Canton to Celebrate Fourth of July For Returning Yanks
The Canton area plans an Independence Day welcome for Stark County soldiers of the 37th Division. Major Herve W. Miner and Company C are expected to return to New York by March end, with other Stark county units arriving by late March or early April. A parade and celebration are planned to honor the troops and their service, highlighting local ties to the battalion and its members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herve W. Miner
Miner
Brest
Uch
New York
146Th Infantry
37Th Sion
135Th
Comny L
Canton
Company H
Sillon
Fth
Stark-co
137Th
Company Alliance
145Th Ambulance Co
Ohio
Taxicab License Crackdown Spreads in City Action
Mayor's Clerk reports a dozen taxi operators failed to obtain 1919 licenses as Safety Director Hamaker orders arrest of delinquent drivers. Riblet directs police to seize unlicensed cabs and enforce the ordinance restricting taxis to five designated stops in the South Square area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Namaker
Riblet
Poorman
Coun Uman Kirk
South Square
Hamaker US
Frank Schumacher
Thurs
Ursday
Enses
Weather and Sale Notices Headline
Ohio forecast for Friday is partly cloudy and warmer with colder conditions later. A storage sale at Norwood’s hall on Thursday and Saturday features pianos at half price with ad details in the local listing.
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Ohio
M. Ft
Ade Sr
Peculiarity of Two Men Leads to Detention
Sheriff Milo Cathon holds two men in the county jail after they visited the jail early Wednesday on a purported visit to a prisoner. Weapons found include two revolvers and a knife during a search by attendants. Names given were Louis Fred Cleveland and Mike Kish Canton, with a draft card correcting one to Julius Firenczi Akron. Authorities seek Akron confirmation linking the pair to a gang theft ring under police investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Cathon
Louis Fred
Cleveland
Mike Kish
Canton
Julius Firenczi
Gertrudest
Akron
Sheriff's Office
First Victory Loan Plans Put to Work in Canton
Preliminary work for Canton's Victory loan drive began Thursday with 40 000 prospect cards sorted by young women in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Names and speculative purchase amounts are on cards to be assigned to bond salesmen as planning proceeds for the actual drive. L E Double stresses readiness and a historic Canton campaign. C B Sala is to attend a publicity chiefs meeting in Cleveland Saturday to outline general publicity plans. Eagles Aerie to pay respects to the late Brother Robt Kreighbaum this evening at 7 20 p m.
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Canton
Chamber of Commerce
L. E. Double
C. B. Sala
Starkco
Fourth Federal Reserve District
Cleveland
Stater
Question Of Conditions After May 27 In Ohio House
Columbus news reports Representative Crabbe will move to reconsider the emergency clause vote in the house this afternoon and seek a revote next Tuesday at 1 30 PM. The measure passed the house 100 to 16 with the emergency clause failing to reach two thirds, 69 to 48. A referendum in November is expected. Crabbe cites caucus pressure and Governor Cox's influence.
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Columbus
Mar
Crabble
Crabbe
House
Senate
L. H. Gibson
Cincinnati
Ohio Home Rule Association
Rep. Crabbe
Cox
British uncover hiding place of Spartacist shells
Colonge reports soldiers of the British occupation army found a large quantity of hidden Spartacist ammunition in the neutral zone. The shells had been remade into dumdum bullets.
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London Daily Capress
Cologne
London
Neutral Zone
British Army of Occupation
Lloyd George to Nationalize Railways in Parliament Move
Premier Lloyd George told Union head J H Thomas in Paris that Britain will nationalize railways and that early legislation will be introduced in Parliament, per Daily Express report dated March 22.
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London
Lloyd-George
J. H. Thomas
Railway Men's Union
Paris
Daily Express
Classified Advertisements and Notices From 1919
A collage of ads and notices including organ price and dealer details from Woomer Piano Co and E M Peek Mer Market av S adv. Local produce prices for apples lemons oranges and greens with delivery. address 1020 Market av S. M B A Branch No 2 announces a March 20 meeting. The First Trust and Savings Bank offers free babies born in 1919. National Employment Agency advertises staffing services in Marketay N with Bell 944 for interpreters Romanian and Hungarian workers.
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First Trust and Savings Bank
National Employment Agency
Ohio
Martin Block
Marketay N
Bell
Woomer Piano Co
E. M. Peek
Mer
King Albert Hears Tale of Belgian Massacre
In Temines Belgium King Albert stood with a small group of peasants and heard a tale of 882 Belgian civilians shot by German forces in 1914. He was moved as he viewed the victims' graves and wore his head bare.
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I. N
London Daily Express
Brussels
Albert
Temines
Plea for Clothing by Cable Col Gibson Tells Red Cross
Col Gibson reports to locals the Red Cross faces a dire need for clothing for the unfortunates. He appeals for support and urges timely donations to aid vulnerable families and individuals.
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Cable
Col. Gibson
Red Cross
Canton Rains Aid As Red Cross Seeks Europe Clothes
The Canton chapter of the American Red Cross launched a clothing drive for European refugees. Col. Harvey D. Gibson, former Red Cross commissioner for France, urged urgent aid noting refugees’ destitution and need for garments to prevent further suffering.
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Europe
Canton
American Red Cross
Harvey D. Gibson
Red Cross
France
General Red Cross
Dads of Doughboys to Greet Sons in New York
Solon legislators arrange official welcome for the 37th Division and their sons. Gov Cox and Lt Gov Brown travel to New York and Newport News with a special joint committee, including Senators Holden Jones Miller Wagner Berry and Reps Ownes Clark Carson, to accompany them.
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Columbus
New York
Newport News
Cox
Brown
Ohio
General Assembly
Holden
Warrenco
Tom Jones
William Miller
O. A. Wagner
Thomas Berry
John Ownes
Milton Clark
R. B. Carson
Dance Eagle Hall Concerts Schedule
Norwood's orchestra and Chicago Grand Opera Sextette perform nightly events on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday. Ady promotes admission to the March 21 and 22 shows priced at one dollar.
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Norwood
Eagle Hall
Ady
People's Musical Chorus
Chicago Grand Opera Sextette
World peace hinges on first treaty at Paris talks
Paris dispatch says the peace conference runs on a knife edge between anarchy and order as leaders Wilson Lloyd George and Clemenceau press for a comprehensive first treaty within a month. The document will cover all major issues and link to the League of Nations framework.
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N.S
Paris
Mar
Wilson
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
League of Nations
League
Keeping presses busy making currency
The bolshevik printing presses in Petrograd are turning out large quantities of forged currency for foreign use. About $175,000,000 of forged notes have been sent from Russia into Germany. Two Englishmen are said to be at the propaganda bureau in Petrograd.
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John Pollok
N.S
London
Pa Press
Hellingfors
Mar
Petrograd
Russia
Germany
International Propaganda Bureau
Wounded Soldiers Arrive in New York from Europe
The Dakotan docked at Hoboken with 1,798 enlisted men and 53 officers, including many sick and wounded veterans from the 17th and 127th aero squadrons and the 27th engineers. The Maumee brought 2 officers and 102 enlisted from Brest, as transports deliver troops and casualties to New York Harbor.
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New York
St. Nazaire
Hoboken
Maumee
Brest
Parents Citizens Week Set May 6 Canton Schools
Canton school board names May 6 to 12 as Parents Citizens Week with invitations printed for parents and citizens to visit. The aim is closer contact between families and schools while showing daily work and equipment. Plan includes 10 000 to 12 000 visitors and annual observance in future. A two day spring vacation is approved for March 31 and April 1 with revised 9 am to 12 noon morning session and 1 to 4 pm afternoon session.
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Board of Ducation
Central High School
Wilson Hawkins
Canton
Home Gardens of War Will Not Vanish in Peace
Canton officials announce continued home garden effort after war. City Garden Director Frank Schumacher outlines 1919 plans with a March 26 meeting of the garden committee and Ray Harbert directing members. City land will be offered to non landowners with a small plowing fee, aiming to expand victory gardens in back yards and vacant lots.
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City
Victory Gardens
Frank Schumacher
Canton
Garden Committee
Ray Harbert
Poorman
Senator Pomerene defends league of nations against critics
Senator Atlee Pomerene urged supporters of the league of nations on Thursday, saying critics distort the covenant and that ratification in the Senate should be pursued. He argued the people want a peace preserving covenant and favored amendments to clarify the Monroe Doctrine and withdrawal rights.
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Pomerene
League Company C
U.S. A
Atlee Pomerene
League of Nations
League
Senate
Canton Opens Bids for Water Project on April 14
City to auction bonds totaling 175000 to finance part of a 1500000 water improvement plan. Service Director DeCorps seeks a new 6,000,000 gallon daily pump at Harrisburg Road NE station and urges quick sedimentation basin work at waterworks park budget about 40000. Start of pump installation expected next month with completion goal by July 15.
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Canton
Barr
DeCorps
Harrisburg-rd
Waterworks Park
Harrisburg
City Water Commission
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J. Miner
Ables
All City
Hamaker
Stora
Cumbe Co
Kish
Double
Eagles Aerie
Robt. Kreighbaum
Advv
Canton Wall Paper
McKinley Hotel
Scott
Marketav N
Roth & Hug Drug
Oliver
Garrettson's
Cummins Storage Co
Wainutav SE
Adyv
Marketav S
S&s
M. BB. A
Solon
Douchboys
Care Daily News
Walnutaw
John Edwin Nevin
No Man's Land
Klein & Heffelman Co
Garrettson’s
Board of Education
Grace Tabor
National War Garden Commission
Grand Iestaurant
318 Market
Adv
Walter H. Double
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