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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1918
Page
3
Through an association with several American papers the Herald is represented globally by about two hundred photographers. Over one hundred work with armies and navies of warring nations. The best pictures taken by these photographers will be reproduced weekly for Herald readers.
An American recounts his journey into rural France and the crowded French troop transports. He describes meeting Maj General Pemaklin Beil at Camp Upton and Col Charles F Lee who led the British aviation section in America. The narrator recalls crowded trains and the contrast between American and French troops as they exchanged farewells and shared scarce space.
In Flatbush an Italian adontist cites figures in square miles to claim the earth’s surface, after six hours of sun, would receive heat equal to burning more than 2,000 tons of owl. In Bensonhurst readers are urged to order sunctive power before rush begins.
A fragmented wartime piece describes a dog named Chow adopted by Marine Sergeant Murphy from the St Paul recruiting station. Chow reportedly waited nightly for Murphy and was praised for courage, with plans to bring the dog to France. The text also includes garbled notes on height indicators used by aircraft and a British aviator quote about flight dangers.
Surprising assault renews retreat with news of a major German front. Allied commanders report heavy resistance and the potential dispatch of fresh forces to push back German advances.
Allied forces break into German lines along a two mile front from Montidier to Morlancourt and push toward the Aisne sector. The attack, aided by favorable weather, captures guns and war matériel, with thousands of German prisoners and many villages retaken. As the drive progresses, Crown Prince Rupprecht may defer plans to sever cross-channel communications to meet the Allied onslaught.
Washington reports the federal trade commission recommended to President Wilson that the government seize and operate for the public the stockyards cold storage and refrigerator plants warehoused and carrier cars. It calls for wartime control of the food supply for the United States and its allies, targeting five large meat packing firms Swift Arthur Morris Cudahy and Wilson. The committee says one of these firms is controlled by Kohin Lah Co Guaranty Trust Co and Chase National Bank.
Rear Admiral Harrie, chairman of the war industries committee in the Navy district, announced he would take over and divest the distribution of all electric current held by the Norfolk & Portsmouth Traction Company to conserve supply for infantry and transportation needs, aiming to relieve the present acute traction situation.
Notice proclaims the end of voluntary enlistments in the army and navy. It directs that no further enlistments be accepted and excludes civilians from appointment to officers training camps.
Andrew Ronar Law announced in the hawaiian channel that 7,000 prison 8 and 100 guns were captured during the Beanco-British offensive. The front between Moptancanet and Memtatatin was reported as reached by the allied forces and a late night boost was delivered.
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