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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1918
Page
2
The item surveys superstitions in Japan on foxes and badgers, then shifts to a Trinidad bamboo project, biblical perfumes, a soldier’s dependent gift, Detroit city pay debate, and Shakespearean era notes on angels and olives. It covers coal reserves, shipyard moves, ebony wood, Greek currants, water valves, and Tunis dams, with various curious snippets on animals, technology, and ancient trade.
Premier Lloyd George defends government actions over General Maurice’s charges while former premier Asquith demands a select committee probe. The House of Commons crowd fills galleries as moral and strategic stakes rise amid war cabinet tensions and newspaper commentary.
Amsterdam May 10 Count von Hertling the German chancellor and Prussian premier may dissolve the Prussian chamber if the franchise reform bill fails its third reading. The Daily Chronicle predicts an open clash and warns of an alternative government ready to step in should the ministry fall.
An American warship reported sinking a German submarine off an Atlantic port after a gunner delivered decisive fire lifting the U-boat from the water. The craft broke in two and vanished with no survivors seen nearby. The crew celebrated the action with extended furloughs during the voyage home. Also noted, Jane Maylies of New Holland claimed seven German planes downed in the last two months while in France.
Washington reports a government policy to give a full dinner pail to all railroad workers during the war. The wage commission backs increases for workers under 250 a month, with McAdoo to decide if raises and back pay exceed 9.6 billion annually are feasible without hardship.
A tornado and heavy rains sweep central Illinois causing extensive damage. Rail lines are blocked by debris and washouts miles long. hundreds of utility poles topple. homes and outbuildings lose roofs. livestock die and gardens flood. At Franklin Morgan County two fatalities reported. Injuries in Inkewood near Decatur. A passenger train derails after a washout but no injuries.
Amsterdam dispatch reports Queen Marie of Romania will not recognize the central powers peace treaty. She would prefer abdication, an attitude shared by her children. Marie, British princess by birth and German by blood, married King Ferdinand in 1893.
British troops moved to Kerkuk, 30 miles southeast of Mosul, entering the Turkish town on May 7. Turkish forces retired, leaving about 600 men in Kerkuk hospital as the British war office announced.
Chicago May 9 A 60 day campa ign campaign for nationwide prohibition began today led by the national federation. Manager G Calderwood of Minneapolis heads the drive with W J Bryan as president, Governor Capper as treasurer, and Rev Charles Scanlon of Pittsburg as secretary. Calderwood says the push aims to avert fuel famine and conserve food to feed twice the U S army.
President Wilson designates May 20 to 26 as Red Cross Week and urges Americans to contribute to the second 106000000 war fund for relief of American troops in France and at home. The proclamation emphasizes Red Cross relief under wartime conditions and calls for continued public support.
Washington reports secret plans by Secretary McAdoo to push immediate wartime revenue legislation met strong opposition. House and Senate leaders favor deferring tax revisions to December, awaiting McAdoo’s financial statement to Congress before action. If a bill advances it would not be finished before the November elections.
German reports from Lorraine claim uneasiness opposite American lines as German troops retreat at night and deserters stream to American units. Ninth Infantry earns French War Cross for repelling a April 14 assault near St Mitiel. Pershing urges all soldiers to write mothers on Mothers Day May 13 to send courage home.
Amsterdam May 10 Herr Kraet aig a socialist member of the reichstag asserted in Wednesday's debate on appropriations for the imperial economic demand that four fifths of the textile industries of navne were completely paralyzed and that the path of these textile ree ray growing peram manded that adequate provision be made for them to keep un killed textile workers for resumption of the tries the war. At pecan beaty were being compe accept employmen the authorities at starvation wagon.
Detroit May 10. H C Hoillater, a supply sergeant with the American expeditionary forces, makes a mumbled report about a Chinese girl and his plans are unclear. He claims to have told no other soldiers about her.
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