From Blighty to Rest Billets A WWI Recruit Adventure
The narrator relates his march to a training depot and the brutal gear up routine. He endures the heavy marching order, then sails to France where rest billets reveal cooties and lice as soldiers struggle with fleas, baths, and makeshift scratchers amid mud and fear.
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Empey
Armis
Worth
Tommy Atkins
England
Patagonia
Germany
Tommy
France
United States Cavalry
Batman
M. O
Southampton
Rouen
Bill
Jim
Tom
Empey's Ambition Realized in First Line Trench Visit
In the next installment Sergeant Empey recounts achieving his ambition by arriving in a first line trench and reflects on his longing to be back in Jersey City.
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Sergeant Empey
Jersey City
Cheap notoriety is dear at any price
A brief and cryptic line notes that seeking fame at any cost brings higher risk or cost, reflecting a wary stance on sensational attention and public exposure. No further context is provided.
Opening of Third Liberty Loan Set For April 6
Washington marks April 6 as the opening day for the third Liberty Loan to run three or four weeks. Secretary McAdoo says loan size, interest rate, and terms depend on pending legislation and that one more loan before June 30 is likely. He urges nationwide demonstrations of patriotism to spur support and outlines a countrywide drive beginning on April 6.
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Washington
United States
McAdoo
America
May Leave Talk to the Japanese Alone
Indications point to an Entente America agreement to entrust Japan with measures against German aggression and influence in Siberia and protection of Vladivostok stores. No final decision yet as cabinet discussions note rapid changes and new factors. Washington leans toward a single power with strong forces acting in line with Britain and France.
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Siberia
Washington
America
Japan
Vladivostok
State Department
Great Britain
France
Italy
General Biddle May Be Sent Abroad
Washington reports army general staff changes may follow Major General Peyton C. March arrival from France. March has landed to begin duties as acting chief of staff and is expected to select trusted aides, though no final plans are known locally.
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Washington
General Staff of
Army
Peyton C. March
Atlantic
France
Peace talks likely broken off warned by wireless
A Petrograd wireless message says Brest Litovsk orders a military guarded train to meet Russian delegates at Horoshnets and is believed to signal that peace negotiations have been broken off.
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London
Petrograd
Brest-Litovsk
Horoshnets
Caring for the Wounded at Asheville War Hospital Plans
Army officers wounded abroad will be sent to Asheville for reconstruction with Kenilworth Inn as the hospital. Government and local women led by Mrs. Rollins organize diversions, autos, and uniformed attendants to ease convalescence and maintain high class comfort during recovery. An enemy alien, Walter Kynast, is arrested in Raleigh for assaulting State Hospital patient William Driver, who claims self defense.
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Asheville
Kenilworth Inn
Thomas S. Rollins
Raleigh
Albert Anderson
State Hospital
Walter Kynast
Kynast
William Driver
North Carolinians Best Shots Win Division Trophy
Camp Jackson South Carolina The 322d infantry regiment team of 16 men claimed the division silver trophy for top percentages in the inter company inter regimental four day target practice. North Carolina supplied 14 of the riflemen with two from Tennessee. Named on the North Carolina roster are Sergeants Walter G Upchurch and Ashford Pearce Corporals Marvin Grant and Samuel R Brown Privates Jesse B Godwin Swan Blankenship William H Powell William R Lynch William Nodan Sam L Jones Warren N Priest Lee Clifford William F Rollers and Thomas EB Penny.
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Camp Jackson
S. C
North Carolina
Tennessee
Walter G. Upchurch
Ashford Pearce
Marvin Grant
Samuel R. Brown
Jesse B. Godwin
Swan Blankenship
William H. Powell
William R. Lynch
William Nordan
Sam L. Jones
Warren N. Priest
Lee Clifford
William F Rollers
Thomas EB. Penny
Color man injured in Odd Fellows initiation incident
Turner Freeman of Cashie Neck, Bertie County, is hospitalized in Norfolk with a broken neck after rough horseplay during Odd Fellows lodge degrees. Doctors say paralyzing injury expected for life. Prosecution to follow.
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Windsor
Turner Freeman
Cashie Neck
Bertie County
St. Vincent's Hospital
Norfolk
Negro Lodge of Odd Fellows
North Carolina Briefs Overview of Local News
John Henry Johnson of Hope Mills died from an axe blow during a quarrel, his brother Charles Johnson arrested. Widows Mrs. J C Nicholson and Mrs Archie Brown take over post offices in Maxton and Red Springs. Garner voters approve a 40 000 bond for a concrete road with 35 to 1 margin and 52 registered. Spencer Hart, former Tarboro boy, serves with American aviation forces in Italy.
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John Henry Johnson
Hope Mills
Charles Johnson
Robeson County
J0. C. Nicholson
Archie Brown
Maxton
Red Springs
Garner
Raleigh
Garner Highway
Spencer Hart
Tarboro
Weddell Hart
Edgecombe
Italy
Hammer Re appointed in NC with war era politics
President Wilson sent William C. Hammer’s name for reappointment as U S attorney for western North Carolina. Governor Bickett backs a patriotic 1918 campaign. McAdoo orders cutbacks on railroad passes may affect North Carolina Railroad and Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad beneficiaries.
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T. W. Bickett
Thomas D. Warren
Democratic State Executive Committee
Warren
North Carolina
Wilson
Senate
William C. Hammer
United States Attorney
William G. McAdoo
North Carolina Railroad
Atlantic and North Carolina
Samuel Brinson
North Carolina and Atlantic Railroad
Col. P. M. Pearsall
Rairoads
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad
Morehead City
Goldsboro
Charltote
Robbery at Barbee Home and Store in Durham
Burglars broke a window sash to enter I S Barbee's home near Durham ten miles east of the city. They drugged Barbee and his daughter Minnie, ransacked the residence, stole keys money a watch and a pistol, then looted Barbee's store nearby. Total loss not yet estimated. No assaults beyond the drugging.
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Durham
I. S. Barbee
Toga
Durham and Southern Railway
Mr. Barbee
Minnie Barbee
Erwin Cotton Mill Raises Wages at Durham and Oxford
W. A. Erwin secretary-treasurer announced a wage increase for employees at the Erwin Cotton Mill Company plants in Durham and Oxford. The raise is described as a goodly improvement in earnings for the workers.
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Erwin
Durham
Erwin Cotton Mill Company
Oxford
W. A. Erwin
New Tobacco Factory at Reidsville Opens in New Quarters
The Old North State smoking tobacco factory is now in full operation in the old sash and blind factory site. New machinery runs day and night to catch up on orders after the Christmas Eve fire. Good progress also shown on A T Co’s cigarette plant with walls up to the fifth floor.
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Reidsville
Old North State
Sash and Blind
A. T. Co
Woman From New Bedford Drinks Carbolic Acid in Charlotte
A white teenage girl identified as Lula Arone from New Bedford Massachusetts drank half an ounce of carbolic acid in Charlotte on Hill streets. Police report a negro house nearby. She was rushed to headquarters for first aid and then sent to Tranquil Park sanitarium. Authorities suspect betrayal as a motive.
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Charlotte
Lula Arone
New Bedford
Mass
Hill Streets
Tranquil Park
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Arthur Guy
Guy Empey
Arthur Guy Empey
Liberty
Congress
Biddle
North Carolina Briefs
Hammer
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