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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1918
Page
3
Through an association with several American newspapers The Roanoke Rapids Herald is represented by about two hundred photographers. More than a hundred staff cover armies and navies of warring nations. The best and most interesting images will be reproduced weekly for Herald readers.
An item recounts Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt visiting a Buckeye area with Mrs. Roosevelt, noting a Roosevelt lineage remark. It discusses poison in buckeye nuts, European attempts to use horse chestnut as food, and a rural quip about wealth and love, ending with a playful dialogue between Chester and Carry.
A jumble of quotations contrasts a country editor’s death with critics who say editors rarely lie. The Birmingham Age Herald notes the editor’s public role, while other papers call the man a simple local figure. The Milwaukee Journal adds a saying about true character.
A London tailor building a basement dugout with cloth bales amid air raid fears attracts a war office inspection deeming it absolutely bomb proof. Civil War veteran David R. Burkey, 80, of Philadelphia, rides 25 miles daily for exercise. Jobo Slorah, awaiting a hearing in the Saco jail, has gained 34 pounds in three months.
Haig warns there must be no retreat as Idoues Order 10 fights to hold positions with backs to the wall. The struggle signals intensified clash lines and strategic pressure across frontline sectors.
Great Britain’s armies fight in France and Flanders as Field Marshal Haig orders his men to hold ground at all costs in a bid to protect homes and liberty. He says Allied French support signals a potential strike to break German pressure, possibly where Generalissimo Foch can pierce the front.
London field marshal Haig issues a day of the line order to ANL ranks in France and Flanders urging unwavering defense as French forces move to assist. He warns the enemy seeks to sever the Channel ports and the British line while praising troops and urging all to endure to the end for home safety and mankind’s freedom.
Chairman Hurley of the Shipping Board told the Southern Commercial Congress shipping committee that Washington shipyards should lead in ocean going tonnage. He cited southern coastline and climate as advantages and urged the region not to lag behind other sections in ship construction.
In Washington the war department backed basing Class One quotas on registered numbers rather than population after a Senate backed plan. House opponents pushed an amendment to rely on total registration and ability for service, but it failed. Also in Washington a consolidation of General Staff divisions formed a new department of purchases storage and raffle led by Major General Gootham. duties of director of purchases shift to Col. Hugh Johnson under Maj. Gen. March.
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