28 Mar 1918
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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1918
Page
1
Mobile prepares for the nationwide daylight saving time shift with railroad clocks set to 2 a m Sunday and the public urged to adjust watches. Airlines and streetcars will run an hour ahead, and post office workers start earlier Sunday as residents await Easter time changes.
Refugees leaving cities head for safety in March reports show refined French evacuees wearing fine clothes, peasant families in improvised wagons and wheelbarrows, many hauling household goods. The scene highlights wartime displacements as villages emptied and fields lie quiet after occupation.
A deserte r case from Camp Lee results in ten years at hard labor after a court martial. Wells, a drafted objector, filed a protest with his local board stating he would not report for duty on religious grounds but would not resist. He was arrested in January and sent to Camp Lee as a deserter.
Taxi chauffeur Roberts was arrested by Detectives Pechin and Chevermann after police found two half pints of liquor in his automobile near Bienville Square and Lucy. He faces city and state charges of violating prohibition laws.
James Baker and Felix Jones were convicted in the circuit court this afternoon of burglary and grand larceny for breaking into a box car of the Ohio Railroad Company.
Senate charges accuse spies of causing setbacks in the air program. Senator Democrat from Carolina alleges espionage at Curtiss plant and ties to aviation delays.
March 25. Rob Garwood a cadet of the Royal Police Corps at Benbrook was killed when his airplane crashed near here as he was attempting a landing. He was the son of W. Garwood of Cassero, New York.
A court returned a verdict following a tied appeal noting unresolved issues. Details are not clearly legible in the fragment, but the ruling signifies a final determination on the disputed matter.
The News Item prints daily ex editions during the battle to relay Associated Press morning front reports for readers who want closer tracking than regular editions. These bulletins summarize early morning developments as the front lines unfold.
Noah Bishop of Magnolia Springs in Baldwin County was found insane by a circuit court jury for the killing of William Florence husband of his estranged wife. Judge N R Leigh Jr ordered commitment to the state insane asylum at Tuscaloosa with return to Mobile for trial if cured. Florence's death occurred on November 14 at his South Bayou street home.
Thomas C. Bowen of Whistler was docketed at the county jail on an assault with intent to murder charge filed by Adolph Vetter of nearby Mt Vetter. Bowen posted bond for appearance in the inferior criminal court.
London reports General Frederick Maurice says Britain should discount German exaggeration about battlefield losses. He notes that totals of guns and captures in France are often rounded and not strictly counted, citing the general situation as the basis for estimates.
In Mobile an administration chaired by Craft announced additions to aid programs. They suggested syrup and honey as beneficial items for a proposed purchase, noting support from multiple parties and urging consideration for improving nutrition.
Charles Schimpf pleads guilty to violating prohibition law and is fined 100 dollars plus costs and sentenced to ten days hard labor by Judge Safford Berney in the circuit court. Lon Hunter and John Potter were continued when called in the court today.
A New York firm seeks local contractors for concrete ship contracts. The letter to Postmaster Thornton was referred to the Mobile Chamber of Commerce. Builders expect favorable action by the Shipping Board, which could bring substantial work to Mobile firms.
The senate military committee summoned General Squier and Colonel Deane of the signal corps to testify on delays in the aircraft program. Howard Coffin, chairman of the aircraft board, was also ordered to appear.
Associated Press dispatch from Rome states that official communique reports actions east of Badeneche and Cavazuccherina including an ammunition depot explosion east of Victor. Patrols forced enemy parries to retire and two enemy airplanes were shot down east of St Dona di Piave.
German forces attacked in the Mont Didier region after being halted on the Lassigny and Noyon fronts and the Oise left bank. French regiments engaged in hand to hand combat, inflicted heavy losses, and fell back to heights west of Mont Didier amid intermittent cannonading along the front.
March 28 report from The Daily Mail cites German generals commanding in the east. Kathen and von Below hold sector leadership near Arras and Quentin with fuller in command near Ypres and the Somme. Otto von Below is noted for service in Russia and Macedonia. Gentier is credited with Riga and a careful план, though with an easier task.
Reports from the extreme right wing indicate the allies are holding well in the southern sector while French troops retreat. Heavy enemy assaults near Beaumont-Hamel produced severe fighting, leaving the village to be treated as No Man's Land with lines pressed close on both sides.
Paris dispatch reports a wounded French captain praising American soldiers for fighting as seasoned veterans in the Somme. Two American officers were wounded and brought back with the captain, each awarded a French war cross. The captain credited Americans and urged Red Cross women to care for them.
Amsterdam dispatch reports Kaiser praises the army for deeds in recent days, describing them as worthy to rank with the most brilliant feats. The remarks emphasize steadfast service and notable military conduct during ongoing campaigns.
German forces launch another powerful push along the Somme front driving French soldiers from Montdidier while British lines hold north of Somme. French counterpressure drives Germans back along the Ancre near Albert. French retirement near Montdidier noted. German casualties are reported high and renewed Allied reserves may soon enter the battle per Clemenceau.
British war office says prisoners and machine guns were seized while heavy bombardments and fierce attacks continue along the Somme and Arras sectors. Enemies attacked Beaumont Hampel Puisieux Moyenneville and Albert to Boyelles, but were repelled.
British dispatch from France reports a morning German artillery bombardment along the Acheville Souchez line near Lens with no infantry action yet. German assaults near Rossil Wood were repulsed while a sharp engagement at Sailly-Laurette yielded British prisoners. Germans rush artillery and troops as heavy fighting continues overnight along the front.
LONDON, March 28. In the last 24 hours the Germans made only a trifling gain amid massed attacks along the front. The British headquarters reported several local successes, repelling enemy blows or reclaiming ground wrested by counter attacks.
British forces which had crossed the Jordan in Palestine are announced by the war office to have not advanced further and the operation is cancelled. The update comes amid Allied wartime reporting from London on March 28.
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