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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1918
Page
8
In March 14 dispatch from the Lorraine front a Black American soldier from Alabama meets a Black French colonial on a quarry work detail. The scene focuses on how race and wartime roles intersect amid frontline life.
The scene opens with a social party phrase and a tense exchange as a Black speaker addresses another Black man about his language and loyalties. A sudden outburst of French words shocks the Alabama boy, who questions his own understanding.
New York reports official statistics showing Britain increased cereals by 850000 tons and potato output by 5000000 tons last year. Civilian clothing standardization rises, 804000 women enter industries, aircraft up 250 percent, ships up 1 165 000 tons, while coal reserves aid shipping and Egypt Mesopotamia Palestine supply.
John H. Walker of the Illinois Federation of Labor labeled pacifists as three kinds during a Labor Hall address. He warned against strikes and lockouts to support the war effort and urged worker organization and cooperative societies to boost production. James Morgan chaired the session.
The Liberty Bond drive totals reach 495 750 with further gains expected as roads improve and more farmers are surveyed. Cheyenne clubwomen report 63 000 in four days from a house to house canvass with 53 000 already turned in and the rest due Friday. State capitol employees have purchased 4 000 in bonds and the Stock Growers National Bank urges quick orders.
Deputy Hob Southwick of Converse county and two prisoners stopped in Cheyenne on the way to Rawlins to deliver them to the state penitentiary. One prisoner, Wolf, is serving life for murder. The other is jailed for forgery.
Gov. Frank L. Houx issued a requisition Friday to the secretary of the navy for J. L. Nesbitt wanted in Sheridan for forgery. Nesbitt is under military arrest at the San Diego naval training station. Sheriff C. Mossberg of Sheridan county will carry the papers to the navy secretary. This marks the first time a fugitive requisition was issued on authority other than a state or territorial governor.
Chicago April 12 Large sums are wagered by shipyard employees on which coast builds ships faster Meyer Bloomfield of the Emergency Fleet Corporation reported after returning from a Pacific coast inspection The Oregon yard reportedly bet 20000 on beating a Fall River Massachusetts company The Oregon yard’s employer then took over the bet and both yards sped up work to win.
The National German American Alliance announces immediate dissolution at a Philadelphia meeting. Officers are instructed to transfer 30,000 dollars in the treasury to the American Red Cross. R A M Scholty of Baltimore disclosed the decision after hours of behind closed doors.
Advertisement promotes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets to end a cold in one day. It claims to stop cough and headache and to work off the cold, with E. W. Grove’s signature on each box. Price 5c.
The report lists 6 am conditions with a temperature of 46 degrees and a normal 40 degree date. It notes a 2 degree drop in the last 24 hours and a high of 55 degrees at 1 pm with a low of 96 degrees at 6 40 am. Wind reached 20 miles per hour from the southwest at 2 30 pm and total precipitation since January 1 is 0.19 inches.
Albert B. Woolums of Gillette enlisted in the regular army at Fort Logan Colorado after being reported delinquent by Campbell County Wyoming. He explains patriotic motive and misadventures with crops cattle and a dry well before enlisting and being transferred to Fort Riley Kansas.
Representative Siegel reported to the House that through April 10 the nation had called 471,213 drafted men to training camps. The figure reflects ongoing mobilization as the United States expands the pool of draftees.
A damaged advertisement urges readers to mail a slip to Foley & Co. in Chicago for a trial package of Poley’s Honey and Tear Compound, Kidney Pills, and other remedies. It promises cough, croup, pain relief, and rheumatic backache benefits.
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