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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1918
Page
5
Through a broad association with American newspapers The Roanoke Rapids Herald is represented by about two hundred photographers worldwide with over one hundred serving armies and navies. The best and most interesting images taken by these photographers will be reproduced weekly for Herald readers.
The granite tablet bears the names of local citizens who fought for the colors. An eagle statue atop the monument’s base crowns the dedication. Citizens subscribed funds for the memorial, honoring three generations of Roosevelts associated with Ashland.
Fragmented notes discuss Rurik and the Norse origin of Russia, Scottish links to Slavic descent, and a mix of curiosities from patents to Liberty loans. A Mah Kies patent fact and palm imagery from Prophet’s praise are included alongside unrelated dialogues and anecdotes.
Allied forces push along a 22 mile front with heavy gains and thousands of prisoners. British and French troops seize outer Hindenburg defenses, threaten St Quentin, and close on Contescourt and Cambral as German line seemed at three weak points.
President Wilken plans to fix raw cotton prices by proclamation in coming days, amid debate over government action to stabilize prices. With 1918 crop projected at 11 million bales, war needs for allies and U.S. total 9 million bales, leaving 2 million for civilians. government as dominant buyer would set the civilian price.
The Russian minister of war 1909 to 1915, General Soukhomlinoff, was court martialed and shot on September 4. Dispatches from Petrograd, through Vienna newspapers and Amsterdam editor, report the execution occurred the same day.
The American Army hit German ammunition dumps near La Manhese and a big gun, damaged rail cars near Chambley, and repelled shelling around Nammes Henney and Chateau St Benoit. In 48 hours British aviators dropped thirteen tons on Bruges docks and a German air drome, with 11 German planes destroyed. Five enemy seaplanes near the English coast were shot down by four British aircraft.
Washington reports five American planes missing after a German air attack during a bombing mission over Lorraine. The statement from Headquarters American Expeditionary Forces notes the loss amid a superior German force engagement.
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