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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1918
Page
7
The Roanoke Rapids Herald, via an association with many American newspapers, is represented by about two hundred photographers worldwide. Over one hundred serve with armies and navies of warring nations, with the best images to be reproduced weekly for readers.
Tests of two Browning weapons were shown at Congress Heights range near Washington for high government and Allied military officials. The light gun weighs 15 pounds and can be fired automatically or semi automatically from shoulder or hip in bursts of 20 or as single shots. Senator Wadsworth is shown firing. The heavy gun with a 250 round belt weighs 84% pounds with water jacket.
Bronze statue three feet high and weighing about 400 pounds to be presented to President Wilson by a New York Italian. A duplicate will be sent to the King of Italy. A phrase about beads and trade appears amid garbled dialogue mentioning Mia Cayenne and a man who wore evening clothes and a cane.
A fragmented note discusses hiking rising in England and America with long morning rambles. It cites a London Chronicle column praising hikes for mental and physical fitness and mentions readers reacting to late night reporter calls with humorous disbelief.
Germans cross the Sommer front as machine guns unleash a brutal slaughter on Teuton infantry causing heavy casualties and panicked retreat amid battlefield chaos and smoke.
Reports from London and Berlin describe a British withdrawal in France, with German forces advancing south of Somme and crossing the Somme at several points. Paris faced bombardment by long range guns as German forces press on, while Allied efforts to resist and regroup continue amid heavy casualties and strategic maneuvers.
The war department notes in its weekly communique that German troops have not yet achieved a decisive breakthrough. Press commentary sees headway but no clear movement, urging cautious opinion on the theater’s course. In Washington, attention to potential Allied intervention in Europe remains high, while Japan’s policy stance shows no new steps.
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