Italian Army Drives Austrian Retreat After Piave Clash
June 24 night dispatch reports a widening Italian victory as Austrian forces retreat across the Piave. Allied air power hounds the withdrawal. thousands are captured or killed, with Italian cavalry and infantry pushing toward the Conegliano and Oderzo line amid a twenty mile front. General Diaz offers no follow up plan, while Austrian reserves concentrate in the northern mountains.
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Archduke Joseph
General von Wurm
Austrian War Office
Faize
Montello
the Piave
Conegliane
Odervo
Monte Piave
Diaz
French Forces Hold New Position After German Assault
Paris dispatch reports French troops advanced northeast of Leport and held their new positions despite a violent German attack. The War Office said successful raids occurred in Lorraine and the Woevre.
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Paris
Leport
War Office
Lorraine
Woevre
Haig Reports Successful Raids on Picardy and Flanders Fronts
General Haig reported successful raiding operations across Picardy and Flanders sectors. The British advances targeted multiple locations with gains in several actions and highlighted sustained offensive momentum.
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London
Flanders
Haig
West Front Hesitates as German Thrusts Delayed
From France June 25, United Press reports ideal fighting weather but no major action on the west front as Hindenburg’s next thrust lingers. Swiss source says German public grows exasperated at delays and an effort to salvage the campaign is anticipated soon. German reinforcements arrive, including soldiers formerly held in Russia. July 1 price note for Little Giant Trucks by E. H. Van Den Broeck in Athens.
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Philip Simms
United Press
France
West Front
Hindenburg
Paris
Switzerland
Russia
Little Giant
E. H. van den Broeck
Athens
Two Submarines Seen By Athens Youths In Message From New York
Robert Cousins writes from New York that during an Atlantic crossing he and others saw two submarines and rescued about 650 British sailors from a torpedoed vessel. Washington reports a British transport destroyed near the Delaware Capes with 67 missing, no troops aboard, and a pursuit of missing boats. Also noted is a Union Sunday School social at Circle Hill with Prof. Morgan and a male quartet to perform, ice cream and cake served.
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Robert Cousins
Naval Service
Navy Department
Delaware Capes
Vesel
Circle Hill
Prof
Morgan
Athens
Ammunition Seized in Grain Shipment at Smithfield Market
Dublin police seized 40 000 rounds of ammunition hidden in a grain consignment at Smithfield market. Investigators believe the cargo is tied to a recent arms shipment landed on the northern coast.
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Dublin
Smithfield
Italian Drive Expected on Trentino Front
Washington reports Italian forces plan a major push against Austrians in Trentino and aim to replicate earlier Piave River gains. London says counteroffensive underway in the mountains as Austrians resist but Italians advance. Rome notes Austrians swept across the Piave except a three mile sector with a covering force still holding. Prisoners said to be flooding in.
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Washington
Trentino
Paive
Rome Cabres
Rome
Piave
Montello
Musile
Cato Sale
Mont Valbertia
Mont Asolove
Col George H Wood Heads 148th Regiment in 37th Division
Col George H Wood formerly adjutant general was assigned to the 148th Regiment of the 37th Division at Camp Lee Virginia. The unit was formerly the Old Third Ohio National Guard regiment.
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Col. Wood
OLD Third
Ohio
United Plur
Columbus
George H. Wood
Camp Lee
Ohio National Guard
Sugar Director Named to Oversee Distribution Problem
Washington reports G. A. Zabrik se has been named the main sugar director with full control over sugar distribution. Due to shortage, economy measures are urged. districts will be organized to eliminate cross hauling and establish a zone system like coal zones. A Food Department backed sugar corporation with capital is forming to manage sugar as it does wheat. Details to be announced soon. The Canadian Aeroplane Company hires only British subjects.
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Washington
G. A. Zabrikse
Food Department
United States
Former Czar of Russia Reported Killed in Petrograd
Unconfirmed reports from Petrograd say the former Czar was killed at Ekaterinburg by Bolsheviks. Menshevik and Socialist Revolutionary factions reportedly to gain dominance in upcoming Soviet elections amid Bolshevik politicking. A Bolshevik commissioner in Petrograd was shot dead in the street, trailing chaotic political life.
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United Preas
London
Petrograd
Ekaterinberg
Mensheviks and
Social Revo
Moscow
M. Volo- United Press Gradisk
Lune
Pres
Paria
Will
Americans SLAIN IN LAST BATTLE IN FRANCE
General Pershing reports 97 American casualties in the AEF in the final battle in France. Deaths include 54 killed in action and 7 died of wounds, with 26 severely wounded and 2 wounded with undetermined status. Ohio, Pennsylvania, and other names appear among the fallen and wounded. Marine casualties total 19 with 8 killed in action 1 died of wounds and 10 wounded.
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France
Washington
Pershing
J. Jundra
Cleveland
Ohio
F. E. Dobbs
West Liberty
C. W. Digelman
Coshocton
W. Cincinnati
T. A. Lew
Warren
K. Cretores
St. Paris
Ledford
Cincinnati
H. M. Slawkin
Pittsburg
Marine Corps
J. C. Tate
Brilliant
R. C. Bowyer
H. C. Perrine
Bellevue
Pine Class of 1918 Lottery Drawn Thursday
The draft lottery for newly registered 21 year olds will take place at 9 30 am Thursday in the Senate Office Building Secretary of War Baker announced. About 700000 men will learn their call order as 1200 lottery numbers are drawn from capsules in the conference room. The process will take roughly two hours.
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United
Washington
Senate
War Baker
Lake Seamen Plan 10 Strike Next Month
Chicago reports a lake seamen strike set for July 29 by the union. About 8,000 sailors on 250 lake vessels demand abolition of discharge books and higher wages, claiming blacklisting results from records kept by skippers. Also noted is a Fourth of July ball at Fleming's Hall Amesville on June 29 with dancing and an admission of 50 cents.
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Lake Seamen Plan
Chicago
Ill
Great Lakes
Fleming’s Hall
Amesville
Linscott
Ohio to Send 12,200 Men to Camps After July 22
Ohio draft headquarters announced 12,200 more selectees will be sent to camps in the five days after July 22. Of these, 6,000 go to Camp Sherman and 7,200 to Camp Jackson in Columbia, with details on distributions to Athens County yet to be finalized.
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United
Columbus
Ohio
Camp Sherman
Camp Jackson
Columbia
South Carolina
Tatas
Athens County
British threats rise as German troops land near Batum
Stockholm June 26 report says three thousand German troopers with a cruiser two destroyers and a submarine have landed at Porti near Batum. They aim to occupy the Caucasus and threaten British positions in Persia and Mesopotamia. Possible extension to Kuban and Kutais noted. Knights Templar election set for Athens Wednesday evening with officers to be chosen.
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United Prees
Stockholm
Porti
Batum
Caucasus
Persia
Mesopotamia
Kuban
Kutais
Knights Templar
Athens Commandery
Pershing Men Continue Push Along Line Near Chateau-Thierry
Washington reports further advances of American troops near Chateau-Thierry with local operations continuing in the region. A German counterattack near Torcy failed, our losses included rifle and artillery fire, and a raid in Lorraine left several men missing.
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United
Washington
Chateau-Thierry
Pershing
Torey
Lorraine
Ohio students reach 1300 at Ohio University registration
Registration at Ohio University continues to rise with totals around 1600 to 2000 expected. Ellis Hall remains crowded as students and families arrive, with Chamber of Commerce members aiding arrivals and scouts directing baggage and ushering newcomers.
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Ohio University
Ellis Hall
Chamber Ofmerce
Cold Wave Ravages Marion County Corn Crops
Thousands of acres of corn in Marion County were destroyed by a recent cold wave, with many fields left devastated while some rows remained untouched. Potatoes and other vegetables were also affected.
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Marion
Marion County
Athens Boy Is Made Lieutenant in Army
Clarence R. Butts of Athens has been commissioned as lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps. Formerly a salesman for Stedman Company, he served in Company L, Seventh Infantry, transferred to Sheridan and the 136th Field Artillery, then a corporal. He attended a quartermaster school at Camp Johnston Florida and now serves as Lieutenant C R Butts Q M C NA Student Company 3 Camp Johnston Florida.
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John Butts
State Street
Clarence R. Butts
Quartermaster Corps
Nationa
Butts
Stedman Company
Sheridan
136Th Field Artill
Camp Johnston
Filo
C. R. Butts
Florida
Disorders Spread Over Hun Lands
A London dispatch reports rising political and economic unrest in the Dual Monarchy reaching Germany and Hungary. In Mulheim 20000 munition workers struck over bread ration cuts. Budapest faces a general strike crippling railway postal and telegraph services. Austrian papers deem the situation grave and rumors place Count Czernin near a return to office as socialist leader Eugene Andier is arrested in Budapest.
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United Press
London
Germany
Hungary
The
Hague
Mulheim
Budapest
Geneva
Patch
Tremely
Zurich
Count Czernin
Eugene Andier
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Ernest M. Hopkins
Piave River
HUN Aly
Canadian Aeroplane Company, Ltd
J. B. de Valles
Connolly
Roberts
Lieut
Barnett
H. D. Snyder
Caldwell, Ohio
Pine
Near East
W. H. Pierre
Jas. A. Palmer
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