Patriotic Program for Flag Raising at Pennsy Yard
Saturday features Col L G Silbaugh delivering an address at 2 30 p m for a patriotic flag raising. Parade begins 1 30 p m with Union Musicians band, moving from Iroquois to Main to High to Pennsy yard. Sections include police marshal Van A Snider, Boy Scouts, Sons of Veterans, Red Cross, Daughters of American Revolution, and many bands and civic groups.
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Col. L. G. Silbaugh
Pennsy Ry yard
Union Musicians
Iiroad
Wheeling
Columbus
Main
Wigh
High
Pennsy Bay
Grand Marshall Van A Snider
Co. L. Fourth Infantry
Fito ang
GS. A
RB. L. A
Hoys’ Industrial School
Boy Scouts
Sons of Veterans
Nourse’s Volunteer Co
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chilecen
Daughters of American Revolution
Women’s Relief Corps
Daughters of Veterans
Red Cross Society
Automobiieg
Col
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Sitbaugh
Independent military company drills at armory
Marry J. Nourse organized a new independent company that expects about 100 men. Last night at the armory Major Van A. Snider led a drill attended by 48 of 58 enlisted men for an hour as they practiced foot movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Van A. Snider
Nourse
Marry J. Nourse
Company Set to Drill and Attend Patriotic Meeting
The company will meet next Wednesday evening to drill and work. Mr. Nourse aims for 104 members and expects to reach that number in a few weeks. The unit will appear at a patriotic gathering sponsored by the local Chamber of Commerce.
Alligator Draws Crowd in Park by Mar tens Building
A seven year old alligator brought from Jacksonville, Florida, attracts attention in the park near the Mar tens building lobby. It belongs to the lobby workers. Little Misa Gertrude Growh, daughter of Mr and Mrs George F Growh of East Walnut street, accidentally fell yesterday afternoon while playing with friends and broke her leg.
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Martens building
Jacksonville
Florida
Misa Gertrude Grown
Mis
George F. Growh
East Walnut street
accu fently
County appoints Crop and Food Commissioner and briefs on duties
Fairfield County selects William Leiby as Crop and Food Commissioner and schedules April 21 Court House meeting for township agents to receive duties. Governor Cox praises the appointment and urges prompt action to support the county and its people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Leiby
Court House
Cox
Herne
Chas. Beery
Will R. Peters
Pleasant
C. C. Goss
Greenfield
Thomas White
Bloom—Wm
JIM M. COX
English Lutheran Church to Call Rev J A Hanning of Litchfield
Congregation plans a Sunday vote to determine the pastorate call for Rev J A Hanning of Litchfield Illinois. The Springfield minister will preach Sunday as the church invites full attendance for the congregational meeting. Offer includes a salary of 1200 dollars and free use of the parsonage.
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J. A. Hanning
Litchfield, Il
Springfield
Luw-utheran Church Council
J. A Hanning
Litchfield
Sumlas
Ohio
Amended Army Measure Faces White House Fight
Senate Military Committee backs a General Staff drawn draft plan authorizing a 700000 volunteer call with future conscription power. The move defies the president and army brass who favor volunteers. Debate centers on ages 19 to 25 then 24 to 40. war effort stakes loom in both chambers.
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Senate Military Committee
General Staff
Wilson
Congress
Washington
house military affairs committee
general staff of
army
Davidson
Wisconsin
United States
war department
house
McKellar
senate
Chamberlain
military affairs committee
Debate Over Draft Law and Conscription Referendums
The bill bases draft eligibility on liability to military service for males aged 19 to 25 with exemptions for government workers pilots mariners farmers dependents religious sect leaders and those with moral or physical deficiencies. Ohio lawmakers circulate referendums on conscription while President Truman stresses support for army expansion and authorizes direct national appeal if needed.
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Ohio
congress
W. A. Ashbrook
Welty
Tacre
Europe
Saloons voted out as dry wins spread in Wincis
Anti-Saloon League figures show 142 saloons closed in Tuesday elections across Wincis with fourteen wet cities remaining and three dry towns joining the dry list. Danville, population about 6,000, to close sixty eight saloons May 1. Ohio Republican committee assignments reshuffle key posts including Fess foreign affairs and McCulloch banking. Forty ships sunk by submarines last week per London report.
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Wincis
Chicago
Anti-Saloon league
Danville
Ohio
Solon
Washington
Fess
McCulloch
Hollingsworth
Cooper
Emerson
Longworth
Ways and means
National League baseball standings and box scores
In Chicago and Cincinnati the National League showcases games with Batteries Steele and Snyder for St. Louis against Douglass and Iilett, plus Macmaux and Fischer for Cincinnati. Brooklyn and Philadelphia split results as Batten and Falkre face Mecariy and Coombs. Standings list St Louis Chicago Brooklyn and Cleveland with multiple team records and batters highlighted.
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CHICAGCO
St. Loui
Falkre
Mecariy
Coombs and
Maller
Coal Prices Rise as Cars Fail to Load
Leading coal operators testified before the Federal Trade Commission that scarce open cars and diverted rail traffic push coal prices higher. Operators urged prioritized car supply for essentials and blamed railroads for misallocation, noting miners shift to other industries as prices stay elevated.
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Roada
Washington
federal trade commission
T. B. Lewis
Island Creek Coal company
J. W. Dawson
West Virginia
Thomas C. Mather
Cleveland
Robert H. Gross
the
New River company
Dawson
Maher
Gross
Farmers Push Production Under Weather Handicap
American farmers face a weather handicap as they respond to President Wilson's call for higher food output. The National Weather and Crop Bulletin notes generally backward conditions nationwide with dry spells, slow germination, and lingering snow in the upper Rockies.
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Washington
Wilson
National Weather and Crop Bulletin
the
weather bureau
Rockies
Germany’s New War Loan Reaches 3.10 Billion Dollars
Berlin reports Germany’s latest war loan totaling 3,103,110,000 dollars, issued during April 19. The funding aims to back wartime demands and bolster national finances amid ongoing conflict.
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Berlin
Germany
Lewis to box Grifith in Columbus April clash
English welterweight champion Lewis and Akron Ohio opponent Johnny Grifith will fight twelve rounds at 142 pounds at Gotucas Coliseum on the night of April. Across the state, other briefs report Judge Garver excusing farmers from April jury term, Findlay mayor Totten’s death, Scott Nearing not renewed at Toledo University, a razor duel in Toledo, a lunacy charge against Patrick Gaimor, and the identification of a crash victim in Napoleon Ohio.
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Lewis
Grifith
Columbus
fed Lewis
England
Johnny Grifith
Akron
Gotucas Coliseum
Nearing
Toledo
Scott Nearing
Toledo university
federal
secret service
Patrick Gaimor
Coshocton
Franklin pari
Ohio mobilizes youths to work on farms this summer
Ohio state officials launched a statewide drive led by Professor Harry Ramsower to place thousands of college and high school students on farms. Farmers would hire for 150 to 2 dollars a day with room and board, aiming to keep bumper crops and support a nationwide price plan.
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Columbus
Nlow
county food commissioners
Harry C. Ramsower
agricultural college
Ohio State university
indix
Ramsower
Tabor
Mis
Ohio
tate
Cox
agricultural division
state council of defense
food and cvan
state agricultural council for defense
Cot
French and British Offensive Advances Across Western Front
Paris reports a major French push eastward from Soissons toward Rheims with over 17,000 prisoners and 75 guns taken as villages near Ostel Braye en Le no is captured. British lines also gain ground on the Scarpe river with additional village captures and trench advances. In Romania, German attack on Braila and Pokshani is repulsed by Russian forces.
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London
Soisson
Champagne
French war office
don
Paris
Vil au-Boison
additin
Soissons
Rheims
Ostel
Braye-en-Leunois
disord
Juvincourt
Nivelle
sanguina
St. Quentin
Gauchy
pioner
British war office
Field Marshal
Haig
Scearpe
Fampor
Villersaisiain
St. Quent
Loos
Braila
Danv
Roumania
Germany
Petrograd war office
PFokshani
Russia
Galicia
Berlin
Macedonia
Patriots Day Observance Opens with Revere Route Parade
The ceremony in Boston marked by a modern Paul Revere, James L. Poelan, leading the procession along the historic route from Charlestown to Arlington. Scouts, cadets, veterans, and Relief Corps members joined the commemoration with the Sea Veterans and others observing the day amid a tense crowd and questions about the haste.
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Paul Revere
Boston
Poston Apth
Revere
James L.r Poelan
Patriots
targa truar North Squad
misht
Phelan
Wat
Somerville
thiines
oweloa
Medford
Ardeston
G. A Women's Relief Corps
Pauline Wovere
catriade
North Chuek
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adneeee Federlein
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Dudley Buck
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Desert Song
Shepardic Concert de Spantasie
d 'Trovatore Knabel
Misa Benadum
terete Handel
Laccato
Vartelett
Kiss Crane
House Committee
regular army
national guard
National League
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St. Louis
Kiepfer
G Nell
Davenport
Hale
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Leonard
Thomas
Mays
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Toleto
Trade Commission
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John Garver
common pleas court
Totten
Findlay
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Sherif Reichert
Magill
George Nicholas
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Mollie Ilison
Monticello
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