Allied Breakthroughs Drive Germans From Key Picardy Heights
Italian war office reports Giudicaria and Asiago plateaus cleared by British French and Italian troops. Mont Sisemol siege collapsed with 248 prisoners and guns seized. Canova Asiago trenches damaged as 74 more prisoners taken. Mont Sisemol and Col Del Rosso in allied hands with light Italian losses.
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Rome
U. P
Giudicaria
Asiago
Italian War Office
Lake Garda
Branta
Astico
En Giudicaria
China River
Monte del Rossi
Canova
Mont Sisemol
Col del Rosso
Col de Chele
French Capture Montdidier Amid Large German Supplies
Allied forces push along Picardy front with Montdidier outflanked and taken. Americans seize Morlancourt heights in cooperation with British to clear the Somme approach. Allied gains include Bessons Sur Matz, Lassigny advances, and heavy German losses.
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Montdidier
Morlancourt
Chaulnes
Roye
Yser River
Oise
Ancre
Yser
Berlin
Picardy
Flanders
Lens
Dixmude
Ribecourt
Soiscons
Aisne-Vesle
Picardy Front
Somme
Bessons-Sur-Matz
Lassigny
Peronne
Noyon
Nesle
Hindenburg
Vesle-Aisne
Vesle
Bascheges
Fismette
Patriotism and voting trends dominate fall election focus
In a muted political season the central issue centers on patriotism and voter confidence in expressing will. Primaries show little campaigning and speeches across counties, with partisanship a secondary factor as candidates await the party selection process and looming wartime stakes.
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Aries
Pii
Beth
Iime
Casualty Totals Reported in World War With Names
Aug 10 update shows American and Marine totals with breakdowns of killed, died of wounds, accidents, wounded, and missing. Pershing reports 3,421 names this week, including 1 killed in action and 14 dying of other causes. British seven month toll reaches 8,308 with officers killed and wounded, missing, and other losses detailed.
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Ialrington
U. P
Aerlca
Pershing
Indon
Eek
Ness
Weather and political ad mix muddled in Ohio notice
Fractured OCR blends a weather forecast for Ohio with a political ad urging support for Harry in Stark and Carroll counties. It mentions campaigning in Carroll and Stark, a candidate, and an accompanying local business contact in a brief, unclear notice.
Canton’s First Army Nurse Recruit Helena Campbell Fife
Miss Helen Campbell Fife, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J Addison Fife of 525 Fifth Street SW, becomes Canton’s first recruit to the National Army School of Nursing. She will depart August 15 for Camp Sherman Chillicothe to train and aid sick soldiers.
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Canton
Nursing Service
National Army School of Nursing
Helen Campbell Fife
J. Addison Fife
Fifth-st
United States Army
Miss Fife
Cleveland
Army School of Nursing
Camp Sherman
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Canton High School
Canton Sugar Card Plan Endorsed By Local Officials
M B Evans explained that Canton grocers adopted a card system for sugar with local approval though the Ohio Food Administration will not install a state wide rationing scheme. The Wa shington ruling allows retailers to issue sugar cards without Food Administration endorsement, and Canton cards without Starkco branding are considered valid.
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National Food Administration
Ohio Food Administration
M. B. Evans
Fred
Croxton
Ohio
Canton
Food Administration
Evans
Washington
Retail Grocers’ Association
The
Starkco Food Administration
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Federal Motor Trucks Canton Motor Car Co AdyY
Canton firm listed in a continued page three column item for a motor truck advertisement or business notice with AdyY as part of the imprint. The fragment suggests a trade reference or shared ad space involving Canton Motor Car Co. and Federal Motor Trucks.
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Federal Motor Trucks
Canton Motor Car Co
Adyy
Labor Day Boxing Bout to Benefit Patrolman Wood
A city citizens committee votes to stage a professional boxing event at the Auditorium on Labor Day night under the McKinney A C. Proceeds go to Patrolman Charles Wood who is in Mercy hospital after a gangster shooting. Welterweight Al Doty of Canton will face Johnny Griffiths of Akron in the feature match.
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Citizens’ Committee
Poorman
al Doty
Canton
Johnny Griffiths
Akron
McKinney A. C
Charles Wood
Mercy Hospital
Doty
Griffiths
Camp Bowie
Texas
Timken
L. D. Blanchard
W. B. Gschwend
W. J. Morgan
Ray Harbert
D. P. Reese
E. E. Cline
G. C. Hiner
Courtland Hotel
Dr. Blanchard
Canton Adopts Home Training Plan for Teachers
Canton school board adopts a teachers training course enabling graduates to teach at their home high school. Supt. Hawkins directs the first year with at least ninety minutes weekly guidance, using a merit system to select and place teachers. The program emphasizes practical skills beyond basic reading writing arithmetic and spelling.
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Canton School
City Board of Education
Supt
Wilson Hawkins
Canton
Hawkins
Board of Education
Canton City
Austro Italian Offensives Rumored On Land And Sea
Rome reports evidence Austrians plan a double attack on land and sea. Archduke Joseph arrives at Innsbruck to command and oversee the Trentino front. Austrian naval activity near the Adriatic hints at a fleet sortie to balance Italian blows.
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Henry Woop
United Press
Rome
Archduke Joseph
Switzerland
Innsbruck
Trentino
Adriatic
Austria
Lightning Hits Two Houses Here
Two houses were struck by lightning during Saturday afternoon's storm. Fire crews from Central, Two and Four answered at 2 10 for the home of George A Fry at 1216 16th St NE, where the roof and chandelier were singed and ceiling paper scorched, gas shut off. Twenty minutes later, lightning struck the home of Mrs Urlin Becker at 1439 Ninth St NW, northwest end. no fire followed per Fire Chief Mesner.
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Central
George A. Fry
16Th-St
Urlin Becker
Ninth-st
Mesner
Little Carroll urged to vote for Kemeter state senator
A brief political notice urges readers in Stark County to vote for Kemeter for state senator next Tuesday. It also promotes Booth for commissioner on the Republican ticket and notes an upcoming Advy Louisville Orphans' Picnic Wednesday August 21 at Meyers Lake.
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Carroll 1
Stark
Carroll Way
Sarkounty
Harry Wit
Charles W. Ream
Canton
County Recorder
Adv
J. F. Booth
Carroll
Kemeter
Stark County
Booth
Advy
Louisville
Meyers Lake
Ady
Tiger Piel Day Sunday Ticket Offer at Tiger Club
Reserve tickets for Tiger Piel event now. Can accommodate 60 more Tigers if reserved by 9 Saturday evening. Transportation to Hill 204 leaves Tiger club rooms at 4 a.m. Sunday. Com-Adv urges Stark Co voters to support Booth for a second term next Tuesday and Councilman Hoberdier for State Senate.
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Hill 204
Tiger Club Rooms
Adv
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Frank J. Taylor
France
Fismes
Pete Eee Neene
Smith
Klee
Helen C. Fife
U. K
Hoover
Col
Pike Township
Eli Miller
McCulloch
Steinmetz Park
Howenstine
Miller
Attention Democrats
Stark Ce
Congress
Joseph C. Breitenstein
U. S
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Democratic State Executive Committee of
Kemerer
Stark-Carroll
Court of Honor
Sixth-st NE
Italy
Canton Water Works
L. B. Obliger
Advv
Arthur
Marcellus
Ruch
Haberdier
Hoberdier
Meyers Lake Theater
Ream
Kuch
Canal Fulton
Massillon
Arthur's Leather Shop
Uncle Sam
John Bosley
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