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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1918
Page
2
Washington reports highlight pivotal wartime moments and factory and industrial activity affecting both domestic and overseas fronts. The chronicle emphasizes the interplay of land and sea theaters in shaping broader history and policy.
Allied forces press the German retreat from the Vesle to the Aisne as Franco American troops seize Fismes and hold the Vesle south bank. Germans burn stores and abandon lines near Le Bassee and Robecq while Soissons and the Soissons Rheims pocket shrink. Senate debate urges ratification of woman suffrage. Camp Upton expands. US Russia entry plans advance. Red Cross nursing surge asked. 800 non draft inspectors needed. Wilson greets King George and mulls a fourth Liberty Loan tour amid Republican opposition.
The article notes cuts to daily and Sunday papers while Congress debates the selective service act extending to ages eighteen to forty five. It reports War Department plans for 4 million men in training and a possible 4 million in service, plus antitrust developments at International Harvester and a Wilson letter urging the Anthony suffrage amendment.
General note on the 61st ship christening in Woe Ishand and the destroyer Mahon at Fore River. Indictment for Rudolph Quessner in a sugar thoarding case. A chief of staff statement cites one in twenty wounded dying. Six thousand dentists attend a Chicago convention. US coal production for Jay period given as 12.8 million tons. House Ways and Means backs an installment tax provision in a new war revenue bill. Frederick W. Mansfield withdraws from MA governor race in favor of William A. Gaston. War Dept starts a school to train officers in optimal use of curse space. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst noted among speakers in Labour Dept information service.
General Pershing reports 1,000,000 U S troops in France with 300,000 men to be sent abroad in July. The Rainbow division credited with defeating Prussian guards. Yale ROTC cadets complete artillery training and head to Camp Jackson. Production hits 2,000,000 rifles. Crowder calls Hawaii registrants for general duty. Rumely Kaufmann charged over Evening Mail misstatements. Palmer reveals alien property investments totaling over 50 million in Liberty bonds.
The Cleveland Grand Circuit meet reports a new two heat record for trotting stallions. Jim Vaughn leads major league pitchers with 21 victories this season. The American League and National League plan a joint end to the championship season by September and a possible world series starting September 3. Billy Nelly wins the United States Hotel Stakes at Sarantora Racecourse. Ichiya Kumagee withdraws from the national singles championship citing unfairness to American players. The National Baseball League aims to close its season by September.
Reports from Berlin show Finnish and Russian plenipotentiaries meeting to draft a peace accord while German delegates prepare to assist. Britain notes enlarged navy and convoy use improving sea safety. A Peru copper camp epidemic halts operations and an American prisoner visit details Red Cross parcels boosting morale.
The torpedoing of the British hospital ship Warilda near a British port causes 105 to 130 deaths, including nurses and Americans. Over 650 survivors are treated, with many patients dying in a ward room flooded after the blast. Rescue efforts are described as heroic amid darkness and chaos.
Allied forces press attacks along the Vesle river between Soissons and Rheims as German defenses stiffen. Pershing notes heavy artillery duels and a retreating German front, with French American and British forces widening the pressure beyond the Vesle toward the Aisne.
The Harvester trust will be dissolved following a October term decree confirming its 1900s era ruling as a restraint of trade. The action follows International Harvester's withdrawal of its appeal and may impact other major trusts. The decree requires disposal of brands Osborn e Milwaukee and Champion and related equipment and restricts Harvester to a single representative per city after 1919.
Washington report states 98 of 100 air mail flights in July were perfect with no forced landings or mechanical issues. The July 20 Washington to New York flight set a record by taking two hours and five minutes.
Mrs Woodrow Wilson christened the Quistcoack the first vessel from Hog Island Philadelphia during a launch attended by President Wilson and an estimated 75 000 to 100 000 spectators a large crowd observed the ceremony with enthusiasm and ceremony.
It urges American women to support the war by conserving food and buying Liberty bonds. The piece contrasts American life with Europe’s war-struck reality and calls women to pour their savings into Uncle Sam, supporting soldiers abroad while securing the world’s democracy.
A Cincinnati report describes a hostile poster showing an American bulldog chasing a German dachshund with Teufelhund, the German nickname for U S marines. The image allegedly sparked bullying of local dachshunds by children, driving many from Cincinnati streets.
The navy bean is abundant in the armed forces and proposed for liberal use at home to save other foods for the soldier boys. Chicago food administrators urge households to incorporate it into meals, aligning civilian consumption with war needs.
Friends visiting Alton Illinois bring their own sugar for refreshments. Each family receives a two pound ration, reflecting a period of scarce sugar supply and rationing influencing social gatherings.
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