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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1917
Page
3
Through an association with other American newspapers The Roanoke Rapids Herald is represented by about two hundred photographers with over one hundred serving in the armies and navies of the warring nations. The best and most interesting pictures will be reproduced weekly for Herald readers.
The piece highlights disciplined camel transport corps in Mesopotamia facing fire with calm. Camels remained steady while bullets flew, drivers unarmed yet loyal to officers, insisting on carrying blankets and refusing to abandon mounts. Milton’s reflection on discipline frames the narrative.
General Haig announces a major offensive aimed at severing German base lines in Belgium. Allied forces push to disrupt supply routes and threaten key positions as preparations for a broad assault continue.
Field Marshal Haig leads a large eight mile advance from Ypres toward the Comines and Ypres Sta den railways. Overnight reports claim over 2,000 German prisoners taken, heavy casualties inflicted, and key positions captured. Despite strong German resistance and days of heavy bombardment, British troops advanced, aided by extensive artillery and barrage fire, with favorable weather aiding observation and fighting.
Fifty public health nurses are assigned for duty in zones around army cantonments and naval bases to cooperate with local, state, and federal authorities in preventing tuberculosis malaria and other diseases. They are already at work in Hattiesburg Atlanta Newport News and Petersburg and will support town and county nursing services focusing on infant care first aid home diet and tuberculosis control. Four diplomatic air pouches from Sweden bound for the U S Legation in Washington are detained at Halifax by British authorities carrying Dr Hjalmar Lundvohm and First Secretary Reutersvord with no stated reason.
Washington copper prices were fixed at 23 cents a pound by government and leading producers for four months Sales to the government and allies will be f o b New York and producers pledge not to cut wages and to maintain maximum production.
A special commission appointed by President Wilson, with Secretary Wilson driving the effort, will investigate labor troubles on the Pacific coast and western mountain states. The group will travel West to confer with labor leaders, employers, governors, Workmen of the World, and others over several weeks.
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