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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1918
Page
2
Allied forces inch toward victory as Premier Lloyd George tells the House of Commons that U S aid will seal the German defeat. The report emphasizes strengthened Allied efforts and anticipated breakthrough with American support.
Premier Lloyd George told House of Commons the arriving American army is turning the war in favor of the Allies. He warned of a forthcoming blow within days and months ahead, saying Allied strength will soon surpass Germany as American troops continue to arrive.
Berlin accuses Russia of instigating the war while Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann defends Germany's aims and hints a peace proposal may be considered. He cites Asquith and asserts Britain could accept a clear peace offer. Draft orders shift as 1.8 million 21 year olds register. mobilization calls item. Russian guards kill former Tsar Nicholas II at Ekaterinburg. Missouri tornado kills five near Green City.
Provost Marshal John Keane announced two July draft calls for Colorado registrants. 718 men will entrain to Fort Logan for general service while 185 hands with grammar school education will train as radio telegraphers and electricians at Colorado College before deployment in France. The broader July draft totals 8,976 nationwide, amid work or fight orders impacting nonproducers in daily life.
Congress approved major defense and civil measures totaling billions, striking a war stride as lawmakers enact substantial funding. The action, described as sweeping, follows debates over military fortification and civilian programs.
Congress pushes vast funding for war mobilization as Senate and House pass multi billion measures. Army expansion to 3 to 4 million men, universal service proposals, and licensing for stockyards amid wartime controls. Also reports Greece credit, trench gun accident, and Fairbanks estate.
Deadly dawn crash near Gary involved a Pullman troop train and a Wallace H Hagenbeck circus train on the Michigan Central line. At least sixty dead, 128 hospitalized in Gary and Hammond. many bodies burned beyond recognition. Clowns and acrobats among victims, with numerous injuries reported.
Vienna acknowledges strategic withdrawal in Italy amid ongoing battles as heavy casualties and fierce fighting persist, with reports of dead and wounded littering the battlefield.
Austrian forces retreating after failed Piave offensive, with Rome reporting 46,000 prisoners and heavy losses. Italian cavalry and aircraft harass rearguards while Victor Emmanuel III’s troops press along the river. In France, Americans secure Belley wood on the Marne front as Italian and German actions wane. U S troop movements surpass 900,000 as war news holds steady.
London reports a shocking case where Frank Bolton, once a regimental bandman, now in an asylum, believed himself a famed British surgeon. He attacked his wife and two children with chloroform and razors, inflicting multiple wounds while claiming to perform surgeries. The wife and daughter survived, and the son was still recovering when nurses intervened.
Paris Americans set an alarm clock under an arm in No Man's Land to lure German batteries into firing. The clock's intermittent ringing drew heavy enemy fire while the Americans watched from their trenches and laughed at the ruse.
In Oakland a woman distressed by a tattoo of a soldier’s initials on her instep seeks removal. Wardell Martin, a tattooist, plans to cover the mark by painting two flags on blue ground to obscure the initials amid a summer bathing season.
Otto Dobermann, a German enemy alien jailed in Memphis Tennessee, asked the jailer to shoot him. The jailer refused saying he was not worth the powder and lead required. Dobermann offered a dollar through the cell bars to be shot.
A heated exchange in a saloon led to disloyal remarks about the U.S. president. Judge John A. Swanson ordered Lopach removed with a two hundred dollar fine and costs after the defiant exchange ending with a rebuke about going to hell.
Market notes show prices for metals such as lead at 7.75 and copper at 41.12 per unit. Butter creamery 31 9 4c, eggs and poultry listed with market marks. Sugar centrifugal granulated priced at 7. ab e, chocolate and related products noted with miscellaneous figures. Prices reflect packing and stock terms from the era.
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