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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1916
Page
2
British and German trenches hinge on raids that mix boxing, fencing and mob tactics with stealth. Officers wear steel corselets and helmets as shells crater No Man's Land, while raids aim to seize prisoners and information in minutes amid lethal gunfire.
Louis Chevrolet, sole remaining Musketeers of 1908–10, returns in the 300-mile International Sweepstakes at Indianapolis Speedway. Barney Oldfield, aiming for his 300-mile win, says if victorious this will be his last race. Dario Resta and Josef Christiaens expected as top challengers among 29 drivers for a $30,000 purse.
The Hague May 30. A trench warfare poison gas bomb has roots extending back centuries. Archaeological finds at Fulshing near the Dutch frontier reveal jars filled with asphyxiating materials and dated to works of 1614 and 1651. Earlier muskets and close combat used similar devices, with later pots replacing jars by the late seventeenth century containing pitch rosin saltpeter brimstone and coal derived poisons.
Berlin May 30 The government plan to raise postal and telegraph rates to fund revenue faces opposition from newspapers and public critics. Some editors warn higher telegraph tolls will hinder Germany’s effort to present its case to the neutral world while others urge reductions to aid dissemination of German news abroad.
Paris May 30. The record for citations for gallant conduct at the front in the French army was held by Adjutant Brother of Alsatian origin with 27 mentions before he died of wounds at Belfort. Adjutant Clavel now leads with 21 mentions and a war cross on a ribbon nearly a foot long showing all his laurels and stars.
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