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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1918
Page
14
Washington May 10. A surgeon general bulletin outlines essential knowledge for army surgeons in new sectors. It urges rapid, day and night inspections to learn trench layouts, evacuation routes, enemy trenches and habits, and to keep personnel intact during attacks and gas risks.
ROME May 10 The sum of 1 000 000 advanced on approval of the Pope to the Catholic Bank Credito Centrale Del Lazio saved that institution from bankruptcy. Thousands of farmers were depositors as loans were extended to Lucca Cortese newspaper owner and theatrical manager tried on charges of fraudulent financial operations.
Senator Thomas of Colorado accuses the Manufacturers' Aircraft association of creating a gigantic monopoly over airplane patents. He says cross licensing restricts production and prefers government commandeering of patents. Other senators push for investigations into delays and patent controls during the war.
In Chicago on May 10 the government presented evidence in the trial of 112 I W W leaders showing Bolsheviki correspondence from Russia dated August 1917. Letters sought progress on taking America from capitalists and industrial freedom. Propaganda excerpts, pamphlets, and song books were read, including lines urging workers to destroy property and sabotage military targets after the selective service act.
Washington May 10 The war labor board adjourned Thursday night without a decision in the commercial telegraphers union case. It concerns Western Union and Postal companies discharging men because of union affiliations. An effort will be made to have the decision ready for announcement today.
London may 10 government notice urges farmers to wage ruthless offensive against rats causing 200 million dollars in annual losses across England. It warns rats breed fast and will devour grain, urging grain protection, traps, ferrets, dogs, barn owl allies, concrete barriers, and coordinated neighbor hunts to save the 1918 harvest.
The line offered suggests a social observation about self focus and indifference to neighbors troubles, reflecting a likely editorial or aphorism. No concrete people places organizations or dates are identifiable in the fragment.
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