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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1917
Page
4
A new division of the army general staff will direct all shipments of troops and supplies to Europe. Brigadier General PF J Kernan, tank chief of staff, is named chief of the embarkation service. The unit will supervise movements from origin to ports of embarkation.
A detailed war update notes Halika troops advancing north of Gorigia and pursuing German forces. It cites prisoner gains exceeding 25,800, captures near Verdun, and heavy fighting around coal city with Canadians holding the line. British tanks destroyed near Ypres Moenin front. German airship raids on England cause limited damage. total Allied prisoners since April 9 reach 167,780.
The gun crew of the American tank er Navajo aboard an American liner said they sank the first of the new 400 foot German submarines sent to threaten allied shipping. The 24 hour fight off the Irish coast ended when the conning tower was shot away and the submarine sank. The Navajo lost part of its stern and one lifeboat and was later destroyed by fire.
Estimates to Secretary McAdoo outline a government shipbuilding program totaling 7 968 000 tonnage and 1270 ships. The Shipping Board seeks 4 billion dollars in appropriations across 10 bases to finance the effort.
Center township school board seeks a teacher for McFenters No 1 school near Waterman. For information contact the president or secretary W Ei Gutinie Pres and D B Risinghr Seey Tiomer City Ro D Pa.
Ricketts first spots a woman at an evening concert and later sees her with a man at a cathedral. A fateful pursuit through streets ends with a confrontation at a private home. He learns the man is her father and makes a bungled marriage proposal. A year later the father dies and Ricketts marries the widow.
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