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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1917
Page
2
Riot kills railway worker during Chattanooga parade turmoil
A violent clash during a Chattanooga Railway and Light Company parade left Will Masnongale killed by a shot from a relief car and several injured. The chaotic riot disrupted the event as unions and opposing groups clashed amid widespread mobilization talk across the country.
Dispatches From Raleigh on North Carolina War Efforts
North Carolina reports progress toward war goals with notes on adoption of policies, diplomacy moves, and mobilization. It covers Argentina severing relations with Germany, Greece mobilization, and Greece forces in allied lines, plus domestic food conservation and fair activity growth across counties. It cites Governor Bickett clarifying exemption board powers and procedures for wartime drafting cases.
Herald's Review Of North Carolina Capitol Events
The Herald's Review compiles a record of important events at the Capitol and across North Carolina, detailing political developments, legislative actions, and notable state happenings as observed by Herald readers during the period. It catalogues key dates, figures, and policy shifts shaping the state's course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald’s Review of
North Carolina
Capitol
Herald
Farmers Prosperity Plan Urges Thrift Month in 1917
Governor Bickett appeals to North Carolina farmers to seize a historic opportunity for prosperity by dedicating November as Thrift Month. He urges tenants to buy, debts to be paid, savings to begin, and basic improvements to be made, with state education and agricultural groups backing the plan. The note ends with a census plan to measure its success and a nod to ongoing National Guard mobilization at Camp Sevier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smail
Jude
Gaston County
Sampson County
Catawba
Haywood
Lincoln
Harnett
Franklin
Burke
Stanly
Mecklenburg
Buncombe
Madison
Wilson
Lenoir
Department of Agriculture
Department
North Carolina
Fair Seasor
Raleigh
Bickett
Jupiter
General Assembly
Broad Row
Agricultural Department
Joint Committee On Agricultural Work
State Department of Education
T. W. Bickett
Martin Heads North Carolina Public Information Committee
Santford Martin, private secretary to Governor Bickett, is named chairman of the North Carolina committee of public information within the council of defense. He begins this work to circulate war duty documents, praising statewide loyalty and willingness to sacrifice for victory, and notes a Brunswick effort under C Ed Taylor to connect soldiers with local committee services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santford Martin
Bickett
North Carolina
Martin
State Council of Defense
Brunswick
C. Ed Taylor
Brunswick Committee
Fidelity Hosiery Mills adopts group life insurance plan
Fidelity Hosiery Mills of Newton begins group life policies for operatives with the company as trustee, each year’s policy starting at 200 dollars and rising by 100 dollars per remaining employee through a 500 dollar cap, insured by Aetna Life Insurance of Hartford. About 25 thousand dollars total coverage. New enterprises authorized include Walker Hosiery Mills Company of Burlington chartered with 100 thousand capital authorized and 3 thousand subscribed. Liberty Barber Shop Inc of Charlotte with 20 thousand authorized and 300 subscribed. Monarch Bowling Academy of Charlotte with 50 thousand authorized and 2 thousand subscribed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidelity Hosiery Mills
Newton
Aetna Insurance Company
Hartford
Conn
Walker Hosiery Mills Company
Burlington
Liberty | Barber Shop, Inc
Charlotte
Monarch Bowling Academy
Retired Major General Prince Sails to France Front
Readable fragments report that retired officers under German command head to France for gains. Mentions Scott and Vergun area 10 north as potential danger. Context unclear due to damaged OCR but indicates violent attacks and promotion or movement of officers to the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Vergun
Russians Keep Hammering in Flanders No Infantry Activity In Sight
Germans push heavy fire around Lens and northeast of Ypres as French lines resist near Verdun. Petain’s forces inflict heavy losses, halting crown prince attacks on multiple sectors. In Washington, retirement of Chief of Staff Will Be Retired in December. Kuhn to succeed. Scott and Hais move to active service. Argentina receives German note, diplomacy temporarily eased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United State
Sweden
Ir Teutonic
Matey Ie Maely
Berlin
Benedict
Amsterdam
Elias
Hugh Bente
Scot
Senate
Germany
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Senatees
Washington
Lansing
Count von Bernstorf
Congress
Ireland
United States
Japan
Athens
Greece
Eivilans
National Army
France
Flanders
Lens
Ypres
Crown Prince
Verdun
Petain
Boln le Chaume
Prench
Roxonvaux
Boiss de Canu Vaux
Bois de Chaume
Beaumont
Lowes
Scarpe
Arras
Yew
Joseph E. Kuhn
War College
Hugh J. Scott
Tasker HL Iles
Staf
Hoth
Perabing
Scott
War Department
Bliss
Joseph Ko Kuhn
Camp Meade
Kuhn
America
Dewey warned Germany would wage world war in fifteen years
Senator Lewis quoted Admiral Dewey at Manila claiming German officer von Goetz warned Paris would be captured first to subjugate England then seize New York and Washington for a massive indemnity. He also predicted Monroe Doctrine destruction and South American control, while denouncing pacifist critics as enemies of the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungary
Benedict
Germany
Afro-Hungary
William
Vatican
Munich Post
Belgium
Baron von Preytag-Loringhoven
Washington
Admiral Dewey
Manila
von Goetz
Imperial Navy
Lewis
Senate
Navy Department
Minnots
Paris
England
New York
Monroe
Wilson
Italian Captain Makes Nonstop Rome to London Flight
Captain Laurenti of the Italian army and an observer completed a nonstop 656 mile flight from Turin ity to London in 7 hours and 12 minutes. The mission demonstrated endurance and military aviation capability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Laurenti
Turingity
Argentine Navy Mobilized Amid Unrest Near Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires reports mobilization of the Argentine navy at a rendezvous 37 kilometers from the capital. Unusual military activity noted across the republic, attributed to a general strike but also linked to possible other necessities. Congress debates potential rupture with Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Republic
Germany
Roosevelt Declares He Would Shamefacedly Resign Over LaFollette
In Kansas City a luncheon honoring Gen Leonard Wood and Theodore Roosevelt featured Roosevelt stating he would be ashamed to sit in the U S Senate until a method was found to deprive Senator La Follette of his seat. The remark was part of a midwest patriotic celebration in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
United States Senate
LaFollette
Diagraves
Theodore Roosevelt
Leonard Wood
Scale Approved Cuts Steel Prices In Half
Washington reports steel prices cut in half under a voluntary agreement mediated by the War Industries Board. The action applies to U S producers and extends to the public and allied governments, with no wage reductions allowed for workers under the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
United States
War Industres Board
No Change in US Policy Indicated by Peace Note Replies
Washington reports that the German and Austrian replies to the papal peace note reveal no definite terms for peace and show no official reason to alter the United States position. The examination of documents found no change in aims or intentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
Convinced He Was Tool Of German Plotters
Chicago Janpert T Darling, former time president of the American embargo conference, said he was convinced he had been used as a tool by German plotters after revelations about von Bernatorff. He claimed he was misled due to his patriotism and noted money as a mystery guiding his opposition to exporting munitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Janpert T. Darling
Anes
State Department
von Bernatorff
Darting
United States
Provisional government cuts number of men in army
Petrograd reports the provisional government decides to reduce the regular army roll. The move aims to remove older and wounded soldiers unfit for combat and will lower expenses for dependents, outlining two main rationales and anticipated financial relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shrewsbury Forest
Bulgar Wood
Times London
Reuter
Argentina
Beith
Relatives Open Grave of Mrs Bingham in New York
Louisville report says Mrs Hingham formerly Mrs Henry M Flagler was secretly exhumed on Sept 18 in Wilmington New York at relatives request. Autopsy done with a detective present and several physicians. Some vital organs removed sent to New York. body reportedly reinterred per Judge Bingham's attorneys. Rainbow Division reviewed at Camp Mills Mineola New York by Secretary Baker and generals. About 27 000 guardsmen from 27 states marched past. first time Baker witnessed a division review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Hingham
Henry M. Flagler
Wilmington
N. Y
Bingham
New York
Baker
Rainbow
Camp Mills
Mineola
France
Bliss
Army
W. A. Mann
MacArthur
United States
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Woman's Home Mission Society of
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Count von Aburg
Reuters Limited
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