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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1918
Page
5
London reports on May 8 that Australian forces, facing intense German resistance, carried out successful operations and advanced their lines a short distance east of Amiens between the Somme and Ancre rivers near Saillet-Le-Sec.
The freighter Tyler was torpedoed and sunk off the French coast on May 3. Eleven crewmen were killed or drowned. The Tidewater reported a March 17 battle with a German submarine, firing multiple shots and claiming a likely kill. A Canadian vessel claimed the first sinking of a U-boat after firing a stern gun and scoring a hit amidships.
Lieut Thomas R Darden now commands four tanks on the French front and is credited by a Washington editorial writer with securing a commutation allowance for US officers away from Washington This enabled field officers to support their families as well as those in the capital Darden a former newspaper man suggested to Secretary Baker the needed remedy and the secretary promptly urged the legislation to Congress
London May 8 The American Red Cross mission of Roumania arriving from Jassy escaped Odessa 386 hours before German troops entered the city and was later shelled by a German battery in the Ukraine about 200 miles north of the Black Sea port. Shells caused no damage to the Red Cross train and the bombardment lasted five minutes.
A wounded British airman reports the squadron in an important Amiens sector has likely set a record by downing 106 enemy aircraft in six weeks, including 21 in a single day. Remaining wounded members say confronting German pilots demanded hard fighting.
New York on May 7 1896 marked the hottest May day in the city’s weather history with the official thermometer at 84 degrees, four degrees higher than the previous record set on May 6 1896.
A Reuters report from Amsterdam says a peace treaty between the Central powers and Roumania was signed by plenipotentiaries in the Romanian king's castle. The pact named the Peace of Bucharest and will be published soon. German dispatches note a Germanized petrol monopoly for Roumania plus grain shipments to Germany for two years.
Paris reports heavy artillery exchanges continuing on both sides of the Avre river as of May 8, with bombardment persisting across the sector and no decisive breakthrough declared.
American artillery continues to bombard Cantigny Flamina court sector as German supply trains are inundated with high explosives.
London reports a successful night raid near Neuville Vitasse southeast of Arras, with three machine guns captured and a few prisoners taken. Ensuing actions near Boyelles repulsed. both sides trade artillery along the front in northern France as spring rains hinder movement.
Five Dutch fishermen were harrowed when four German airmen attacked their unarmed vessel in the North Sea. After two hours of machine-gun fire the crew fled in lifeboats and rowed about 60 miles before rescue by a British craft. Their ship later reached harbor bearing enemy bullet marks.
The Sherwood bill passed the house and heads to the senate. It proposes pensions from 25 to 39 dollars monthly based on age and service length, boosting short-term veterans by about 50 percent and long-term by about 80 percent. It excludes those earning 1000 dollars annually or more and veterans in soldiers homes.
Eugene Meyer Jr., New York banker and businessman, named by President Wilson as a member of the half billion dollar government war finance corporation. Meyer has served in war work with the War Industries Board and on the National War Savings Committee for months.
The war office says British gents reached the foremost German lines south of the Corbie Bray road in a night attack but the assault broke down before our posts with heavy losses. English gains on the Lys failed and a German raid across the Aisne canal is reported.
Amsterdam May 8 The Berlin embassy of the Bolshevik Russian government opened in Unter den Linden as the capital gossips over a late night housewarming party. An opulent banquet costing 40 marks per person featured champagne claret and vodka with guests including independent socialists led by Haase who toasted The Red Internationale. Ambassador Joffe replied suitably. The costs are alleged to be paid by the German treasury drawing sharp public critique amid reports of lavish Russian staff at an elite hotel.
Memorial day 1918 will mark new graves of American soldiers and sailors who died for their country. Salvation Army women in France will place fresh flowers and the Stars and Stripes on each grave of every American fighter buried there since the war began.
Lieut. Fred A. Keep of East Milton Massachusetts, an airmanship instructor at Taliaferro field, died from injuries after his plane fell last week. He had been stationed in Fort Worth since November after earning his commission at a Canadian field.
Attorney General Gregory acting for President Wilson opens an investigation into the 640 million aviation appropriation to uncover dishonesty or malversation. Senate Military Committee Chairman Chamberlain vows a thorough inquiry to pinpoint responsible individuals and how funds were spent. New charges arise as questions about cadet training and Liberty motors surface. Baker pushes for a new billion-dollar aircraft program but wants secrecy on details.
Washington May 8 the house adopted the conference report on the sedition bill to punish disloyal utterances and curb disloyal publications. The bill is ready for the president’s signature. The vote was 2938 to 0 with London of New York voting no and Lundeen of Minnesota and Church of California voting present.
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