Weather improves as coal supplies ease shortages
Warmer weather today brought relief from deep cold and eased coal shortages for city utilities, industries, and homes. Forecasters warn of potential cold return as snow continues. trains run late and coal distribution shifts to Ohio needs amid a growing private supply. The water works and electric plants remain safe for the present, with limited reserves expected through Sunday noon. Local industries coordinate to share resources while Bradford nears recovery and West Milton still suffers, prompting Army recruitment notices for several men.
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St. Louis
Werer
Logansport
Cox
Rat Road Board
Ohio
Piqua
Puel
Hartzell Propeller
Bradford
West Milton
Don’t Abuse Your Stomach Digestant Ad
An old advertisement urges readers to take Pepsinco after meals to aid digestion and prevent after effects of fast or late eating. It promises quick action and safety, claiming benefits for bad breath heartburn bloating headaches and sour stomach, and directs readers to buy at a drug store.
Trolley Distance furloughs and promotions in Ohio unit
Secretary Baker bans Christmas furloughs for men outside trolley distance from home, affecting about 10 000 soldiers who will receive four and a half days leave. Privates Lege Rulan and Shekel promoted to corporals in Company ML 1330 Infantry. General Court convicts Private William Reeder of writing a disrespectful anonymous letter. two years hard labor at Fort Leavenworth. Gas mask training underway for Thirty second Light Field Artillery recruits from Darren Newark Miami Darke and nearby areas. Seven aliens discharged for wrong induction. negro idrattees also discharged for defects. Camp Sherman Red Cross reports 500 helmets issued for outside work. gloves in short supply.
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Baker
David
Lege
Prank Rulan
Walter. C. Shekel
Company ML
Ft. Leavenworth
Kansas
Thirty-second Light Field Artillery
Darren
Newark
Miami
Darke
Ohio
National Army
Mittens
Camp Sherman
Piqua Athletics Big Loser
T J Gould director of the Yo MLC has taken indefinite leave to join war work in the Red Triangle effort. He offered his resignation to the board of directors but the board would not accept it.
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T. J. Gould
MLC
Gould
Sone Ling
Ne Board of Directors
Gould to Leave City for Army War Work
The resignation follows his long service to local athletics and Y M C A. Jim Gould plans an indefinite leave of absence to engage in Red Triangle war work in army cantonments. He has offers to go to France and Russia but aims to gain experience for later tasks. The Y M C A and Boy Scout activities will feel the loss as Gould organized extensive programs and led the county Red Triangle effort. Local citizens wish him God-speed and a safe return.
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Jim
Gould
France
Russia
Kefore
Gankol
Y. M. Gla
Sunday School Athletic Association
Y. M. Cu
Red Triangle War Fund
Peys
Alams County
Piqua
Mayor-elect Hamilton Fractures Wrist After Slip
Mayor-elect F. B. Hamilton is laid up at home on Spring Street with a two fracture of the left wrist after slipping in Market Square last evening about nine. He and Mrs. Hamilton were returning home when his weight fell on the left hand. Medical aid was given, bones set, and an X-ray taken. He will remain indoors for several days.
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Hamilton
Spring Street
Market Square
Physicians urge retention of Dr Light as City Health Chief
Montgomery County Medical Society members gathered yesterday to plead for keeping Dr A L Light as City Health Commissioner. They argued political expediency endangers city health and praised Light as courageous. Commissioners Switzer and Wendall contested the charge while noting his lack of tact and diplomacy affected influence. The commission agreed to further consider the matter.
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Montgomery County Medical Society
Beron
A. L. Light
Light
Pr. BE
NL Houseese
T. A. McCann
Switzer
Wendall
Dinner Entertainment for High School Team by Coach Dittmer
The High school football team will be treated to a dinner hosted by Coach Dittmer on Friday night. Players are to share a Tunny story. if not, he will have to deliver a speech himself.
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Dittmer
Mike
King Winter Stops Training at Wilbur Wright Field
Training of military aviators at Wilbur Wright field will be discontinued for the winter starting December 1 according to semiofficial Washington advices. Cadets not finished with the flying course and instructors will be transferred to Southern fields or foreign stations. A few training machines will remain for officers and a mechanics school to be opened soon. Several newly formed squadrons will be detailed for training, and many enlisted men will receive specialized instruction in gas engines and assembly work. Post authorities say no orders have yet to stop flying training for winter, and some instructors have already left. Winter weather makes flying impractical after mid-December, though a seasoned pilot can brief a machine in marginal conditions.
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Wilbur Wright Field
Washington
Signal Corps
Nenia Appoints New City Manager At About 3000 Year
The city of Nenia announces its new city manager will be compensated in the neighborhood of $3,000 per year for list services.
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Nenia
Lis
Fire damages school building at Favorite school house
At 6:40 am Mrs. McCracken discovered a fire in the Favorite school house west of Raper Chapel. Emory Favorite and sons helped form a bucket brigade with neighbors. the blaze was controlled with little damage. Two or three joists burned, chimney collapse damaged ceiling, loss about $50 insured. School dismissed. rebuilding to take a week or more.
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McCracken
Favorite
Raper Chapel
Unclear Weather Halts Local Training Plans
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate harsh conditions affecting men in training. It suggests the Wilbur Wrieght crew faces difficulties as winter approaches, with the landing place for winter operations deemed unlikely. The district reports severe weather impeding training.
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Wilbur Wrieght Ftiela
Poisoning Incident Strikes Toronto Ship Building Plant
Eleven workers at the Toronto Ship Building Plant in Toronto, Canada, a firm with large government contracts, are hospitalized after a deliberate arsenic poisoning. A tea tin, sugar, and a tin of suspected milk containing arsenic were left in a workroom shelf for workers to use with their lunches, raising fears across plants.
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Toronto
Canada
Kansan Hired as City Manager for Xenia
The city of Xenia, which recently adopted a city charter and is implementing the new government form, has employed Kenyon Ridwell, a civil engineer and contractor from Abilene, Kansas.
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Xenia
Kenyon Ridwell
Abilene
Kan
May Not Ply Here Major Peebles Sees Poor Flight Prospects
Major Peebles told the secretary of the chamber of commerce that prospects of making an aeroplane flight to this city to inspect the aviation landing place are very poor. He suggests the master be taken up with the commanding officer at the aviation field. Dispatches have appeared in the papers stating that the flyers at the field face uncertain plans.
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Peebles
Chamber of Commerce Today
Condolence Note for Mrs. Dwyer's Illness and Death
Carl of Ctans thanks neighbors and friends for kindness during the illness and death of mother Mrs. Dwyer.
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Carl OF
CTANS
Dwyer
Miteryn Neholea Lodge Initiation Friday Evening
All members of Miteryn Neholea Lodge No 16 urged to attend Friday night initiation. Coach Dittmer led varsity basketball practice last night with a Huskies squad featuring five lettermen.
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Miteryn Neholea Lodge
No. 16
Dittmer
Huskies
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