Guard Units Hold Toul Sector as Cantonese Troops Enter Line
Soldiers from Ion's former national guard units join the Thirty fifth division in a Cantonese contingent on the allied front near Nancy. Canton Company C and L with 400 men move to a 15 miles front from the German border facing light resistance as German soil invasion looms. General March says the Ohio guardsmen are now on the line in the Tour sector, with allied forces rearranging for a possible great drive.
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Sherman
General March
Canton
Ion
Germany
March
Satga
Ohio
Nancy
March An
Tour
Ans
Carat
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Sixty four boys listed for U S service at city boards
Registration totals from Canton show 64 men registered with two draft boards as of noon Saturday, 35 on the north board and 29 on the south. Orthodox Jews observe Sabbath and may register Monday. Physical exams set for Tuesday for the north board. time for the south board pending. District board reports 19 men dispositioned and Canton men placed in Group B or limited service.
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Canton
North Board
South Board
Ball
Columbus
Washington
District Board
District Medical Advisory Board
William F. Washavitz
Edward C. Edwards
Milliard Goldstein
Howard Lewis Woodard
Paul A. Wineshank
Isaac Jones
Clyde R. Mathers
Paul J. Werner
Benjamin Hall
Massillon General Service
Frederick McCleary
Herbert T. Morgan
William I. Berg
Herbert T. Frye
New
Philadelphia
YMCA Campaign Totals Fall Short on Five Day Drive
The report shows the east side division raising $16 17 and the west side contributing $21 286 toward a $30 000 goal. Pledges and expenses are noted but totals remain below target after the fifth day.
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East Side
West Side
Italy and American treaty to draft citizens signed
Washington Aug 24 American draft treaty lines up with a reciprocal drafting pact. The agreement, signed today, aims at mutual citizen drafts between the two nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Ngton
U. P
America
United States
AI Counter Offensive Resumes With Mixed Front News
August 24 report says a counter offensive in AI resumed with progress for the king and losses at an Italian war office on O day. Fierce fighting continued on the Italian front with reports of resumed hostilities and shifting fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. P
Missing Navy Vessel Reported Reaching Port
A report dated August 16 indicates the vessel Floucr Lost Reached Port was not reached port and was later informed by the navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floucr
Ngton
U. P
Westbridge
Navy
Firefighters Strike Sparks Pay Demands Amid City Fire
The Aug 24 report notes the fire fighting force resigning to force higher wages. Gov and officials who joined early week efforts were reportedly on the firemen from their posts, urging payment gains or quitting.
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Gov*neles
Abbreviated Weather Glimpses and Market Ad Fragments
Fragmentary forecast and ads show a brief Ohio weather note and a leather market promotion. Names are unclear but reference Arthur and N.-Advy. and a price cue near 89 and 9. The snippet suggests a local ad page with sporadic data and a sports racquets line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur’s Leather Market
Victory In 1919 Sure March Says
United Press reports Chief of Staff March predicts a 1919 victory with a four million man army by next June based on confidence in American soldiers. He cites prisoners and captured guns, notes divisions in training and in the line, and contrasts Allied drives with British and French efforts.
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Washington
March
Senate Military Committee
America
United States
Pershing
Fifth Corps
Fourth Corps
Baccarat
Meyers Lake Band Concert Sunday Advy
Daughters of Veterans Betsy Ross Tent calls all members to attend Monday evening meeting August 26. Election of officers to fill vacancies to be held by order of 8 V P.
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Daughters of Veterans
Betsy Ross
V. P
Congress Seeks Swift Manpower Draft As Slacker Fight Grows
Congress schedules a manpower bill to end exemptions for legislative state and municipal officers amid anti slacker rhetoric. Representative Kahn vows no skulkers at home while Americans fight Germany. In France Vesle front sees sharp clashes as Germans attempt a withdrawal and a tannery near Fismes Bazoches marks intense local combat.
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United Press
Washington
America
House
Congress
Senate
Kahn
House Military Committee
Germany
Fred S. Ferguson
France
Vesle
Aisne
Bodie
Fismes
Bazoches
Mother and four children die in oil stove blast
Martins Ferry, Aug 24. Five pets perished as a home fire followed an oil stove explosion. Vladimir Scerbuliez and family suffered a fatal blaze that claimed Mrs Scerbuliez and four children aged from a month to 13 years.
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Martins Ferry
U. P
Vladimir Scerbuliez
Scerbulicz
Bolsheviki Free 23,000 Officers in Moscow Prison Break
In Amsterdam a U P report states Bolsheviki freed 23 000 officers released from Alexei barracks in Moscow after threats to destroy the Kremlin. The dispatch from Kiev cites citizen action and a Kremlin warning as the trigger for the release.
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Bolsheviki
Amsterdam
U. P
Alexies
Moscow
Kremlin
Kieff
Germans Fear Invasion as Rhine Preparations Grow
Amsterdam dispatch reports German confidence waning as rumors of invasion spread along the Rhine. Dutch traveler notes many families plan moves toward central Germany while the military fortifies the Meuse region, digging trenches between Dinant and Givet in anticipation of a possible advance before winter.
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Amsterdam
U. P
Rhine
Empire
Meuse
Dinant
Eye examinations without drops offered by opticians
Geo Double Co makers and dealers in jewelry and optics advertise examinations of the eyes without the use of drops. Located at 130 Market Ave S8 Aayv.
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Geo. Double Co., Jewelers and Mfg
Opticians
Marines Battle Bandits in Santo Domingo Kill Three
Three U S Marines were killed and one wounded in a skirmish with bandits in Seibo province Santo Domingo on August 1. Corporal Bascome Breeden Arch ville Tenn Privates Rummell W Jones Altoona Pa Joseph S Haydel New Orleans killed. Private Thomas Rushfort Brooklyn wounded and escaped after hand to hand fight. Buried at San Pedro Macoris Santo Domingo.
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Washington
U. P
United States
Seibo Province
Santo Domingo
Marine Corps Headquarters
Bascome Breeden
Archville
Tenn
Rummell W. Jones
Altoona
Joseph S. Haydel
New Orleans
Thomas Rushfort
Brooklyn
San Pedro Macoris
Grand Duke Openly Linked To Finnish Crown
Amsterdam Aug. 24 rumors in German parliamentary circles say Grand Duke Adolf Friederich of Mecklenburg Strelitz will accept the Finnish crown. Band concert Sunday.
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Amsterdam
U. P
Adolf Friederich of
Mecklenbureg- Strelitz
French Push Across Oise Ailette Front Near Pont St March
Paris dispatch says French forces cleared enemy from the south banks of the Oise and Ailette east to Pont St March and established north of the Ailette. Further progress reported near Coucy Le Chateau and west of Noyon with slower advances between the Matz and Soissons.
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Oise
Matz
Soissons
Mangin
United Press
Paris
Ailette
Pont St. March
Coucy-Le-Chateau
Noyon
Cuy
Lassigny
Webb Miller
Divette
Soissons- Chauny
Chavigny
Marcel Hutin
Echo de Paris
Marshal Foch
Pershing
Foch Praises Yankees in Field Operations
Marshal Foch spoke to war correspondents praising American soldiers as admirable though eager to advance. He noted operations begun July 18 would continue and said the enemy tide had passed its high water mark as Allied offensives continued.
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Marshal Foch
Foch
Allied Forces Press On Across Somme Front
British and French troops push on across a 60 mile front taking multiple villages between Arras and Chaulnes. Byng Rawlinson Humbert Mangin seize Harleville Chuignes Chuignolles Gomiecourt Ervillers Hamelincourt Boyelles Boiry-Becquerelle with thousands of prisoners as Mangin presses toward Noyon Chauny and Coucy-Le-Chateau.
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HMS London
U. P
Byng
Rawlinson
Marcatel
Arras
Lihons
Chaulnes
Humbert
Mangin
Evricourt
Noyon
Pommiers
Soissons
Harleville
Chuignes
Chuignolles
Somme
Gomiecourt
Ervillers
Hamelincourt
Boyelles
Boiry-Becquerelle
Chauny
Coucy-Le-Chateau
Divette
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Chateau-Thierry
Bapaume
Third Army
Ancre
Villers Cotteret
U.S
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Mperature
Carl D. Groat
Meyers Lake Band
L. C. Martin
Arthur's Leather Shop
Ay. N
Federal Motor Trucks
Canton Motor Car Co
Adv
Col. A
Finn
By John Degandt
London
Nevon
BY Lowell Mellett
Bray
Becordel-Becourt
Ovillers-La-Boissele
Yankees
Albert
Ovillers-La-Boisselle
Mangrin
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