United States Stance on Russia Unchanged
U S officials say no feasible plan for positive action in regard to Russia has been agreed. The State Department will maintain its current attitude until there is a development of great importance in Russia.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1918
Page
6
U S officials say no feasible plan for positive action in regard to Russia has been agreed. The State Department will maintain its current attitude until there is a development of great importance in Russia.
Advertisement claims Dr Williams Pink Pills restore strength and color after grip and nervous fatigue. Testimonial from William K Marvell of Lowell Massachusetts describes recovery through the pills which nourish nerves by enriching blood. Pills contain no opiates and are sold by mail or local druggists with a six box package offer.
An advertisement promotes purified cocoanut oil as a superior shampoo option. It argues most soaps and shampoos contain alkali that dries the scalp and harms hair, while cocoanut oil provides a greaseless, rich lather that cleanses and leaves hair silky and manageable. It notes the oil is cheap and widely available at drug stores.
An old segment advertises a simple method to remove facial neck and arm hair using a water paste of powdered delatone. It claims painless application and permanent results if real delatone is used, applied for two to three minutes then wiped away.
A detailed explanation clarifies the proposed Allied intervention in Russia and the feasibility concerns. Officials discuss the Bolshevik challenge, cadet politics, and the need for international control, while noting geographic limits for troop movements from Arctic ports to Siberia.
Brigadier General Benjamin D. Foulois is relieved as chief of the American expeditionary forces air service and named head of the First Army air service by General Pershing. Colonel Robert N. Paddock to succeed Foulois, likely with early brigadier general promotion.
Continuation from the first page notes efforts to expand war work in the eastern states including Altoona New Jersey Delaware and eastern Maryland excluding Baltimore detailing organizational steps and local participation.
Government map marks restricted districts and will push new contracts through the War Industries Board. Contracts moved to western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois Mississippi Valley and the South to expand output while preventing idle plants in the congested East. The drive aims to boost production as demand outstrips capacity across the nation.
German aircraft rendered aid to both sides in a battle that exhausted the Emperor’s fliers until so many were destroyed or damaged the fight could not continue.
On June 5 two British officers leading a patrol encountered a German Halberstadt two seater acting as a decoy. Six German scouts joined, then six more attacked their own forces, allowing British leaders to steer the fight. The Halberstadt was shot down and additional German planes collided in the chaotic melee as the British prevailed.
A British pilot and observer fought off four enemy planes, the observer killed, and the pilot cratered a German machine before returning to base with his dead comrade strapped in. In a separate night action, ground searchlights aided a pilot to shoot down a German bomber.
New York dispatch reports the Cunard line transport Ausonia torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine several hundred miles off the British coast while en route to the United States. Private cables say the vessel belonged to Cunard and was on her westward voyage.
A training plane fell at the San Leon aerial gunnery range near Ellington Field Houston. First Lieutenant Roger Montgomery of Tunica Mississippi, an aerial gunnery instructor, was killed. Second Lieutenant William R. Hartlin, the pilot, was slightly bruised.
Massachusetts must furnish 43 carpenters 3 cooks 6 locomotive repairmen 4 wooden bridge carpenters 3 railroad track foremen 1 railroad grade foreman and 82 laborers under the first call from Washington. Men from Class 1 will be taken. failure to meet numbers shifts to Classes 2D 3K and L. Recruits go to Vancouver Washington from June 15 to June 23. Divisions 6 8 15 17 20 and 24 in Boston are called. Division 11 Hudson Marlboro and nearby towns supply five cooks. Chelsea must send 17 laborers. other districts have one or two each.
Three sailors landed at Buckroe Beach near Newport News Virginia in a small boat. Hunger drove them to seek food at a cottage and they were picked up by soldiers. The men identified themselves as seamen from a French merchant ship they deserted after a captain dispute and are held at Fortress Monroe.
Corine Gaudreau credits Fruit-a-tives with curing years of indigestion and constipation after a neighbor's tip and a doctor's approval. The ad urges others with indigestion constipation or headaches to try Fruit-a-tives, priced 50c a box six for 2.50 and trial size 25c, sold at dealers or Fruit-Acer Limited Ogdensburg.
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