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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1918
Page
9
The North American brief notes the northern glow seen from Tampa Florida and nearby areas while reporting on wartime events. It cites cadet Burton Hurlburt's death near Fort Worth and possible French officer connections to a large fund theft scheme in New York.
An American correspondent describes first night in a French trench near No Man's Land. Poilus and Sammies watch flares, machine gun tests, and nightly bombardments as patrols plan for 2 AM, amid insects, damp dugouts, and shared nerves.
London reports a new criminal who poisons candy given to female bus conductors. The middle aged, well dressed man targets buses with the conductor aboard. Victims are sent to hospitals and recover. police continue the hunt as dozens are affected.
Y M C A dugouts along the way to the front in France help American troops by providing hot coffee chocolate and edible supplies plus mail services. Staffers bid farewell and greet troops aiding wounds as the YMCA runs the entire canteen system in cooperation with French and American forces.
Denver broker Courtland Dines, a millionaire, has undergone nose and throat surgery to qualify for service in the aviation division of the National Army.
Eyewitness accounts from a French steamship passenger describe a two hour raid on Paris by 60 Gothas. Death toll cited as 245 with over nine tons of explosives dropped. Ambulance crews and hospitals suffered damage as iconic sites were damaged in darkness.
Len A. Scott a three time Republican representative from Hardin Tennessee and minority floor leader in the lower house has enlisted in the Marine Corps for the duration of the war. He was sent to Port Royal for preliminary training after waiving exemption as a state legislative officer. Scott is noted for introducing the first Resolution pledging support to President Wilson as war with Germany loomed.
Floyd Long 33, a gunner aboard the US steamer De Kalb and formerly from Pittsburgh, reunited with his sister Mrs. Alfred Ward at 1707 Laporte Street after ten years apart. His brother-in-law, a Bell Telephone wire chief, arranged the meeting. Long shared tales of battles with German submarines and showed a sharpshooter medal from the De Kalb.
Paris reports Newton D. Baker arrives at a French port for a military mission to observe American forces abroad. Baker travels with Maj Gen William M. Black and aides to inspect docks railways ordnance bases and other construction projects behind American lines. The trip is explicitly military and not diplomatic and Baker plans a brief stay to assess results and confer with military officials.
A violent tornado sweeping through Van Wert county and surrounding towns killed five people and injured many more. Homes and barns were destroyed or damaged across rural districts while urban areas reported less damage. Property losses are estimated between one and five million dollars with the storm moving northeast from the Ohio Indiana line toward Tiffin and Findlay.
In Daytona Raig urges focus on action over talk as war effort priority. He criticizes Americans for endless discussion and pledges to keep silent on plans until concrete steps toward victory are announced.
Washington reports the War Department will not reveal addresses of soldiers killed or died of other causes. France objects to the Pershing style of issuing casualty lists. The department maintains its method as necessary, despite French objections.
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