16 May 1918
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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1918
Page
1
Reports from May 15 16 describe heavy artillery duels along the battle front in France. British French and German guns pound Gavrelle Amiens Heck lines as Haig cites ongoing raids and bombardments with thousands of troops poised for a major push.
The recruiting office for the U S Army will open Monday at 116 Retarn. First Lieutenant J Logan is in charge of recruitment in this district. Eligible men 18 to draft age may enlist by obtaining a release from their local board. Recruits from Cleveland will be transferred to Paris for training. An advance party from Canton arriving Thursday includes Henry W Schwa and F Rutzen.
A U S Supreme Court injunction blocks Mount Vernon New York officials from enforcing an ordinance prohibiting sale of the American and New York Journal. W Gerard represented the defendant in court. The case ties to wartime publishing disputes and an alleged misstatement about a Peace proclamation.
Rev I Kemper Fullerton of Oberlin argues against hatred of Germans during WWI in a Cincinnati conference address. He defends pacifist ideals, urges support for President Wilson, condemns mob punishments, and warns of war’s moral risks while insisting Americans not hate the German people.
Taft tells the Win the War For Permanent Peace Convention that victory with power is needed for lasting peace. He denounces the Kaiser and Prussia's might makes right doctrine, calls for allied victory, and warns it may take two to three years to fulfill war preparations. He urges a stern, unwavering war effort.
Russians retreat from Finland with the fortress Ino still held, pulling back to Kronstadt. They abandon the Valkeasari to Petrograd railway line, per a Helsingfors dispatch.
United Press reports Americans in the Montdidier sector observe a dozen ringed air battles over their lines as 15 French and German planes clash high above. Gas shells rise, anti aircraft fire roars, and ground artillery pounds roads and villages behind the front during an era of intense aerial combat.
Children from Cantontown first witness Ohio’s war film The Re Making of a Nation about 38 000 Camp Sherman troops. The Alhambra shows begin Thursday with seven daily showings for five days, including morning matinees for schools. General E F Glenn oversaw production with Lt McCoy addressing audiences.
Lieut Paul Field in training at Fort Benjamin Harrison traveled via Canton to Plattsburg New York. He spent most of Thursday at his Massillon home while recovering from blood poisoning in his left hand. During an attack he bayoneted a German soldier but the blade broke, causing the injury as he lost balance.
Sacrifice prices announced with all furniture at less than half price. Everything at Yale Furniture Store located at 323 Market av S. Adv. sale emphasis on drastic reductions for home furnishings.
Public notice urges converting Liberty Bond interest into War Savings Stamps. Advertisement also offers Early Rose potatoes for seed at 1 dollar per bushel delivered within city limits, with contact Mr. Roos at Bell telephone 4460.
Two letters from the first aero post line reached Canton on Thursday morning after traveling from New York to Washington by air and then by regular mail trains. Allen R Hawley of New York delivered a message to Attorney Joseph Blake and H R Jones of United Alloy Steel. Hawley predicts trans Atlantic aerial mail and air deliveries to allies, praising aero mail's wartime service.
Pola a major Austro Hungarian naval base on the Adriatic near the Istrian peninsula hosts a large fleet and fortifications. The article notes its docks yards repair shops and status as Austrian admiralty HQ. four Viribus Unitis class dreadnoughts are stationed there.
Physicals on 146 newly wed registrants found 96 fit for general service and 40 sent to the district medical advisory board. A second exam will reclassify married men in later classes, with more tests for those childless. May draft quota rises Canton to 572. north board to 278. south to 24. Fifteen men were sent to Valparaiso for industrial training.
Camp Sherman selects are the best rifle shots in the United States. Col A J Sandy McNab says so with the inspector general of the army backing him. Fourteen thousand men have practiced at Mount Logan range in two weeks and three thousand April inductees are now on the range learning to handle their Enfields. They are pumping lead into imitation runs 12 hours daily.
Word reached the Canton army recruiting station that tank service would reopen Friday and Saturday for enlistments in this new branch. Three men joined: Max Smenuk, Raymond D. Turney, and James Johnson. Also notice of optical services at Hall Mark and a Liberty Bond to War Savings Stamp appeal.
Canton Timken Roller Bearing Co traffic officials implement a motor truck and lake route to bypass rail congestion. Two loaded trucks depart Canton mornings for Cleveland, linking with lake freighters to Detroit and other ports, cutting cost to about 40 cents per ton versus rail rates of 50 to 75 cents. The method ships about 10 tons daily and could expand if demand grows.
Washington May 16 Russia told Germany it will mobilize all necessary forces to defend itself as Germany violates Brest-Litovsk. The Soviet note cites Ukrainian strife and Teuton advances, says it remains ready to negotiate with Ukrainian Central Rada, and demands a clear answer on whether Brest-Litovsk remains in effect.
Paris officials say an attempted German raid was repulsed after planes reached the outskirts. The assault occurred about 10 o'clock last night and only a few bombs were dropped.
Stark county rural mail carriers enter a state contest to win Walnut Crest Rag Apple Sadie a blue blooded heifer from Walnut Crest Farm Middlefield Ohio. The prize goes to the carrier who sells the most war savings stamps with a cash value between May 206 and July 20 open to rural carriers only.
Dance events held every Tuesday Thursday and Saturday at Eagles Hall featuring the Norwood Mootz orchestra. Advertisements note Federal Motor Trucks and Clinton Motor Car Co as sponsors.
In Lorraine on May 15 night American aviators shot down three German planes during a heavy raid. Capt Kenneth Marr California downed a biplane north of Pont a Mousson, Capt David Peterson near Toul destroyed two monoplanes, and two more Americans met three German planes above the clouds before retiring. Five American fliers received the Croix de Guerre with palms at a ceremony near the field.
Henry Wharfield, former stock salesman and creditor, petitions common pleas court for appointment of a receiver for Besaw Tire & Rubber Co. The action cites $1829.98 in unpaid commissions from 1917 and accuses officers of mismanagement and asset transfer to private use. He alleges Cleveland Rubber Corp may be a creature company aiming to defraud creditors amid a 1917 loss of $36,000 at the Hartville plant and current insolvency concerns.
To conserve tin for the war effort chewing tobacco is packed in pasteboard boxes. The government needs every pound of tin, so pasteboard substitutes are used by several firms. The new containers are now on sale locally.
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