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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1919
Page
3
Through an association with many American newspapers The Roanoke Rapids Herald is represented worldwide by about two hundred photographers, over one hundred with the armies and navies of the warring nations. The best and most interesting images will be reproduced on this page each week for Herald readers.
A fragmentary 1919 era piece mocks wartime supply and labor issues. It references Tommy in Britain and Americans abroad, with satirical notes on cultural and political motives, hinting at propaganda and postwar adjustment themes.
A report details a notorious loss of 10 000 troops and a great void of missing men wholly unaccounted for after three months, signaling a severe lapse in wartime records and soldier tracking.
A garbled wartime summary reports a total death toll of 40,709 with 29 American prisoners remaining. The piece references war events, locations, and multiple names, though the text is severely corrupted. It mentions Meier, Henn, and others in context of injuries and evaluations within a German theater, with scattered fragments of dates and places.
Southern lawmakers debate cotton acreage policy as they announce wartime shipping and revenue measures. The War Trade Board and Shipping Board reach agreement on subsistence and rapid delivery of American parts to Holland, with officers assigned and troops and supply movements under review.
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