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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1918
Page
4
The piece credits American depth charges and warfare methods for limiting U boat effectiveness. It notes the American Navy introduced depth bombs for anti submarine warfare and helped curb German U boat mobility over the past 14 months. It concludes German submarines are unlikely to hinder U S transport efforts.
The article urges Barre residents to fund a communal war chest supporting Red Cross YMCA K of C Salvation Army and other drives. It notes impending quotas as the U.S. enters a long war and calls for orderly, installment contributions from each person. It also discusses American troops joining the war, convoy safety, and the intertwined fate with France in the fight against tyranny.
A fragment notes that American sailors who fought submarines in European waters could help meet the submarine menace at home. It stresses the need to apply wartime defense lessons to protect the whole coast as embargos and threats persist.
Massachusetts food administrator Henry Endicott criticizes the war chest plan for relief work, arguing it dampens individual effort. Proponents cite equitable burden sharing and greater efficiency, with Brattleboro Reformer praising the approach and Philadelphia launching a city program as part of a broader push to pool resources.
About 250 survivors of the steamship Carolina reached port aboard the coasting steamer Keer after escaping German gunfire and a submarine raid fifty miles off the Delaware capes. Lifeboat openings, calm leadership, and women singing the Star Spangled Banner marked the perilous journey before the coast guard and sailors aided the stranded.
A wartime poem extols women behind the line marching with resolve to support soldiers. The colonel's wife, a mother, and a maiden join in duties from comforting troops to sustaining home fires. Sisters and friends declare they will keep the nation strong while men fight abroad.
A wartime letter from Corporal Parker in France details frontline conditions and air raids, referencing Maggie’s illness, sugar supplies, and longing for home. He mentions Carl Prescott, Frank Clark, Roy Coleman, and social ties to Mr. Parker on the Bichardeom Road as he writes about weather, trenches, and time away from family.
General Pershing stated that American and German patrols clashed with three Germans killed. Engagements occurred five to seven miles apart along a front where U S troops are entrenched in Lorraine. A destroyer concrete observation post was reported destroyed, with further contact noted across the same district.
The article describes President Wilson directing a full official inquiry into graft and dishonesty accusations tied to the aircraft board. Howard E. Coffin presses for fair investigation to protect innocent reputations as Borglum’s charges are discredited by Wilton letter, with the inquiry led by Hum and referred to the Department of Justice for a thorough review.
A Sunday school superintendent tried to show off pupil intelligence. He asked children who goes to Heaven. Tommy replied The dead lines. A joke about alienist examination mocks medical scrutiny.
A confrontation traces rumors about shared ancestors as one party challenges another about who their true forebears are, highlighting tensions over lineage and identity.
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