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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 16, 1918
Page
5
A writer in the London Field explores how birds reach great altitudes and maneuver with air currents. Accounts include pigeons at 2500 feet and swallows near 500 feet, noting wind influences, bird and human flight parallels, and lessons for aviators.
Nilsford argues in the New Republic that Germany's Mitteleuropa policy created a temporary bloc by allying with anti czarist states while Russian influence in the Balkans waned. He notes the uneasy shelter of those states in Germany’s camp and predicts a postwar reorganization as the motive of military necessity fades.
A national dry federation will unite leading prohibition groups to push rapid ratification of the national amendment, back state campaigns in November, and gear for war production. Headquarters will be in Pittsburgh with chapters in New York and Chicago amid broader expansion.
A fragmented Courier Journal clipping notes soldiers persist with field exercises despite complaints of dry weather interfering with routine training. The piece highlights ongoing drills and readiness concerns among units.
An exploration of espionage in wartime, arguing spies shape history from below the surface. It notes the dangers, moral complexities, and varied types of spies who work in hostile lands and front lines, often without recognition, yet essential to the war effort.
Lord Lansdowne argued two essentials for a League of Nations open to all major powers and armed with enforceable executive powers. He urged united backing from the United States and discussed Germany’s potential exclusion from economic ties, noting members would cede some sovereignty to a league code of international law.
Dr. H N Holmes spoke at a state conference of the Y M C A in Minneapolis praising the unbroken morale of soldiers in France. He cited the front lines as exhausted but devoted, urged public sacrifice at home, and recounted Y M C A efforts such as extra rations for tens of thousands at Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele. He described soldiers’ tribulations and the need for support from civilians.
Mrs. Harriet Chalmers reports from Luneville in Lorraine where occupation by German forces left ruin and fear. The town hall and prefecture were destroyed, industrial areas burned, and civilians suffered brutal violence. Local figures like the Keller family preserve memories while describing the scars and sorrow across the hillside battlefields.
The Kansas City Star notes a drop in teacher recruitment as salaries fail to keep pace with living costs. With 100 pupils registered at a New York training school, the piece links low pay to ongoing shortages and urges local funding to raise standards and attract qualified staff.
Despatch from Johannesburg shows South Africa produced 2 902 416 carats of diamonds last year valued at £47,713,018. Production rose by 556,086 carats and sales increased by a large amount compared with the prior year.
Fragmentary text references a Colamabi agricultural action from 1916 and mentions a tote or total. Readable details are insufficient to identify entities, dates, or outcomes.
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