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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1918
Page
4
Vermont news and war commentary cover Allied morale from Leige to Cantigny and assess German advances. It urges apple crop protection, restraint on private chauffeurs, and a volunteer harvest drive by clergy judges and merchants to aid farmers and conserve manpower for war.
The article weighs the cost of German losses since March 21 1918 and notes Germany has not won a final victory. It credits nearly a million American troops in France with aiding the Allied front line and hindering the German advance. It argues the coming months will show whether American reinforcements can stem the invasion and break the German offensive spirit.
A French Army officer Lieutenant Gustave Vanel and mechanic W O'Brien were bruised but uninjured when a French biplane carrying 4000 mail packages overturned as it lifted from Mineola field. The crash halted the New York to Boston air mail run. officials hoped another plane would launch that day, otherwise mail would move via land routes. The accident was blamed on uneven ground and a wheel catching in a rut as the craft attempted ascent.
Sugar certificater urges residents to secure their sugar supply before rush as inventories remain uncertain. Local updates note Neale RB Godfrey’s visit home from the arsenal in Sprin Mass, Ronald Irons’ return from agricultural school, and D. Newell R. Farnham’s business visits in Barre and Montpelier. Other items include Dr. Charles A. Gale’s Montpelier medical convention trip and Bernard Hayward’s enlistment planning to Fort Slocum. William Neal Roberts completes Harvard radio course and eyes European fleet assignment. C F holds a practice drill June 4. Lasell returns to Springfield for work. visits from George Dillingham and Raymond Grearson. Miss Cora Kennedy active in Waterbury.
A Barre Times reader urges removing beer barrels debris at Hope cemetery entrance and improving sidewalks. The letter advocates a community fund and notes local plant labor concerns at Tauber Ryttenberg Co, urging fair wages and better conditions for Barre workers amid union activity.
The Brattleboro Reformer notes the chief gain from union services is better understanding among Christian bodies and a shift toward cooperative rather than denominational work. Meanwhile Montpelier navy and army offices report a near completion of a recruitment drive, with about 35 men presenting and multiple enlistments or rejections among May 30 and 31 applicants.
Notice warns all males turning twenty one since June 5 1917 to register by the set date in Barre Vermont under the May 20 1918 act. It directs appearance at 8 pm at city council chamber and states failure to register will be published by the city. Signed James Mackay city clerk examiner.
Writings stress that war and economic change raise standards of value while workers must assert control over industrial and labor conditions. They urge alertness to ensure living and working conditions in Barre and the Tauber Ryttenberg factory improve for the living, not the dead.
Telegram to Mr and Mrs George H Bishop reports Bertrand S Bishop of Walla Walla Wash dead while working as a foreman for Pai Por company on a construction project. Details incomplete but body expected in Walla Walla and burial planned there. He leaves a wife and three children.
Obituary notes mention a Mr. Bison born July 1878 in Barke, survived by sister Mrs F Mann of Orange street and brothers William J. Bishop of Washington street and Clarence F. Bishop, a sailor stationed at Pensacola. He left the city about a decade ago and lived in Walla Walla eight years. Lamoille Valley fair announced for Morrisville August 27 to 29, last year the event was omitted. J C White, naval recruiting station head at Portland, transferred to Albany, N Y, to take effect mid month.
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