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Newspaper
Plainfield Record
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1918
Page
4
Fragmented OCR shows a historic newspaper page with editorial notes and staff roles. It mentions editorial department, general manager, and a date near December 29, WAN, plus a reference to Platetald and a June 73, 1918 date.
The piece promotes War Savings Stamp week urging citizens to pledge and invest, citing President Wilson and war needs. It contrasts home sacrifice with the 3,000,000 service members and warns about train departure dangers at Bound Brook and North Avenue, urging better crowd control and flag etiquette.
A Plainfield letter-writer mocks the municipal building flare as a teapot tempest. The Courier-News notes laborers wreck concrete stairs at the hall and comments on union versus non union work. The piece mocks officials and jokes about contracts and civic talk reflecting wartime era mood.
A youth shot in the head three times survived after a fatal clash. Bweeney fled but was later arrested on Wat Chung Avenue and Fourth Street. Police say the plan involved selling lead pipe and brass seized for junk. Anderson, released from reform school, and Bweeney, from Plainfield, were involved in a deadly incident that left the assailant at large at the time.
Editorial from The World June 10 argues for a volunteer edition to aid firefighting in New York and nationwide. The writer cites heavy losses from a Manhattan blaze and warns that such a conflagration could strain fire departments, insurers, and national defense resources.
Rev J W Flynn pastor has applied for enlistment as an army chaplain and has been ordered inducted into service. He will join military chaplaincy duties as part of the armed forces.
State Food Administration officials announce tougher sugar regulations set to take effect July 1. Home consumption quotas drop to three pounds per capita monthly. essential manufacturers receive eighty to fifty percent allowances. ice cream makers and beverages face reduced allotments. juice and fruit preserved items for fountains hit by new limits amid Cuba import declines.
American aircraft factories will produce a fast single seated fighter in addition to bombing planes already under construction. Preparations for domestic production are underway though specific design and testing details remain unclear. Army officials plan to build the type in the United States citing recent recommendations.
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