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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1918
Page
1
The fragment notes two points of pocket along the Quaco River while referencing Rheims and Soissons. No full narrative or context available, leaving the item as a terse sports card teaser with limited readable details.
London reports marked German retirement across the Rheims salient with Allied pursuit close behind. French forces hold the Ourcq bank and the Rheims–Dormans corridor while heavy fighting persists north of Soissons near Buzancy. Allies advance two to three miles on a 20 mile front as Germans orderly withdraw beyond the Vesle with limited gun losses.
London reports that two German trenches on a two mile front along the Bray Corbie road east of Amiens have fallen to Australian troops. The operation yielded 100 prisoners.
The War Department announces a need for chaplains to serve with the Army, with one chaplain for every 1,200 officers and men. Recruits receive physical training and instruction in their duties, seeking regular fellows aged 21 to 45 who are sturdy, upstanding, and brotherly.
In Berlin a surge of horse thefts swept the city with $25,000 worth stolen in one week. Most animals vanished from streets in daylight and were sold in the provinces or used for clandestine butchering in Berlin. A pair of fine race horses disappeared during a Grunewald course race meeting.
Berlin plans issue of pass books showing a one mark deposit for every child as part of a celebration of the Berlin Savings Bank 100th anniversary on June 15. Berlin’s annual birth rate is 40 000.
Fifty two Americans including officers, captured by the Germans, are lodged near Mannheim railway station on the Rhine to prevent allied air raids, according to a report received in Wasel.
Washington reports a possible exhaustion of draft class 1 before Congress acts on extending draft ages. States warn they are near drawing their men. A call for men who have turned 19 may be issued before January if Congress delays.
Paris reports French generals paying the highest tribute to American bravery and attacking methods in the latest offensive. General Degouette says he could not have done better with his best troops as Americans push through heavy fire, capture villages, and gain 17 kilometers on the Fere road in six days taking thousands of prisoners and many cannon. Yankee officers lead with discipline.
Dublin reports Ireland exports food to Great Britain exceed domestic use. The Irish department of agriculture notes 1917 shipments valued at £59,000,000 and claims Ireland produced about 40 percent of the United Kingdoms cattle and 30 percent of its pigs.
Introduction of piece work pay systems in Manchester munitions plants has driven abnormal production with few disputes between employers and workers. The change is credited with increasing output across hundreds of plants in the district.
Allied reports say the German invasion tide north of the Marne is ebbing with a general retirement from Soissons to Rheims. The line shifts from Oulchy Le Chateau toward the Dormans Rheims road, while Germans pull back to avoid field fortifications along the Vesle and Ardre. Australian forces north of Hamel take two German trench lines and 100 prisoners as French troops push toward the Avre heights.
Dublin reports that the registrar general's first quarter return shows a 3.6 percent drop in births from the ten year average while the death rate sits 3.3 percent below average and pauper inmate numbers fall by 3,122, with marriage rates near steady and overall prosperity noted.
Winston-Salem July 20 Richard Joshua Reynolds head of the R J Reynolds Tobacco Co died at his country home Reno until age 68. He left an estate valued at 10 million dollars or more and is survived by a wife four children four brothers and one sister. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning.
In Amsterdam on July 29 a Czech league deputy Stanek proposed a lower house resolution calling for immediate peace without annexation or indemnities. He argued the war is useless from all viewpoints and urged self determination for all peoples. He urged Austria to oppose imperialist policy dominating Germany and seek a peace path.
Paris reports Prince Vaidyakara, Siamese legation secretary, announced that more than 500 trained air pilots from Bangkok will join French fronts. He said Siam’s contribution, though modest, reflects the nation's high sentiments toward France.
The Italian steamer Giuseppe Garibaldi, 4,000 tons, exploded and sank 200 miles off the Brazilian coast. Six crew members were killed. the rest were rescued by an English ship. Italian consuls report the blast as a dynamite bomb likely planted by German agents aboard the ship.
A Black man was killed in South Philadelphia amid ongoing race riots that have left three dead and over sixty injured. Police say tensions rose after Black migrants moved into a white residential area. Three hundred officers and sixty marines were deployed to the district.
Jews of Romania cabled to the American Zionist organization asking President Wilson to pressure Romania’s parliament against laws denying naturalization to anyone whose both parents were not born in Romania. The measure, tied to the German peace treaty terms, would bar naturalization for two thirds of Romanian Jews. Coventry mass meeting votes to resume munitions work. Gasson W. Stanford and W. RR. Leach noted as visitors.
Allied troops advance northward amid heavy fighting as German forces mount a strong counterattack. Front reports describe intense artillery, air support, and progressing gains along the frontline with casualties and strategic patrols ongoing.
Allied forces press beyond Fere En Tardenois with heavy hand to hand combat and strong German counterattacks. Sergy changes hands four times before remaining under Allied control as actions continue along the Oureq and surrounding hills.
The war office reports 400 prisoners captured in fighting north of the Marne yesterday. The official statement adds there was no change in the situation during the night.
London July 29 The British Wireless Service reports Vienna faces a grave food shortage prompting potato hunts. Residents trek to the countryside with knapsacks to barter with farmers for vegetables. Potatoes fetch absurd prices with farmers sometimes demanding six chillings for two pounds of spuds.
Moderate weakness appeared in the cotton market in New York as bullish reports spurred selling. Futures opened steady with October at 24.00, December 24.30, January 24.6, March 24.08, while most contracts declined 2 to 26 points from prior levels led by Angu s.
Allies recover use of the Chateau Thierry Chalons railway, restoring access to the Champagne front. The German retreat shows heavy losses as the enemy abandoned much of the advance from the May 27 offensive and yielded ground near Boissons and Rheims.
Chicago July 20 Friends of Arthur Guy Empey await explanation from Washington over his discharge from the army shortly after his commission as a captain in the national army. Empey telegraphed the War Department for reasons, with two possibilities noted: Canadian service and British allegiance or failure to meet American army standards. President Wilson may have authorized an honorable discharge without stated cause. Kimpey has left Chicago and went to Washington.
Amsterdam July 29 Emerich Fer enczi a Berlin university professor says emigration of 1 but 600 Hungarian men to the United States from 1900 to 1914 has seriously damaged central powers military and political interests He urges diverting Hungarian farm workers to Germany to prevent further loss and warns that continued emigration will reduce manpower and worsen demographic trends amid war tensions.
London reports the arrival of "Motorwomen" on tramways after earlier pilots in Glasgow. Officials in London relaxed objections due to a shortage of men, with the first woman piloting trams in Walthamstow and plans to hire more as training completes. Wages will match male pay.
Miss Julie Helen Hyneman chairman of the California house for disabled Belden soldiers received the Medaille de la Reine Elisabeth from the King of the Belgians. The presentation was made today by Baron Moncheur the Belgian minister. California house aided by Californians in London and supported by contributions from California founders and residents.
Dublin reports the Electric Power Supply committee plans an investigation into power sources in Ireland to provide cheap electricity. Ulster towns would gain, as Belfast builds a large electric station, but widespread distribution beyond Belfast has not yet been arranged.
Amsterdam reports the Reichstag passes a salary hike from 750 to 1250 dollars per year for members while increasing daily absence pay from 5 to 7.5 dollars, reflecting wartime budget shifts.
Resh forces clash with Allied units in a reported battle as both sides press for advantage near key positions. No clear victor announced as frontline operations continue into the day.
On July 29 Allied forces on the Aisne Marne front faced stiff German resistance as two Bavarian guard divisions reinforced lines near the Oure and Ardre rivers. The fighting shifted around Sergy and Fere En Tardenois where the German base at Fere En Tardenois was reported occupied.
General Pershing's communique notes the crossing of the Oureg and pursuit of the enemy north of the Marne. It also announces the capture of Seringes et Mealea Sergy and Roncheres beyond the Oureg.
London reports the convoy system's effectiveness after about a year under Admiralty. Losses run to just one ship for nearly 200 conveyed, a striking safety record for the maritime operation.
A heavy touring car carrying eight persons overturned on the High Point Greensboro highway near Jamestown due to wet asphalt. All eight escaped unharmed though the vehicle was damaged. A second similar crash occurred earlier on the same route between High Point and Greensboro.
Washington D C duty is shown in the army casualty list with 47 killed in action 17 died of wounds 4 died of disease 1 caused by accident 3 wounded severely 3 wounded 43 missing and 20 total The list includes two North Carolina officers Captain James H Homes of Hendersonville and Lieutenant Ames Lowder of Wilmington both killed in action.
London reports a lengthy conference between Pranklin D Bhoosevelt assistant secretary of the United States wave and King George. W Ho Level of Winston Salem was noted to be in the city on business during the day.
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