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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1919
Page
7
Through an association with several American newspapers The Roanoke Rapids Herald is represented worldwide by about two hundred photographers. More than one hundred serve with the armies and navies of the warring nations. This page each week will publish some of the best pictures taken by these photographers for Herald readers.
A war worker at Columbia University based in the CAL overseas conference headquaters designs a national display honoring liberty. Miss Motha Michatel adapts Jane McRae poem and urges adoption of a poppy torch memorial to celebrate victory and liberty nationwide.
A hunter from Avie Iowa Herbert A Faglor on Chathams Rup used his bow and gun to kill a bear with a hard nose blow after encountering the animal makes its stand the next morning the bear lay dead at the scene Fall Restores Speech A woman from Scottdale Pa regained speech after a fall and long attack of illness Japanese Farmers Wealthy Yakima Valley ranchers in Washington buy 100 sod?me bites last year indicating wealth from farming despite land rents
A Concordia man, 4, A. Parker, visits his son abroad as Commander C. Buckner makes a rare return after twenty five years. The son, who left at age 12 to sail, has captained ships in the Pacific and Atlantic and now serves as a naval reserve commander. Mother is said to be “over the top” with pride.
The civil service commission of Dayton Ohio examined applicants for policeman positions. Women participated in the test and the commission ruled them eligible to serve. The piece notes several applicants as potential policewomen, calling some Amazons.
Persistent efforts by American delegates accelerate progress on doctrine and reparations. The push emphasizes speeding up negotiations and securing agreed terms, with emphasis on international cooperation and legal clarity.
Progress in Paris on the peace treaty gathers pace as American delegates push for home criticisms like Monroe Doctrine and reparations. Britain and Italy slow the pace over indemnity terms, with financial commissions modeling payments after Germany’s wartime state. The conference contends with objections while awaiting a plenary session.
A new Goddard rocket developed at Johns Hopkins and Worcester Institute is touted as a terrible engine of war. It reportedly reaches 70 miles high and 290 miles forward, powered by a gas engine with explosive cartridges fed by a 4 clocked time device. No cannon is needed to launch the craft.
Paris reports the Temps says Allied governments may disregard German objections to Danzig and land Polish troops by force if needed. The paper says the allies seek to create a central state around Danzig to keep the border area from joining either Germany or Poland.
Field agent reports indicate a clearer improvement in building and construction activity. Southeastern states show stronger gains than others as New York City leads the South. expect several days before the South returns to normal.
Berlin reports the allied note on General Haller's troops landing at Danzig has created a grave situation in foreign relations. A dispatch from Weimar to The Voualeche Zeitung says the government consulted army leaders before replying and they gave unqualified approval to the German answer.
New York American veterans reenlist daily here and in other posts as men answer why they rejoin. Forty percent seek to return to France, thirty two percent want vocational training, sixteen percent say the army makes a man of you, others say they like the life or cannot find work.
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