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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1918
Page
4
Pierre Wibaux and Theodore Roosevelt forged a strong bond on the eastern Montana frontier. Wibaux built a lasting legacy including a park, a statue, and a bank share endowment for employees. His son Pierre Wibaux Jr pursued military service in France before returning to Montana to oversee inherited estates.
The article notes John D. Ryan directing the aircraft program with a focus on actual accomplishments and plant results. It compares engine and aircraft diversity among Allies and Germany, cites Rolls Royce as a peak British achievement, and mentions ample U S training planes and warfront supplies from France. It also reports German panic over anticipated American air invasions and a German reprisal bombing policy.
General Crowder told the House Military Affairs Committee that drafting 2 1700000 men by July 1 as outlined by Secretary Baker will exhaust class one registrants and likely affect other classes. Calls for classes two and three will follow only after the 2 000 000 class one pool is exhausted or rejected. About one third of the 2 000 000 are expected to be physically unfit.
Washington reports Chairman Simmons of the senate committee on finance says the United States is in better financial shape by over 65 billion dollars than expected last year and that a Liberty loan may not be needed until next winter. He projects tax returns may exceed earlier estimates by about 1 billion dollars, reducing the case for higher tax collections this session. Government war expenditures in the first fiscal year of war are pegged at about 16 billion dollars, at least 5 billion less than earlier estimates.
Washington reports actual signal corps aircraft expenditures totaling 200 million dollars with 691 million on deposit against 691 million authorized plus a 400 million deficiency appropriation pending. Army aviation funding is expected to exceed 1 billion for the new fiscal year starting July 1. The Times also notes Schwab credits enthusiasm and rivalry as keys to success in shipbuilding as a Delaware river spurt looms.
A Hague newspaper reports 265 trains carrying wounded soldiers returned to Germany from Picardy and Flanders via the Namur Liege line. The Germans reportedly used open coal cars for wounded transport during three days.
General Eliot Wadsworth details Red Cross activities in Belgium during a coast to Le Havre mission. He notes help for 12 000 children in colonies and hospitals, the Salle Franklin hospital project, limb and device innovations, and warm interactions with Belgian officials and refugees.
The speaker jokes about addressing a cow but stresses the value of Red Cross work at home and the need for continued American support. He notes 12,000 Belgian children as a key beneficiary and urges the public to meet growing funding demands.
On June 2 passenger service on Northern Pacific Great Northern Union Pacific and Milwaukee transcontinental lines serving Montana will be reduced according to orders from Washington.
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