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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1918
Page
9
Reports of stupendous conflict overseas spark sudden recruitment. Men rush to join at depots, declaring I want to go as they read headlines of brutal battles and the Kaiser’s foes. Veterans’ memories and medals push others to recruit for duty.
British and New York East Conference leaders outline a five year fund drive to raise 80 million for home and foreign missions. The plan stresses global evangelism and democracy defense, with a joint centenary celebration across Methodist bodies.
Weekly market letter from Richter & Company Hartford notes strong progress in selling Third Liberty Loan bonds as educational work by Liberty Loan workers and endorsements by figures like Charles S. Hamlin boost public confidence. It emphasizes funding allies, boosting merchant marine, and backing soldiers with financial support. The piece ends with verses urging citizens to supply the dollar that backs troops.
The New York Tribune denounces perceived disloyalty by so called conscientious objectors and radical figures such as the Goldmans and Berkmans, criticizing their influence on national loyalty during the war era. The passage condemns their stance and calls their group disloyal.
The subscriber will receive the bond on October 15 1918 with all attached interest coupons.
A draft opinion condemns the idea of creating a League of the Amnesty of Political Prisoners to grant favored status to those jailed for obstructing government war activities. It argues such a plan would valorize criminals, not conscientious objectors, and would blur lines between disloyalists and criminals, harming national security.
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