Women to Fill Jobs as War Needs Expand Across Nation
Washington reports community labor boards will publish local lists showing which non essential jobs can be filled by women under the War Industries Board and the United States Employment Service. The effort aims to shift four million men to France by June and push women into non essential and munition work amid moral pressure and possible raw material cuts.
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Washington
United States Employment Service
Employment Service
War Industries Board
France
Nelsonville Fire Claims Conductor In Gasoline Explosion
Richard Brown a 45 year old yard conductor was killed in Nelsonville Ohio when a gasoline explosion sparked a warehouse fire. The blast threatened the business district while a powder car near the flames posed further danger. Brown’s heroic crew actions and the Shafer Company losses are noted along with surrounding damages and insurance concerns.
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Nelsonville
Richard Brown
Brown
Shafers
Shafer
Shafer Company
Husky Russell
Russell
Bell
Yankee Make Trouble Galore for the Teutons
American forces on the Metz Front carried out three raids early Sunday, seizing over 30 prisoners and inflicting losses on German units near Dommartin le Chaussee. Observers report German trench and gun position building, intermittent artillery, and the use of gas and incendiaries as American aviators drop eighteen tons of bombs on airdromes and rail hubs. Night scouting parties have proven highly successful in moonlight.
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Frank J. Taylor
Metz
Dommartin-le- Chaussee
Epary
Meiz
Red Cross Women in Athens Parade on September 26
Athens county women involved in military relief work including knitting sewing and making surgical dressings are asked to participate in the Liberty Loan Parade on September 26. They will wear white dresses and white head coverings and assemble at a designated location prior to joining the procession.
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Athens County
Red Cross
Liberty Loan
Athens
First M. K. Sunday School Attendance Totals
More than 500 attended the First M. K. Sunday School yesterday with 31 officers and teachers, 8 visitors, and 489 scholars. Major classes included Prof. Copeland with 171 and the Martzolf group with 32, while total offerings reached 20 dollars 54 cents.
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M. K
Copeland
Martzolf
Dunkle
Miss Grovers
Mr. Weaver
Allied Terms to Prevail in East
War officials outlined aims for postwar settlements including Alsace Lorraine restored by force, Belgium freed, and Turkey expelled to Asia. Free passage through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles would aid Russian and other ships, with millions of Slavic peoples freed from Austria-Hungary. The strategy targets both western and eastern fronts through sustained Allied pressure.
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Washington
Alsace- Lorraine
Belgium
Turkey
Europe
Asia
Bosphorus
Dardanelles
Austria-Hungary
March
Eight Men Called to Take Limited Duty in Ohio Draft
The Athens County local board has received a call for eight limited service white men to be forwarded to Jefferson Barracks on September 30. Ohio is asked to provide 750 men and the nation 13 000. The article notes a new hand fire extinguisher operated by compressed air with a winged thumbscrew to adjust the stream.
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Athens County
Jefferson Barracks Co
Ohio
Nation
Local Naval Recruiting Station Opens for Preliminary Exam
The women’s recruiting station at the Chamber of Commerce will be open Tuesday from 1 to 4 30 for a preliminary examination. Athens has supplied the highest percentage of women enlistees in the district covering West Virginia and southeastern Ohio, with fifty one enlisted to date.
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The
Chamber of Commerce
Athens
West Virginia
Ohio
Germans Evacuate Cambrai Per Times Report
Paris dispatch says Temps reports Germans are withdrawing from Cambrai and moving residents to Mons as Allied pressure continues.
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Cambrai
Paris
The
Temps
Mons
British Gain In Night Action East Of Gavrelle
British troops advanced on a three fourths of a mile front east of Gavrelle as of Sept 23. General Haig reported the German penetration near BerthaCourt northwest of St Quentin but was repelled by a counterattack.
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London
Gavrelle
Arras
Haig
Berthaucourt
St. Quentin
Berlin
Haumont Rembercourt
German War Office
le Front
Lorraine
Moselle
Mont
Kaiser's Illness Confirmed by German Press
Reports in Corriere D Italia confirm Kaiser Wilhelm is ill and has canceled all high engagements. The news comes from Rome on September 23.
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Rome
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Corriere D'Italia
Bulgars Crushed by Allied Force in Macedonia
Allied troops report twenty five more villages captured in the Macedonia front within forty eight hours. Rail lines from Gradsko to Prilep and Uskup-Salonika cut, severing Bulgarian supply routes along a sixty five mile front. By Saturday, advances surpassed forty miles with infantry gains up to twenty five miles in a day.
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Macedonia
Salonika
Gradsko
Prilep
London
Uskup
Lake Doiran
Draftees Now Filling Their Army Blanks
Athens County Legal Advisory Board members began work this morning to help registered men complete questionnaires. Men who registered on September 12 and who married since August 5 cannot claim exemption based on dependency. The Provost Marshal General Crowder regulations place such registrants in Class One, Division X if deferred classification is claimed.
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Legal Advisory Board
Athens County
Common Pleas Court Room
Crowder
Colonel O'Hern directs gun fire at St Mihiel salient
Colonel Edward P. O'Hern, chief of ordnance of the First American field army, directed the big guns in the St Mihiel offensive. A West Point graduate and New York native, he is forty years old and has long been a leading ordnance expert.
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Edward P. O’hern
First American Field Army
St. Mihiel Salient
Ordnance Bureau
West Point
New York
City Water Works Engineer Killed On Duty
James Sharp aged about 89 was killed early this morning while on duty alone at the city water works plant. His arm caught in machinery and he was thrown against another piece of equipment, dying almost instantly. He leaves a wife and three young children. Coroner Johnson and Dr. Henry attended. Sharp had worked as a water lineman and later as an engineer at the plant.
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James Sharp
City Water Works
Sharp
Henry
Johnson
Anonymous auto mobilists resist Sunday ban in Coolville
An anonymous Coolville writer notes several unnamed locals refuse to heed the Ruel administration's Sunday car ban. The correspondent names six individuals but withholds the names due to anonymous source status.
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Coolville
Ruel
Sailors at Great Lakes Station Hit by Spanish Flu
About 4500 sailors at the Great Lakes Training Station suffer from Spanish influenza. Captain Moffett reports a death rate of 1.5 percent. Philip Swing of Cincinnati arrived in Athens to rally support for the Fourth Liberty Loan.
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United Press
Great Lakes
Ill
Moffett
Philip Swing
Cincinnati
Athens
Allied Drive Continued On West Front in Heavy Rain
The British and Germans fought along the Cambrai to Quentin sector and south of Oppy. British troops pushed forward about 600 yards on an 1100 yard front last night, taking 50 prisoners. At 10 o'clock, British advances near Ephey drove enemy from trench elements and protected Hindenburg outpost lines.
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Lowell Mellett
France
Cambrai
Quentin
Oppy
Ephey
Hindenburg
Capture of the fort at Vendeuil on the Oise reported
Paris reports from the War Office that forces captured the large fort at Vendeuil on the Oise nine miles from St. Quentin. French troops reportedly penetrated the wood north of Ly Fon and moved south of Mira court near Ly Fonteine.
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Paris
Villarge
Vendeuil
Oise
St. Quentin
War Office
Ly-Fon
Miracourt
Ly-Fonteine
Students Pass FYAMS for the School Army
One hundred eighteen candidates for the 8S. A. T. were examined Sunday by a medical board. Of them 104 passed and 14 were referred for further examination by the Medical Advisory Board. The notice directs the 14 to report at 10 A M today at Dr Biddles. Local adjutant Captain Michael Plant signs the order. the staff works gratis in Howard Hall.
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Vost
Arch bishop Ireland Sinking Spell Reported in St Paul
In St Paul Minnesota on September 23 archbishop John Ireland was described as slowly sinking after a severe sinking spell early last night. Attendants said he spent a very night in care and observation.
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United Press
St. Paul
Minn
John Ireland
St. Paul D
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