Worldwide Herald photographers in wartime pages
The Roanoke Rapids Herald is served globally by about two hundred photographers, over one hundred with armies and navies of warring nations. Weekly, the best and most interesting images taken by these photographers will be reproduced on this page for Herald readers.
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Roanoke Rapids Herald
Herald
Russia
Manele
Nevsky Prospekt
Petrograd
Sehleh
Motkin Canal
Pottee
Wear the four button badge for volunteer enlistment
A rejected volunteer letter urges recipients to wear a four button badge to prove patriotism. It warns against lending the button to others and advises keeping or returning it to a recruiting officer. The piece contrasts loud displays with quiet duty and notes some volunteers face social slights.
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Mary
Shrimp Industry Faces Conservation Considerations
The Gulf and South Atlantic shrimp fisheries sustain a key minor industry. Reports to the commissioner of fisheries indicate depletion in some areas during the past few years. A natural history study of the species began in 1914 to guide potential conservation measures.
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Gulf
South Atlantic
Commissioner of Fisheries
From Press Gallery to Preston Recognition by Gallery
James D. Preston, longtime superintendent of the senate press gallery at Washington, receives an automobile as a token of appreciation from current and former members for twenty years of service.
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Epitel
Washington
Marshal Joffre
Scott
Joffre
Dusserand
James D. Preston
Senate Press Gallery
New Officer Training Camp to Open Next August
A new officer training station will be established next August. The plan outlines opening another training camp to expand police readiness and enhance field operations.
Training Courses Open To All Applicants For Camp Entry
New York announces extra officer training camps after the successful first camp. About 40 000 men were recruited for the officers training camps nationwide. A second camp is expected in August for those eligible but not selected. Captain Arthur Cosby urged early applications and anticipated a clearer notice from the War Department. He advocated three months notice for better recruitment and orderly preparation before active service.
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New York
War Department
Arthur
Cosby
Conbey
Unie
Senate votes to ban cereal use in alcohol during war
The Senate approved an amendment to the espionage bill 82 to 8 forbidding cereals or grain in liquor production during the war, while rejecting a pre censorship section. The vote signals a heavy shift toward press censorship elimination and a broader dry stance, with further battles expected in conference. Senator Cummins of Iowa proposed the prohibition amendment.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Committee of the Whale
Cummins
Iowa
Army transport chief to head port of New York shipments
Col. John M. Carson, quartermaster at New York for the U S Army, named superintendent of Army transport service for New York port by Secretary Baker. The move is part of a plan to coordinate U S and Allied military shipments through this port using a yet unnamed special shipping board.
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New York
John M. Carson
United States Army
Army Transport Service
Baker
United States
First Ship Contracts Signed for 1918 Deliveries
The Federal Shipping Board announced the first contract under the Administration's billion dollar program. Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. will build eight steel vessels for 8,800 tons each, delivery in 1918. The board is also negotiating for 250,000 tons of additional steel and wood tonnage.
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Washington
Federal Shipping Board
Los Angeles Shipbuilding& Prydock Co
Bethmann Hollweg Holdings Secure Amid War Ties
Berlin dispatch reports Bethmann Hollweg's position as Imperial Chancellor remains secure as he meets Reichstag leaders in Berlin and discusses wartime water diplomacy after a hurried trip to Great Headquarters and a return to Vienna for further talks.
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Berlin
London
von Bethmann-Tolloweg
Great Headquarters
Vienna
Reichstag
Germany
Waraima
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Naval
Newport
Jeanne Bardy
Anance
France
Fron Eran
Mt Non
Jodie
Wuabington
Mer
Vacuum
L. W.B. Rees
Royal Flying Corps
United States Navy Recruiting Station
East
Bir
Lan
United States Marines
Marine Corps
Cherie Chapman Cit
National Ahern Woman Suffrage Association
Seuite Wong
Press Gallery
Preston
Trurgs
M. Carson
Bethmann Hooloweg
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