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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1918
Page
8
A call from the Union invites readers to submit memories of Sullivan’s past. It lists numerous people and events in town history from band leaders and restaurateurs to gas wells, saloons, schools, churches, and public buildings, asking for notes or a mailed list.
The story recounts Skipper Thomas Crisp and his son Thomas William Crisp, both honored for gallantry after a Nelson trawler was attacked by a submarine. With the skipper mortally wounded, the crew abandoned ship as the vessel sank, while the son took command and the survivors endured a perilous night at sea before rescue.
Jake Wells, manager of the Atlantic Lyric theater, plans a large vaudeville show house near Camp Gordon Gy to serve Sam mies from New York and eastern and northern states and some southern areas. The theater will open within a few weeks with popular prices.
Fred Lenois of Westfield rejoined the Twenty-fifth engineers after sacrificing his pension. He previously served two enlistments with regulars, saw duty in the Philippines and Cuba, and once worked as an orderly for Maj. Gen. Frederick Furston. After being repeatedly denied due to his permanent disability discharge, he secured a Washington opinion to take a physical exam and was assigned to service, resulting in the loss of his pension.
American Red Cross via its national clearing house has shipped about 33000 tons of relief material in three months. Hospital supplies anaesthetics surgical dressings and foodstuffs exceed prior efforts as cold weather creates urgent needs. The program funds war hospitals infirmaries recuperating stations cannons and homes for nurses across France to aid American troops and allied civilians.
Portland readers learn that Company G of the Second Washington Infantry from Aberdeen plans to take a bullsnake mascot to France. The reptile, once a Cascade outpost pet, reportedly killed two rattlers in combat with soldiers witnessing its bravery. The unit hopes recognition of the snake’s fighting prowess.
A marine bugler aboard a U S transport bound for Europe sounded Taps at port. The transport’s commanding officer cited the moment as an early surrender to the sea hazard and ordered punishment for the sailor.
In France Maj. Gen. Robert Lee Bullard and officers join a theater intermission where a decorated Poilu Mistakenly thought Bullard a sergeant. The Frenchman asks to serve as instructor for machine gunners after meeting the smiling general at headquarters.
In 1902 a New York German letter argues the Americanization of Germans is unstoppable and predicts a future German empire over the United States, asserting confidence in the strength of the German spirit and denying concerns about assimilation.
General Chiang Kai Shek reports Canton walls are being torn down to build a trolley route. The survey for the road ahead of the ancient defenses is completed and the plan calls for a steel system. The Chinese Army officer travels in the United States to brief the war department on China’s stance against Germany.
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