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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1918
Page
24
Washington March 30 The war savings fund reaches 100 million dollars cash in the treasury with monthly inflows at about 700 million dollars annually. Officials expect the rate to reach 1.68 billion shortly after the Liberty loan drive, with subscriptions estimated over 600 million dollars.
The article notes the opening of the third Liberty loan and a War Savings Fund near $160 million. It expects pledge drives for Dig bonds to raise an additional $200 million, reflecting English experience where war savings certificates surged during Victory loans, with British societies credited for lifting the loan to a thousand million sterling.
A brief cartoon caption from the Louisville Courier Journal shows a man counting noses while a passerby jokes about needing powder before counting hers. The exchange highlights light newsroom humor and character interaction.
New York reports a spike in U S merchant ship construction due to wartime losses. The U S Shipping Board trains landbound recruits into sailors, aiming to place fifty lads daily into active service and build a peacetime merchant fleet with a national sea training bureau based in Boston.
W. F. Prendergast, a Chicagoan and private in the Dublin Fusiliers, brought out a photograph from Sennelager prison camp in November 1914. He describes two British POWs tied to a post, a bowl of soup used as torture during 48 hours of hunger, wooden shoes, and round caps, noting starvation days followed and the German camp commandant present. He comments on current camp training in Kansas.
South Carolina newspapers react reluctantly to United States Senator Benjamin Ryan Tillman announcing his bid for re election. Only the Columbia Record endorses him while major papers like The Greenville News question his move and urge stronger allies such as Congressman A F Laver. The Post argues Tillman’s war record cannot match rival service to the administration.
Plans by Sioux Falls capitalists to use the Missouri River as an artery for Montana lignite coal aim to supply South Dakota next winter. A barges line will transport coal to Dakota shipping points, aided by jitney trucks and downhill currents, with back-up truck power for upriver moves. High railroad freight rates previously suppressed Montana coal markets.
Amsterdam March 30 The German postoffice authorities who control telegraph and telephone services decide to replace the overhead wires with underground conduits over the next few years. The move follows repeated wartime breakdowns and storms.
London March 30 One of the large marine insurance firms has launched a profit sharing plan for clerks. Profits above the prior charge of 10 percent on capital, amounting to 2 percent, will be given to trustees to split into two equal parts. One goes to staff by years of service and the other as recognition for efficient service. The scheme runs five years as an experiment.
An inexpensive home remedy claims to loosen inflamed membranes and relieve chest congestion. The ad extols Pinox as a fast, effective cough syrup, advising a 2 ounce dose in a pint bottle for a family supply at $2.50, promising better sleep and easier breathing.
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