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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1918
Page
1
A London Times cable to Greensboro News reports Petrograd facing dire food shortages, looting, and rising crime as a severe winter and transport collapse worsen hardship. It notes bread rations, meat scarcity, horseflesh consumption, and widespread disorder with no police authority.
Correspondence from Wingate reports Jesse Gaddy fireman on a Rock Island passenger train wrecked at Dubach Louisiana. He was badly burned and died January 4 after being rushed to St Marys hospital. Funeral arranged for January 3 at 2 20 p m with burial at Union church cemetery nine miles east.
Wingate, Jan. 10. A man named Henry Crowder stabbed his wife after a Christmas washing dispute the knife flight and flagrant harm. Dr. Jerome attends the injured woman. A Glenalpine wedding joins Clifford B.E. Craig and Miss Jeanette Nivens at Camp Sevier. The column notes local deaths, illnesses, and community headlines.
Washington reports the monthly payroll for the United States fighting forces totals nearly 100 million dollars. The figure covers officers and enlisted personnel at home and abroad, family allotments, and certain service compensations, excluding family allowances and some military insurance features. Details of pay by sailors and soldiers and War Risk Insurance operations were released by the Public Information Committee.
Monroe grade school teachers pass resolutions urging immediate and permanent salary relief amid rising living costs. Prof. R. W. Allen will present the plan to the school board, with a committee detailing the plea for parity with other professions and a state effort to boost education funding.
Chief Justice Walter Clark of Raleigh defends woman suffrage in a letter to Tennessee Equal Suffrage president Guilford Dudley. He rejects states rights as a pretext and argues federal protections extend to women, criticizing opponents who backed prohibition yet oppose suffrage.
A Concord Tribune correspondent lauds Wingate officers Capt F Swindel Kluitz Lieut Victor A Means and Lieut M B Sherrin who have prepared for service in Americas forces They are praised for leadership, character and dedication as they join the infantry headed for the front.
Banks across Unison County announce a record year with about two million dollars held in deposits. The Bank of Union and First National Bank report their best year yet, while Farmers & Merchants and Savings Loan & Trust declare 5 percent dividends and add to surplus funds. Directors and officers were re elected across institutions.
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