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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1917
Page
2
The article details wartime logistics and home front economies, noting post exchanges enabling workers to buy varied goods at favorable prices, and discusses plans for caring for disabled soldiers. It covers food, fuel, and supply measures, including cheese trade shifts, cattle import controls, and health guidelines for homes, with references to government committees and military training programs.
Institutions urged to study Smith Hughes Act as night watchmen topic dominates state education budget discussion.
Governor Bickett announces additional pardons including Matthew McBane for roads crimes and several others with manslaughter and robbery backgrounds. The notes cite prison records, public opinion, and a heated passion defense, while stressing cautious use of clemency in a tense political climate. North Carolina crop and weather updates follow, detailing state wheat rye and peanut yields, November climate, and safety advisories for cold weather.
Heralds Review presents a record of important events across the state. This summarized notice highlights notable actions, happenings, and developments reported for Herald readers.
State Fuel Administrator A W McAlister will fix wood prices in North Carolina with local committees. The move aims to stabilise prices and deliveries, setting cord prices by length and adjusting for delivery, splitting, and handling costs. Educational Commission announced to survey schooling and textbooks, while Rev Bob Brown offers to serve as army chaplain. A burning train at Elkin destroyed a coach and its contents, with firemen extinguishing the blaze.
Professor Collier Cobb of the geology department sailed from New York with students for Santiago Cuba to study the nickeliferous iron area in Oriente. Former pupil De Rorniere Whitaker leads mining work and will assist Cobb and the university party. The nickel iron ores are valuable for steel manufacture.
The report notes ongoing peage talks and renewed conflict between Teutonic allies and Russians. Brest remains a flashpoint as defensive lines and offensive actions shift with signals involving Ossel and Litovik.
Reports say negotiations begin at Brest-Litovsk with Austro German delegates led by Von Kuehlmann, Romania absent, while Russia faces Bolshevik resistance. Italian front sees gains as Austro German defense weakens with Monte Asolone and Monte Pertica fighting. News mentions Ukrainian Rada’s stance, Kaledines forces, and uncertain outcomes in a sprawling war panorama.
Advocates push amendments to the Farm Mortgage Bank law to allow private banks and raise loan interest caps while easing state and interstate constraints. In Australia a referendum shows 174000 for conscription, 764000 against, with troops’ votes pending. results reported from Melbourne via Reuters.
Washington announces wartime economy drive requiring every household to tag its coal shovel on January 26. The Fuel Administration asks schools, state and municipal authorities, and teachers to join in making the day a school holiday for twenty three million school children.
B M Stallworth prominent cotton mill figure in Georgia and South Carolina, general manager of Pacolet Mills at New Holland near Gainesville, died suddenly at home. Native of Greenwood County, S C, he leaves a widow two brothers and a sister.
Four men died and two later succumbed to injuries after a crowd at Magnolio station, Baltimore, surged toward a passing train they mistook for a local. The fort express, bound for navy proving grounds at Aberdeen, plowed through the crowd. Several others were injured.
Quartermaster General Sharpe testified before the Senate-military committee on wartime clothing, shoes, and food for the African army. He acknowledged shortages of overcoats due to late large orders, but said complete stocks would be in camp by December except for winter garments.
After a conference with a Cook County Illinois state attorney representative, Swann said he would not ask the New York county grand jury to indict Gaston B. Means in connection with the second will of Mrs Maude Robinson King. Means was acquitted by a Concord, New Sunday jury on December 16.
In Atlanta Georgia W H Bouterbaugh described as a German was fined 100 dollars and sentenced to 80 days in jail for assaulting Billy Sunday at the evangelist’s meeting. He was later indicted by the Paton county grand jury on three counts including assault on Sunday assault on an evangelist worker and disturbing public worship with bail set at 1000 dollars per count.
Washington grants permission for about 40 000 tons of corn and oats to Finland via Sweden. The food administration and the war trade board approve after evidence that thousands of Finns are starving. An agent will enter Finland from Sweden to enforce conditions and ensure aid does not benefit all.
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