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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1918
Page
14
Swiss readers are urged to adopt fat rationing alongside bread meat and coal cards. The Neue Zürcher Zeitung argues fat is essential in extraordinary times and can be substituted by peanuts, stone oils, and sunflowers planted along roads to ease shortages.
The Canal Zone has created a vast pasturage area in jungle to feed a population of 150000 with beef and milk. Chief quartermaster R K Morris leads efforts to render food independence for war needs, using idle land and workers to boost tropical agriculture and match Gorgas in impact.
London reports narratives from reliable sources refuting German claims of depth charge ineffectiveness. A British patrol boat aimed to ram a U boat recharging near the surface, dropping six depth charges and firing at the disturbance. Oil surfaced and one survivor was found. A British subrammed an enemy sub, both boats entangled, and the German sank after ballast actions.
London reports a flood of volunteers eager to join the Guards. Many ex-miners released under the combing out order travel from the north to enlist, drawn by the glamour of the regiments. Most sign for full army service rather than wartime only.
Milwaukee woman Mrs. Clara Nitz, fifty four, sues her husband Arthur R. Nitz, fifty eight, for divorce alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. She says he told her she needed a shave.
Spencertown New York Joseph Satriale radio operator on the President Lincoln sunk by a German U-boat survived adrift eighteen hours before rescue and says U boats will have little impact on shipping while American destroyers and chasers are at sea. The sighting of floatwood draws many small boats each time.
The West Virginia state board of education voted unanimously to end the German language in all state schools effective immediately. The resolution targets classroom instruction across districts, sparking debate over language study and cultural history.
A North Carolina board drafted a man with a single eye for service at Camp Lee Virginia. The report notes the unusual selection amid the wartime draft.
Arthur Guy Empey, an American in Jersey City, joins the British Army after the Lusitania sinking. He trains in France, serves in front trenches, learns siege danger, meets cooties, and experiences listening posts. A chaplain rescues wounded under fire as Empey digs No Man’s Land and goes over the top in a costly attack.
In a narrator’s wartime reminiscence soldiers explain field punishments from No 1 crucifixion with limber wheel to No 2 confinement in the clink and pack drill. The piece also recounts improvised machine gun camouflage and a daring ruse to locate Fritz’s gun, ending in a lethal counterplot and battalion bragging.
Three days after silencing Fritz, German gas drifted toward the British trench with a five mile per hour wind. A new periscope operator spotted a greenish yellow cloud and alarms rang as troops donned respirators. Gas moves fast, leaving roughly eighteen to twenty seconds to react.
Empey is assigned to the intelligence department and discovers the work is tougher than expected. The next installment details his experiences in the new role as a spy catcher and the challenges he confronts.
The Carnegie hero fund commission awarded 24 heroism recognitions at its fourteenth annual meeting. Seven silver medals and 17 bronze medals were given. Ten heroes died, with pensions totaling 4,560 dollars annually to nine dependents. Two cases received 2,100 dollars for education, and 11 cases received 8,000 dollars for other purposes. Payments await commission approval.
Consul Walter F Boyle reports an American company has imported and erected the first cornmeal mill at San Pedro Sula Honduras. The U S purchased equipment in the United States and set up a small machine, marking the start of a new industry as wartime efforts boost cereal production.
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