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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1918
Page
3
Through an association with several American papers The Roanoke Rapids Herald is represented worldwide by about two hundred photographers including over one hundred with the armies and navies of warring nations. The page will weekly reproduce some of the best pictures for Herald readers.
British ex‑soldiers back in England after German detention camps share items showing wartime treatment. A photo features Sergeant Spender with bread made from sawdust and sand soup. An unusual billet shows Tommies lodging in a vast concrete tank turned shelter, a stark reminder of war’s improvisation and resilience.
The article traces coal’s spread from ancient Britain through the Anglo Saxon era noting household use by 82 A D and a 1280 charter by Henry VII for Newcastle mines. It highlights 1709 as when Parte luna sourced English coal from Newcastle and mentions later French and American mine discoveries including Amerten near Redmond, Virginia in 1701.
Army logistics keep men and supplies moving on time with Transportation Requirements. Units report steady progress meeting schedules as routes, depots, and vehicles align to support ongoing operations.
Washington reports troops and supplies for General Pershing move to France on schedule and shipping capacity remains satisfactory. Officers weigh early spring conditions, predicting April may show limited operations and possible delays until May amid German defensive postures and Allied preparations for a decisive 1918 campaign.
Washington reports December saw allied and American forces sink more U boats than Germany built that month. The finding emerges from discussions of Sir Erner Geddes statement to parliament and suggests antisubmarine efforts may steadily reduce U boat numbers in the coming spring.
Legislation to place in American hands permanently great German commercial and industrial concerns that spread German kultur is favorably reported by the appropriations committee to the Senate. The amendment to the urgent deficiency bill would empower the alien custodian to sell enemy property.
London. Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, announced in the house of commons that Britain’s loans to allies up to February 9 totaled 1,284,000,000 pounds sterling. He said the national debt at year end would not exceed 6,800,000,000 pounds, and daily expenditure from the year start to Feb 9 reached 6,557,000 pounds.
Washington reports a railroad purchasing program for this year totaling between 1 and 2 billion dollars. A central advisory committee of three railway purchasing agents will appoint the plan, with regional committees for eastern western and southern districts to follow. The railroad act will operate directly under this framework.
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