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Newspaper
Lawson Post
Location
Lawson, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1918
Page
6
Naval expert Archibald Hurd argues sea power remains vital despite land battles. He notes rising ship output and steady enemy targets, with American imports increasing and Allied access strengthening. The article emphasizes sea lanes as the war’s main artery and the widening alliance.
Major Bishop heads living aviators in aerial victories with 25 added to his tally. The compilation places Von Richthofen ahead with about 80 victories. other leaders include British Lieut Bail at 51 and French aces Guynemer and Forth with 45 and 36 respectively.
N W Hargington of Bashaw Alberta runs hogs on a 1700 acre farm and plans to expand to feed his crops. He grows about nine hundred acres in crops and expects a grain yield near 35000 bushels, showcasing confidence in hog farming’s profitability.
Boston Evening script praises Canada for its Vimy Ridge stand and prompt wartime response. It argues the United States would have matched Canada’s decisive action with equivalent manpower, potentially halting German advances long ago.
De Conyers Read argues Americans favor England within Allied cooperation in France. He traces shared language and laws from colonial times, notes proximity over a century, and explains how English governance via ministers shapes policy. He also contrasts English aristocracy’s losses with liberal reforms aiding the poor, highlighting transatlantic relations.
The Westminster Gazette notes that German submarine successes declined, easing Allied risk. The Atlantic reinforcement from the United States looms as a decisive factor, making the Allied position stronger now than a year ago.
Four new booklets for Canadian women now at the public library focus on bread making fish cooking fruit and vegetable preparation preserving and canning. Each guide features practical content and attractive covers aimed at wartime households with a nominal five cent fee for borrowing.
A traveler remains unsettled as plans or arrangements remain unresolved. The scene implies ongoing negotiations or pending decisions about a journey or itinerary.
The account describes Sapper Higgins leading a midnight raid to steal and repurpose German barbed wire and knife rests, creating a secure Allied trench line. His stealth and improvisation left German defenses compromised as daylight revealed the successful disruption of the enemy perimeter.
An order allows a Canada Food Board representative to enter places suspected of illegal food hoarding to inspect and search. Warrant requires reasonable grounds of excess food or evidence of offences. Penalties include fines from twenty five to one thousand dollars and possible imprisonment.
A garbled excerpt from a wartime interview quotes an Italian premier about a British offer of tea. The speaker recalls an Englishman’s sensitivity to not offend Italian feelings, then references a conversation with Mr Ward Price and mentions a soldier receiving a potion amid broader wartime sentiment.
The militia department reports Sir Edward Kemp lauds Canadian troops abroad. Imperial authorities praise their behavior in London France and England, noting crime rates lower than in Canada and Dominion towns. Canadian provosts are praised for fair handling and high moral standards.
Lloyd George argues that only a total victory can preserve national honor safety and world liberty. He contends safer outlets were not found and urges continued struggle despite anxieties and costs.
The Houron Anglican Synod adopts a resolution urging support for government actions to increase food production and conservation amid widespread shortages and the needs of Allied nations and front-line troops. The report also notes historical use of combs in toiletry by various cultures.
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A Swiss Journal de Geneve report paints Russia's economy as halted with general strikes, shortages, and banks emptied. It contrasts French and British war-time labor shifts and urges citizens to prioritize food production and national duty to save the 1918 harvest.
A New York Tribune report describes engineers adapting De Haviland aircraft to the Liberty motor, filling gaps in blueprints, and fitting thirty equipment types in cramped cockpits. A 4,000-aircraft vanguard moves to completion at Dayton-Wright, symbolizing mastery of the skies.
A group of twenty nine returned POWs graded at King's Cross Station. A Middlesex man says Germans draft every capable prisoner into labor, pairing injured men for coal trucks and assigning others to tasks like dragging a rake, with work and water scarce for prisoners in Germany.
A Washington committee on public information issues a timely pamphlet urging commercial travelers to counter one hundred and one German lies spread by enemies of the United States. Readers are told to demand proof and report sources to No. 8 Jackson Place, Washington, D.C. The Columbus lie about a sweater for a son at Camp Sherman is cited.
A British war cabinet report shows 1917 added a million acres to U K tillage and potatoes, with expectations that 1918 may exceed 1916 by over three million acres. The piece notes U S wheat flour bread prospects and U S lumber growth, citing large forest-to-farm land shifts and extensive logging totals.
Report notes substitution in France and Britain as wheat and cereals face scarcity. Mentions barley and rice as alternatives and changes in food consumption patterns amid shortages.
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