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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1918
Page
7
Through an association with American newspapers the Roanoke Rapids Herald is represented worldwide by about two hundred photographers, over a hundred with armies and navies of warring nations. The best pictures will be reproduced weekly for Herald readers.
Excerpt discusses propaganda, wartime rhetoric, and the role of enemy messaging in recruiting and morale. It cites Hertian Hagedorn and the vigilantes, with Vachel Lindsay’s quoted endorsement. The speaker criticizes German propaganda as the decisive factor over artillery and emphasizes unity and resolve.
Mrs. James Hastings Snowden of New York tended Belgians wounded near Le Panne, four miles from the front. The Indianapolis News notes such daily scenes at the hospital, with patients and staff sharing routine, occasional sensational details.
The text asserts that the president would have unlimited power to enlarge the army to any size he deems fit, signaling a shift toward unchecked military expansion and executive authority. The wording reflects a dramatic consolidation of war-power decision making.
Washington moves toward total war effort as Provost Marshal General Crowder issues broad changes to draft regulations. Secretary Baker asks for authority to call all capable draft-age men. House Military Committee approves funding and expands army manpower to possibly six million, while new rules classify workers in service and public roles as non useful and require replacement by war labor.
Chicago The plea of Count James Minotto for freedom on a writ of habeas corpus from internment on a Presidential warrant was denied by Federal Judge Carpenter. The decision was withheld with the count allowed one night with his wife Countess Ida May Swift Minotto. The campaign for the Red Cross fund in Lynchburg raised about $50,000 of a $80,000 goal as subscriptions totaled. A committee to scrutinize subscriptions was named and voluntary reimbursements offered for paltry returns.
In Winaton Salem a member of the city exemption board reports several married men moved from Class 8 and 4 to Class 1 upon dependent pleas. They will join the next delegation to the war training camp. The wives have appealed to the exemption board to change their husbands’ class.
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