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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1918
Page
6
Allied forces push through the Amiens Somme district as Beaucourt and Le Quesnel fall after intense night fighting. German resistance collapses in places while cavalry and tanks clear routes, with 17 000 prisoners and 200 guns reported captured by noon.
More than 28 000 army raincoats found defective amid broad review of Government stores at a Brooklyn warehouse. Courts and officials say 65 000 coats withheld from a shipment after Pershing France complaints. over 51 percent previously valid. About 19 000 coats remain to be examined. 17 manufacturers already involved. inquiry has led to indictments of numerous individuals and firms.
Lieut Gordon Thorne reports the loss of his wife’s jewelry valued at $12,000 from a hotel in Fort Worth Texas. Thorne, commander of the flying squadron at a local aviation camp, is based in Chicago and is brother of the Montgomery Ward & Co president.
London reports the Franco British drive on the Picardy front featured the war’s fiercest fighting with 65 German planes brought down while British air forces claimed 61 German aircraft losses according to an official report.
Washington reports the United States Guards now number x0 battalions as draft age men are inducted and trained but found disqualified for overseas service. The plan for expanding the force to guard vital parts remains unsettled as existing personnel fill essential roles.
Washington reports the War Industries Board told the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce that passenger car makers must switch to full war production by January 1 1919 to preserve the industry. Voluntary 50 percent curtailment was deemed insufficient amid steel and material shortages.
Franz von Rintelen, the convicted German spy and propagandist in the United States, is reported very ill in Tombs Prison. An order from Attorney General directing his transfer to Newark Jail was refused by Warden John Hanley who cited the prisoner’s fragile condition and the risk of danger from relocation.
Paris reports doctor La Liberte that Marshal Foch is in great humor after recent meetings and meals with Premier Clemenceau. The premier said he found Foch radiant and looking twenty years younger than when last seen.
Washington reports General Kikuzo Otani chosen to command the Japanese section and act as ranking officer of the Allied expedition in Siberia. General Otani will be commander in chief of combined forces with Major General William S Graves commanding the American contingent and serving on the Allied Council.
The article notes New Jersey’s Uncle Sam factory as one of four large shell-loading plants with a daily capacity near 179,000 shells across all sites and an annual total approaching 20 million shells, plus 2.26 million monthly shrapnel shells from private plants. It cites proximity to New York and the mix of shell sizes from 37mm to 8 inch and larger.
Charles W. Morris, a Roanoke, Virginia pacifist, was sentenced in Federal Court to 90 days in jail for distributing Russellite literature. He told the Court he would not fight even if Turks sent an army to America and carried off American women for their harems.
John W. Garrett, American Minister at The Hague, will represent the State Department and head the U S delegation meeting German delegates in Berne Switzerland to discuss the treatment and exchange of prisoners of war.
Chicago report: Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo endorses a flat 80 percent war profits tax. He says adoption of 80 percent would render unnecessary any increase in the existing profits tax rate and believes it undesirable.
Staunton Badger Goodbeare alias H C Garland a Chesapeake and Ohio brakeman was arrested on charges of entering an express car on July 29, holding the messenger and stealing $10,000 in cash and valuables from the car’s safe.
Reported dead in the Louisiana hurricane moving through Southwest Louisiana stood at 26 with many in the path unaccounted for. Injuries may reach 100 and property losses are estimated around 1 million dollars.
The Federal Trade Commission urged President Wilson to commandeer and operate stock yards cold storage plants warehouses refrigerators and cattle cars to curb monopolistic control of meat butter eggs vegetables cheese fish and other foods by the five great packing companies Swift Armour Morris Cudahy and Wilson. The report links ownership to major banks and accuses the firms of manipulating markets restricting supplies and profiteering while seeking favorable rail and yard privileges.
Washington reports new policy placing flight surgeons and physical directors at aviation training fields in the United States and France. Surgeons will live in close touch with fliers to ensure fitness for flight and to supervise rest recreation and relief from duty. Physical directors assist in overseeing recreation and physical training.
A. Mitchell Palmer announced seizure of four more enemy owned corporations in New York with total capitalization over $2,000,000 after a conference with the Washington Advisory Committee by the selling branch of his department.
A boiler explosion aboard a U S steamship killed two men and injured three others. Initial reports place the incident aboard the vessel near port waters with responders at the scene.
Nine fishing schooners were sunk by a German submarine off George's Banks, 60 miles from Nantucket. The auxiliary Helen Murley rescued four survivors and carried them to port. The raid follows prior attacks near Nauset Beach and off Maine, with more vessels targeted in Canadian and Atlantic waters. Sir George Adam Smith reported U S public morale high after a 20 000 mile speaking tour for church and moral war aims.
Washington announces a special four by six flag for munitions factories. It is required when more than half of factory output is ordnance material. The flag features a red border three panels with blue center and white outer panels, and a white bursting bomb emblem in the blue center panel.
London reports the anti Bolshevik movement in Russia growing rapidly with the Bolshevik Soviet organization fractured. Premier Lenine and War Minister Trotzky are said to intend to flee to Germany if the crisis worsens, per Copenhagen telegraph reports.
Sheriff Edward R. Hughes fatally wounded Patrick Ford, a Black man accused of choking a woman, after Ford allegedly threatened the sheriff. The incident follows a spate of public safety violations in the nearby Black community, sparking talk of unrest in Moxahala, near New Lexington, Ohio.
Two tugmen drowned and two were rescued after the Ash tabula overturned while towing the freighter Oakes in the Cuyahoga river. The dead are Earl Mallorman, 86, engineer, and George Denny, 32. Captain Howard Kemmett and William Spooner were saved.
Privates Otto M. McSwain and Patrick McGatton, deserters from Camp Lee Virginia, along with Hall a street car motorman serving a long statutory sentence, walked out of Knox County jail after taking outdoor keys from Jailer William Blunk's pocket in Vincennes Indiana.
Ottawa announces Canada will be represented by a military unit of about 4,000 men in the expeditionary force allied governments will send to Liberia. A detailed statement is promised soon.
Stockholm dispatch reports British and French consuls arrested by Bolsheviks were freed due to Sweden's Moscow representatives efforts. The release marks a diplomatic development in wartime Europe with consular officials unharmed.
Dr James Abraham Leonard, former Mansfield Ohio State Reformatory superintendent and noted criminologist, died in Detroit. Born 1854 in Pennsylvania, he mentored many youths and his work rescued numerous young men from crime. He and his wife raised six children, and his institution reclaimed two thirds of those under care.
The United States Department of Agriculture outlines steps to produce high quality farm butter. Key tasks include clean milk and cream, precise ripening temperatures, controlled churning, thorough washing, and correct salting and packing.
A market report fragment describes wrapping butter in white parchment and sealing in paraffined cartons. It also instructs to clean the churn and all butter making utensils.
The United States Department advocates glazed earthenware butter crocks but warns glaze imperfections cause absorption and unsanitary conditions. For market use the one pound rectangular print is preferred for its appearance, handling convenience, and carton compatibility.
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