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New Oxford Item

Location

New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1918

Page

19

Local residents and soldiers visit town events and returns

Edwin Lough and others from munition plants visit family homes in Hanover street and Lincoln Way East. Soldiers from Camp Colt tour Gettysburg and collide with a truck near Abbottstown. Various residents travel to Harrisburg Philadelphia and York for short stays and work.

Edwin Lough Inrie H. J. Lough Hanover Street Leo Sterner Harry J. Sterner Hershey Poplar Street John McCadden John Wagner Philip Kohler Easton W. H. Kohler Lincoln Way West J. Felix Sanders Washington Wolf East Harrisburg H W. Swartz Nettie Rhoda Myers Elwood Myers Philadelphia Frank Sadler Palmyra William Noel Bonneauville Bethlehem Allentown Clement Staub New Haven Conn J. H. Isrichten McSherrystown S. C. Swab Berlin Avenue Grace Graff York W. S. Sheely Raymond Staub Camp Meade A V. Staub Near Town Hanover Cha A. J. Gulden Ida E. Feiser Steelton George Otto Boiling Springs John Byler Emmitsburg J. A. Sadler Qualityville Mark E. Stock Immaculate Conception Church Gettysburg Guyon A. Smith Lafayette College F. 8. Smith Bristol Mary Smith Bell Telephone City Hospital Clayton Laughman Battery D Eleventh Field Artillery Fort Sill Oklahoma John P. Laughman Littinger Mamie McCann Nurses Training School St. Joseph’s Hospital Edward McCann MecsSherrystown George Buffington R.O Wolf Daniel Wagner Carlisle Street Jennie Treiber Edward Enlet Abilene Kansas Daniel Mummert Batesville Harry Little Midway Larry Weiner Abbottstown

U-Boat Raids Coast as German Submarines Hit Several Vessels

News from New York details German submarine activity along the Atlantic coast. Reported losses include the steamship Carolina with 220 passengers and five American schooners Edward H. Cole Jacob S. Haskell Isabel B Wiley Tattie Dunn Samuel W Hathaway, plus the coastwise steamer City of Columbus. The tanker Herbert L Pratt was sunk near Cape Henlopen and the Isabella D Willey reportedly sunk after shelling. Survivors from three sunken ships reached New York aboard an American vessel, while naval and coast guard units searched the seas for the U boat responsible.

New York Atlantic Carolina Porto Rico Edward H. Cole Jacob S. Haskell Isabel B. Wiley Tattie Dunn Samuel W. Hathaway City of Columbus Savannah Boston Navy Department Herbert L. Pratt Cape Henlopen Department Isabella D. Willey Beach Haven N. J Barnegat Naval Intelligence Bureau Virginia New Jersey Edward N. Cole Cole Highland Light Schoooners Sdward H. Cole EF. B. Samuelson Robert Lathigie L. ©. Newcomb Bristol Frederick Hart

Six Suspects Charged With Furnishing Liquor to Soldiers

Deputy U S Marshal Harvey T Smith led six defendants from Gettysburg to Williamsport District Court on Monday. Names include Gus Rang Hayes Timmins of McSherrystown William Barnes of Gettysburg Helen Ketterman Maud Seppo of Hanover and Mike Fisher of Carlisle. George Washington remains on bail awaiting further action. The group was sent to Harrisburg for related hearings.

United States Harvey T. Smith Gettysburg United States District Court Williamsport Lesrings Wible Gus Rang Hayes Timmins McSherrystown William Barnes Helen Ketterman Maud Seppo Hanover Marshal Smith Mike Fisher Carlisle George Washington Harrisburg

Tragedy On Train Ends Life of B&O Official

Harry Grenoble 45, assistant superintendent of the B and O Railroad, is killed instantly in a fall from a troop train near Brunswick Maryland. The cause is unknown and Grenoble’s wrecked skull confirms a swift death. He was son of the late I J Grenoble of Gettysburg and survived by his mother, sister, and step siblings in Gettysburg.

Harry Grenoble Brunswick Greoble B. & O. Railroad

Woman Suffered Internal Injuries After Fall Near Kohler School

Mrs. Charles Sponseler of Kohler vicinity tripped in her yard, fell onto a board edge, sustaining serious internal injuries. The accident occurred last week and she is now improving under a local physician’s care.

Charles Sponseler Kohler

French Win Ground On Marne In Heavy Combat

Paris reports French forces held the Germans along the front between the Oures and the Marne and won ground at several points after counter attacks. A German push between Chateau Thierry and Paris was repelled by French fire southeast of Bouresches.

Paris Irene War Office Oures Marne Gnade Chateau Tilerry Ourey Chateau Thierry Bouresches

A General Survey of the War

The German crown prince forces have crossed the Aisne between Vailly and Beny au Bac after capturing the ridge at Chemin-des-Dames. Fierce fighting spans a twenty mile front with heavy French losses, British lines along twelve miles from Bernicourt to Craonelle, American troops aiding near Pont-a-Mousson, and Italian forces securing a Western Trentino victory taking about 900 prisoners.

Chemin-des-Dames Aisne Vailly Beny-au-Bac Bernicourt Rheims Craonelle Berry-au-Bac Pont-au-Mousson Trentino

German Drive Presses South of Aisne in World War I

Report from Paris says Allied forces retreating along the Vesle near Fiennes as German advances press from the Aisne. Soissons enters battle area amid fears the rail line to Paris bears the main blow. American troops west of Montdidier repel counterattacks and hold a village previously won, Cantigny, with heavy German losses.

Aisne Paris Vesle Fiennes Soissons Montdidier Cantigny

German Offensives Staged at Suissons and North of Rheims

German drive on the Aisne advances eighteen miles between Soissons and Reims as Paris reports Suissons hold the western town area. Franco British forces check the German rush northwest of Rheims and repulse a German attack near Festubert. Berlin claims 25 000 prisoners in its latest tally and three German counterattacks hit American positions at Cantigny. General Pershing leads Allied response as reserves arrive near the battle line.

Aisne Suissons Paris Rheims Festubert Berlin Cantigny Persh

Germans Launch Multi-Front Push Toward Marne and Somme

German forces strike along the Allette river northwest of Soissons extending the line toward the Somme. The assault defeats Allied positions from Soissons to the Oise eight miles east of Noyon. In Toul, American troops raid successfully and hold Cantigny amid German counterattacks west of Mon d id ier.

Marne Somme Allette River Soissons Bagny Blerancourt Oise Noyon Toul Moentdidier Cantigny

German Drive Aims To Trap Paris From Marne Front

German crown prince pushes westward after reaching the Marne as French reports show slow progress. French counterattacks between Soissons Chateau-Thierry and along the Marne. Germans briefly hold Caudun before French recapture. Pershing says American troops destroyed 32 dugouts and fortified positions in an assault.

Marne Montdidier Salient Amiens Paris Soissons Chateau-Thierry Crise Caudun Mea Vierzy Pershing Aoridge

Germans Press On At Marne Front As Resistance Grows

German forces push on both sides of the wedge at the Marne while facing stiffer French resistance than in the prior week. West of the salient along the fifty mile line from Noyon to the Marne they gain ground, while between the Oise and Aisne the French mount fierce counterattacks and drive them back from positions near Carlepont and Moulins-Sons-Touvent.

Marne Salient Noyon Soissons Oise Aisne Yicinity Carlepoint Moulins-Sons-Touvent

May Arm Railways Orders Report on Arming Vessels

Director General McAdoo orders a full report on arming 111 railroad owned ships in Atlantic and Gulf coast trade to protect them from enemy boats. The Railway Administration pledges to take all necessary measures to guard the railroad ships.

McAdoo Washington Director General of Railways Railroad Administration Atlantic Gulf Coast

Five Women Die As Train Strikes Car Near Philadelphia

Five women killed and a sixth injured when a Reading express hits their automobile at Cheltenham crossing near Jenkin town Pennsylvania. The group from St Pauls Church Red Cross class were en route to sew for relief. Miss Margaret Wood Taylor survived.

Red Cross Reading Express Washington Jane v Railread Cheltea Hills Jenkintown Philadelphia H. J. Maroney Harry W. Phillips Margaret Longacre Ryan Margaret Ewell Margaret Wood Taylor St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church Fiftieth Street Baltimore Avenue Miss Taylor Delmar- Morris Truman N. Palmer Oreland Fort Washington Scranton

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