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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1918
Page
4
Swiss despatches report Austria Hungary government forbids circulation of the Leipzig Neueste Nachrichten in the kingdom. The paper had run strong articles on Austro Hungarian affairs deemed distasteful to Pan Germanists.
Romanian and Montenegrin soldiers join Czech and Slovak troops on the Italian front. An official despatch says technical difficulties are resolved and Italian army officials approve the integration of these allied forces.
Amsterdam Aug 21 Moscow dispatch reports former Russian Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovitch arrested by Bolsheviks. He is uncle to the late Emperor and father of Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovitch who was recently named an honorary captain in the British army.
An American dentist in Berlin, writing in 1918, recalls German public mood on the eve of World War I. He notes widespread support for the Kaiser, youthful war fervor, and belief in a swift victory, contrasting it with historical uprisings and the haunting idea that Germany sought freedom of the seas and economic parity with Britain. The piece frames the era as a turning point in German history and warns that beliefs may misjudge the future.
Captain Philip O Mills former Harvard football player and son of General Samuel M Mills was killed in action July 25. He drove an ambulance in France before the war and earned his captain’s commission at Plattsburg. He went to France with his regiment in April and was a St Pauls and Harvard graduate.
Italian soldiers and civilians harvested grain on the Piave River's right bank despite enemy artillery. The district endured heavy shelling as the harvest proceeded, the Rome dispatches reported today.
The War Industries Board announced new woolen clip prices to rag collectors from 8 to 70 cents per pound for woolen clips, 5 to 48 cents for men's wear clips, and 5 to 4 cents for women's wear. The rates apply to sales Aug 22 through Oct 1, with further changes to follow based on Federal Trade Commission data.
Karl Feldman president of the Berlin Arline Works and a leading pro German sympathizer is sent to Fort Oglethorpe for internment during the war. Germans from New York and New England join Feldman on the same train bound for the internment camp.
New York Aug 21 Two hundred fifty women from the Atlantic division of the American Red Cross will sail before Nov 1 to serve in French hospitals. They were selected for cheerfulness and will work as convalescent soldiers’ companions, remaining abroad one year without pay.
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