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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1918
Page
1
The War Industries Board requires weekly and daily papers to cut off delinquents by Sept 15 and raise prices. Subscribers with arrears must pay now to keep three months ahead. those unable may sign a promise to pay. Delinquents will be dropped and payment demanded through proper channels.
Total deaths from all causes since U S troops landed in France reach 8133 with 21467 total casualties including deaths, wounds, accidents, and other causes for both Marine and Army forces up to Monday. Allies continue pushing Germans as winning streak extends. Food riots occur in Japan with serious consequences reported.
The institution releases a 16 page pamphlet on its Military Training and War Courses. It is well illustrated and thoughtfully prepared, presenting the college as strong and useful and highlighting its wartime efforts.
In Boston, cotton buyers and mill owners pressed for government control of the New York cotton exchange to curb speculative gambling. They urged proper bale labeling to aid millers and growers, and noted dietitians have baked white bread with up to 25 percent rice flour. The Midwest is expanding motor truck use to deliver hogs to interior markets, easing railroad freight and spurring Omaha groups to promote return trips for hauling.
Washington officials say exact overseas hospital reports on wounded and sick American soldiers will be made readily available to relatives. Secretary Baker viewed Surgeon General Gor g’s daily hospital reports to catalog and tabulate them for instant inquiry responses.
French and Canadian forces push west of Roye on a three mile front between Guyencourt and Laucourt. Germans retreat along the Somme front as Vieux Berquin is ceded without combat. American aviators bomb German bridges north of the Aisne while fronts shift along Picardy.
Paris reports total German casualties from the start of the war through July 1918 are understood to be six million, according to newspapers.
Washington reports Regional Director B L Winchell warns shippers and industries to avoid waiting on transportation. He urges stocking up during good weather months to meet winter demands and potential equipment shortages caused by war requirements.
The French by a brilliant maneuver have captured Z wood and Damery wood from German forces. The woods lie near the Allied line in France and had been stubbornly defended for days. The British army reports the positions are now in Allied hands as the German defense collapses on the front.
City declares August 19 20 21 1918 Jewish Relief Days to aid victims of persecution in World War I. Mayor William Ragan names committees to mobilize public support, urging prayers and contributions from Jews and Gentiles alike to relieve hunger and suffering.
Bruce Craven and family are in Wrightsville for a few weeks. Mrs Rufus Riddick dies and is buried in Thomasville. Mrs Dr Weeks and daughter and son arrive from Washington DC. Greensboro, Laurel Hill, Archdale and Abbeville linked in visits and church events. Relatives write home from France. Eva Brown visits Mrs Hoffman.
A large quantity of sugar was found on premises after a still near Greensboro was destroyed. The text questions who sold the sugar to the distiller and cites wartime shortages and local outrage over waste while the war continues.
A large Sunday audience heard Bedras Hogopiap and Rabbi Cohen speak on wartime suffering of their peoples. J Allen Austin introduced Cohen as C E Mendenhall urged city relief efforts. Patriotic music accompanied remarks as organizers planned canvassing for Jewish relief across Tuesday and Wednesday.
An instructional piece lists essential Sunday School officers including president secretary treasurer organist and director of music. It stresses the pastor as inspirational leader, outlines roles for associate superintendent enrollment drives and religious census, and notes the need for timely meetings and record keeping.
Ze L Phipps paid a pleasant teal Saturday afternoon.
Allied observers note German forces evacuating forward posts at Beau mont Hamel Serre Bucquoy and Puisieux au Mont as patrols cross the Ancre near Authuille and Aveluy. Albert remains in German hands as artillery activity grows along the new Somme front amid northward rumors of a wider retirement plan.
Washington. Provost General Crowder announces Congress will extend draft age to 18 45 and that about 2 million qualified men may be drafted. Registration by September 15 or 5 if possible aims to have 13 million enrolled by October 1 with roughly 25 million registered since U S entry into the war. Past registrations numbered 10 million on June 5 1917 and 600 000 on June 5 last year, with more expected August 25.
Based on insurer figures census data and prior office experience, about 13,000,000 more men must be added to the draft list to ensure at least 2,000,000 remain in class one. The suggested inclusion ranges 32 to 45 and 18 to 20-year-olds within the draft age.
The office states that the new voter registration could occur early in September as the legislature is expected to take immediate action once the house and senate convene. Preliminary instructions guide state executives to prepare for the registration process ahead of time.
London reports the allied Archangel expeditionary force has moved to Pabereshkaia, 100 miles south of Archangel on the railroad toward Volgoda. Bolshevik forces retreating are accused of atrocities against civilians as Allied landings flank Onega Bay to intercept remaining Bolshevik units.
United States Senator J H Lassier of New Hampshire dies, the oldest member of the Senate. Councilman W E Snow becomes local fuel administrator, replacing C D Smith who resigned. Sergeant C F Bouceoral Oscar Shelton and J F denhail Jr have arrived overseas safely. Local Red Cross closes headquarters until Sept 1 due to material scarcity.
The Review notes an early edition schedule as editors plan a brief western state family vacation and next week may arrive late. Navy policy shifts to use more women in shore roles while freeing sailors for front lines. Rear Admiral McIlowan leads the change and stresses manpower for combat. The Liberty aero oil, created under Capt. O J May, will cut costs and aid engine lubrication for aircraft and stationary engines, with a reclaiming system saving fuel and extending usage.
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