Draft call sets June enlistment for skilled tradesmen
The draft and occupational calls continue with about 450 to 460 men slated for Canton in late May to meet the state quota of 22,033 draftees. About 9,800 are assigned to Camp Gordon and 7,233 to Camp TayKy, with additional manpower to training points nationwide. The medical advisory board has passed on 45 cases from north and south boards, 39 for general service and nine for limited service.
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Canton
Crown
Eral
W. S. Pealer
Columbus
Iber
North Rd
South Board
Washton
Wder
Camp
Don
Sherman
Ilcothe
Tay- Ky
United States
War Department
Medical Advisory Board
North
Ise
North Board
M 21
Furloughs Denied for Blark-co Farmers Relatives
Blark co farmers failed to obtain furloughs for sons and relatives at Camp Sherman Chillicothe. North draft board chair George H. Clark cites 2nd Infantry Regiment preparation for overseas duty and War Department policy restricting extended furloughs. About 25 requests were filed. only one or two granted to men in the naval or other camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blark-co
Sherman
Chillicothe
George H. Clark
North Draft Board
2Nd Infantry
War Department
North Lrd
Naal
Bandits Rob Paymaster for Five Thousand Dollars
In Cleveland two auto bandits held up a paymaster at the Ideal Tire and Rubber Co plant and escaped with 5000 dollars. In Washington Willard A. Holbrook was assigned to lead the Southern Department, replacing Gen. Rucker, while Gen. McRae was ordered to command the division at Camp Dix New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leveland
Ideal Tire & Rubber Co
MN. Holbrook
Southern Department
Washington
U. P
Ren
Willard A. Holbrook
War Department
Rucker
Ies McRae
Camp Dix
N. J
Weather forecast for Ohte.idy region tonight and Sunday
Incomplete OCR text indicates a forecast with probable showers near Erie tonight and partly cloudy conditions Sunday. Temperature data is garbled with several unreadable fragments and no clear highs or lows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Edwards Preaches at First Baptist School Evening Service
In These Trying Times ing can help and strengthen like vere unadulterated gospel held at First Baptist School. Edwards delivers a sermon at 7:30 p.m. in the evening, with notices advertising the event.
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Edwards
First Baptist Sch
Battle-Wuild Army Bill to Carry $15 Billion
Washington May 4 The Wilson expansion plan seeks 15 billion dollars to arm 600000 men by July 1 with large outlays for ordnance, ammunition, tanks and aircraft. Gen March outlines ordnance costs while Senate Republicans vow opposition to unlimited enlistments. Two anti spy and sedition measures expected to pass in both houses.
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Washington
U. P
Wilson
House Military Affairs Committee
March
France
Gen. Pershing
Ordnance Department
Tuesay
Baker
War Department
House
Senate
Congress
Senate Department
Fisher on First Lap to the War
City Solicitor C. A. Fisher recently commissioned a captain in the French army left Canton Friday night for New York to sail for England next Tuesday. He will serve in Red Cross work on the Italian front and then go to Paris for commission and training. Walter Ruff, former City Solicitor, assists in his absence with Herbert Hunker and the first assistant. Fisher plans to return around January 1, 1919.
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C. A. Fisher
Canton
New York
England
Fisher
Red Cross
Paris
Walter Ruff
Ruff
Herbert Hunker
Public Auction in Alliance Ohio by Receiver Schwelm
The receiver of The Alliance Ice and Coal Company will sell at public auction in Alliance Ohio at 1 p m on Monday May 6 1918 the companys real estate two tracts and machinery for a twenty ton ice plant. The sale may be for the entire property or in separate lots to suit buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance Ice & Coal Company
Alliance
Ohio
Charles C. Schawlem
Sermon by Rev Sam Jones and Miss Coe at Church of the Soul
A Spirit World lecture event at the Odd Fellows Temple in Cleveland features Rev Sam Jones discussing the vineyard parable and Miss Coe speaking on eternal life. The program is set for Sunday at 7 30 p m with admission advertised.
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Sam Jones
Special Player Roll Music at Half Price Sale
Ken ny's Piano Dept offers a large selection of player rolls at half price in a promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenny’s Piano Dept
Used Pianos Offerings From McConnell Music Co
Extraordinary good used uprights from 75 dollars upward Squares ten dollars McConnell Music Co located at 416 Market North Advy offers these deals with limited stock and low prices for bargain hunters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McConnell Music Co
Market N.—Advy
Canton Banks Push Liberty Bond Rush to Reach $5 Million
Canton banks stay open late to accommodate eleventh hour purchasers as the Liberty Bond drive nears its close. officials say donations have surged from 1.25 million to over 3 million in three days and expect near 5 million to be loaned to the government, with the nationwide campaign ending at midnight Saturday.
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Canton
United States
J. H. Kenny
Liberty Bond
America
Dispatches
Foch Optimistic After Versailles Allied War Council
The inter allied Supreme war council in Versailles approved military plans and reported satisfactory results. Gen Foch expressed optimism, with members noting full agreement on military questions and the presence of leaders Clemenceau Lloyd George Orlando and other top commanders at the two day session.
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Lowell Mellet
Paris
Inter-Allied
Supreme War Council
Versailles
Foch
Clemenceau
Lloyd George
Orlando
Sackville West
Robilan
Bliss
Belin
Wilson
Haig
Pershing
Petain
Wemyss
de Bon
Milner
Liberty Bond Subscriptions Urged Before Deadline
Notices warn Liberty Bond subscriptions must be paid today or tomorrow as banks and building loan companies stay open Saturday night to handle delinquent payments. The message emphasizes obtaining the first installment to keep bonds valid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
ADYV
Dance Eagles Hall Hosts Weekly Night Folklore
Dance nights held at Eagles Hall every Tuesday Thursday and Saturday. Advertisements for Norwood Mootz orchestra and Wm P Hayden solicitors. Hayden lists address 125 Third Street NW.
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Dance Eagles’ Hall
Norwood-Mootz Orchestra
Adv
Lady Solicitors
Wm. P. Hayden
Third-st NW
Barber Mining Co. Robbed Of Valuable Machinery
Machinery worth about 500 dollars was stolen from Barber Mining and Fertilizer Co. at Howenstine. William Carmichel was arrested before 5 a.m. while driving a truckload of loot. two loads were taken that night, including two large crusher rolls valued at 90 dollars each and an elevator chain. Carmichel pleaded not guilty to larceny. bond set at 600 dollars for Tuesday hearing. An accomplice is sought as police report rising petty thefts.
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Howenstine
William Carmichel
Barber Mining and Fertilizer Co
Polen
Graub
Carmichel
Bowman
Bond
Parsonage Project Planned for St Joseph’s Church
Work begins on a new brick parsonage at St. Joseph’s church on Tuscarawas Street West. The $20 000 building will have about fifteen rooms and space for two priests with an assistant promised within a year by the Cleveland diocese. After completion the parsonage will enable planned church expansion and school use of the existing building.
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St. Joseph's Church
Tuscarawas St W
Treiber
Cleveland
Bedford An
Escapes Prison Again Then Sentenced to Workhouse
Ed Gibson who fled the local workhouse Friday was found guilty in police court Saturday of larceny. Officials accuse him of stealing a prisoner's suit provided for his confinement. He escaped from a field beside the building. Police Judge Bowman fined him 25 dollars and costs and sentenced him to 30 days in the workhouse.
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Ed Gibson
Workhouse
Gibson
Bowman
Great mine field laid against U boats
Arch ibald Hurd reports a naval official says a North Sea prohibited area now encloses German submarines in a vast mine field. The zone covers about 121,782 square miles and marks a major defensive measure reported by the London Telegraph correspondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U. P
Archibald Hurd
North Sea
London Telegraph
Biggest Sale of Player Rolls Ever Held in the City
Advertisement reports a half off sale on new rolls and used rolls at McConnell Music Co located at 416 Market Ave North with special emphasis on discount pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Th. McConnell Music Co
McConnell Music Co
Earths 5th Universal Empire sermon notes
A fragmentary notice lists a sermon by Mr B J Hooper on Sunday at 2 30, to be held at Eagles block corner Tusc E and Walnut Ady. It mentions a prophetic theme about nations walking in light and kings bringing glory unto it with biblical language.
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Earth
Jesus Mr
B. J. Hooper
Eagles’ Block
Tusc. E. and
Walnut
Ady
READY TO CROSS CANTON BOY DIES
Private Zenas H. Smith aged 28 son of Mr and Mrs Roy Smith of 1519 Ir win p] NE died Friday night in a Danville Virginia hospital after nine weeks illness. He fell ill on a train en route from a Waco Texas camp to an Atlantic port bound for France. He was an Erie railroad engineer based in Marion and a Mason. He leaves his parents a brother Paul Smith and a sister Mrs Lorain Cunningham. The body will be brought to Canton for burial.
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Zenas H. Smith
Roy Smith
Irwin P
Danville
Smith
Waco
Tex
Atlantic
France
Erie
Marion
Masonic Order
Paul Smith
Lorain Cunningham
Canton
United Press Correspondent Receives Chevalier Honor
Henry Wood U P staff correspondent in the French front area was decorated as a chevalier of the legion of honor at French headquarters. The award comes on a French government request from Gen. Petain for his twenty months of work with the front line. Wood, from Omaha, rose through multiple papers, led the Rome bureau, and headed the Paris bureau before returning to the field two years ago. The legion of honor dates to Napoleon 1802 and includes five classes.
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Paris
U. P
Henry Wood
United Press
Petain
Omaha
Germans Open Big Gun Attack Along Northern Flanders Front
German bombardment sweeps the northern Flanders line aiming at Hazebrouck and Ypres as British and French report improved positions north of Bethune and local gains near Hinges. West front remains quiet with sporadic fighting south of Villers-Bretonneux and claims of prisoner captures.
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Flanders
Bethune
Teutons
Villers-Bretonneux
Hazebrouck
Ypres
Nieppe Forest
Meteren
Haze Brouck
Vieux-Berquin
Forest
Haze
Monts Rouge
Noire
de Cats
Hindenburg
London
U. P
Flanders Battlefront
Haig
Lacre
Nieppe
Locre
Hinges
Villers Bretonneux
Beaumont-Hamel
Albert
Meuse
Verdun
French War Office
War Office
Avre
Lorraine Front
Toul
Berlin
Lahti
Finland
Ukraine
Donet
Taganrog
Washington Strategists See Lull End Near in Europe War
Carl D. Groat reports Washington strategists believe the Allied lull is ending as Germany plans a new offensive around Givenchy on the Lys with the battle expected to last into fall. They note German offensives have weakened recently but may continue with peace propaganda to split Allies and Central Powers.
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Washington
Germany
Ypres
Lys
Noyon
Givenchy
Rubber Plant in Findlay Destroyed by Fire
The Giant Tire and Rubber Co. plant in Findlay Ohio was completely destroyed by fire early today. The origin is a mystery with suspicion of German propaganda. Estimated loss is $140,000, partly insured, with several workers taking narrow escapes as the factory burned to the ground within ten minutes of discovery.
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Findlay
U. P
Tire and Rubber Co
Rarth's Sth Universal Empire Sermon Advert
The notice announces a Sunday talk by Mr BE and J Hooper of Cleveland at Eagles' Hall McCurdy block Corner E and Walnut. The event titled The desire of all nations shall come is scheduled for 2:39.
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Rarth
Mr. BE
J. Hooper
Cleveland
Eagles’ Hall
McCurdy Block
Cor
Tusc. E
Walnut
McConnell Music Co Advertisement at 416 Market Ave N
An Advy listing notes rolls priced at 15 cents and identifies McConnell Music Co located at 416 Market Avenue North.
Siberia Policy Stance Outlined By Japanese Ambassador
Ambassador Ishii says Japan backs a careful approach to Siberia with Allied approval and aims for a definite policy after consultations. He notes Motona’s retirement means Goto will push a cautious, deliberated move while maintaining US and Entente friendship.
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Washington
U. P
Siberian
Ishii
United Press Today
Japan
Motona
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Goto
Siberia
United States
Entente
Capt McCord Back at Camp Sheridan
Capt W A McCord of the 126th Machine Gun battalion, recruited locally, has returned to command at Camp Sheridan Montgomery Alabama after an eight day motorcycle trip to Ohio. He was accompanied by Mrs McCord. He noted heavy rains but good road conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. McCord
Camp Sheridan
Montgomery
Ala
Ohio
McCord
Unclear OCR Brief Notes
Fragmentary text provides no coherent event or names. Content appears garbled with random numbers and letters, lacking identifiable entities or context to summarize into a factual newspaper item.
All nations shall come and workip before thee O Lord Jesus
Public notice advertising a religious gathering at Eagles' hall in McCurdy block at the corner of Tuse and Walnut. Free seating offered with no collections requested. Speaker listed as Mr. E J Hooper.
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Earth
Jesus
E. J. Hooper
Eagles’ Hall
McCurdy Block
Cor
Walnut
Dominion from sea to sea sermon at Eagles hall
Public notice for a Sunday 2 30 p m sermon by EH Jd Hooper at Eagles hall McCurdy block corner Tuse EF and Walnut. The invitation calls for a dominion from sea to sea and from the river to the ends of the earth.
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Earth
Jd. Hooper
Eagles’ Hall
McCurdy Block
Cor
Tuse
Walnut
Adyvy
Special Moose Notice Members Visit Home of Werner
Members will meet at club rooms tonight at 7 o'clock to visit the home of Bro. Werner and pay last respects. Ady
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose Notice
Bro. Werner
Ady
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House Committee
Flanders Battle
Versailles Council
Barber Mining Co
St. Joseph's Catholic Home
Zennas Smith
West Front
Priday
Carl DD. Groat
Capt. McCord
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