30 Jan 1918
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1918
Page
1
An Allied air raid over eastern England began at 0 30 and continues. No enemy planes penetrated London defenses by this hour though reports say bombs may have fallen on the city outskirts. The official communication notes one wave crossed Essex and Kent and challenged London defenses.
Official reports say forty seven killed and one hundred sixty nine injured in last night's air raids. about fifteen German planes participated with four or five reaching London in the first raid. only one raider reached the city in the second attack. one raider was shot down over the sea, its crew perishing, while all British pilots returned safely. a raider downed in Essex was hailed as a success.
Versailles France January 29 Allied leaders from Britain France Italy and the United States attended a supreme War Council session led by Georges Clemenceau. The meeting is considered extraordinary as it prepares operations for the coming campaign to be presented for decision.
Juarez reports Villa followers killed more than 110 soldiers and workmen twenty five miles south of Santa Roeglia when dynamite blew up a work train bound for Bellano to repair the line. Francisco Villa led the assault in person as the passenger train was robbed and burned nearby last Wednesday.
An Atlantic port report states the Swedish steamer An gist arrived with its second officer aboard. Captain A B Waerns allegedly shot and fatally wounded the first officer G B Furst at sea last Saturday and then shot himself. The captain's body was not recovered.
Two armed women robbed a dry goods store on the city outskirts, taking clothing including about six dozen pairs of trousers after failing to obtain money from the proprietor. They fled the scene and were pursued by local officials.
Washington January 20 The United States plans to license all oil wells as the next step in fuel control. Oil Director Requa has been developing a government plan for control of oil output for several weeks.
A dispatch from Petrograd notes Romania received ten hours notice to leave Russia and depart for Stockholm at midnight. Trotsky announced in Petrograd that Russia would sever diplomatic ties with Romania, seize Romanian gold in Moscow, and outlaw Gen. Stcherbathell. Reports say Bolsheviks claim 1.2 billion rubles in gold and that Brest-Litovsk talks may resume.
After three days of heavy fighting, Ukrainian rada troops defeat Bolshevik forces and seize Lutak. The clash sees substantial losses on both sides with air support aiding the Ukrainian advance.
Mrs. Lincoln Valentine, a Cinate Malian, has spent years in Washington and now aims to involve Spanish American women in Red Cross knitting and sewing efforts. Patterns and samples have come from Washington to aid the work.
Hearings reveal informal complaints that Wisconsin cheese and cream factories are being squeezed out by condensaries controlled by large packers. Probers consider impacts on pork supply from skimmed milk losses and question why packer hides command higher prices than country hides amid government contract specs.
Paducah Kentucky harbor damage from a river jam leaves eleven steamboats and two dry docks listed as damaged or missing. The Magle Packet line based in St. Louis reports four ships valued at four hundred thousand dollars among losses.
A Times dispatch reports Russia faces a severe epidemic driven by malnutrition as revealed in Russian papers. The alert connects widespread hunger to public health declines, signaling broader implications for the region and allied capitals.
Reports from Geneva indicate the Trevose headquarters of the German crown prince was bombarded by British aircraft. Information received today confirms the attack and notes Allied action near Trevose.
New York January 29. In the year since unrestricted submarine warfare began quotes show 69 American vessels totaling 171061 gross tons sunk by submarines mines and raiders. Since February 7 the United States has seized 107 vessels totaling 184494 gross tons, leaving a net gain of 15433 gross tons. lives lost exceed 100.
A severe cold wave hit Cheyenne with temperatures plunging from 22 degrees above zero to below zero within half an hour. The local Weather Bureau warned the cold would continue today and tomorrow with light snow possible, as forecasters cited the strongest winter freeze in years.
French forces penetrated German positions southeast of Sepoy Ie Jlaut in upper Alsace after artillery prep, destroying fortifications and taking prisoners. The war office reported heavy action near Four de Marns and Hartmanns Weilerkopf, plus German air losses and a major French bombing on Conflans station and St Frivas factories.
In Detroit on January 28 John C. Slusarsky admitted threatening Henry Ford and his son in a payroll extortion scheme. He used a decoy parcel at the drop spot, was captured, and awaits grand jury action after pleading guilty before U S Commissioner Hurd.
San Francisco January 2 federal officials say Miss Theodora Polgh of Oakland is under arrest as a suspect in a coast bomb conspiracy. They believe a missing link connects I W W and German plots with the preparedness day bomb and the attack on Governor Stephens.
An explosion described as a windy shot tore through the Halley coal mine at Lutemarly in McAlester Oklahoma today, wreacking the mine and killing two workers. Authorities investigate the blast and assess damages to the shaft and equipment.
Dispatches from Switzerland and Holland describe a general strike in Berlin and across Germany with most Daimler Roersig Ludwig and General Elective works shut down. Unions are not leading the movement but multiple trades are paralyzed as industrial centers ban meetings and unrest spreads to suburbs and electric and airplane plants.
President Hoover warned Congress he must be granted authority to enforce food conservation nationwide or Congress will bear responsibility for any failure of the grain and food program. The tense exchange centers on executive power and national conservation efforts.
Washington January 29 Two million men will be available for the draft in class No 1 if Congress passes a bill for automatic registration of all men who become 21 by June 1 Provost Marshal General Crowder told a Senate military committee. The bill would not exempt men who have passed the wage of 9 since June 3 Secretary Baker said the booklet would automatically exempt. Crowder opposed removing men from the eligible list when they turn 31 and urged an amendment for special draft of skilled workers to speed up relief and place carpenters plumbers or other skilled artisans into suitable positions. He stressed the need to complete the unified training of workers to identify qualified labor for available jobs.
Lingering ice gorges disrupt freight operations across regions including Virginia Kentucky and Tharanice. Crews report the ice blockage now at seventy feet the highest on record, delaying shipments and hindering winter transport progress.
Washington January 29 rails congestion on eastern lines likely to persist into mid or late March officials say and heavy weather risks river floods delaying thaw will slow traffic. Priority for fuel and war materials remains, with food and essential supplies continuing under McAdoo orders.
Washington Jan 24 Secre tary Wilson ordered a virtual reorganization of the labor department to create a war labor administration. The move aims to draft a broad national labor policy and to unite labor and capital to curb strikes, with a joint board set to meet in Washington to agree on general principles.
Washington January 29 The Senate votes 7 to 6 to approve a measure to relinquish government control over railroads by war’s end The decision follows Commerce Committee completion of the bill and aims to enable railroad operation under private management
London January 20 The armed export rooset Mechandolan was sunk in the English Channel after being attacked on January 20. Three officers and ten men of the crew were boat.
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