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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1918
Page
3
The article discusses luck associated with odd numbers, especially three and seven, noting beliefs about multiples of three and seven in fires, dreams, and daily life. It also describes boa constrictors, notably the Giboia land boa and the water boa, their sizes, behavior, domestication, and sale in Brazilian markets.
The passage contrasts American optimism with a prosaic view of poetry as life itself and praises Rodin as a modernist who challenges conventional beauty. Yeats links happiness and efficiency to the American creed while Rodin redefines beauty, forcing readers to reassess nobility and truth in art.
Senate Military Committee opens closed inquiry into delays in the Curtiss airplane program. Senator Overman cites German spies at the plant as a chief cause, detailing tampered parts and a two month setback while inspectors replaced weakened components. Major General Squires and Colonel Deeds testified, with more witnesses planned.
German offensive in Picardy stalls with stubborn fighting on the French front. British troops north of the Scarpe repulse attacks while forces south of the river retreat. The line from Landricourt to Montdidier holds, then angles toward Warvillers and along the Somme toward Albert before rejoining the 21 March positions.
Washington reports show deaths among soldiers increased from 180 to 228 in the latest field sanitation brief. Pneumonia rose in the national army and regulars while the national guard saw no reported epidemics.
British and French forces report stiff resistance as the great German offensive in France weakens. Morlancourt and Chipilly are retaken. Proyart moves south of Bray while Albert and Roye change hands. Allied troops, including Americans, hold an even front from Arras to near Noyon with German penetrations limited to about 25 miles and flanks exposed to counterattack.
In New York a message from David Lloyd George urged the United States to send American reinforcements across the Atlantic at once. The British prime minister warned of a crisis of war and a German force continually pressuring Allied armies as German reserves suffer heavy losses.
President Wilson held the second weekly conference with heads of executive departments and war administrations. Secretary Daniels and Acting Secretary Crowell joined the session as officials from the previous week. The meeting focused on questions of industrial production affecting the war effort.
A speaker argues in favor of joy over pain in raising children. She cites the Ohio State Journal to condemn spanking and whippings as ineffective for reforming behavior. She urges kindness and gentle association as the true power to produce good outcomes, condemning harsh threats as harmful.
A writer notes storms bend trees differently in woods revealing wind patterns. Tornadoes and hurricanes follow paths, blowing down rooted trees less than others. Hickory withstands wind best, while mixed woods show more hickories fallen after hard gusts.
A shoemaker Engle in Arizona finds two purses with more than $800 in bills and jewelry after a customer’s shoes are half soled. A frantic owner appears, retrieves her money and gems, and pays Engle 50 cents. A separate note mentions Louisiana planters turning spineless cactus into candy for extra sugar mill use.
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