Crew of Kringsmaa rescued by an American warship bound for an Atlantic port. Samona crew landed at Norfolk.
A special meeting is set for Wednesday evening at eight o'clock. There will be no meeting on Tuesday evening. Signed by John B. Cross and E. R.
General Hugh S. Johnson, who printed 30,000,000 draft cards before conscription was declared, earned a promotion and now heads a bureau coordinating war department purchases. The action sped up assembling an adequate overseas force.
Major Harry C. Hale said about 12 000 Ohio selects sent to camp on June 24 will quickly transfer to units in the Eighty Fourth Division. The moves aim to bolster Lincoln Division strength with a likely August relocation and short camp stay for many inductees.
Governor Cox issued a proclamation calling on all Ohio counties to organize branches of the State Council of National Defense to bolster war activities. Partly organized counties should complete their setup and add members to represent all parts and interests of the county.
Cardinal Gibbons reports a papal decree permitting American ordination after three years of theology instead of four. The change aims to supply priests to relieve wartime shortages and meet rising parish demands.
In a British sector report the assault by Austrians after days of rain is described as highly satisfactory by an officer. Italian bombardment began at midnight, disrupting enemy formations. Austrians massed 1000 guns in the Trentino and up to 1500 along a ten mile front between the Astigo and the Brenta. Allied airmen claim thirty four enemy planes and three balloons downed in the opening phase.
French troops widened positions between the Oise and the Aisne northwest of Hautebraye and took 100 prisoners plus several machine guns, in a statement from the French War Office. German raids in the Vosges and near Courieres Wood were repulsed.
General Haig reports a successful raid east of Arras with a few prisoners taken. An attempted enemy raid near Givenchy was repulsed yesterday morning. The enemy bombarded northwest of Albert for a short period last night.
Washington reports a War Department casualty list listing 39 names. Six killed in action two dead from wounds one dead from airplane accident four died of disease and twenty four severely wounded one wounded with undetermined degree and one missing in action. Captain Harry B. Gwynn of Tulsa Oklahoma was killed in an airplane accident. Among the severely wounded are Privates Barnes C. Beckwith of Parkersburg West Virginia and John C. Lisle of Columbus Ohio.
American forces claim a major German assault on Xivray failed with over 300 enemy dead and eight captives taken. Eight hundred attackers faced heavy rifle and machine gun fire as American artillery pounded the front. American patrols report increased German manpower in Toul sector trenches and many balloons. The Americans report expanding sectors east of Belfort and a second-raid repulse with one American captive. Lieut Eddy Rickenbacker of Columbus Ohio credited with five German planes between April 29 and May 30.
Two persons were killed and one fatally injured when an auto driven by Earl Parrish was struck by a Pennsylvania Flyer near Dennison. The dead are Mrs. Frank Grossarth, 31, and Evelyn Parrish, 4. Mrs. Earl Parrish, 35, is not expected to recover.
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during our mother’s illness and death. Grateful for the floral offerings and masses in appreciation of her character. Michael Collins and Children.
John Kalapos a Hungarian about 40 died yesterday at 9 A M in Logan hospital from peritonitis following injuries from a roof fall in a mine at Canaanville on June 5 He leaves a wife and children in Europe Funeral services will be held tomorrow at St Pauls Catholic church and the body interred in the Catholic cemetery
The government plans a 400000 expenditure to combat mosquito populations, aiming to curb disease risk and protect public health across multiple regions.
Officers from allied armies meet daily in the Versailles conference hall near Paris to discuss new strategies and the hoped for conclusion of the war. The accompanying photo shows four officers leaving the hall.
Captain K. T. Crossen writes to Dr. J. N. Brown from Albany about an Athens resident setting up there. He praises American soldiers noting their division and regiment fought extensively, claimed many Germans buried, and asserts Americans will have a distinct war honor. He mentions a six month service stripe and snipers as a question from prisoners.
Berne reports the exchange of 160000 prisoners of war between France and Germany is starting. Special trains carry 600 to 1000 prisoners in each direction as the Berne agreement goes into effect.
In France an American Red Cross canteen worker shattered records by serving 265 meals in two and a half hours averaging one meal every thirty four seconds. Generally fair weather with normal temperatures is forecast for the week.
Owing to present conditions, all plumbing will be charged at the rate of 1.00 per hour with a minimum charge of one hour. Signed by Chas. Demolet O. dated June 17.
General Pershing reported heavy German losses as attacks on the Woevre sector were repulsed with several prisoners taken. Private W. J. Guyton received the Croix de Guerre as the first American to die on German soil. American forces held Belleau Wood and beat off two German attacks within two hours, suffering no casualties.
Justice Department officials examine statements attributed to Eugene V. Debs after a Canton Ohio socialist meeting where he denounced Allied policy and opposed the draft. draft evaders were arrested at the gathering. A separate wildlife note discusses the bald eagle’s size and strength with an Audubon Society quote.
In Columbus Ohio an injunction suit seeks to block Secretary of State Fulton from submitting a proposed federal constitution amendment to voters. Edgar L. Weinland for the Equal Suffrage Association argues the amendment limits the General Assembly’s ratification power and faults the referendum petition for not disclosing the constitutional basis and for granting only legislative ratification authority.
Washington June 17 under government control today further moulded into one great system by pooling all railroad cars. The Transportation Department abolished per diem charges for use of cars on individual lines. The ruling makes equipment common property.
The Joplin Globe features a June 14 cartoon of Joseph F. Leopold secretary of the Joplin Chamber of Commerce. The piece portrays Leopold carrying the city and stirring municipal, health, and industry efforts as he pushes for a larger, more effective chamber and city welfare.
Natives of the Pribiloff Islands off Alaska have arranged with the Government to supply them with motion picture machines and films, a program intended to bring cinema to the remote region during yearly visits.
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