Losses and Raids Reported in Flanders and Picardy
British raids on the front in Flanders and assaults near Aveluy Jerne Boyelles and on the Scarpe banks are cited with prisoner captures and machine gun nests destroyed. Meuse Moselle actions in American sectors claimed heavy losses for Germans and light American losses. News from Montdidier Cantigny and Seicheprey cites artillery and trench fighting with disputed raid claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ndon
U. P
Flandre
Mar- Taig
Aveluy
Jerne
Boyelles
Mt Said
Albert
South Nova
Chaferry
Meuse and
Moselle
Seicher
Montmare
Montdidier
Aisne
Cantigny Montdidier
Soldiers hold 38 trenches in France as supply routes tighten
War department figures show American forces holding about a third of the front line in France with 38 trenches under control. Treasury and logistics notes indicate tighter shipping schedules and ongoing ammunition production as the front line stabilizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ngton
U. P
France
House
Switzerland
Sale Saturday Night Auction Listings
Afternoon or to Sale Saturday, 9 30 p m Storage Co Adv hs de Phonograph Grade piano Dennis a Nie to Trucks Motor Car Co Adv Notice Haymakera ee Sunday morning at 0 to Akron Adv i Chicken Dinner Sunday Hotel Meyers Lake Park
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storage Co
Adv
Trucks Motor Car Co
Haymakera
Akron
Canton Storage Co
War Savings drive aims to hit Kaiser with stamp sales
English veteran speaker will urge purchases as Canton launches a citywide War Savings pledge drive to raise 1.5 million in a week. The opening event features a ball hurled at Kaiser Bill and a crowd of 700 volunteers led by W. C. Laiblin and George W. Eberly. The Courtland hotel hosts the opening meeting with 300 men and 400 women coordinating booths and sales through Friday night sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser
Canton
Courtland Hotel
W. C. Laiblin
George W. Eberly
Laiblin
Labor rules easing in Canton plants after draft order
Local report states the federal work or fight order has not forced non essential workers to switch jobs. Crowder’s guidelines remain limited and gradual with no immediate mass layoffs. Workers in even less essential trades may stay on, while anxieties over plant shutdowns were calmed by officials.
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Canton
Crowder
Draft Board
George H. Clark
North Draft Board
Clark
North Board
Austrian army cornered near Piave by Italian advance
A large part of the Austrian army is trapped between the flooded Piave and Italian forces at Montello. Italians restore lines from Montello to the sea and push into surrounding mountains. Bridges destroyed and floods hinder Austrian withdrawal, with large scale surrender expected. Italians reclaim many guns abandoned earlier. Special $1 Chicken Dinner Sunday at Lakeview Hotel Meyers Lake Park. Canton Storage Co. Sale details follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. P
Montello
British War Office
American Locomotives Stir Home-Front Feelings in France
American soldiers describe the deep bell and whistle of Baldwin locomotives as a comforting sound of home. A truck convoy near Verdun halted to watch a locomotive emerge from the woods hauling French freight cars, triggering cheers and a full steam whistle that echoed toward Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Taylor
United Press
France
Verdun
Rockies
Baldwin
Germany
Canton Junior Red Cross sets U S record for boys work
At the first annual meeting in J Himes’s offices the Canton chapter of the American Red Cross was praised for record making efforts. Girls met government quotas while boys, lacking guidance, created bed trays and bed racks for wounded soldiers. The designs were adopted nationwide and Canton produced models for other chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Canton
American Red Cross
J. H. Himes
France
Himes
Draft Restrictions Tighten Across Occupations by July First
Washington reports Provost Marshal Crowder orders draft men to quit nonessential work including hotel staff porters and waiters with July 1 as deadline. Public and private chauffeurs excluded if not heavy labor. ball players deferred pending case. Employment service to aid shift to essential roles with sympathetic boards. Masonic lodge notice and local ads follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. P
Crowder
United States Employment Service
Behind in Garbage Work Says Hoberdier
Hoberdier leads investigation into an $11 000 deficit in the city garbage department after a Thursday committee hearing. Sanitary Supervisor Krumlauf and Foreman Ream testified on operation, staffing, and recent walkout while no decision was made and further report planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
Hoberdier
Krumlauf
G. W. Ream
Doll
Stansberry
Hoberdher
Foreman Ream
Ream
Roof Garden event at First Congregational church
Continued on Page Two. Saturday evening at the Roof Garden of the First Congregational church offers strawberries ice cream coffee and sandwiches with doors open 5 to 11 p m. Music and entertainment advertised. Geo Double Co jewelers and mfg opticians 130 Market av S ad again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roof Garden
First Congregational Church
Ady
Geo. Double Co., Jewelers and Mfg
Opticians
Nervesa Recaptured as Italians Press Piave River
London reports Italians gain at Nervesa on the Piave river as Austrian forces split south of Montello crest. Italians reclaim Nervesa and push toward the river while Austrians retire to Montello line and suffer heavy prisoner losses.
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Italy
Montelio
San Dona
Zenson
Nerversa
London
Nervesa
Piave River
Montello Crest
Orlando
Montbelluna
Susegana
Montello
U. P
Montebelluno
San Dona di Piave
Women Factory Forces Doubled in War Roles
Canton records show the number of women in iron and steel trades has doubled within a year as scores join munitions work. Women operate lathes, presses, bolting machines and more at Timken and Canton Stamping and Enameling plants, with four years ago women barely present in metal trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Timken
United States
A. J. Sherlock
State City Employment Bureau
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Flanders
Teau-Thierry
Thierry
War Office
Pondent
Toul
Illery
Seicheprey
Rter
Isaac
Meyers Lake Park
Vaew't
Angus Somerville Fletcher
Bassano
Venice
Central
Square
Union
Kenny Piano Dept
Lakeview Hotel
U. S
England
Chaupfeurs
Wm. McKinley Lodge
J. Elder
W. M
H. H. Heingartner
Sec
Early
NAVY
Jersey
Navy Department
Ben Hur
Canton Court No. 57
Washington Hall
Werner-Wolf Orchestra
Canton-Dayton
Dr. P. M. Camp
U. B. Bible School
Rev. P. M. Camp
Dayton
U. B. Church
Rocco's
Arcade Market
Kenny’s
Keystone
Reliable Table
California
United States Food Administration
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