Surging War Casualties and Discharges Reported
Casualties among American medical officers in France through March 13 total 442 with 46 killed in action and 212 wounded. Discharges from the army air service by March 18 amount to 100,247. total service strength ends at 190,527. Chambers of commerce urged to help returning soldiers reclaim old jobs or secure better ones and to arrange transport for those stranded from home.
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Washington
France
War Department
Army Air Service
Chambers of Commerce
Arthur Woods
Emergency Employment Committee
Wood
Federal Bureau
Deep Sea Plumber Clears Dam Pipe At Lake Spaulding
A San Francisco diver descended into 300 feet of icy prisonlike water at Lake Spaulding to clear a clogged discharge pipe inside the Pacific Gas and Electric dam. He could not stay long due to cold and thin air, so blueprints were fetched and air was heated at the surface to extend his time underwater.
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Nevada City
Cal
San Francisco
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Lake Spaulding
Sierras
Princeton Receives Flag of Truce for War Record
Princeton University will receive the actual flag of truce used when American staff officers first entered German territory beyond the Rhine as part of its war plaque collection. Lieutenant Alex L. Schlesinger, class of 1912, now with the army of occupation, served as interpreter in the armistice parley.
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
Alex L. Schlesinger
Army of Occupation
German American officers gift historic flag to alma mater
A white flag of truce, carried across the Rhine into the neutral zone at Coblenz, is offered to the donor’s alma mater. The gift includes a map marking the exact site of the wartime meeting between German and United States officers near the Coblenz bridgehead held by the Third United States Army corps.
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United States
Rhine
Coblenz
United States Army Corps
Swedish-born man barred from citizenship for war objector
Carl Stenstrom of Comnei Bluffs Iowa was denied naturalization after he refused to serve in the U S military. A judge refused to grant citizenship and ordered that he never be permitted to become a citizen. Stenstrom, born in Sweden, had taken first papers when drafted but sought discharge claiming non American status.
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Comnei! Bluffs
America
Carl Stenstrom
Stenstrom
Sweden
Amesville News Roundup and Local Notes
Amesville reports enlistment of George Ziegler in the navy for three years with a report due next Monday. A boy suffers a bad forehead cut from a pony kick. Corporal Harry Grandstaff visits on leave from Carlisle hospital with a wounded shoulder. Mrs. Jessie Gifford Williams and her infant child die in Columbus, shocking local friends. J. E. Gifford travels to Columbus for the funeral. Albert Roberts visits relatives in Columbus. Profs Root and Dinsmore attend township education board meeting. Pete Gifford visits relatives near Mitchel S D, tending cattle on thousands of acres. A moving man narrowly escapes with his wife and four children after their truck topples near a bridge. horses pull the vehicle from the embankment. Mayor Day's son Frank, a train conductor in France, arrives at Camp Merritt N J. Mrs O M Lovell and granddaughter Marianna Linscott visit Marietta. Jos Potter Jr moves his family to town but keeps farm work. Mrs Mary E Bartlett of Nelsonville inspects the Eastern Star lodge. one candidate initiated, one demit. Clean up day set for Thursday. rubbish removal free if left along alleys. Inquiry notes why a raid on the Ohio Hotel kept a township inmate and city demmonde names secret. editor states Athens police published every name.
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George Ziegler
Navy
William Fleming
Harry Grandstaff
Trimble
U.S
Carlisle
Jessie Gifford Williams
Columbus
J. E. Gifford
Williams
Gifrd
Albert Roberts
Profs. Root and
Dinsmore
Township Board of Education
Arthur
Pete) Gifford
Mitcel
S. D
Lathrop
Mayor Day
Frank
France
Camp Merritt
N. J
O. M. Lovell
Marianna Linscott
Marietta
Jos. Potter, Jr
Mary E. Bartlett
Nelsonville
Order
Eastern Star
Demis
Bartlett
Ohio
Demmonde
Athens
Messenger
Childs Conservation League Elects Officers
The Childs Conservation League elected officers at a recent meeting. Officers include Mrs. J. R. Sprague president Mrs. J. J. Woolley vice president Mrs. Fred Lemley secretary and Mrs. Frank W. Cone treasurer The group plans an open air meeting May 20 at 2 30 p m with Mrs Wooley at 137 North Congress Street. An index tab for filed music sheets was patented to help locate titles and composers.
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The
Childs Conservation League
J. R. Sprague
J. J. Woolley
Fred Lemley
Frank W. Cone
Guy Hewitt
T. Rosser
F. W. Cone
Will Cable
J. A. Brown
Robert Allison
Ralph Woods
Wooley
North Congress Street
Motherhood Tribute in Glouster May 11 1919
Poetry dedicated to mothers from L. R. Andrews in Glouster Ohio. The piece honors maternal care from infancy, urges obedience to mothers, links motherhood to virtue and divine guidance, and closes with a vow to meet mothers in eternity.
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Glouster
L. R. Andrews
Glouster, O
Public Forum on Athens County Soldier List Critique
A 1919 Athens Ohio reader denounces Chamber of Commerce solicitors for compiling a service member list for a reception. The letter complains about omissions and calls the effort a flawed, partisan record of local veterans. Clifford McCoy, former Foraker nominator, dies in Coshocton at age 54.
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McCoy
Coshocton
Clifford McCoy
J. B. Foraker
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Clinton
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Athens County
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Bell Phone
Fred Landis
Stimpson Ave
Red Dog
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Albany
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Amesville
Ray Shafer
the Plains
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Sunnyside Drive
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Central Ave
T. C. Throckmorton
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Green House
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Porter Dugan
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Morris Ave
E. H. West
Keystone
Lostro Auto Sales CO
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Jersey
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Maxwell Dairy
E. M. Phillips
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Hansford
W. Va
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Athens, O
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Marietta Ohio
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Philadelphia
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Krybody
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Mill St
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Toledo
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Adam
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By George McManui
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Lostro
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Kansas City, U.S
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