05 Apr 1918
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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1918
Page
1
British and French troops yield ground in a critical area east of Amiens as German forces press along the Hamel front. Heavy rains hinder logistics while both sides report shelling and outpost activities near Menin road Passchendaele and Ypres, with no sustained Allied offensive noted.
Paris April 5 German forces reported attacking along a nine mile front from Grivesnes toward the Amiens Roye road. They gained only a small stretch of ground while Grivesnes held. Mailly Rainevil Morisel fell to Germans who faced stout French counterattacks. British and French fronts saw renewed fighting south of the Somme with gains near Hamel and Wake Wood. Canadian cavalry actions noted.
The treasury announced that the third Liberty loan bonds will mature in ten years on September 15, 1928 and bear interest from May 8 payable semiannually on Sept 1 and March 1. Subscriptions may pay five percent now and rest by May 28, July 15, and August 1 with delivery after May 9. The loan runs four weeks ending May 4, with deposits and bank payments allowed in treasury certificates of indebtedness except certain maturities.
Washington April 65 Nations Red Cross authorized a grant of half a million dollars to Canada for war relief funds. The action confirms ongoing humanitarian support amid wartime needs and underscores international aid commitments.
Washington reports experts expect a renewed German assault in Picardy signaling a long, bitter struggle ahead. Observers note Allied leaders may be in the first phase of a vast clash as Verdun stretched on for months. Casualty reports from France are being withheld while Major General March seeks explicit guidance from Secretary Baker.
Washington reports in Rome dispatch that Austrians seek favorable weather to renew an offensive against Italy. Critics speculate Austria may finish gains in France before striking Italy, while preparations continue and forces once in Romania under Mackensen shift toward the Italian front. Italian aviators note troops moved from Prave to the mountains, signaling a planned invasion.
Washington April 1 cablegrams express thanks from Victor Boret Lord Rhondda and Silvio Crizot for the French Bru sho and Italian governments. They note the willingness of the American people to cut wheat consumption to allow bread and meat for troops, received by the food administration from allied food ministers.
Nine billion dollars is the approximate cost to the United States for one year of war since April 6 1917. More than half to allies to be repaid, over one third to the army and military establishment, one tenth to the navy, and one fifteenth for shipbuilding. Only about one sixth raised by taxation, the rest from Liberty bonds and indebtedness. Expenditures run about a billion monthly, with about half to allies. Revenue from taxes and customs plus two Liberty loans total near $5.8 billion. Salt savings and other receipts add minor funds, but the overall coffers are still strained.
Fort Worth reports Cadet T. J. Jennings 29 of the Royal Flying Corps died Thursday after his airplane crashed near Ben Brookfield last Tuesday. His home was in Toronto Ontario.
American forces occupy a sector on the Meuse heights south of Verdun. A raid by German forces on a listening post was repelled by American fire. Other sectors remained quiet as German aircraft patrolled with some shelling in the Toul area.
General Pershing has been awarded the grand cross of the Order of Leopold by King Albert in Havre, and Cal Boyd of the American military attaché also receives the cross of officer of Leopold. Both officers are awarded the Belgian war cross in the dispatch from Havre.
Lieuts R F Ives Carl E Ekstrand and Russell St Dwiggins were killed in separate aviation accidents at Ellington field Houston on Thursday. Ives died when his aircraft went into a tail spin and crashed in the afternoon. Otto Epp, aboard the same craft, was slightly injured. Ekstrand and Dwigeins died in the same machine. Ellington field serves exclusively American flyers.
In Belgium, O'Brien faces close calls crossing streets and fields near German soldiers. He evades capture after spotting a spiked helmet, detours via back streets, and avoids a canal boat as tenants scavenge potatoes. He continues his perilous dash toward Halland, narrowly avoiding detection multiple times.
Jacksonville HL April 5 strong arm of the state aided local authorities in liquor cleanup. Attorney General Edward J. Brundage assigned GC W. Middlekauf to lead daylight raids. One hundred gallons of whiskey seized, seven arrests made, liquor stored in county jail. Injunctions planned to abate nuisances following East St. Louis and Madison County precedents.
WASTINGTON April 5 Winter wheat improved in nearly all sections during March under favorable weather, the government weather and crop bulletin announces. Indications are that the April prediction forecast to be issued next Monday may be well toward the 672,000,000 bushel government aim after the December forecast of 540,000,000 bushels.
Preparations by the Illinois State Food Administration to seize wheat held by farmers for higher prices followed orders from Federal Food Administrator Hoover who charged that some pro German farmers hoard wheat. County officials will serve written orders to bring wheat to the nearest elevator and failure to comply will result in requisition at a price basis minus seizure costs.
In Athens Wil, grocer John W. Rynders was compelled by loyalists to wear a large American flag around his neck and kiss the banner under threat of violence. He agreed to lead the Liberty Day parade for the third liberty loan drive, after being accused of withholding groceries from the opposing side. In Quebec, unrest subsides as soldiers patrol rioting districts linked to anti conscription protests, with normal conditions largely restored.
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