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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1917
Page
3
Through an association with other American newspapers The Roanoke Rapids Herald is represented worldwide by about two hundred photographers, over one hundred with armies and navies of warring nations. Selected images from these photographers are reproduced weekly for Herald readers.
England and France have sent specialists with war experience to advise America’s war effort. Col. B. Dercle of the French medical staff participates in councils of the medical board and the council of national defense.
Jean Chaps Liewi stands among France’s youngest and bravest airmen who have downed a fifteenth enemy plane. The report highlights their daring patrols and rising tally in aerial combat.
French and Italian armies launch major offensives in a coordinated push against German positions. The sudden large scale drives threaten key fronts as Allied forces press forward under heavy fire and cautious advances continue along multiple sectors.
British hold ground as French and Italians push forward from the Meuse to the Adriatic. French and Italian forces claim gains across about thirty seven miles from the Avecourt area to the Isonzo region, with nearly 12 000 prisoners reported and heavy losses to German and Austrian units. The fighting follows German attempts to seize Verdun and Verdant fronts, marking a decisive shift in the European theater.
Federal Judge Speer ruled the selective draft law constitutional in habeas corpus proceedings for Albert Jones and John Story jailed in Richmond County Georgia. The decision rejects objections that the draft violates the Thirteenth Amendment and notes soldiers deserve respect for their service and sacrifice.
Chicago reports hog prices rising daily since July 21 1914 reaching a new high at 19.75 per 100 pounds on August 1. top August price noted as 7.88.
New York reports two former members of draft exemption board number ninety nine were sentenced to two years each in Atlanta federal penitentiary after pleading guilty to conspiracy to obstruct the selective draft law. Prosecutors said sentencing for Kalman Gruter, a dentist, would seek a case as an alleged go between.
Washington reports that after two years of pleading for aid the Mexican government has secured moral backing from American bankers and the American government signaling confidence in the Carranza regime. A loan may now be feasible with backing from U S financial circles.
Two men, Charles A. Wall Jr and Richard H. Mead, burned to death when an experimental airplane caught fire in midair near Buffalo. The craft, destroyed after smoke bombs ignited, fell to the ground with both aboard already dead. Wall trained as a civil engineer for aviation service. Mead was an aviation inspector who had arrived from a training camp in Mineola Long Island.
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