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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1918
Page
2
A seven day digest of major events from nations worldwide, highlighting politics, economy, and significant developments. Briefs cover leadership changes, policy shifts, conflicts, and notable agreements affecting regional and global dynamics.
A scrambled OCR summary presents scattered points on national and southern states events. It mentions President and labor figures, impending announcements, and upcoming observances. The text references public figures and cultural notes with unclear sequencing.
The report recalls a torpedoed vessel with 460 aboard near Leelan, survivors saved, and a U S public health note urging mobilization of medical staff and nursing corps to fight the flu epidemic. It also notes increased artillery funding, nine large guns per division, and Bolshevik denouncement of Brest-Litovsk after Turkish occupation of Baku.
The report portrays General Mayehtas urging massive American support for the fourth Liberty Loan as Allied forces push across Cambrai and St Quentin, while Turkish events unfold and German actions loom. It notes U S sailors and soldiers harmed by a German submarine and details broad war developments in Europe and the Middle East.
A dated chronicle highlights important happenings at the state's capitol and across North Carolina. The record catalogs notable political moves, legislative matters, and public affairs that shaped the period, with emphasis on governance and regional developments for Herald readers.
Dispatches from Raleigh report North Carolina advancing wartime plans and rail defense discussions. The article notes the formation of a late Council of Defense, appoints regional representatives, and mentions the possible future leadership shifts. Census agents for North Carolina are named C D Elliott, W P Bogart, and W H Williams, with a $2500 annual salary plus travel expenses. Camp Greene has been formally inspected by a War Department commission headed by General J M Barker, with expectations of a favorable report.
A report details war mobilization measures with local officials and police aiding labor reallocation to government service. It notes workers moved to Fayetteville and Camp Zachary Taylor, lists instructors assigned from universities, and mentions a trial over work card fraud and mandatory service.
A long OCR derived list records casualties and names from the central army district, naming soldiers, units, and places. The report mentions the Emergency Shipbuilding program and new housing for shipbuilders, plus a Masonic reunion schedule in Raleigh with degrees to be conferred and local committees listed.
A terse declaration states no armistice or peage at present and warns that atrocities on land and sea must first be ended before any settlement or pause.
President Wilkens diplomacy meets strong opposition as Senate backs a peace proposal while critics fear a collapse of armed victory. The White House announces no troop withdrawal and vows continued dispatch of 260,000 men monthly. Officials say the plan could spark revolution in Germany, drawing mixed reactions from allies and opponents alike. Senator Lede criticizes the president while Washington signals broad displeasure.
An official French dispatch from Paris quotes Germany as ready to accept President Wilson’s peace terms and evacuate occupied territory as a prelude to an armistice. Washington cautions against assuming immediate cessation of destruction and notes allied decisions on armistice depend on broader terms.
Secretary of War Baker urged unity and full support for the Liberty Loan as the war effort on the Western Front continued. He said victory requires every American to contribute and pledged that plans and supplies would proceed at full speed regardless of peace talks. He praised soldiers in khaki and called for collective effort to back the Allied offensive.
The board appointed to examine Camp Greene North Carolina met at 10 a.m. October 7 to determine suitability for a larger garrison and to advise on troop character and training extent. Col John Wo furter, Col Krak Met Ganby, Col George W Winterburn, and other officers were named to the general staff and to convene at Camp Greene. The board has returned but has not filed a report with the secretary of war.
Warhington. President Witken tn sued this statement on the fourth Libe rty town. The reply of the German government gives oceusion for me to say to my fellow countryment that neither that reply nor any other recent events have in no way diminished the vital importance of the Liberty town. Relxation now hesitation now wold mean defeat when victory seems to be in sight.
Washington President Wilson scores support from Senator Simmons who says the President will let generals in the field dictate armistice terms and will not parley with the present German rulers. Moose Lake Minnesota residents driven from homes search for possibly up to a thousand dead, barred by authorities from leaving the city amid improvised morgues.
In a vast blaze across northern Wisconsin and Minnesota Amberland, about 590 persons are feared dead and thousands displaced. Fire has destroyed homes and property valued in the millions while 75 victims' bodies are reported in Duluth morgues as hundreds lie along roadways toward Duluth and Superior.
Washington report shows Senator Lodge declares any degree of Germany’s reply to President Wilson’s note constitutes surrender and would mean the loss of the war for the Allies. The note’s reception is unofficial, with McAdoo and others noting surrender on Germany’s part.
A Berlin dispatch reports the conservative party in the German reichstag expressing that German armies remain deep in enemy territory. They state that any abandonment of German needs threatens honor and that honorable peace and territorial integrity must be guaranteed before concessions.
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