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CANTON SLOVAKSiPLEDGE LOYALTYTO ALLIED CAUSEThousand, Marching I ndi'iOld (i I or v, ParadeSlreels Of Cilv.HOLD MASS MI I IINlt;iI'alrinlie Spccclu's Made AlAuditorium When \llei'ianee Is Show n.Canton Sunday saw tin* spirit of | the allies demonstrated b\ subjects of 1 the (’entral powers. Those people throughout the country pledg'd tlo irallegiance to the Knifed States andmade the cause of the allies their cause at meetings held Sunday.Slovak day was observed in Can-ton Sunday by one thousand Slovak* ‘and Roumanians, including delegations from Akron and Massillon, at 2 o’clock fu tlie afternoon.Parade is HeldSocieties, seven in number, marched in a parade which was formed In ; the south end of the city The route of the parade was along Market i\\ to Sixth st and down Cleveland nv t, the Auditorium, where a mass meet*i ing was held.Two Slovak Falcons lead the parade as dispatchers followed by thej Marine hand playing the war songs I of the soldiers over there. Nine girls dressed as Red Cross nurse* i bore the American emblem, TheSlovak women lad hv one carrying abanner. We are fighting the Raise.*with our knitting needles. introduced the Slovak knitters. These women wore the native costume representing the thirteen divisions of the Slovak lands.The National Slovak society, No.!i2s, bote the banner ins« ribed The allies, Americana and Slovaks are one and indivisible. Two hundred and fifty thousand are fighting and 160,-; 0t0 are n ad v to go.RoumanianThe Roumanians who are fightingfor the same cause as the Slovaks, were the guests of the day A wagon representing the refugees’ way of(Continued on Page 3, lt;ol. 5)
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Canton Daily News
Canton, Ohio, US
Mon, Jul 29, 1918
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