Selects Take French Leave at Camp Sherman Camp
Official reports detail plots to contaminate canned staples for selective service soldiers. About 2000 of 5000 Negro selectives quarantined for smallpox. five cases reported. Desertions from the 331st regiment linked to missing 45 men. investigations and heavy guard deployed. Two soldiers seized in Cleveland. Promotions announced for the 148th Infantry at Camp Sheridan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Ohio
Hethers
R. C. Wallace
Baltimore and Ohio
Cleveland
Wen
Camp Sherman
Refiner Blames The Railroads For Sugar Shortage
Washington reports Parl D. Bast head of the sugar trust told a senate probing committee that beet and Hawaiian sugar remain stalled in the west due to a car shortage. He said he sold cane sugar in the east last July at 8.15 cents a pound while the beet sugar price was 7.25 cents. He blamed the food administration for a price drop after closing the New York sugar exchange and praised the Hover administration for handling the sugar issue. Robert Oxnard of San Francisco wired that the food administration had engineered a major operation for the public benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Parl D. Bast
Sugar Trust
Senure
Balst
New York Sugar Exchange
Food Administration
Robert Oxnard
San Francisco
Italians Forced To Give Ground
Fierce fighting around Asolone sees Italian lines pushed back by Teutonic forces. More than 2000 Italians captured as attackers breach towards Bassano. Piave clashes continue with pontoon bridges under pressure. Submarine actions claim French cruiser Chateauneault and another Spanish steamer Noviembre. 10 lost. Trotsky calls for peace terms at Brest Litovsk with self determination and no annexations. allied participation threatened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dee
Ventelia
Bassano
Asolone
Corn War Office
Piave
Chamyasue
Ous
Mediterranean
Chateaure Nailt
Chateaune Vault
Novientbre
Leon Trotsky
Brest Litovsk
Trotsky
To Watch the Reservoirs at St Marys Lake
Local citizens propose deputizing watchful residents to question strangers visiting Lake St Marys banks. The aim is to protect the lake during wartime from possible mischief by alien enemies and ensure the water level is kept within bounds. No specific incident is cited, but vigilance is urged during high water stages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Mary's
Lake St. Marys
Red Cross Christmas Eye plan blamed for fires
State Fire Marshal T Alfred Fleming said the original Red Cross Christmas Eye plan would have caused many fires if followed. The plan used a lighted candle behind a poster in a window. Fleming outlined a safer alternative using an electric bulb and strict safety arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Red Cross
T. Alfred Fleming
Fleming
Candlestick Fire Marshal Orders Ohio Sale
Fire Marshal T Alfred Fleming today ordered the sale of pyroxdide candlesticks after tests showed the sticks to be highly inflammable. The move follows experiments across Ohio and aims to curb fire risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
T. Alfred Fleming Ysterday
Councilman exonerated after disloyalty charge from Li ma
Councilman Carl Greibling faced a disloyalty charge after a petition was filed and fellow members pulled him up on the carpet. He has been exonerated with the matter now closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Greibling
Lima
J Ly OBrien Lawyer Handles War Activities For Attorney General
J Ly OBrien, a counsel for the Attorney General, oversees wartime legal activities and related policy actions. The article notes his role in advising on enforcement and strategic legal matters during ongoing hostilities.
Food reports deny no food shortage in Europe
The Food Administration rebuts claims of widespread hunger in France and allied Europe, blaming misreporting and misunderstanding. It cites Lt. Robert E. MacKenzie who clarified his remark about bread, stressing that front line troops are fed and will be protected, while food remains available to those who can pay in London, Paris, Rome and Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Food Administration
America
The
Europe
Men
Germany
Food Administration Bulletin
Robert E. MacKenzie
Canton
Ohio
New York
Paris
MacKenzie
London
Rome
Berlin
England
Italy
Navy Activities Aired by Daniels Amid Food Shortage Claims
A fragment notes Daniels airing Navy activities amid discussions of widespread food shortages. The readable text emphasizes shortages in smaller towns and among the general population, with no clear events or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAVY
Daniels
Judge Brown Announces Subscriptions Repaid From Flood Fund
Judge O Britt Brown secretary of the Flood Prevention Fund says 70 percent of money paid in by citizens will be repaid soon. Original subscriptions totaled 2 000 000 dollars. 30 percent of cash raised funded legal work and conservancy law. W F Binpus treasurer reports auditors at work. 24 000 000 of 25 000 000 bond issue sold. repayments will come from this fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Britt Brown
Conservancy Law
W. F. Binpus
Card brought her hero in a knitted gift in Columbus
Miss Mattie Headley a clerk in Dr John Mongers Vital Statistics bureau put a card into a knitted wrist warmer to invite a proposal. A bashful suitor arrived with a large candy box then disappeared leaving no name or address in the office report from December in Columbus Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Onto
Mattie Headley
John Monger
Bureau of Vital Statistics
France
New Yorker Warns on Handling Coal Stoves
A New Yorker complains that people today lack skill with ordinary coal stoves. He says many fires start because the damper and doors remain open, letting heat escape up the chimney after a good start.
Webster Family Visits Piqua Shoppers
Mrs. Wm. Lchrader and two daughters from Webster were seen in Piqua as shoppers yesterday, joining other locals in a day of purchases and errands.
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Wm. Lchrader
Webster
Munitions Makers Before Probers report on delayed rifle orders
Washington details how private munitions plants delayed early war rifle and machine gun deliveries, then sped up as government needs loomed. Vice President Louis Stoddard of Marlin recalls faulty Army reception, verbal orders in February for 5,000 machine guns, and a rejected $100 each offer before wartime contracts.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
St. Most
Louie &. Stoddara
Marlin Corporation
Steddard
Earle
Rice
Army Ordnance Bureau
Née
Army
Stoddard
Ordnance Department
Department
Navy expands fleet as war prep revealed in House hearing
Secretary Daniels testified before a House subcommittee on Navy war preparations detailing hundreds of ships added to the fleet and large contracts for battleships cruisers destroyers and auxiliaries. He cited 424 ships under construction plus 549 submarine chasers and an expanding force of more than 880,000 sailors and officers since the war began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Sims
Navy Department
Washington
House
Navy
Daniels
Navy Supply Department
Meenan
Britten
Illinois
Department
Sims
Cve Ree
McGowan
Naval Committee
Use of the thrift stamps in Ohio drives appeal
Secretary-Treasurer Strauss of Strauss Hirschberg Co. will supervise distribution of savings stamps to 88 county organizations in Ohio. The Ohio War Savings Committee appeals to 22,000 employers to promote gift purchases, forming a thrift habit and aiding the war effort and commerce. The drive aims to start thousands of savings accounts before year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Strauss
Strauss-Hirschberg Co
Young, Tow
Strous
Ohio War Savings Committee
Esers
H. P. Wolfe
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Camp
Sherman
Horner Tessener
O. Wehager
Ray Wolfe
Camp Sheridan
148Th Infantry
Ambrose Winters
Fred Edgar
Roy M. Lewis
Walker I. Bayley
Harry Smith
Walter Young
Frank RB. Miller
Wesley Morris
Coleman Rose
Robert Tavener
Alfred H. Barlow
Lester Abele
Frank Hume
George Wanders
Carl A. Rein
Tuetons
Grand Lake
J. Ly O'Brian
Gee
Miame Conservancy Board
Probers
House Subcommittee
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