10 May 1918
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1918
Page
1
The parish defense council moves to shut pool rooms amid plans for an anti gambling measure. Officials expect action once the resolution is approved.
The Ouachita Parish Council of Defense unanimously adopted a resolution urging the governor and legislature to register manpower and to close public pool halls as a wartime measure. It also approved a price interpreting committee to monitor staple food prices and to inform the public, while endorsing a baby weighing and measuring program to detect growth issues.
At a Parish School Board meeting the panel endorsed raising teachers' salaries to a living wage. A committee will urge Ouachita legislators to back a bill for more state funds and coordinate with the Police Jury to increase parish school funding, including property assessments. Elections for several 5 mill tax renewals and new taxes were ordered, plus land purchase for a new Okaloosa school and building plans for teachers' homes, a Luna school, and a Parish High School sidewalk and repairs. The board later joined the Parish High School domestic science class for lunch.
Five soldiers were killed outright and two died on the way to hospital after three passenger coaches from the 321st Infantry and 317th Machine Gun Company plunged from a trestle near Camp Jackson. Eighteen injured, several possibly fatally, as the steel coach crashed onto the wooden cars.
A signed statement by City Councilmen Sam Kaplan and P M Atkins reports their resignations to the mayor and blasts the current government system. They describe a mayor dominated structure with nine council members and thirteen departments, warning of waste and weak policy. The note references a street car controversy as evidence of instability.
At a Monroe chapter executive board meeting the resignation of chairwoman Mrs. M. Hudson was accepted with thanks. No successor was elected, to be considered next week. A nominating committee was named and business leaders discussed future leadership, transport needs, and expanding auxiliary work on Island DeSiard.
Paris reports the French yesterday seized Grivenes Port near Montdidier taking 260 prisoners. French raiders secured positions along the Ailette river in Champagne near Messignes north of Rheims and in Lorraine despite German resistance.
British Premier Lloyd George wins cautious victory as the opposition gains no decisive majority. The report notes continued support amid wartime leadership and political maneuvering.
In London May 10 the Lloyd George ministry defeated Asquith’s motion 293 to 106 to appoint a special committee to probe General Maurice’s charges. Lloyd George denounced the effort as precedent breaking and urged unity, citing evidence from the War Office and Haig’s staff. He urged an end to sniping and warned of a threatened German blow.
Ouachita must supply 75 white registrants for the May 25 call for Camp Beauregard as Louisiana’s contingent of 200,000 white men to be drafted. The parish quota exceeds local estimates, with Negro allocations to be announced later. Other parish quotas follow: East Carroll 9, Franklin 44, Morehouse 259, Madison 12, Richland 41, Tensas 7, Union 56, Caldwell 39, Jackson 34, West Carroll 29, and several others listed.
At least eleven people died and more than 150 were injured as tornadoes hit central and northeastern Iowa and central Illinois. Hundreds of homes were destroyed and livestock killed, with Mayville Iowa and near Jacksonville Illinois bearing the brunt of the storms.
Obsolete cruiser filled with concrete blocks the entrance to the Ostend U-boat base. The improvised barrier leaves the harbor inaccessible to submarine traffic and aimed to hinder enemy operations.
British admiralty says a raid blocked the German submarine bases at Ostend and Zeebrugge. The obsolete cruiser Vindictive, filled with concrete, sank across the harbor entrance while a British motor launch was damaged and sunk to prevent capture. Casualties were light.
The advance guard of high school athletes arrived in Princeton New Jersey to compete in the twenty second annual interscholastic outdoor track and field games at Pahner Stadium. Fifteen events are open to high school and preparatory athletes with field events in the morning and track races in the afternoon.
War service will be a main topic at the second annual convention of the National Association of City Editors in Statianapolis Indiana. The two day session will gather a notable group of newspaper men from across the country.
Confederate Memorial Day was observed in Raleigh North Carolina and throughout the Carolinas with semi holiday status. Surviving veterans held parades and cemetery exercises to honor those who have passed.
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