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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1918
Page
7
In a dated memorandum, General Ludendorff acknowledges that French gunners destroyed 84 German field guns and 72 heavy cannons in a month while causing further damage. He notes additional German losses from enemy counter battery fire and argues counter battery is key to forcing German attention from infantry.
Chapel Hill January 21 Over 25 University of North Carolina men have received promotions at Camp Jackson in the national army. The list includes Avon Blue WW H Crawford Levis Clement Johan Dysart Charles L Coggin Hubert Smith and others promoted from second lieutenant to first lieutenant. Additional alumni named Donald J Ray promoted to captain William Umstead E T Cahsler Jr Thomas H Devane John HE Carter Marshall T Spears Moses A White James A Cresswell Kenneth Royall J W Hughes J S Hart and Gillam Craig promoted to first lieutenants.
Nothing developed about the death of Forl Myers of Baltimore, a Camp Greene soldier in Company A, machine gun battalion. He was found Saturday afternoon about five o'clock along Irwins creek under the Southern railway culvert, his body lodged against a tree and a letter from his mother in his pocket. Authorities at the camp are investigating but issued no new details.
The Prussian chamber of lords reaffirmed the emperor’s exclusive right to wage war or seek peace. A Berlin-sourced dispatch quotes a resolution urging that peace align with the sacrifices and economic interests of the German people and that the emperor’s constitutional rights be safeguarded.
The Department of Agriculture warns a huge potato surplus risks wartime needs. Consumers urged to eat more spuds and buy storage potatoes, while farmers and middlemen should market gradually to avoid a spring glut and price collapse. The 442,556,000 bushel crop tops last year’s 286,953,000, underscoring the urgency.
Durham mayor and fuel committee announce a city wide effort to harvest and dispatch wood for fuel. Workers from factories and mills are to be employed to secure a steady wood supply, reducing coal dependence this winter and preventing hardship. In Boston, English church figures predict Pope Benedict will protect holy sites in Palestine.
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