18 May 1918
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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1918
Page
1
A Hope telephone message reports Carlsbad residents have surpassed their Red Cross quota with 8750.00 in hand. The note praises Hope volunteers and citizens for their patriotism and service to democracy, urging ongoing support.
An American communique states Captain Peterson of the American army downed two German planes while aviators waited for a French general to confer decorations. The report comes from Washington on May 18 in the Second Official American Bulletin.
A telegram to the focal exemption board shows sixty one men from Eddy County will be drafted in the current selective service. The county board is revising the list and cannot announce the names before Monday.
In Amsterdam on May 18 the German Chancellor Hertt ink told a Berlin reporter that he remains optimistic we shall have pen thin year. He said further events could bring us nearer to the speedy end of the war despite uncertain prospects.
By Associated PressLondon May 8 A British destroyer was sunk Tuesday by a German submarine. Two sailors were killed in the attack.
News summary in terse wartime report style states that American Expeditionary forces hold a third position on the Western front with French, British, Belgian forces, as of May in Washington notes transmitted by Associated Press.
London reports a German plot linked to Irish dissidents raising alarms in Ireland and Britain. The proclamation by Ireland Secretary Edward Spott warns Irish subjects abroad and at home of treason and calls for drastic measures. Voluntary recruitment debates whether compulsion may be used to quell the conspiracy as leaders Valera and Marksievich are cited among Sinn Fein figures.
Vittaburgh reports a major blast at the Aetna Chemical Oakdale plant likely claimed many lives and caused a million dollars in damage. Fires and additional explosions scattered burning debris among spectators as workers evacuated and nurses etc. limited readable dispatches describe broad chaos and ongoing casualty estimates.
Paris and Washington report that in May the Entente will coordinate defensive military cooperation to counter German penetration. The plan focuses on safeguarding Manchuria with potential extension to Siberia, and includes Japan and China as informed allies.
A damaged paragraph notes President Wilson sending a message to France as American public opinion presses for unity in a wartime alliance. It mentions a director of a French American public relations panel and hints at broad support for conducting the war with allied nations.
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