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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1918
Page
2
A compact digest of major global events across nations. Key developments span politics economics conflicts and diplomacy with brief notes on leadership changes treaties and notable statements from official sources and international agencies.
A scattered compilation covers a plane crash near Comack New York killing Lieut Harold F Maxon and Cadet GF Gedeon, war budget changes to 166 million, Tulsa planning a Confederate veterans reunion September 24 27, opposition to draft age expansion from Samuel Gompers, and US war mobilization notes. Also reports on Bolshevik Russia, oil decrees in Mexico, recruitment in the Bahama Islands, and broader Allied military actions in Europe with emphasis on American troops and casualty rates.
Chronicle of notable actions and developments across Raleigh and state regions. Highlights include legislative activity, state governance updates, and key political events shaping North Carolina during the period. Names of officials and locations anchor the coverage.
National Board of Government features highlight war work of the nation to be shown at the state fair from October 21 to 26.
A war show from the Department of Agriculture state displays and the War Department news outlines aims from preservation to food production. Highlights include feeding and conservation efforts, with low-key notes on local charters and proposed Cantonments in Raleigh Wilmington aviation interest and a Wrightsville aviation station push.
The Farmers' and Farm Women's Convention at State College on August 2 features talks on production and conservation, with demonstrations of tractors and labor saving devices. Exhibits include butter making, canning and preserving foods, drying produce, and meat canning. Specialists from the Extension Service and the wool industry discuss sheep and lamb raising, while new public agricultural bulletins are promoted to aid farmers facing labor shortages.
Secretary Manager H V D King of the Fayetteville chamber of commerce announced that beyond the already approved earlier artillery camp, orders call for a six brigade camp with depot base hospital veterinary capital and general headquarters. This implies about four thousand soldiers would be stationed at Fayetteville. Navy enlistments are temporary and open via local recruiting offices to ensure readiness for future calls.
Moe Shep and Wool Raleigh reports indicate Mr G A Cally and Mr Cardwell advancing sheep and wool development in eastern North Carolina. A September 12 Wilmington session organized by Mr Curtis aims to showcase breeding and shearing progress, with broader efforts across the Western North Carolina Conference highlighted.
Allied forces report no gains by German troops on the front near the Lys salient. The enemy retreat continues as British units seize Merville amid sustained pressure, signaling a shift in control along a 18 mile front section.
German positions on the western frontline yield under British and French pressure. French forces push near Merville and Lassigny, retake Pimprez, advance from Carlepont toward Fortenoy, and drive back Germans between Soissons to a depth of over a mile. British widen gains on Lys, Roye becomes more exposed, and Vesle front sees continued artillery exchanges with American and French troops harassing the foe.
Unofficial reports claim British forces captured a railway town on the western outskirts of Roye, a key position on the Somme Oise front. No official confirmation yet. Maps show Allied gains as the enemy defense steadily weakens and withdrawals become evident.
Allied forces push through Picardy with west southwest and south pressure surrounding German positions. French advances between the Oise and Alene claim a broad attack front failed, yet reports cite encirclement near Lassigny, a breakthrough at Thietcourt wood, and Pim Brew capture, signaling a German retreat across the Somme and Aisne plains.
Italian Army Headquarters reports two Austrian documents captured on the Austro Italian front reveal Entente air superiority. One bans weaker camouflage of ammo dumps and emplacements. The other, from an artillery colonel, admits the allied guns and aerial observation are superior, hindering systematic German destruction.
Two abandoned life boats from the Norwegian bark Nordhay, sunk by a German submarine 125 miles off the Virginia capes, were swept ashore on the Atlantic coast near Norfolk. The first was found in the breakers by the Virginia Beach life saving crew, an hour later the Little Island station crew 20 miles south recovered the second craft.
Review shows a shift in the campaign where valuable ground lost in the first four months has been retaken in the fifth, with allied initiative gaining advantage. Also included are unrelated farming tips on butter washing and keeping milk cool in hot weather.
The transport carrying the first contingent of American troops arrived at Vladivostok after a seven and a half day voyage from Manila. The men were in excellent spirits, crowded the afterdeck rigging, cheered, and were greeted by crews of allied warships in the harbor.
Dr. E. W. Buckley of St. Paul Minnesota reports troops overseas have raised allied morale to a high pitch after a western front tour. He says American soldiers carry a victorious spirit abroad and that the French, British, and Germans are all aware of it.
Paris reports the German and American conference on war prisoners has been postponed at the request of the German government. A Goewa dispatch cited by the Echo de Paris notes the delay affecting prisoner talks and related arrangements.
American forces pressed forward at Frapelle despite 2500 enemy shells pummeling the village. A German raid was repulsed by American artillery and automatic fire. In the Woëvre region an American patrol saw action. one soldier, wounded in multiple places, carried a comrade to safety.
Governor Bickett opposes the federal draft measure to register all men born in 1845. He cites potential disruption to schools and education. Representative Webb also objects to lowering the minimum age to 18 and prefers 20.
Estimates from a regional conference of agricultural officials across Arkansas Alabama Texas Tennessee and Oklahoma set a cap of 11 500 000 bales for the season with prospects of further deterioration. Given a likely short crop no external financing aid will be sought beyond state provisions.
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