29 May 1918
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1918
Page
1
French troops advance against Hun forces under Foch in charge as the offensive nears a decisive halt. Officials report two more days to stop the drive and crown prince remains not threatening.
Paris dispatch reports General Foch in control as French reserves enter the battleline with praised discipline. Americans gain ground in Montdidier sector and conduct their first major action with favorable results, fighting as veterans and advancing 150 to 200 yards.
Following President Wilson's proclamation, city merchants and manufacturers close from 10 45 AM to noon tomorrow to attend unified 11 15 AM prayer services across churches. Ministers urged broad attendance, with readers invited to wear work clothes from factories and shops.
Washington May 29 Provost Marshal General Crowder informed draft subjects away from home they must register with local boards where they are stationed well before June 5 so certificates can reach their home boards by that date Registration is completed at the home board office.
Berlin reports German forces crossed the Aisne, captured more than a half score of villages and 15,000 prisoners. French and British lines withdrew to broaden front west of Soissons and at Rheims as fighting rages from Pinon to near Rheims. Allied reserves rush to Vesle center while Americans resist at Montdidier and near Campaigny.
A large High Point township draft left for Camp Jackson Columbia S C at 2 15 pm many people packed the station with a procession led by Penny brothers band The 54 men escorted by Weaver M Marr and Worth W Burgess rode a special train carrying selectmen from Greensboro Guilford Randolph and Rockingham counties Thousands cheered Dont cry we are coming back and the band played Good bye Broadway Hello France The local squad included Guilford Randolph and other county men with a Portland style send off.
The High Point city council approved a 1.90 per 100 tax rate and 3.50 per poll for 1919 to fund annual interest and principal on bonds and city operations. The budget includes 60 000 general funding bonds 88 000 street funding bonds 82 000 street assessment bonds totaling 230 000. An adjourned meeting on Jordan Street will set in motion next year’s finance plan and potential rate changes.
Commencement week at High Point high school opened with 1918 graduates and hundreds of relatives in the Main Street auditorium. Superintendent Marr noted the class completes the standard II grade and plans to attend college. Lewis Teague gave the president’s address on service.
Sixteen white male patients at the South Carolina hospital for the insane perished in a morning fire that gutted a one story ward. Fifteen died inside after returning to the flames despite rescue efforts, one man died later after a second rescue. Four others were seriously injured. The origin is unknown though wiring is suspected. An investigation by the coroner began.
Paris May 29. French troops have fallen back to the eastern outskirts of Moissons as the battle continues with bitterness. Franco British forces retreat to heights south and southeast of St Thierry and hold positions between Vesle and the Aisne canal. American troops west of Montdidier repulse two German counter attacks on Campaigny. Center fighting continues with varying success on the southern Vesle heights where French troops defend bravely.
Francis S. Nash a medical inspector in the navy and his wife were indicted by a grand jury on charges of hoarding foodstuffs Investigators found more than a ton and a half of sugar stored in the Nash home in Washington May 29
Secretary Lansing said the United States government views with earnest sympathy the nationalistic aspirations of the Czecho-Slovaks and the Jugge plave, remarking on support for self determination and regional aspirations.
Washington May 29 President Wilson fixed a base price of 33 cents per pound for aluminum in 50 ton lots or more of ingot 9 9 percent grade under a wartime agreement with producers and the War Industries Board The new price takes effect June 1 and runs to September 1 Differentials for sheet rod and wire rise by about 12 percent and quantity grade differentials adjust while alloy differentials stay as approved March 3.
Washington May 29. An addition to General Pershing's communique reports two German patrols attacked on May 26 and 27 and were repulsed by American troops. Lieutenants Rickenbacker and Campbell, American airmen, downed an enemy machine. An American sergeant, fighting with General Pershing, drove off a patrol of four despite being wounded.
Washington May 29 The Ways and Means Committee approved a summer break starting after appropriation bills. It plans to begin hearings in June on new revenue legislation, fund four billion dollars from excess profits incomes and luxury taxes, with a July–August recess for drafting and a House passage between August 1 and August 15 before a Senate review.
German counterattack against American forces east of Camptigny was repulsed with heavy losses. Reuters correspondent reports at British headquarters.
Rev J Clyde Turner pastor of the First Baptist Greensboro will preach to the High Point high school graduates tomorrow at 10 AM The sermon precedes a prayer service across churches and precedes the Friday address by Lt Gov O Max Gardner at 8 PM The commencement program closes after Gardner's speech and the graduation exercises.
Sunday hours will be observed at the postoffice tomorrow with all mail windows closed. The notice says no mail delivery and that the observance aligns with Memorial Day customs.
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