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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1918
Page
3
Wartime revenue needs push a billion dollars from alcohol taxes while prohibitionists hesitate to press immediate nationwide ban. President Wilson backs delaying full prohibition to January 1920, guiding Senate talks toward war revenue first and easing fiscal shocks on households.
Coup d etat places General Hor vath in control of all Russian forces in the Far East. Chhecho Slovaks suffer another reverse at the Ussuri. German battalion mutinies lead to executions. Seventy German divisions active since August 8. British Fourth Army pushes from Amiens front, over forty miles of front. Since August 21, over 21,000 prisoners taken. Italian reconnaissance parties report fat and war material captured on the middle Plave.
Washington reports the senate passed the administration draft bill extending conscription from eighteen to forty five with no major anti strike amendment. The house will confer if the Thomas anti strike amendment is included. the measure passed 83 to 6 with most opponents defeated.
Washington reports allied nations will adopt a uniform wheat and bread timetable after September 1. The U.S. with ample grain and no bumper harvest plans to sustain deficits if a victory bread and meals system continues. Domestic wheatless days and meals end, but bread abroad must match the brand used at home.
The Emergency Fleet Corporation will construct a fleet of 75 deep sea trawlers at the request of the Food Administration. The aim is to boost fish production, with haddock and other salt water species increasing, enabling weekly carloads to Interior markets throughout the year.
Allied forces push through German lines on a 12 mile front from Chauthes to Laucourt, drive to the outskirts of Roye and seize villages along the Somme. British, Canadian and American troops report gains north of the Scarpe and near Peronne while Germans defend a new rear line.
The fuel administration calls on the public east of the Mississippi to curb gasoline use on Sundays except for motorcycles and motorboats, with further notices to come. In Michigan, Henry Ford defeats Republican rival Newberry for Senate, Democrats nominate Ford. Paris reports increasing U S troops to France will enable Marshal Foch to form a reserve army for a spring offensive. London notes a British air raid on Manchester damaged German chemical plants. Paris says France will send 30 air fighters to Brazil to train pilots.
In Nogales Sonora a border clash left one American officer dead and many wounded. Civilians were killed and the fighting drew reinforcements from infantry and a cavalry regiment. A Mexican customs incident sparked the cross border exchange as bullets struck homes and residents sheltered indoors.
London announces Kermit Roosevelt earned the Military Cross for leadership with the British army in Mesopotamia. He served as a major in the motor service and distinguished himself. He recently transferred to the American army and received a commission at Cape Jauin
Prince Nikolai Goluzin says Kerensky allied with Bolsheviki and urges entente to rush one million troops to aid counterrevolutionaries in Russia. He names 250000 from America and warns of German and Bolshevik danger. He cites Metropolis ceremony ties and calls for action.
New Jersey Fish Commission chairs say profiteering claims are unfounded as investigations show price changes stem from fish scarcity, not retailer profit. Coast wholesale prices vs Newark and Jersey City retail prices illustrate the gap, with transport costs and overhead shaping margins.
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