Coal relief inching forward as Ohio acts
Ohio Gov Cox presses fuel relief amid coal bottlenecks as 200 cars moved toward consumers. Officials blame delayed approvals and lake shipping re consignments for slowing relief efforts while a Senate panel plans to question Cox and two senators.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Warshall
Baird
Federaluel Administration
Lake
Char
James Biv Cox
Allie
Neely
James B. Dugan
State Utilities Commission
CL Mayer
Hamer HH. Johnson
Dugan
Toleto
Cox
Garfield
Helmsman Held as German Spy Suspect in Mont Blanc Disaster
John Jot Hansen, helmsman aboard the Norwegian relief ship Imo, detained as a German spy suspect after the collision with Mont Blanc caused the disaster. Louis Vosburg, also known as Henry French, was not deemed a spy. Canadian inquiry into responsibility for the wreck and the loss of nearly 1,300 lives began under Justice Drysdale with representation from Canada and Nova Scotia governments.
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Halupan
John Jothansen
Imo
Mont Blanc
Massachusetts
Louis Vosburg
Henry French
Justice Drysdale
Admiralty
Mont Tane
Hal
Bristol Contractor Chosen for Miami Valley Flood Project
C. L. Locher of Bristol Virginia, with over 20 years in large scale construction, has been picked by the Miami Conservancy directors to oversee the $45,900,000 flood prevention plan for the Miami Valley. He will travel to Dayton to discuss the project as Colonel E A Deods announces the formal selection yesterday.
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Locher
Bristol
Eountry
Miami Conservancy
MiMmi
Conservancy
Dayton
Miami
What You Can Do With One Chicken And Beef
A concise wartime era guide compares one chicken and two pounds of beef steak with 4 chicken weighing 1 3/4 pounds. It outlines using chicken parts for soup, a southern style dish, salad with nuts celery and lettuce, and a shortening fat, plus directions to simmer the neck wings back and feet in water for broth and soup meat. It ends with a note that substitutions help the army and the will to win the war.
Secretary Baker Deflects Blame for Gun Shortage
Washington dispatch reports Secretary of War Newton D Baker taking responsibility for gun shortages amid Senate hearings with General Crozier. Baker claimed production is near full capacity and pledged details in private sessions while disputing a low count of Lewis machine guns purchased.
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Washington
Newton
D. "Baker
William Crozier
Secretary of War
War Department
Senate
Crozier
Wilson
Senate Military Affairs Committee
General Crozier
Baker
Senate Committee
Senator Chamberlain
France
United States
Dayton Conservancy Board Names New Flood Prevention Overseer
The conservancy board of directors announces Mr. Locher has reviewed all plans for proposed flood prevention work since arriving in Dayton. He has assumed responsibility for selecting equipment and organizing construction methods in support of this life and property conservation project.
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Dent
Conservancy Board of Directors
Locher
Dayton
Ivry Views Bridge And Mill In O'Rourke Damage Suit
The jury in the case of Withert Tl. O Rourke of Covington against the county commissioners viewed the Stillwater river bridge and the four mill at the plaintiff’s site. The jurors were escorted to Covington by court bailiff to inspect the concrete bridge and mill damage claimed from the bridge. No testimony was offered before the court reconvened after noon.
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Withert Tl. O'Roarke
Covington
Perry HW. Merer
Stillwater
Plaintif
O’rourke
Common Pleas Court
Secure Your Christmas Tags for Camp Sheridan
Ohio guarantees delivery of every gift and all packages must reach Columbus by December 18. A special train will carry the packages to Camp Sheridan in Montgomery Alabama. Express or parcel post charges prepaid to Columbus only. For information contact Col. 7 RB Gimpering Assistant General Columbus Ohio.
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State of Ohio
Columbus
Camp Sheridan
Col
Gimperiing
Ohio
Bonds All Sold by Miami Conservancy District Issue
The Miami Conservancy District reports the initial 24 million dollar bond issue selling rapidly with 15 million subscribed in under four days. Five sixths of the 25,000,900 issue sold to investors in two days, and total subscriptions reached 12.5 million by Wednesday’s close, leaving 2.5 million still available.</s>
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Miami Conservancy District
H. M. Allen
Allen
Columbus
National City Bank
New York
Garver IAS Sailed for France Report Reaches Tippecanoe
A notice from Tippecanoe City Friends reports Lieut. Jacob Garver has sailed for France from a term port. Senator and Mrs. YY, who were in Florida, hurried to New York City to see their son before his departure.
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Tippecanoe City
Jacob Garver
Florida
New York City
Clendening and Nolan named to utilities and liquor boards
Cincinnati lawyer Clendening named to the State Utilities Commission to fill a vacancy from Judge Hughes’s death. John Nolan of Steubenville becomes Secretary of the Liquor Licensing Board, with G Goldsmith of Crawford County as new chair. John Nolan succeeds Clendening on the Liquor Licensing Board and D Clark named Industrial Commissioner ending June 30, 1918.
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John Nolan
Liquor Licensing Board
Columbus, O
Byron AM. Clendening
Cincinnati
James M. Cox
State Utilities Commission
Oliver H. Hughes
Highland County
Clendening
State Liquor Licensing Board
Steuben- Ville
J. D. Clark
Clark
Wallace Yaple
Dayton
Order of Foresters
Knights of Bythias
Cox
Clendening Wa
Fitive
Utilities Commission
Liquor Licensing Commission
Utilities Board
Mercer
Hamilton
Celina
Mercer County
Eral Assembly
Nokm
Nolan
Jefferary
Democratic Party
Steubenville
Jefferson County
Ganabbad
Public Utilities Commission
Germans Bombs Kill Engineers In France Front Line
American railway workers and engineers are among those killed by German bombs in a town behind the British front near Cambrai. A bomb shattered windows and killed two soldiers in hospital from gunshot wounds. Canadian patrols press No Man's Land as German raids volume shifts to the French front, with Petain’s forces replying with heavy artillery.
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France
Pitces
Ean
London
Trindenburg
Paris
Cambrai
Petain
Shell
Germany
No Man's Land
American Aviator Shot Down Near Paris
Advices from the front report Lieut Walcott of Washington D C fell to earth while making his first air flight near Paris last Tuesday and is feared dead His parents are Mr and Mrs Chas Walcott of Washington D C
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Paris
France
Lieut Walcott
Washington, D. C
Chas, Walcott
Rumor of Frank Matthews Death Proved Unfounded
A rumor in Piqua last night claimed Frank Matthews, a local man with Pershing’s forces, had been killed in action. No confirmation from the War Department or family. the report is without foundation.
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Piqua
Frank Matthews
Mriree
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Boutin
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H. L.mcdonald
Cleveland
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WN. Plostion
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