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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
2
Plans reveal a fifty seven mile long route, described as the United States most costly road project. Clearing starts in Desha county with actual work due to begin June 7, Desha to Lincoln county links to be built with asphalt and macadam in sections, project budget near $3,000,000.
The May 1 1917 to May 1 1918 report for Dr John Stewart at Apkart Sanitarium Booneville shows 82 patients left, 44 improved, 140 unchanged, 32 unimproved, 100 not tuberculosis, 1 death. Other items note wartime drives, food policy tests, war savings, and local economic efforts across Arkansas with names like Governor Brough, Geo Rupert Blue, and state agencies, plus relief and farm activities and civic projects.
The article details a new sugar order effective June 20 restricting household purchases to two pounds weekly per family, with allowances for five pounds per month for certain uses. It notes broader food conservation measures, including beef substitutes and government distribution, to avert shortages for the army and allies. It cites Hoover’s plea to households to limit beef to one and a quarter pounds per person weekly and explains storage and supply statistics.
The article explains that rubber, named by Americans, was created by Charles Goodyear. It notes 1883 findings that India rubber dissolved in turpentine with lampblack waterproofed leather, but heat and cold caused damage. Goodyear improved the mix by removing ulphor and combining other components to produce rubber.
Final reports to the provost marshal general show 744865 men turned 21 and registered for military service by June 5, well below Census Bureau estimates but boosted by 2000 plus already enlisted. State totals list New York leading with Nevada. nationwide total 766965.
President Wilson approves Maryland style compulsory work laws and urges states to adopt similar measures. Marshal General Crowder supports extending the policy to those below and above the draft ages to enforce work obligations and aid the war effort.
Secretary of the Navy urged wholehearted allegiance to the flag in Albany. He asserted that America belongs to Americans and called for instant repentance and full support for the army and navy amid wartime service and sacrifice. A Cunard liner Ascania was reported ashore off Newfoundland. ships were summoned to assist.
Idaho sheep shearers claim current wages are 15 cents a head and with machines can shear 200 to 800 sheep daily. They demand 20 cents per head and a boss boarding allowance, hoping to reach 28 cents a head. J B Whitson warns of a statewide combining among sheepmen to fix prices.
Sir Arthur Pell, chairman of the House of Commons Channel Tunnel Committee, envisions a postwar railway linking England and France with potential extensions to Constantinople, Calcutta, Cape Town and Peking. Carl Alsberg notes Allied gas superiority and better masks. A Skoda gun works explosion near Pilsen on May 26 killed over 200 and injured 700, heard 160 miles away.
A Paris report notes fewer submarine losses in western central areas and the English Channel since the Zeebrugge and Ostend harbor blockades were semiofficially announced.
Allied forces hold and push back Austrian attacks along the Piave front from Trent to the Venice region. Heavy fighting continues on Montello plateau as Italians and British French units retake ground and inflict large casualties. The Rome War Office reports gains west of San Dona Di Piave and the capture of Capo Sile. over 4,500 Austrians captured by Allies and 12,000 by Austrian estimates.
President Wilson indicated no opposition to separate prohibition legislation but he opposes attaching prohibition amendments to pending appropriation bills. The stance signals a push for standalone action rather than bundling with funding measures.
Count James Minotto, linked to Louis B. Swift, had his appeal against being held an enemy alien denied by the U S Court of Appeals. He remains interned at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia under a presidential warrant.
Washington reports an appropriation request of 50 million dollars to cover contract authorization for national and port facilities. The War Department asked Congress to approve funds to enable construction and improvement projects across military and harbor sites.
The Treasury extended new credits totaling 175 million dollars to Great Britain and 9 million to Belgium. This brings the allies’ total credits to 5.95455 billion. Included are sixes on fee to Britain and 12 1500 000 to Belgium.
President Wilson nominates T Sambda Jones of Louisiana for the post of minister to Honduras, advancing U S diplomatic representation in Central America.
Paris reports President Wilson former Premier Satandra of Italy and Cardinal Mercer primate of Belgium were unanimously elected to the Academy of Moral and Sciences. The trio’s election marks a notable honor for international governance and religious leadership.
The War Department announced an arrangement allowing army officers to purchase their uniforms from the Quartermaster's Department at cost.
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