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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
6
The federal reserve board released a record of serial numbers and denominations for about 400 Liberty bonds missing from banks totaling nearly 100000 dollars. Separate commerce department statistics highlight growth of the American merchant marine across vessel classes.
The navy reports a steamer sinking about 75 miles off the Maryland coast with two lifeboats rescued. Hoover notes more than 24 million pounds of Cuban sugar lost to submarine sinkings along the Atlantic coast, urging further consumption cuts.
Fuel Administrator Garfield announced J. B. Neal as director of production to boost output. Six men and one woman indicted for high treason in New York, including Jeremiah O’Leary, fugitive, with other alleged German spies. Edison warns Germany must be cured of war. Farm loan bonds withdrawn after 60 million sold, funds loans until November. Chicago reports 18 000 draft registrations, up to 85 000 expected. Wilson urges California governor to pardon Mooney. Emmeline Pankhurst arrives on surprise visit aboard a French liner escorted by destroyers. Tama river flood causes large dam break and paralysis across five railroads. Wheat forecast at 931 million bushels, potential to reach a billion with good conditions.
Edward W. Pickard reports on Allied defense from Chateau Thierry to the Marne where American forces, aided by French and British troops, repelled German assaults. He notes U boats off New Jersey, renewed German calls for peace terms, and Allied confidence in victory.
David Lloyd George praised American valor and trained skill in the entente arms at a London Printers' society dinner. He cited America’s part in the struggle and defeating the foe. A fire in Stamboul left fifty thousand homeless, devastating the eastern Sultan Selin quarter of Constantinople.
The state department refused Germany's request to swap Capt. Lieut. Franz Rintelen for Siegfried Paul London, an American in Germany as a spy. Germany warned of reprisals if denied. A senate debate followed over navy submarine sinkings and policy. Secretary McAdoo urged an $8 billion revenue bill with a war profits tax. A quarter of men 21 since 1917 had offered to serve, and a $16 million request for balloon and seaplane bases was sent to Congress. Senate military subcommittee reps toured plants in Buffalo, Detroit, Indianapolis and Dayton, noting rapid move toward quantity production.
In France the Kaiser’s third drive of the year stalled around the Marne Ourcq valley and the Oise. Earlyweek attempts to cross the Marne were repulsed with heavy losses. American machine gunners with French infantry aided the defense.
The article notes no pretensions by Germany to treat Russian provinces as anything but conquered land. It cites food shortages driving civilians to distraction in those regions. Greater Russia faces famine as the soviet government cannot secure more grain from Ukraine. Counterrevolutionary bands in Kuba and Don regions fuel turmoil and Moscow is under a state of siege. The report also mentions an American government report.
The senate's bid to bar beer and wine manufacture via the emergency agricultural bill was thwarted by Hoover opposed it citing moral and social evils. Wilson had warned he would not ban foodstuffs for alcohol unless Hoover deemed it necessary, leading the senate to recede.
Provost Marshall General Crowder ordered state governors to mobilize 200,000 additional registrants between June 24 and 28. About a million young Americans turning twenty one since last spring registered, with repeated enrollments roughly every three months. Forty thousand Black men were drafted from twenty states as part of the effort.
General Foch argues in Field that only a surprise, massed offensive can end the war. He describes battle as requiring decisive attack with a strong reserve bludgeon ready to strike at the finish, and warns that mere defense yields no victory.
Captain Hammond of the Royal Flying Corps visited Indianapolis and rode in Johnny Aitken’s racing car at the speedway. The exchange reveals Hammond plans a sky ride for Aitken, who jokes about avoiding charges after a high altitude flight. James A. Allison notes a cautious exchange.
The essay notes that She Stoops to Conquer grew from Oliver Goldsmith's Ireland journey. He misdirected to a private house while seeking an inn and ordered meals and service, only realizing the error when preparing to pay.
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