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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1918
Page
1
British troops crossed into Bulgarian territory yesterday entering opposite Kosturunla on the Stroumitza Doiran highway. The Salonika statement placed the town two miles within the frontier and four miles south of Stroumitza, signaling a west front advance as Allied forces push through.
In France observers report Germany plans new tank forts to bolster morale with combined arms. An escaped prisoner says the German army shows signs of defeat though some soldiers still doubt the collapse. He notes wrecked transport and scarce horses as evidence.
War office reports Allied troops including French and American units attacked in the Champagne area this morning. The operation marks another offensive action in ongoing hostilities.
London reports Serbia says troops reached the Kriva Ladavista river eight miles beyond the Vardar. Gradasko station and vast supplies were taken. German fire continues on Bulgarians as deserters allege many German machine guns were abandoned by the Bulars.
London reports Allied aviators attacked an enemy airbase at Buhi near Karisuhe with good results. Bursts were observed near the Hangars and near Kaiserlauten. An allied squadron attacked the Kaiserlauten area as enemy machines attacked. In a long running fight two enemy planes were shot down, while three allied machines are missing.
The Reserve Corps of Athens County organized last evening at the Armory with about fifty members. By-laws set drill nights for Monday and Friday at 7 in winter and 7:30 in summer. Open to all citizens, officers elected include Captain O. L. Holsington and First Lieutenant M. M. Kerr. Second Lieutenant L. MecClellana with a five‑member advisory board.
Cleveland officials said Negroes over draft age will be considered for conductor jobs on city traction lines if a manpower shortage develops after conductorettes lose their positions on November 1 under an order from Secretary of Labor Wilson.
The Athens County Grange will hold an all day session with Troy Grange at Coolville on Saturday. A picnic dinner is planned at noon and Dean Irma Voigt will give an address in the afternoon. Train schedules show departures from Athens at 8 55 AM and from Coolville at 4 30 PM.
Relatives of Lieut Curt C Goddard of Bartlett and Ohio University report a letter stating he was wounded in recent fighting and hospitalized in France. He describes injuries from shrapnel to the side hip and thigh and mentions writing home, suggesting a steady recovery. Goddard served in the Athens National Guard and Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. He went to Camp Shelby with Athens county boys and has been in France for some time.
Lieutenant E. G. Slater visited 36 College St to enroll fifty students in the Navy N T C. Applicants undergo a physical exam and, if accepted, join the United States Naval Reserve as apprentice seamen at $32 monthly plus a $100 clothing allowance. Subsistence not to exceed $2 per day. Housing arrangements pending.
About 50 hoboes were hired from Toledo after a request for 60 hoboes reached Thomas D. Phillips, farm specialist for the U S Employment Service. They were sent to work in northern Ohio due to poor housing conditions, addressing the labor need promptly.
Tokio Sept. 26 Viscount Motono Japanese foreign minister in the Terauchi Cabinet is dead after a long illness. Motono resigned several months ago due to ill health.
Zurich reports a state of siege in Sofia the Bulgarian capital. People must stay indoors after 9 pm as newspapers call for calm during what officials describe as supreme danger. Czar Ferdinand consults generals, ministerial crisis rumored, possible regency under Prince Boris. Popular peace demonstrations occurred over the past three days.
General Haig said the enemy launched counter attacks northwest of Fayet and north of Gricourt, all unsuccessful. He added a minor English operation northwest of La Bassee succeeded, advancing the Allied line.
Frank J. Taylor reports American troops with French aid pushing east of the Moselle river. They secured initial objectives amid German artillery pressure as the line runs from Vandieres to Nomeny. A separate London note says a diplomatic courier left Rome with Pope Benedicts neutral reply to the Austrian peace note.
Lieut. Clark Evans Williams son of Mrs S M Williams 198 Congress St came to Athens on a 24 hour furlough from Fort Sheridan Ill enroute to Johnson City Tenn He was a member of the S A T C from Ohio University chosen to attend the Personnel Adjutant School commissioned as Second Lieutenant and Adjutant assigned to East Tennessee Normal School at Johnson City He will oversee administration and assignment work for the S A T C unit and leaves today to begin his duties
New York on September 26 reports cat pelts sold for 1.42 dollars at the annual fur auction. Citizens warned about homemade projectiles striking cats on fences with potential cost to the family exchequer.
A brief urges readers to purchase Liberty Bonds as a key funding source for munitions and national defense, framing money as essential to wartime production. The notice emphasizes civic duty and collective support for troops through bond purchases.
Amsterdam dispatch reports Philipp Scheidemann stating in the Reichstag that General von Ludendorff now rules Germany, not Chancellor von Hertling. He criticizes Brest-Litovsk as an obstacle to peace and notes the impact of submarine warfare on America. He calls for frank admission of military supremacy and changes in policy toward Belgium and the eastern business.
Lieuts H C White and D M Nagh left Dayton at 10 10 am in a monster airplane and landed across Union street from the Fair Grounds at noon. They climbed from Lancaster then followed a valley to this city sighting an alfalfa field for landing. Crowds gathered as the plane touched down at Hotel Berry two hours after leaving Wright Field. White noted a wind at their back helped speed the trip.
UNITED PRES London reports on September 26 that caller traffic in South Wales and other areas resumed this morning as nearly all strikers went back to work, ending the disruption.
Washington reported 29,002 Spanish influenza cases in the army and 6900 new in 24 hours. New England remains troublesome while the epidemic reaches 26 states. In Rome, Prof. Ciaurt said he isolated the influenza bacillus at the military hospital in Cotrone.
Ottawa reports net losses in England and France from Canada’s overseas forces total 115206 officers NCOs and men, as of August 1. The count covers killed in action wounded dead missing prisoners of war and those discharged or repurposed. some NCOs and men were commissioned in the Imperial Army.
A brief wartime notice urging support for a national loan drive to back troops and defense efforts, highlighting public contributions as essential to sustaining military campaigns and home front morale.
The War Industries Board has curtailed almost all steel use not materially aiding the war effort, spanning items from coffins to clothes wringers, according to an announcement by the Priorities Board.
London reports a small rise in total Allied and neutral shipping losses in August compared with July due to enemy action and marine risks. Total 327 676 gross tons, up 3 904. Allied and neutral losses 151 275, up 10 027. British losses 176 401, down 6 123.
Dispatch from Switzerland reports young Turk officials making large deposits in Swiss banks signaling concerns over the stability of affairs in Germany amid rising tensions and uncertainty at home.
Disappointed by the missing headliner Dr Roller, midweek diners at Champer ot Commerce turned the gathering into a round table. Dr Ellis praised civic efforts and patriotism as Athenians pledged ten thousand dollars for barracks. Alderman announced six billion dollars in Liberty Loan orders and Athens county per capita subscriptions near $20.67.
E. M. Fullington Republican state chairman denounces the Patriotte League of Ohio as a Cox machine ploy to malign Frank B. Willis. He says the thirty member group in Columbus is a failed effort by disappointed office seekers and Democratic hirelings to smear Willis.
Washington reports that charges of gross mismanagement against the International Corporation's Hog Island Shipyards are not sustained by the Justice Department probe. The investigation failed to find evidence of large profits as alleged last spring. A rod pillow with pockets for carrying small items was also noted as an invention for campers.
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