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Newspaper
Grand Forks Herald
Location
Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1918
Page
4
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Secretary McAdoo estimates twenty four billion dollars needed for the coming year with eight billion raised by taxes and sixteen billion from bonds. He cites taxes on war profits incomes and luxuries as three revenue sources. Hoover defends food conservation yet opposes closing saloons and prohibiting wine production, urging prohibition only if enacted by law.
Reports recount German raider activity off the U S coast sinking several merchant ships though later tallies revise to nine definite losses with around 200 missing, while the navy asserts high efficiency in protecting transports and notes Allied gains in the Marne and Cantigny sectors as German advances falter under Foch strategic defense and American force cohesion.
The piece extols the Marine Corps noting their courage beside Army and Navy peers. It highlights Marines ripping the German wedge from the Marne district, and asserts American soldiers have fought valiantly on multiple fronts including Lorraine and Picardy. It concludes that the Marines hold the situation well.
The eclipse today will be total along a belt from near Portland to Florida, about 60 miles wide in Washington and 40 miles in Florida. Totality travels diagonally through 12 states, ending on Florida’s east coast at sunset. Partial obscurity will blanket North America with peak darkness around Grang Forks. Historical notes mention ancient forecasts by Arabians and Old World observers, linking eclipses to fear and awe.
The piece notes beliefs that heavenly movements govern weather and that the recent northwest unsettled spell ties to an upcoming eclipse. It suggests readers expect warmer, more settled conditions after the eclipse and mentions those who predicted such outcomes may cite their foresight.
A Western North Dakota grain grower writes the Herald arguing that recent financial hardship stems from two poor crops in succession, not only profiteers or the Nonpartisan League, and expresses belief in a strong wheat harvest upcoming in 1918 while noting how profits were tied to elevators, banks, and commission men in earlier booms. The letter cites past bumper crops, storage habits, and the impact of high prices on producers, stressing wheat as the true measure of value.
Washington June report lists 108 names among killed in action, died of wounds, accidents, disease, and wounded. It names Captain Rufus Montgall and Lieutenant Hamlet Jones among KIA, with numerous sergeants and privates from states like Missouri Texas New York and Massachusetts. The section covers accidents at sea air and other causes, plus undetermined wounds and returns to duty.
A North Dakota farmer writes that high prices and taxes strain family finances yet anticipate relief if crops are favorable. He notes wheat buys less now than years ago, laments rising costs for machinery, twine, sugar, and gas, and hopes Hoover and policy ease. Washington signals lightless nights may resume under new plan.
A batch of short notes covers a school election in Cando with six votes cast, the Pem bola gas plant demolition in favor of electric service, and M O Strom Co selling to Home Implements Co. G W Collins found not guilty in Jamestown federal court. Narloch death from accidental rifle discharge shocks family. Cavalier county Nonpartisans push for Langdon and Kenmare plant sales, plus a postponed meeting of fabiners. Sheriff raid on Langdon poker joint. Dan Horgan jailed with a $10 head tax. Steen for Governor clubs arise in Ward County with Spring Lake and Kenmare rallies planned. Foss case tied to Chinook and Montana postmaster order. Langdon tobacco dealers press for sales law leniency. Ward county fishing yields and rail car shortages noted. Minot school board elections yield two new members and a mill tax vote for a new high school. Everett Simmons makes a rare widely celebrated patriotic speech in Jamestown. Rev W W program in Oseen state prominence noted. Cavalier teachers and directors discussed education favorably in various reports.
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