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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1918
Page
7
A front photo shows three German women at a machine gun under guard, believed captured after a German soldier’s body was found July 28 near Chateau-Thierry as U S forces advanced through heavy fire from Company F of a U S division.
Readers debate the value of soldiers wives in camps during wartime. Corporal Karl R. Prost defends letting brides join husbands to lift morale, while critics argue it distracts from duty. The letter urges unity and duty for the war effort.
In the German village of Remborn a linden tree is described as more than twelve centuries old. Local lore credits its enduring presence and cultural significance to the town’s history.
Washington dispatch reports draft calls resumed in zones where the surgeon general's office deems it safe to send men to cantonments. The exact number of men or localities will not be announced for the present due to ongoing influenza considerations.
Kansas City October 23 Colleges and universities with army training units are expected to supply 220000 men to the army by July 1 1919. A W Vinal of the education committee told representatives of federal districts of the A T C that the figure includes technically trained men and most officer material to be inducted between now and next July.
Mr and Mrs W B Johnson received letters from sons Major Sam M Johnson and Captain Rafel R Johnson in France. Major Johnson said he stayed in a town near Verdun after four months at the front. Captain Johnson wrote that Athens boys were well and noted ranks and names including Jud Stinchcomb promoted to captain.
A telegram to Mr and Mrs William H Lowry at 457 Race Street Lexington reports their son Walter Lowry killed in action in France and son Orville C Lowry gravely wounded. Both enlisted and went to the front last spring.
Mrs. Eribella Kuneman of 703 Neave Street Price Hill received a draft questionnaire and classification card for her son John Allen Kuneman a machinist believed dead for a decade. He registered at a Washington state draft board and listed Cincinnati as his residence while touring with a circus.
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