Ohio colleges chosen to train draft-age men for military service
The War Department selected 26 Ohio colleges to host Students Army Corps units. Eligible 18-year-olds and college students may begin voluntary induction around October 1, receiving uniforms, pay, and government support while in college. After initial training, recruits may be reassigned to training camps, officers or NCO schools, or kept in college for technical study, with transfers as mobilization demands.
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Ohio
War Department
Students Army Corps
United States
Drill session opens Armory for Athens county volunteers
A strong turnout of non commissioned officers rookies and onlookers gathered at the Armory for the first Athens county voluntary drill. Corporal Chapin directed drills teaching facing squads and movements as the group aims to prepare instructors in three weeks. Sessions run 7 30 on Mon Wed and Fri with much enthusiasm and progress reported.
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Athens County
Corporal Chapin
Chapin
Hair pulling match at Perry County exchange sparks strike
Six Shawnee tele phone operators strike and picket the Perry County Telephone Company office. A clash erupted when two strikebreakers from New Lexington arrived to operate long distance boards, resulting in pulled hair and bleeding noses. Similar walkouts hit Somerset and Ne wstraiteville with demands for 50 dollars monthly versus 27 dollars top now. A new air admitting port hole screen is noted.
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Shawnee
Perry County Telephone Company
New Lexington
Somerset
Newstraiteville
Athens Women Enlist in Navy as Yeomen
Miss Kathryn Cuckler Maicie Cuckler Katherine Dais and Ruth Souder become Athenss first women in the navy They passed final exams at Parkersburg and were sworn in as landsmen Yeomen They will report within two weeks after resigning teaching posts The recruiting officer reports over one hundred inquiries with more than fifty intending to take the exam
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Kathryn Cuckler
Maicie Cuckler
Katherine Dais
Ruth Souder
Athens
Navy
Parkersburg
Yeomen
Tme
Leopold
Athens School Set to Open September 16
Athens public schools will start at regular hours Monday September 16 including both grade and high school. Sept Morgan will be in his office daily next week to answer school matter questions. Ohio law requires attendance for ages six to sixteen with exceptions for younger children born before November 1. Older students, especially 18 year olds, may receive regular training as draft bills pass.
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Athens
Morgan
Ohio
Walt
Farmers League Issue in North Dakota Gubernatorial Race
The North Dakota campaign centers on the Farmers League. The Nonpartisan League backs Governor Lynn J. Frazier, while S. J. Doyle runs as the Democratic candidate in the statewide contest.
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Farmers’ League
N. Dakota
North Dakota
Nonpartisan League
Farmers’ Organization
Lynn J. Frazier
League
S. J. Doyle
A Great Fund Enables Education in Ohio Through Smith Hughes
The Ohio War Board promotes the Smith-Hughes fund to train teachers and teach agriculture home economics trades and industries to youths over fourteen. Evening classes may open for workers and continuation schools serve all industries. The fund targets state qualified cities and villages. For information contact E. L. Husch or the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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Ohio War Board
Ohio
Smith-Hughes Fund
Smith Hughes Fund
Smith- Hughes
E. L. Husch
Columbus
Sugar distribution certificates issued for canning
The Athens County Food Administration begins mailing sugar distribution certificates to county merchants for canning use. Merchants must sell the sugar immediately to prevent fruit waste, and not withhold it from customers.
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Athens County Food Administration
Athens County
Mail airplane lands at Cleveland outskirts. pilot unhurt
Max Miller piloted a large mail plane from New York to Chicago and landed in a field on the city’s edge at 9:20 tonight. The craft was slightly damaged but the pilot escaped injury. A strong wind pushed him about 150 miles off course. He will spend the night in Cleveland and resume the flight to Chicago tomorrow morning.
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Cleveland
Max Miller
New York
Chicago
Stork Delivers Daughter at Cone Home in September
A ten pound daughter named Florence Annabelle was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Cone with Ethel Pickering noted as a relative Friday September 6 at their home.
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Harry A. Cone
Ethel Pickering
Florence Annabelle
Allied drive through Picardy and other lines advances
French War Office reports progress against St. Quentin La Fere and Laon with nine towns captured. Forces passed Ham and near St Quinten, entering Pergnier near La Fere. Chancy Low Forrest and Baissis captured as Prussians driven south of the Vesile. aerial squadron praised by American commander. In Stockholm, 121 Americans and 72 Italians flee Moscow for Finland to avoid Bolshevik arrest. Lenine reportedly dead, Bolshevik denial noted.
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Legation
Sweden
Russia
Iith
Gritich
Moscow
Finland
Lenine
Haig reports British advance reaching Hancourt area
Field Marshal Haig said British forces captured Hancourt seven miles east of the Somme as the St Quentin offensive progressed. He noted advances eastward and northeastward of Peronne, with captures including Zorel Le Grand Matz En Cantura and parts of Havrincourt Wood along with several prisoners taken.
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London
Hancourt
St. Quentin
Haig
Somme
St. Quentin Front
Peronnerve
Zorel-Le-Grand
Matz-En- Cantura
Havrincourt Wood
Americans Advance on Aisne Front Amid Strong Resistance
On Sept 7 heavy smoke and gunfire indicate stiffer German defense along the plateau between the Vesse and Aisne. Americans and French push toward the Aisne, with about a dozen villages captured. German observation balloons withdrawn four miles beyond the Aisne as artillery fire intensifies.
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Aisne
Vesse
French
Ameri
Auto Thief Arraigned in Sugar Creek Case
Dewey Rose of Sugar Creek was arraigned before J. P. William J Warrener on a charge of stealing a $375 automobile owned by George Shaffer. Rose pleaded not guilty, waived exam, and $500 bond was set for the next term. unable to furnish bond, he was jailed. Some people hold the theory that if they never have a good time they will go to heaven.
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Dewey Rose
Sugar Creek
William J. Warrener
J. P
George Shaffer
Rose
Court of Common Pleas
Heaven
Transport hit but makes way back into port
Washington reports no casualties confirmed by Sept 7 as the transport Mt. Vernon returns to a French port after torpedo attack. The Navy doubts casualties occurred, noting the ship’s steady fourteen knot speed suggests torpedo quality or marksman accuracy may have been deficient. The Mt. Vernon, a converted German liner, was bound for the state.
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Washington
Navy Department
Mt. Veron
Teuton
Mt. Vernon
Statec
Local Army Recruiting Office Closure Hails Corpal Chapin
Corporal Chapin who led the Athens recruiting station for six months has received orders to close the local office and report to Columbus Barracks. He may be sent to the 15th Infantry in China and the Philippines. He sent over 100 youths to various army branches and left Athens with a strong record and many friends.
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Chapin
Columbus Barracks
15Th Infantry
China
Phillippines
Athens
Corporal Chapin
Earl F. Mace Recovering From Five Wounds In War
Earl F. Mace of the 6th Regiment Engineers, in military hospital No 1, is recovering from five shrapnel wounds suffered July 15. He reports two side wounds healing, a left eye wound improving, two limb wounds, good health, and eagerness to rejoin his regiment. He praises hospital care and notes civilians will soon be eating raw oysters.
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Mace
Richland Avenue
Earl F. Mace
6Th Reg. Engineers
Military Hospital No. 1
Young Mace
General Peter C. Harris Named Adjutant General
Surgeon General Peter C. Harris of the National Army will succeed Major General H. P. McCain as adjutant general. General McCain will depart soon to take command of the Twelfth Division, completing a transfer of duties.
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Surgedner
Peter C. Harris
S. National Army
H. P. McCain
McCain
Twelfth
Cubs Take Second World Series Game 3-1 Win
Chicago Cubs defeated the Boston Red Sox 3 to 1 to even the World Series at one game apiece as weather forecast called for clearing skies. Cubs starter pitched steady through the early innings while Boston mounted a brief threat in the middle frames.
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Chicago
Chicago Cubs
Boston Red Sox
Fourth Liberty Loan speakers to travel by auto Sunday
The Fourth Liberty Loan campaign opens tomorrow with speakers touring by auto due to gas restrictions. Cars will bear the banner Not Slackers, but Fourth Liberty Loan speakers to urge Athene s county to subscribe its allotment and support soldiers with funds. Hon. I. M. Foster speaks at Bethany church with Dean Voigt and Supt. Morgan offering related remarks.
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Athens County
I. M. Foster
Bethany Church
Dean Voigt
Supt. Morgan
Mineral Woman Will Be Buried Sunday
Mrs. John Mc Kibben 73 died at her Mineral home Thursday morning from heart trouble. Funeral services Sunday at 10 in Mineral M E Church conducted by Rev. Silas Moore. Burial in New Marshfield cemetery. Survived by four children John Tippecanoe City Edward Athens Floyd Mineral.
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Mineral
John McKibben
M. E
Silas Moore
New Marshfield
John
Tippecanoe City
Edward
Athens
Floyd
Jeff
Huns At Home Now Worried At Situation
Paris dispatch reports three German army groups retreating from the Belgian border to Rheims as Foch and Mangin press offensives in Champagne Artois and Flanders. American and French troops drive into rear guards while Humbert pushes toward La Fere and Quentin. Germans near old Hindenburg line as allies advance.
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Phillip Simms
United Press
Paris
Rheims
Prince Rupprecht
Bo@hin
Wilhelm
Germany
Foch
Champagne
Artois
Flanders
Mangin
Soissons
Aisne
Humbert
la Fere
Quentin
Donal
Armentieres
Ders
Hindenburg
Ludendroff
Casualty List Reports 293 Names With Ohio Falls
Washington September 7 Town list shows 293 names in the War Department casualty roll: killed in action 27 missing 15 severely wounded 164 died of wounds 15 died from accident or other causes 2 undetermined wounded 69 slight 1. Ohio entries include Roy Gill Toledo killed in action and E King Mesopotamia wounded severely with others listed as wounded or missing.
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Washington
War Department
Ohio
Roy Gill
Toledo
Ac E. King
Mesopotamia
Daniel W. Stacey
Poland
Charles H. Simmons
Hville
Harry Thomas
Martins
Russell Heller
Akron
Carl Wil Salem
Thomas H. Hamilton
Colume
Buchtel Plans Patriotic Community Sing Tonight
Buchtel will host a patriotic sing on the Wallace home lawn this Saturday Sept 7. The village has sent seventy five men and more are ready to join the event in southeastern Ohio.
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Buchtel
Wallace
Ohio
School openings set for Athens and Waterloo townships
Start next Monday the schools in Athens and Waterloo townships will open Monday September 9. All children are urged to be present the first day. A H Vernor superintendent urges prompt attendance.
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Athens
Waterloo
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Corps
Vigor
ARMO
J. Doyle
Lynn J. Jazier
Allied Drive Thru
Picardy
Stockholm
LOGAL
ARMY
Harris
CUBS
A. H. Vernor
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