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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1918
Page
2
The article notes Ireland moves toward home rule, detailing an Irish parliament modeled on Britain's empire framework with unobstructed authority. It also reports on allied military actions, economic imports, and global WWI developments affecting Europe and the United States.
A concise tally of notable happenings across the state and at the Capitol, compiled for Herald readers. Highlights include political developments, lawmaking milestones, and civic actions shaping North Carolina during the reporting period.
Raleigh dispatches report new state Food Administration limits on flour sales to farmers. Mills may sell only 49 pounds of flour per person in a real district and up to 80 days of a customer's needs. Substitutes of equal weight must be offered and certified monthly to the state administrator. Farmers may exchange wheat for flour up to their household needs for 60 days, with a 6 pound monthly cap per person. An exception allows mills to serve farmers more than three miles away with up to six days supply.
Gardeners and truckers in the Kinston vicinity anticipate a record yield as a warm spell nears. Peas are bearing and the first ripe strawberries appear while frosts over two mornings caused little damage. The Kinston official gardening commission, with municipal and school boards, chamber of commerce, and agricultural services, promotes vegetables new to the area such as carrots anisfy spinach rhubarb oxplant parning naraley Brussels sprouts hohbrah. To aid preservation for winter, the chamber plans a carload of vans for storage at cost, inviting outlying residents to join contests and participate in the program.
State Board of Health figures show counties with typhoid campaigns in 1915 and 1911 cut death rates by about half compared with counties without campaigns. In Symeon county persistent health work yielded a tenfold drop over four years, while neighboring Sampson County experienced higher rates. Wheat on Hand Called For: Food administration directs wheat marketing to support Allies with May 1 deadlines for southern and middle states and May for northern states.
Rousing appeal extols bonds that bless those at home and those at the front. It frames sacrifice as strength warmth and enduring virtue linking devotion to country with personal gratitude worshiping brave soldiers as noble stock and stars of Old Glory. The rhetoric urges readers to support the cause and find pride in sacrifice for freedom.
Lane Hopital No 65 in Greensboro plans Base Hospital No 68 a North Carolina unit for service in France. It will accept applications from those inside and outside the draft age for orderly stenographer clerk and various trained roles with advancement to noncommissioned ranks. Surgeon General designates Major Hanes of Winston-Salem as recruiting officer. Also announced is the North Carolina Extension Service premium list for state fair help and a new plan linking county farm demonstration agents with fair officials. John R. Kneebone of Flint appointed city manager of Revotor, the first to pursue a municipal administration degree at the University of Michigan, now serving in Flint.
Announcement from B Rubinow chair of the fair committee reports the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service convention in Raleigh scheduled for April 10 11 postponed to a summer date. O L Clark notes 30 barrels of flour available at cost for shipment. The message reflects wartime bread ration concerns and shifts in wheat distribution.
North Carolina boards receive War Department orders for the April 24 five day draft. Total quotas exceed five thousand, with 2001 white and 056 colored men assigned to Camp Fant Roachford and 1897 white and 1057 white men to Camp Jackson. Local boards must furnish exact counts, even if farmers are actively cultivating crops. The document lists per-county allotments for white enrollees.
The national Woodmen of the World camp invested 26000 in Liberty Bonds via Elisha B. Lewin, North Carolina state manager. The message notes a 1 million dollar national pledge with North Carolina the sole local allotment credited to Kinston. Special Washington dispatch reports plans to build a Wilmington shipyard for concrete ships, with five yards, Wilmington chosen as the model yard.
Harrell Nalepause was jailed in default of a $400 bond after probable cause found on enticing laborers to leave New Bern for another state. He claimed employment with the Richmond Cedar War of Richmond, Virginia, and admitted seeking borers for his company during police court proceedings. He had visited other towns in the area.
Count Gzorinin has resigned from his office following a formal request by Germany. The move ends his tenure and shifts responsibilities to his successor amid diplomatic pressure.
Reported resignation of Austro Hungarian foreign minister Count Czernin triggers speculation on internal tensions within Austria Hungary. Prague unrest among Czechs reflects anti Germanization as leaders debate peace policy and Emperor Charles stance amid pressures from Bohemians Poles and Ukrainians.
SwitzerlandApril 15 Charles of Austria sent a telegram to Emperor William of Germany denying Clemenceau’s accusations. He says his cannon in the west is their last reply and refuses further discussion with France. The message is signed Charles.
Washington reports an unremitting search along trade routes by American and French naval and merchant ships for any trace of the missing Cyclops. Officials, led by Mr. Duntely, hold to hope despite time passing with no relief.
Seven days after the German assault on the British positions between Lons and Ypres, momentum has collapsed. German forces gained ground and pierced the Allied line to a notable depth yet failed to breach the British defense, waves recoiling before stiff resistance.
American forces press hard in ongoing combat as they advance toward a third defensive line. Artillery and infantry exchange fire across the fortifications in a tense operation reported from the front.
Intense bombardments and gas shells preceded two failed German assaults on American positions near the Meuse north of St Miniel and near Apremont forest northwest of Toul. American troops captured prisoners, guns, and ammo, with enemy losses estimated at 300 to 400 across the three days of fighting.
Senator William J Stone longtime chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Missouri Democrat died after a stroke on a streetcar en route to the Senate office building. A second cerebral hemorrhage led to coma and death at 4 30 pm surrounded by family including Mrs Stone Judge Kimborough Stone Margaret Winston and other Missouri delegation members in attendance.
General Crowder sent another draft call for 49843 registrants to state governors. Mobilization is ordered for May 1 and May 10, increasing total selectees to over 100000 in camps since late March. The Allied line in Belgium and France remains firm as German efforts fail to gain ground.
Washington report shows unexpected war demands cutting the agriculture departments original nitrate distribution plan to farmers. To date more than 17 000 tons have been shipped with an additional 3 600 tons at southern ports and arrangements made for more than 73 tons.
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