War orders plot uncovered in allied supply lines
Washington dispatches say government agents visited industrial cities including Canton to inspect records as wartime contracts were steered through brokers or contingents. Officials warn of possible influence peddling between manufacturers and army officers amid a wide inquiry by the Justice Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nton
Washington
Ington
United Press
Eraf
Cals
Army Office
Justice
Jeary Daniels
Food Chief group closes Stark county store after violations
Stark county food committee ordered the Massillon store closed for violating U S food regulations. John Ripple was cited for selling flour without proper substitutes and was notified to appear before the committee. A sign in the window proclaimed closure by order of the administration. Navy personnel numbers up to 131 485 as of June 18 per U P report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stark-co Food Committee
John Ripple
Massillon-rdpple
U. S
Conrad
Ripple
Massillon
Stark Co Ommittae
NAVY
U. P
Weather Forecast and Community Sale Announced
Ohio forecast shows cloudy conditions with a chance of rain tonight and a possible ice event. A Liberty and U club benefit sale follows at the Presbyterian church with music and a pea storage company ad detailing Saturday at 1 30 p m.
Victory Prayer Urged Across Canton Churches for Allied Victory
Canton pastors lead a citywide Angelus observance urging residents to pray for Allied victory at 6 pm each day. Dr. C E Manchester states prayers for peace are prayers for German peace and calls Canton to unite behind victory. About 25 churches will ring their bells Thursday as all Cantonians seek victory for the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angelus
Canton
C. E. Manchester
Canton Ministerial Association
Dr. Manchester
Angelus Committee
YWCA cafeteria drive seeks 8000 more for budget and repairs
Mrs. A C Brant, president, urges contributions to reach an $8,000 goal to complete a $35,000 two year budget and fund cafeteria repairs. She cites 105,000 meals served in a cellar kitchen reaching 120 degrees on hot days and warns cooks may quit without better quarters. Reported at a Monday meeting, about $27,000 has been raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Brant
Association
Debs Speech Scrutinized as Sedition by U S Officials
Federal officers in Cleveland are closely examining a stenographic copy of Eugene V. Debs speech delivered Sunday by the Socialist leader. The review, led by Assistant U S District Attorney Breitenstein, seeks possible seditious utterances tied to war aims. Debs claimed both Allies and Germany wage a war of conquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene V. Debs
Socialist Party
Cleveland
United States
Breitenstein
Debs
Germany
Nurses Called To Service In Army
Miss Mary K Stricker and Miss Annette Greenough of 808 Second St NW received a Tuesday morning call to report at Louisville Kentucky to enter service as Red Cross nurses. Greenough expects overseas duty while Stricker will train in a U S camp. They will leave for Louisville Tuesday evening. Canton Storage Co Safe Household goods and merchandise. Saturday June 22 1 30 sharp. Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary K. Stricker
Annette Greenough
Louisville
Red Cross
Miss Greenough
Miss Stricker
Canton Storage Co
CET Order for Chance in Lists of Draft Men
Draft boards begin reclassification of registrants to align with updated selective service rules. Beats in Classes one through four will be shuffled as July 1 approaches, with emphasis on those in Classes two and four. A full roster shakeup follows enforcement of the Crowder edict and a second physical exam for some Class five exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North and South Board
Crowder
Selective Service
Draft Board
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
South Board
Chancellor Bonar Law seeks 500 million pound credit in Commons
London June 18 Chancellor Bonar Law introduced a vote of credit for 500 million pounds in the house of commons stating daily government expenditures amount to 6 848 000 pounds. The figure is tied to wartime spending and aims to support ongoing operations driving the budget debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U. P
Bonar Law
House of Commons
July 4 Jubilee Plans To Involve Canton Foreign Population
Americanization committee to discuss Fourth of July celebration with active participation by Canton’s foreign community. Meeting set for Tuesday at 7 p m in Chamber of Commerce rooms. Also an ad for Arthur's Leather Shop offering largest stock of bathing suits for all ages at low city prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Chamber of Commerce
Arthur's Leather Shop
Ne Ady
Women rally to collect cash for War Savings drive
Four hundred Canton women will join a city wide effort to pledge War Savings quotas the week of June 24. They will run about 40 booths selling Thrift and War Savings stamps under Laiblin's male committee, with 300 men preparing pledges for the year's drive. The two factions total over 700 workers as the countywide campaign intensifies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Laiblin
Special Activities Committee
George W. Moharry
Phil J. Berrfower
A. E. Mitzel
J. E. Sell
W. G. Saxton
E. Exline
Frank Douds
Louise Rabe
Minnie Langenbach
W.C. Laiblin
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Bowers
Arkansas
German U boat sunk by American submarine off Virginia capes
Report from Cuba arrivals claims an American submarine sank a large German U boat off the Virginia capes last Friday morning after torpedo fire. Oil and wreckage were seen on the surface. details said to come from U S Navy officers aboard a mother ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. P
Virginia Capes
Cuba
United States
Naval Reserve
Gunstock Plant Destroyed by Fire in Incendiary Blaze
A gunstock plant in East St. Louis and two other facilities were damaged in a fire suspected to be incendiary. The Illinois Walnut Co. factory, a maker of war materiel, burned to the ground with heavy losses as eight sites were set ablaze around dawn. Local ads note seedling and eye-exam services in the same issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East ST. Louis
Ill
U. P
Illinois Walnut Co
City Health Head And Scout Leader Receive Naval Commissions
Dr. F. M. Sayre health officer and Dr. L. B. Leavenworth scout leader received appointments in the U S naval forces as assistant surgeons with the rank of Junior Lieutenant. Both visited the Great Lakes Training Station for examinations and will not be called to active service for about a month, continuing practice in the meantime. More Canton physicians are expected to join the Navy Medical Corps as reserve officers due to growing government demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Sayre
L. BE. Leavenworth
Canton Boy Scouts
United States Naval Forces
Army
Great Lakes
Canton
Army Medical Corps of the Navy
Allied Raids and Prisoner Captures Reported on June 18
British troops raided southwest of Albert and near Moyenneville with prisoners and machine guns captured. French local operations south of the Aisne and Ambling, and southeast of Mount Goberly, took about a hundred prisoners including two officers. American positions near Luneville repelled German patrols with several Americans listed as missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U. P
Albert
Moynneville
Haig
Nieppe Forest
Ancre
Serre
Villers-Bretonneux
Paris
Aisne
Ambling
Mount Goberly
War Office
Oureq
Marne
Luneville
Assistants Succeed Adjutant General Wood
Lieut Col J E Gimperling Jr will succeed George H Wood as adjutant general of Ohio. Wood was commissioned colonel in the 37th division of the Ohio National Guard. Gimperling had served as assistant adjutant general since January 1917, earlier as adjutant of the Third Ohio Infantry on the Mexican border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U. P
J. E. Gimperling, Jr
George H. Wood
Dayton
Wood
Ohio National Guard
Gimperling
Third
Ohio Infantry
Canton Knitters Mobilize to Make Helmets
Canton knitters are to be mobilized to knit helmets per Miss Grace Vicary head of Canton Red Cross knitting. The government asks 500 helmets before September 1 and a call goes to all knitters to work on helmets until the quota is met. Yarn and instructions are provided at knitting headquarters George L D Harter bank building. New instructions differ from old but helmets made from either set will be accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Grace Vicary
Canton Red Cross
George LD. Harter Bank
Arthur's Leather Shop Auction Sale in Canton
Canton auction begins Saturday at 1 30 p m offering over 200 stock items priced from six to ten dollars and up. Arthur's Leather Shop at 204 Market ar N Adv hosts the Canton Storage Co Advy auction event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Arthur's Leather Shop
Canton Storage Co
Advy
Italian and Allied Forces Hold Piave Front in World War I
Report from Rome and London says Austrians crossed the Piave with several bridges but Italian and Anglo-French reserves checked the effort. Communiques claim heavy Austrian defeats, prisoner exchanges, and counter offensives along the Piave, Montello, and surrounding fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower
Piave
Montello
London
U. P
Piave River
Rome
Plave
Talian
Zenson
Fossalta
Treviso
Maserda
Candela
Previso
Il Montello
Italian War Office
Asiago
Grappa
Mason resigns Canton playground post to work for government
W E Mason North Canton road president of The Canton Playground Association has resigned and offers services to the government He is in Washington undecided whether to join the Red Cross or Y M C A work The association will meet Tuesday night at the Chamber of Commerce rooms to select a new president and discuss summer plans Other notes include a Canton Auto Club luncheon on June 19 at Courtland Hotel with a noon start and by laws change vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Mason
North Canton-rd
Canton Playground Association
Mason
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Canton Auto Club
Courtland Hotel
Adv
Base Ball Gloves Half Price Sale
Arthur's Leather Shop at 204 Market av N advertises half price on base ball gloves amid area sporting goods. Canton Motor Car Co promotes Federal motor trucks in advance notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur's Leather Shop
Pederal Motor Trucks
Canton Motor Car Co
Adv
Transfer of Firm Assets Sparks Stockholder Suit
William B Andrews, a Massillon Milling Co. holder, seeks relief over the 1914 transfer of assets to Central Steel Co. alleging lack of consideration and a stockholder dividend guarantee void of consent. He requests an inspection of books as to the asset transfer and bonus plan disputes are cited by Clarence H. Herbruck, who says the suits target employee bonuses while stockholders back the plan and expect no disruption to operations on government work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naseta
Massillon Rolling Milla Co
Central Steel Co
Mascillon
William Bo Andrews
Massillon Dolling Milla Co
Andrew
Marsillon Rolling Mille Co
Andrews
Webber & Turner and Ammerman & Mills
Canton
Cleveland Attorneys
Clarence H. Herbruck
Massillon
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Ohio—Fair
Pea Storage Co
Ady
Y. WC. A
Vail Bros
Broad and Twelfth-sts
N. W
Bell
Geo Double Co
Jewelers and Mfg
Opticians
Sale
HMS
Arthur
Montelle
British War Office
Quits Association
Bix Massillon Companies
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