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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1918
Page
7
Through an association with several American newspapers the Herald is represented by about two hundred photographers. Over a hundred work with the armies and navies of fighting nations. The best and most interesting images taken by these photographers will be reproduced weekly for Herald readers.
A late 19th century style note describes an observation tower at Warrington Beach Pensacola Florida for watching naval aviation training. The piece mentions instructors and fliers handling machines at speed and includes quips about classes of people and a joke about a burglar with a jimmy and a Bobby.
Reports suggest the German government may place the former czar’s son, Alexis Romanoff, on the Russian throne. The latest photograph shows Alexis, once the heir, now living as a private citizen.
A censorious report notes a mission action against Africans, with the official line avoiding casualty figures. No published tally is provided, leaving the number of casualties undisclosed.
After a heavy artillery prelude the raid penetrated Noman's Land on the sector northwest of Toul. The objective was to capture prisoners for information and the operation achieved it with few attackers entering our lines. East of Luneville patrols linked with Germans after forcing a trench abandonment as snipers and machine gun nests drew fire. Our artillery neutralized these positions while German efforts to regain ground intensified under extreme shelling including 240 shells lifting craters along the line.
A crowd of about 10,000 in Covington demonstrates against pro German propaganda after 500 of 720 government artillery horses shipped from Camp Grant were poisoned. Hundreds of carcasses lay at Covington stockyards while survivors dwindled. A man claiming the name Richard Schmidt, 23, was beaten after an interruption. The Citizens' Patriotic League organized the mass meeting calling Congress to intern enemy aliens and tighten sedition laws. Federal agents conduct the poisoning probe.
The British and Egyptian governments will jointly acquire the entire Egyptian cotton crop starting next August. A commission is appointed to oversee the regulations and control measures.
After a cabinet council lasting late, The Hague cabled London with news. Reliable informers say the Dutch government accepted Entente demands on using Dutch ships in the danger zone, signaling a likely satisfactory conclusion to the shipping dispute.
Raleigh obituary notes Col J C L Harris a founder of North Carolina's Republican Party former chairman of the state board of agriculture former president of the trustees of the State College of Agriculture and Engineering and former adjutant general He died early this morning at age 70 He is survived by a widow and 12 children Two sons are in military service.
Mobile Ala The walkout by South Atlantic and Gulf Coast district shipyard workers was called off after a meeting following the arrival of T B Carroll of the United States Shipping Board to seek more time for a rehearing of their demands.
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