French and Germans Pour Thousands Into Alsace Swiss Front
News from Paris and Basle report massive troop movements into Alsace and the Swiss border theater. French and German forces pour thousands of reinforcements as artillery exchanges intensify from the Lys to the Champagne region. Casualties mount in Dunkirk and Amiens as aerial combat continues with pilots killed and observers captured. Swiss officials cite escalating Allied artillery and manpower backing in the broader Alsace Vosges battles.
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United Press
Parla
Nsra- Vianes
Dunkirk
Amiens
Walted
Paris
Lys
Tver Olga
Asa
Bith Arkles
Az Foseci
Berlin
Noli
Preyeh
Alsace
Germany
Milhausen
Alsnea
Vosgon
Alsace and
Vosgen
Arps
Mrs Burch Stricken Sudden in West Pleas Huatreet
Mrs Sarah Burch of West Pleas Huatreet was found unconscious across a lounge in her home yesterday afternoon and now lies in a critical condition with doctors saying death may occur at any moment. Relatives were notified as her sons Michael from Kushequa and Morrison from Wisconsin headed toward the scene.
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Sarah Hurch
West Pleas Huatreet
loKgo
Burch
Nanal
Misgus Stokes
Lennon
Sorps
Mra. Mark
Mra
Bureh
Uying
Indy
Clal
Kushequa
Wirrison Burch
Wisconsin
Tragic Farm Fire Kills Mother and Five Children in Ohio
In Ironton Ohio a farm home fire claimed the life of Mrs Jennie Duff and her five children, aged youngest to oldest, with the mother attempting to rescue the youngsters before the roof collapsed. The father escaped with a ladder, but all others perished in the blaze.
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United Treas
Ironton
T. Way
Jennie Duff
Periaded
Surveyors Begin New Route Survey for Highway 867
Sept of Highways chief P O Winter and a crew of engineers arrived with surveying teams at Spring Creek to map Highway 867 from No 200 end through East Main Street, Pleasant and Northwest to Spartansburg. The St Tomes hotel hosts the crew as surveying begins from Spring Creek terminal.
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Lyle VanVince
Spring Creek
Highway Department
Warren County Sne
Main Street
Flist Avenue
Pleasant
Stewarts
Spartansburg
P.O. Winter
Messrs
B. Ft
Brann
W. H. Duff
Harvey Palmer
Harper
St. Tomes
Reqatra
SpMng
Overhead Crossing On P R R Installed
Yesterday afternoon workmen on the Pennsylvania Railroad placed a new steel and reinforced concrete overhead crossover on the line north of the WaClark plant. The Huffalo division traffic was halted for hours while the bridge was set, then resumed. Several spectators watched as two derrick cars from Ol City and Buffalo operated, and an Italian laborer fell through the bridge opening, suffering cuts but no serious injuries.
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Pennsylvania Railway
WaClark
Huffalo
Ol City
Buffalo
German Ships Active Off Brazil
German ships patrol the coast of Brazil with orders for merchant vessels to work port and stay within three miles. Reports say the German cruiser Karlsruhe and escorts have been reinforced by other warships escaping Kiel, menacing British merchants off Shells shores. Berlin asserts trench gains near Soissons offset by German advances east of Perthes and in the Argonne.
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Wook
Three Mile
Karisruhe
Hays
Aeveral
Kiel
North Sea
Hells Shores
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Berlin
Tan4i
Soissons
Perthes
Argonne
Murder at Kittanning Sparks Police Hunt
A bloody trail and bone fragments from a skull were found near the Iron plant in Kittanning, triggering a days long police search in Armstrong County. The trail led from a shanty by the iron works to the Allegheny river, with tramps said to frequent the area recently.
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United Vrass
Kittanning
Kittanning Tron Company
Armstrong County
Allegheny River
Weather outlook with rain and colder tonight
A weather notice indicates rain or snow tonight and a likely rain shift on Tuesday with colder conditions expected. The brief mentions unsettled conditions, possible precipitation, and a drop in temperatures for the region.
Thousands Return to the Mills in Wheeling
Thousands of workers resumed duty at mills in Wheeling and nearby towns as a summer lull ends. Reports say about ten thousand men returned to work this morning with additional openings expected in Parkersburg and Morgantown area plants. The Iron and Tin Plate mills brought back operatives as extended absences due to illness or dispute concluded.
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Wheeling
W.va
Worte
Milla
Murduk Ferry
Parkershore
Chatlo
Wiya Bun
Dale
Joenl
Hs American ‘Tin Plate Company
Yoru
Sears
Christmas Saving Society
Find Boy's Body Solves River Mystery
Police recovered the body of a missing boy from the Atta Bhény River near his home, ending days of speculation about foul play. Authorities indicated the evidence pointed to a person the boy knew, as the investigation continued later that afternoon.
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Adiod Freep
Mttsburgh
Atta Bhény
Ressler Sr. Injured in Fall at Knat Street
M Ressler Sr. suffered a serious fracture of the left arm near his home on Knat Street after a fall on a tee. He will be taken to Corry Hospital tomorrow morning for surgery to reduce the fracture.
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Marlin Tessler
Sty
Mr. Ressler
Knat Street
Corry Hospital
Murders and personal crisis reports of the day
Memphis Tennessee January 11 reports name Robert Ambleton a bookkeeper in Loci bante and George Honan dead while Grace Frasier lies dying after a gum bat over a woman from last night in the restricted city section. Webbd Mathews a teamster shot and killed his wife and infant then slashed his own throat and is believed to die from injuries. sudden insanity blamed for the crime.
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Memphis
Tenn
Robert Ambleton
Loci Bante
Jali
George Honan
Grace Frasier
Lad Muncy
Webbd Matthews
Municipal Club Informal Reception Tonight on Main Street
The Municipal Club will hold an informal reception and party this evening in the club rooms on Main Street. All members are urged to attend along with wives and Indianapolis friends for a social gathering starting at 8 o clock.
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Municipal Club
Wil
Wivea
Indy
Main Street
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