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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1918
Page
2
Confused wartime dispatches describe American air activity near France amid raids and artillery exchanges. Reports reference Pershing’s forces advancing toward Toul, German measures, and a mix of military movements, train incidents, and labor policy debates shaping the home front wartime stance.
The report notes a February 20 deadline for ships over 2,900 dead-weight tons to clear for transatlantic voyages or other long trades. Treasury receipts from War Savings stamps reached $59,001,107 for the current period, while a supplementary food production program aims to boost spring wheat and livestock supplies. The billion-dollar deficiency appropriation bill for navy and other branches passed without a record vote.
The British government warns it will not recognize any eastern peace involving Poland without consulting Poland. German foreign secretary von Kuehlmann outlines central powers’ stance with Ukraine and the Donce treaty, while Lloyd George faulted American delegates at Versailles for pressuring centralization and reform of allied war strategy. A Vienna dispatch notes Rerumante ready to negotiate with central powers if sovereignty is not compromised.
Paris reports heavy French detachments attacking Germans in Lorraine with over 400 prisoners. British and French forces raid targets in the Mediterranean and Telegrams describe Russian and Baltic theater movements, with multiple fronts advancing. The London Times cites Trotsky on Brest Litovsk terms. Vienna notes Austrian advances toward Kiev and Kherson.
The 1918 food program urges large spring wheat plantings to secure adequate wheat for the United States and allies. It notes record 1917 crops with lagging wheat, calls for higher hog and meat output, and urges the South to grow food for its people and stock. It analyzes spring wheat acreage targets, estimating 21–23 million acres needed but limited by 1917 planting records. The plan outlines federal and state support and emphasizes increased staple production for war needs.
A wartime memo urges increasing spring wheat in eastern and central states, with barley and oats adjustments and sugar substitutes. It calls for boosting hogs, dairy, poultry, beef, and perishables production, while maintaining corn and potatoes and expanding home gardens and market gardens near cities. It also notes barley and flaxseed, sorghum, and honey as substitutes. Johnny Wise’s class composition humorously lists internal organs and foods.
A family moves parcels into a two story home by stairs on the first floor rear. Eugene attempts the ascent first. the father asks to open the screen door but the boy replies he cannot as he is exhausted from carrying. A collection of varied clippings and aphorisms follows about effort and science.
A fragmented page mixes reflections on work and fatigue from The Unicorn with quotations from Exchange. It notes a mythical unicorn’s real Tibetan antelope prototype and parodic lines about daily labor as divine duty, closing with a short anecdote about a visiting sister and candies.
Federal farm loan board warns farmers of a fraudulent organizer selling national farm town association credentials for 500 dollars. He promises training for a fee, but such promotion is prohibited. Farm loan rules require local cooperative associations for loans and forbid pre-sale promotion. Also notes scattering theater coupon sales in small towns and linked civic actions versus wartime insurance and compensation for soldiers.
Elizabeth Kilbourn of Winsted Connecticut died at eighty six. In the fifties she taught at a private New Hartford school and helped Samuel Morse Howe with his invention becoming the first user of the new sewing machine. She reportedly counted 5505 piano notes in four minutes and three seconds during a public demonstration. A Chicago inventor showcased a suitcase sized phonograph.
Reports from the public information committee discuss European peace aims and German strategies, noting Czernin and Hertling positions, calls for democratic foundations, and occupation-related demonstrations. Other items cover pigeon service expansion for the U S Army, athletic training at Camp Kearny and Camp Lewis, female agricultural labor, war casualty ratios, and plans for two smokeless powder plants with large capacities and wartime employment.
Washucon Fel. 22 Herbert Hoover, United States food administrator, warns the next sixty days will be the most critical period in the nation’s food history. He cites rail congestion and slow movement of corn, oats, potatoes and meat, urging public cooperation and reduced consumption to aid ally supplies.
Washington reports concessions by the United States Shipping Board and William L. Hutcheson, president of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, may resolve the Atlantic coast shipyard standoff. Hutcheson retracted on minor points but maintains the closed shop and seeks a Brotherhood member on the Shipping Board wage panel. Military writer Col. Repington and editor Howell A Givynne fined $500 each in London for a censored article.
In Washington on February 22 a senate vote of 1 to 10 defeated a proposed amendment by Senator Johnson of South Dakota requiring congressional action before railroads could be returned to private ownership. The administration opposed the amendment amid citywide attacks. Senator Cummins of Town failed to move a separate provision to divert $200,000 from revenue earmarked for the administration measure. Senator Robinson of Arkansas secured support to withhold compensation for improvements made between June and December 1917.
United States Shipyard Volunteers of the Public Service Reserve formed to enroll 250000 workers for swift shipbuilding. Pay aligns with prevailing shipyard wages. housing is being prepared. enrollment via local agents or Hurley. State quotas set. trades needed include welders, carpenters, riveters, machinists, shipfitters, electricians, and more.
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