Metz May Be Center Of Attack
French troops push along an 11 mile front near Ailette and Aisne rivers, capturing villages and prisoners as operations threaten the Chemin Des Dames. American drives across the Meuse Moselle front report 70 villages retaken and 210 square miles seized with substantial prisoner gains.
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Metz
Auchy Les LA Bassee
Aisne
International News Service
London
Ailette
Vesle
St. Gobian
Hindenburg
Allemont
Sancy
Monte de Essignes
Chemin Des Dames
Aisne Heights
Ailette River
Aisne-Vesle
Meuse
Moselle
St. Mihiel
Cambrai-St. Quentin
America
Paris
Meho de Paris
Pershing
Verdun
International
Aisne River
Bezonvaux
Chatillon
Tresauvaux
Soulx- En-Woevre
Thillon
Hattonville
St. Benoit
Dampoiteux Wood
Jaulnay
Wadonville Wood
Jaulay
Norroy
Pagny
Lorraine
St. Mihiel Salient
Herbeuville
Thillot
Xammes
Jula
Thiaucourt
Vieville
Washington
Strassburg
Five Yankee pilots win British decorations for air victories
Five American aviators were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by the British Army for gallantry. They, with Brooklyns Lieut G M Vaughn Burlington Vt s Lieut L A Hamilton Wakeman Oh Lieut Merton L Campbell Lieut Thomas J Herbert and Lieut James A Keating, destroyed more than 100 enemy planes since joining the British front and aided tanks infantry and artillery by flying low and spraying with machine guns and bombs. Campbell praised for defending bombs over Bruges August 2 and taking part in an attack on an enemy aerodrome at Veressen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Ford
International News Service
France
G. M. Vaughn
Brooklyn
L. A. Hamilton
Burlington, Vt
Merton L. Campbell
Wakeman, O
Thomas J. Herbert
James A. Keating
Lieut
Campbell
Bruges
Veressen
Public Safety Chair Porter Heads War Camp Conference
Former Judge W. E. Porter will on Friday September 20 represent the local public safety committee at a Philadelphia conference with representatives from all public safety committees to plan War Camp Community work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Porter
Public Safety Committee
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Ellwood Socialist Puts Self In Jail
Herman Cunningham of Hazel Dell surrendered himself to the Ellwood City sheriff to await federal action for failure to register for the draft. He volunteered to be jailed and may be taken to Pittsburg. No charge was filed yet.
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Herman Cunningham
Hazel Dell
Harmony
Boyd
Cunningham
Pittsburg
Police Strike In Cincinnati After Walkout
Cincinnati remains quiet after unionized officers walked out yesterday with about 400 patrolmen leaving their boats while 100 stayed on duty. Detectives and mounted officers largely remained. The strike aims to reinstate five suspended members and secure higher pay. Safety Director Holmes said those who left their posts would not be reinstated. Boy scouts began downtown traffic duty.
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Cincinnati
Detective Force
Mounted Police
Holmes
Boy Scouts
Returns Of Registration Count From County Draft Board
County draft board totals 5 881 registrants with 5 688 white 79 negroes. Of these 3 507 citizens, 254 declarant aliens, 2 008 non declarant aliens plus two orientals and 112 unclassified. Attorney William McElwee and board members work to compile records for Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
William McElwee
Harrisburg
G. T. Brigham Acquitted in Clothing Theft Case
G. T. Brigham was found not guilty after a trial at court Friday afternoon on charges of receiving stolen clothing from the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
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G. T. Bringham
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Little Gordon Van Pelt Struck By Auto Near Home
Six year old Gordon Van Pelt of Highland avenue suffered head cuts and bruises when he ran into an oncoming car Friday about 5 o'clock. He was treated at Shenango Valley hospital and sent home. The driver, from Coaltown and employed in New Castle, is unnamed but expressed concern.
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Little Gordon van Pelt
James van Pelt
Highland Avenue
Shenango Valley Hospital
Coaltown
New Castle
Long range guns shell rail junctions behind German front
With the American Army on the Lorraine front, long range American guns are shelling important railways junctions and German concentration points far behind the enemy front. This development comes as forces press on September 14 at 8 p.m., targeting strategic supply lines and facilities to disrupt German operations.
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Newton C. Parke
International News Service
Lorrain Front
March Hails U S Victory at St Mihiel
Gen Peyton C March praises American forces for the St Mihiel salient maneuver. He credits Pershing’s staff with planning the operation and notes the return of Verdun railway lines to French control. He lauds the high spirit and rapid action of the American army since arriving in France.
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Washington
Peyton C. March
St. Mihiel Salient
Pershing
St. Mihiel
Verdun
France
March
Debs Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison
Eugene V. Debs, three time Socialist presidential candidate, is sentenced to 10 years in the Moundsville West Virginia penitentiary on each of three counts, to be served concurrently, for espionage act violations. Counts reduced from ten after government motion. Jury found him guilty on three counts and not guilty on one.
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International News Service
Cleveland
Ohio
Eugene V. Debs
United States
Moundsville
W. Va
Debs
Americans Halted by Fog in Verdun Drive
Mist and poor visibility hindered the American advance southeast of Verdun as they press the drive against German positions. Headquarters impose new regulations restricting reporters from naming captured towns until officially acknowledged in war communiqués.
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Newton C. Parke
International News Service
Star
Lorrain Front
Verdun
U. S. Troops Advance At Thiaucourt Reported
London dispatch cites German war offices admitting American forces pressing north of Thiaucourt and engaged east of Thiacourt as of early afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
London
Thiaucourt
Thiacourt
Thia
Ernoon
Memory Day Proclamation Calls City to Honor Fallen Boys
Mayor A. D. Newell issued a proclamation urging residents to observe Sunday September 22 as a memory day for the city’s boys on battlefields in France Italy and elsewhere and to honor those who made the supreme sacrifice in hospitals training camps and theaters of war.
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A.D. Newell
France
Italy
W S S Men Plan Mass Meeting to Boost Stamp Sale
New Castle aims to raise 1 645 000 in war savings stamps with only 20 percent achieved. A mass meeting Monday at council chambers will feature John Jay Burke Lee C Griffith and R W Egan as they outline future plans to intensify the drive. Local sales are mainly at post office and banks and organizers seek broader participation.
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New Castle
Council
John Jay Burke
Lee C. Griffith
R. W. Egan
National War Savings Committee
Burke
Griffith
Egan
Enrollment rises 359 in city schools total 7880
Public school enrollment for the first week reports a 359 pupil increase under City Superintendent G A Dickson. Total enrollment reaches 7880 versus 7531 a year ago, with high school enrollment at 1010.
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G. A. Dickson
In Service Flag Honors City Families With Two Sons
Mr and Mrs J H Krepps of 616 Liberty street Mahoningtown display in service flag two sons in wartime. Harry S Krepps enlisted April 22 1917 trained at Fort Myer Virginia left February for France as a wagoner in the 12th Field Artillery Supply Company. William D Krepps enlisted May 17 1917 before turning 17 trained in 13th Field Artillery at El Paso Texas transferred to Camp Green Charlotte NC in 4th Ammunition Train Co FE and left in May for France and is now on the front.
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J. H. Krepps
Liberty Street
Mahoningtown
Harry S. Krepps
Fort Myer
Virginia
France
12Th Field Artillery
William D. Krepps
13Th Field Artillery
el Paso
Texas
Camp Green
Charlotte
North Carolina
4Th Ammunition Train Co. FE
Death notices for Clara Przenna and Charlotte Edith Bishop
Short obituary notices list Clara Przenna aged 7 months of 101 Miller Avenue and Charlotte Edith Bishop aged several months of 510 Florence Avenue along with William W. Sedgwick aged 65 of 1107 North Jefferson Street.
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Clara Przenna
Miller Avenue
William W. Sedgwick
North
Jefferson Street
Charlotte Edith Bishop
Florence Avrenna
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Arras
War Office
Canal du Nord
Havrincourt
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Moeuvres
St. Quentin
Jeancourt
Behecourt
Posi
Frank Charlton
International News Service Cable
Phiadelphia
Ellwood Socialist
Ellwood City
Fifth Street
Lawrence Avenue
Socialist Hall
Country Board
G. T. Brigham
John Edwin Nevin
U. S. Trops
W. S. S. Men
City and Co
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