American Forces Expand in France as War Effort Grows
Washington reports thirty-two fully manned American divisions totaling about 1.49 million troops are dispatched to France. General staff notes the push aims to shorten the front to Rheims, with freight ships needed to sustain four million plan. British and French forces press their methods in Picardy with raids at Lassigny and across ten mile fronts amid fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shington
France
Ief
Rheims
St. Die
Sweet Singer From Hawaii Hunted Here
Draft board alerts for Joseph J. Fern known as a Hawaiian music performer and guitarist. Fern left Hawaii on July 28 with a deserter troupe and has not reported for duty, last heard entertaining in Montana with the Moana Vierra Hawaiian Singers after a brief marriage and work at Timken Roller Bearing Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph J. Fern
Fern
Honolulu
Land of
South Board
Lyceum Theater
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Montana
Big Draft Call Pressures Canton as War Quotas Rise
Canton boards prepare for a heavy September draft with 260 general service men and about 60 to 61 limited service selectees forecast for Canton. Officials in Steubenville coordinate uniform preinduction instruction as counties plan for state calls totaling thousands, while the Children's Aid society seeks local subscriptions to fund expanded public health nursing amid wartime needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Bay
George H. Clark
North Draft Board
Steubenville
Ohio
South Board
North Board
Children’s Aid Society
Red Cross
Lucy Crum
The
Children's Aid Society
Public Health Nursing Service
Pershing In Tin Hat At The Front
One of the first images shows General Pershing wearing the tin hat of the American Expeditionary Forces. The photo was taken recently at the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Pershing
Revenue bill aims to tax all incomes and curb dodgers
The Treasury seeks new authority to tax all income earners including those liable for returns and to hire accountants with a $10 million fund to collect about $1 billion. The plan, disclosed to the Means committee, targets 1916 figures and urges action against tax dodgers and firms with poor reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NGTON
U. P
The
Treasury
McAdoo Congress
Internal Revenue
House Means Committee
Canton Woman’s Garbage Drive Powers War Munitions
Canton housewives join the Council of National Defense in a garbage reduction effort. Garbage is sent to a disposal plant to extract glycerine for nitro-glycerine and soap greases, with Canton supplying shells and soap. Citizens are urged to save all waste to aid war production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Canton Woman’s Committee
Council of National Defense
Kaiser
Hun
C. CC. Bow
Defense Council
Chicago
Canton Fertilizer & Chemical Co
Conductorets Strike Paralyzes London Tube Traffic
The conductorets' strike continues with 17,000 to 18,000 idle as traffic slows. A small number of women conductors also quit, but service remains mainly affected on the London underground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U. P
City Teachers Examination Begins Friday
Exams for city teachers start Friday August 23 at 1 pm in the Central High School Building. Advised applicants should arrive early and bring required credentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central High School
Firing Reported 85 Miles Off Atlantic In Suspected Naval Action
Captains of several fishing vessels report heavy firing about 85 miles off the Atlantic coast. Captain George F. Perry aboard the Goodspeed saw a large steamer firing at an object in the water and heard a shot followed by four more. A naval vessel was later seen heading from the area. Other skippers noted a flagless tramp steamer cruising nearby. They doubted naval gun practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
U. P
George F. Perry
Goodspeed
Perry
Hortsen
Swedish Paper Sued Over Wilson Criticism
The Swedish minister of justice ordered a damages suit against Aftonbladet at the request of the American legation for personal reflections on President Wilson. The action was announced in Stockholm on August 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
U. P
Aftonbladet
Wilson
Threat costs him 85 as youth fined in threats case
Melea Staykovich, 21, was charged with threatening to cut Melan Solichevitah. Justice Blake fined Staykovich five dollars plus costs on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melea Staykovich
Justice Blake
Tax Data Meetings Set For Wheelers Massillon Alliance
The tax commission will visit Massillon Wednesday evening and Alliance Thursday evening to gather information for fixing the tax rate. Local residents are urged to provide data on property values and assessments to aid the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tax Commission
Massillon
Alliance
Spaniards Released After Raid Findings
Two Spaniards Monway Progigia and Promondo Lampeder were released after police determined they merely roomed in the same house as Italians captured in a southeast end raid. Police found no evidence linking them to blackhand activities. Bond set at $300 each for Nick Lorraine and Dominic Corniglio as suspects. five others remain jailed awaiting arraignment before Judge Bowman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monway Progigia
Promondo Lampeder
Bowman
Nick Lorraine
Dominic Corniglio
South American nations donate aid to Red Cross drive
A Buenos Aires gold consignment worth 158000 flowed to American Red Cross headquarters in Washington Aug 21 as Argentina contributes to the Red Cross drive. Chile also sent 124000. A combined Argentina Brazilian drive at Pernambuco raised 5800 in proceeds for the allied societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. P
American Red Cross
Buenos Aiires
Argentina
Red Cross
Chile
Pernambuco
Delay of Man Power Measure Threatened by Congress
Washington Aug 21 Unwillingness of some members to draft men under 20 threatens to block the army program to raise eighty divisions for France by next June. An amendment would place 18 and 19 year olds in a separate class delaying passage and forcing renewed drafts. President Wilson may ask Congress to strike out the provision if needed. Public worry grows over possible troop shipments and industrial upheaval if the bill stalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
V. P
Congress
Army
France
March
Germany
House
Military Committee
Senate
Wilson
War Department
War Baker
General March
General Crowder
Politicians mobilize forces for campaign kickoff
Republicans and Democrats plan early election activity with meetings set Saturday. The Republican central committee meets at 1 30 p.m. in the Auditorium annex to organize and invite candidates. The Democratic central committee meets at 7 30 p.m. in the Courtland hotel dining room for reorganization and campaign committee selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republicans
Democrats
Republican Central Committee
Courtland Hotel
Federal Motor Trucks Canton Motor Car Co Advy Kenny's Piano Dept
Federal Motor Trucks advertised through Canton Motor Car Co Advy and Kenny's piano department for usec pianos with four four voice details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Motor Trucks
Canton Motor Car Co
Advy
Kenny's Piano Dept
French Troops Reach Near Pontoise Amid Push on Noyon
French forces outflank Ourscamps Forest and advance toward Pontoise less than four thousand yards away. The operation tightens pressure toward Lassigny and Noyon with Noyon increasingly threatened from the southeast. General Byng's British army also eyes progress on a ten mile front between Arras and Albert in dense fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oise
Aisne
Picardy
Lassigny
John Degandt
United Press
Paris
Pontoise
Noyon
Byng Leads New British Drive North of Ancre
London reports the British third army under General Byng advanced north of Ancre this morning and held the line between Arras and north of St. Quentin as the German offensive began. The enemy assaults proved successful until the fifth army on the right collapsed, forcing a retirement to maintain the front. Byng, famed for tank use at Cambrai, is hailed as a top wartime commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U. P
Ancre
Third Army
Byng
Third
Arras
St. Quentin
March
Cambrai
British Gain Ground Near Arras Under Mist Veil
British forces captured Moyenneville Courcelles Bucquoy Ablainzeville Achiet Le Petit and Beaucourt Sur Ancre as tanks cavalry and infantry surged through mist to seize trenches and wire entanglements near the Arras Albert railway. A single artillery crash preceded the advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moyenneville
Courcelles
Bucquoy
Ablainzeville
Achiet-Le-Petit
Beaucourt-Sur-Ancre
Arras-Albert
Hans Rush Forces To Retard French
General Mangin pushes from the Oise to the Aisne with gains at ports and villages. He extends the line eastward nearly 25 miles toward Soissons. German reinforcements rush toward Carlepont and Ourscamps forests as French forces press the advance east of the Oise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb Miller
United Press
Paris
Mangin
Oise
Aisne
Soissons
Carlepont
Ourscamps
The
Sempigny
Soldier Reveals Small Palm Pistol Used by Germans
Milwaukee August 21 Sergeant Joseph Reddy fresh from France reports the German kamerad now carries a palm sized pistol operated by one finger. He notes the weapon enables a treacherous attack as the captor closes on a seemingly defenseless soldier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
U. P.1
Kamerad
Joseph Reddy
France
Reddy
Theft Reported by Mrs. Carr in Downtown Shopping
Mrs. E. M. Carr of 1103 McKinley NW reported a pocketbook theft Tuesday afternoon while shopping downtown. The pocketbook contained $3.40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Carr
McKinleyan
Woman Drowns in Bath Tub
While wandering in delirium around 4 to 4:30 a.m. Wednesday Mrs. Henry Lucius 36 Worcester Massillon fell into the bathtub and drowned. Her husband found her hours later. She leaves four children Mabel 15 Grace 13 Mildred 9 Verna 8, and her mother Mrs. Caroline Strobel of Cleveland, plus three sisters and two brothers listed in Cleveland and nearby cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lucius
Woosterst
Massillon
Lucius
Mabel
Grace
Mildred
Verna
Caroline Strobel
Cleveland
Edward Shoubach
Dover
Thomas Dover
Youngstown
Antona Martin
James Strobel
Henry Strobel
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Jean Thierry
Torey
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Haig
Flanders
Sweet Singer
Hawaii
Col. Freasen
District Board
District Appeal Board
Leroy Philpot
McKinley Av
Benjamin Harri
Canton Society
Gen. Pershing In
Tin Hat
Gen. Pershing
Public
Lh. suPmino Intl
Hunt
Mittee
O- Phon
Unswick
Women’s Council
Kennys
Congressmen
Brinkerhoff
By Lowell Mellett
Albert
Hans
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