30 Jul 1918
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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1918
Page
1
Allied observers report 852000 German troops engaged and moving through the narrow neck at Fismes despite heavy opposition. The operation concentrates efforts to push through fortified lines and secure advance positions in the sector.
Allied dispatches report German losses around thirty thousand prisoners and total casualties near 250000 as fronts shift in the Soissons Rheims pocket. French and American units advance on multiple axes near Ville en Tardenois Oureq Vesle and Beaumonth. Local towns such as Grand Rozoy and Oulehy le Chateau change hands amid retreat and push to seize the pocket’s center.
Percy Rasberry longtime Scotland Neck landmark accepts the Malbourne Durham management and will report August 1. He chose Durham over Spartansburg for proximity and better pay while Mrs. Rasberry continues at the Brick Hotel through year end.
A clash between German Finns and the allies is imminent in Finland, per dispatches from Vardo via Archangel. Officials in Washington say the food administration expects fewer substitutes needed to be bought with wheat flour in the near future.
General Haig reports successful raids last night in the Anelle Picardy front neighborhood and Morris on the Flanders front. German gas shells fired northwest of Albert caused no material damage to allied troops.
Township food administrator Mr. W E Smith announces no further sales of sugar for canning. Individuals needing sugar must apply to Mr. R C Dunn in Enfield North Carolina for a necessary certificate.
German commander fears a major disaster as his forces in perilous position along the Ourcq face deteriorating conditions and mounting danger amid advancing Allied actions.
Washington reports five weekly records in war savings stamps totaling 58 590 015 25 as funding hits new highs while Congress debates draft age changes. Proposals to widen the draft to ages 19 to 36 face opposition. registration plans aim to avoid drawing on classes 2 3 and 4.
Washington July 30. Despite ship shortage and two shipwrecks farmers have received seventy five thousand tons of nitrate of soda from Chile. The War Industries Board bought and distributed the shipment to farms.
United Press dispatch reports Raleigh observers on Sunday politics with Claude Wheatley quitting to aid Abernathy in the third district race against Dortch. Morehead’s backers push a machine affecting precincts, courting suffrage support, while opposition to Senator Simmons gains steam. Ed Pou’s term may extend amid pool room protests and a lack of clear candidates against Pou.
Washington reports ten Marine corps casualties with five killed in action one died of wounds and four severely wounded. The update comes as Allied forces push northwest from the Oureq with French positions near Ville en Tardenois strengthening after counterattacks around Sergy.
The Hayden Chemical Works, a German owned plant and the second largest of its kind in the United States, was seized by the Alien Property Custodian. Proof showed a false ownership statement by founder George Simon, a German subject and agent of Chemische Fabric Voon Hayden, which owned 740 of 750 shares.
The Department reports 17 killed in action and 11 died of wounds among North Carolina servicemen, with 15 from accidents and other causes. One page notes C Page, 26, died in an accident and H M Joyner of Conead, NC, severely wounded. Australian forces capture Morris. Anzacs clear the village from German control after brief fighting.
Washington reports the draft treaty between the United States Great Britain and Canada has been ratified and becomes effective immediately, marking a formal accord among the three nations.
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