28 Jun 1918
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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1918
Page
1
Harrisburg and Dauphin county launch National War Savings Stamp day efforts under Wilson Brumbaugh and Keister proclamations. Postal workers visit every home to collect pledges for Baby Bonds totaling $2,000,000 for Harrisburg and $3,039,460 for the county by year end 1918.
Complaint alleges some farmers pack eggs in waterglass to sell as fresh next winter, keeping prices high and violating state law. Food administrator may investigate. Jacob Springer, 45, of Middletown, died after a fight that followed an alleged insult to a soldier from the Middletown camp. His body lies in the morgue of Deputy Corner Brestle.
The forecast calls for likely showers tonight and Saturday with warmer conditions Saturday. Winds shift southeast to south, moderate. River temperatures show a rise of 2 to 10 degrees citywide. Sunrise 5 35 am. Moon first quarter. River stage 4.5 feet above low water. Highs around 72, lows near 55. Normal high 73.
A poem written for the Telegraph questions a pledge to stand by the country, aid in wartime needs, and honor fallen soldiers. It frames the commitment as a duty to protect, conserve, and uplift others amid hardship.
Allied capitals anticipate a German blow on the western front near Montdidier Ypres with raids and local attacks amid shifting fronts. Aerial activity is high with Paris raids and nightly British sorties into Germany. In Austria Hungary, unrest and food shortages threaten a resumption of the Italian campaign.
Washington reports in Pershing communique that aside from repulsed raids in the Vosges there is nothing to report from American fronts. It notes Private Joseph Leitzen of field artillery was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery at Coullemelle, France, April 27, 1918, aiding wounded soldiers under heavy bombardment.
City Commissioner Lynch directs a traffic post at Front and Market to curb danger at a busy crossing. A red light will be placed atop the post to control traffic across the Market street bridge.
The casualty list from Canadian army headquarters names M. H. Brown of Harrisburg as presumed dead in Flanders. Details on his address remained unavailable as authorities could not confirm next of kin from local directories or a Brown family canvass.
Harrisburg leaders report 9875 dollars raised toward a 10000 target for Independence Day events. Committees urge each of the 100000 local residents to contribute a dime, framing the celebration as a patriotism investment for the foreign born community.
Men registered June 5 who are 21 today send back questionnaires while others still awaiting blanks will seek free legal help to answer. Local boards must classify by these answers before the draft order can be set, delaying calls for one to two months. Names drawn yesterday will be listed by class after all first-class registrants are processed, a week or two more.
Fred B. Harry hatter and furrier at Third and Strawberry streets enlisted in the United States Navy and was ordered to report in Philadelphia next week for further physical examination. He is active in the Chamber of Commerce and local clubs and Masonic circles, with a manager likely to handle business in his absence.
Cleveland boards grant Dr. Spaulding a one year leave to join a three member American educators commission. The plan, pushed by Anson Phelps Stokes and General Pershing, aims to create a vast school and university system for U S soldiers overseas via the Y M C A. Soldiers would study in free time with courses from illiteracy to law and medicine, to help postwar reintegration. Spaulding expected to sail to France in August.
Paris endures a deadly air raid as German bombers strike causing eleven deaths and fourteen injuries. The assault involved multiple enemy formations penetrating defenses with significant damage. Fire department chief Teyssiere died guiding rescues. President Poincare sent condolences to victims and relatives.
The Harrisburg Planning Commission considers housing shortages and new dwellings as a major city issue. They plan changes in the Fourteenth ward including rerouting Third Street along the bluff near Italian Park and dredging a small lake as a landscape feature. Edwin B. Herman, commission president, emphasizes ongoing civic growth efforts.
Paris and London dispatches say Nicholas Romanoff, former Russian emperor, was assassinated between Ekaterinburg and Perm. Telegrams from M Tchitcherin to Darmstadt and Copenhagen quote the murder as confirmed and discuss government notices. The Hessian court and Empress Alix are noted in connections to the royal line.
Engineers report the old Vanderbilt piers on the Muscle Hanna River cannot be used for the proposed Vanderbilt railroad bridge. They note the piers look intact but painting and workmanship have deteriorated. City engineer and City Planning Commission will review bridge plans to protect riverfront and downtown street plans.
London dispatch reports unconfirmed overthrow of the Bolshevik government. Lenine and Trotsky allegedly fled to the Murman coast while General Korniloff and German forces are said to have captured Moscow with Grand Duke Nicholas proclaimed emperor.
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