Describing Duty at Observation Post on WWI Front
Excerpt recalls trench life and the advanced observation post near an orchard. Empey, Cassell, and fellow gunners fight fatigue, dodge shells, and improvise Morse code talks under Old Pepper’s strict orders as they eye Target 17 and await a chance to strike Fritz.
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Tommy
Berlin
Old Pepper
Pepper
Harry Cassell
Auty
Ealm
Cassell
Morse
Signalers
Fritz
King’s Arms
Rye Lane
Artillerymen Pull Fast One on Old Pepper
Two artillerymen orchestrate a prank described as putting one over on Old Pepper. The tale follows their clever ruse and the humorous fallout within their unit.
Clothespin playthings for babies and soldiers
Clothespins make versatile play items for babies and even soldiers. They can build fences trees log houses and other structures. Interchangeable blocks engines balls and doll sets teach dressing skills using clothes that button and unbutton for self care.
Fifteen Billion for Army Mobilization Plans Revealed
The War Department seeks about 15 billion dollars for the next fiscal year to enlarge the army as 232,000 men from 45 states are called to join the colors in May. North Carolina sends 8114 to Camp Jackson. other state allocations include Camp Sevier South Carolina at 6880 and Camp Mead Maryland at 7700, with numerous camps across Virginia New York and Georgia.
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Washington
Baker
Congress
California
Oregon
Nevada
District of Columbia
War Department
Huuch Military Committee
Ouay
Alabama
Camp Sevier
8. C
North Carolina
Camp Jackson
S. C
Pennsylvania
Camp Mead
Camp Lee
Camp Humphreys
Camp Greenleaf
South Carolina
Camp Wadsworth
Camp Dix
N. J
Camp Hancock
Camp Upton
N. Y
New German Peace Offensive Expected Says Lord Cecil
Lord Robert Cecil, British minister of blockade, believes Germany will launch a peace offensive after a failed knockout on the western front. He says it would target Great Britain, be presented attractively, but offer no terms allies could accept.
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Robert Cecil
Germany
Great Britain
Robert
Germans Used Up 44 Divisions on Western Front
London reports General Radcliffe of the War Office said on the western front the Germans used fourty four divisions in the action. He noted the north saw a failed main objective but achieved a secured right flank with Kemmel's capture and that five divisions were drawn from the general reserve.
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London
Radcliffe
War Office
Kemmel
Concord Mystery Deepens as Ambrose Warrant Issued
A state warrant for C B Ambrose arrest is issued in Concord for misrepresenting US DOJ service during 1917. Links surface alleging Mrs Maud King killing tied to German spy theory. investigators consider a German suspect and a misdirected fatal bullet aimed at Gaston Means.
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Concord
N. C
Maud A. King
James C. King
Chicago
Here
Gaston B. Means
Justice of the Peace
C. A. Pitta
C. B. Ambrose
Means
Ambrose
United States Department of Justice
Mrs. King
Misenheimer Spring
Gaston Means
Deserters Battle With U S Deputy Sheriff in Barker's Creek
In Jackson County a clash at Barker's Creek left James Messer fatally wounded as U S Deputy Mason and a seven man posse confronted deserters from the army. Hastings Messer was arrested for desertion and resisting officers amid long standing local anger over desertion in the region.
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Asheville
United States
Barker's Creek
Jackson County
James Messer
Waynesville
Hastings Messer
Charless A. Webb
Charles C. Mason
Dillsboro
C. T. Roan
Bryson City
Messer Boys
James
Arrest of Greenville man for pro German utterances
News from Greenville North Carolina reports J H Ketchum a resident with alleged German descent was arrested by government officials on charges of violating the espionage act section three for unpatriotic remarks.
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Greenville
N. C
J. H. Ketchum
Durham Economic and Social Bulletin Issued
Chapel Hill Durham County releases a new illustrated one hundred page bulletin on county economic and social problems. It marks the second such study following Sampson County Economic and Social issued in late 1917.
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Durham
Chapel Hill
Durham County
North Carolina
Sampson County
North Carolina Briefs Highlight Weather Damage and Local Politics
The report notes severe winter cold killing many northern blueberry vines in parts of North Carolina. Transylvania County forms a bipartisan committee to draft a joint proposition. Monroe backs a cement highway to Wilmington with support from the chamber. Statesville population rises to 7,500 to 8,000 after a recent election.
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Transylvania County
Peraps
Bickett
Monroe
Wilmington
T. L. Riddle
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
Statesville
Army to train thousands in modern warfare skills at West Raleigh
West Raleigh Provost Marshal General E H Crowder announced 160 men will begin a two month scientific course May 16 at the Agricultural and Engineering College of West Raleigh. The program covers automobile mechanics radio wireless telegraphy machinist electricians and telegraphers as part of a nationwide effort to train 60 000 technical specialists for army service this summer.
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West Raleigh
E. H. Crowder
Agricultural and Engineering College of
United States
North Carolina
Agricultural and Engineering College
War Department
Army
Close Raleigh Pool Rooms Halted by City Vote
Raleigh city commissioners unanimously adopted resolutions to decline renewals of pool room licenses and order closures at midnight May 31. Owners’ rep W. B. Jones asked for more time but Mooneyham pressed for an immediate decision. Pace argued for patriotic grounds, but Mooneyham framed the move as moral.
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Raleigh
W. B. Jones
Commissioner Mooneyham
Mr. Mooneyham
Mr. Pace
Pace
Two Men Narrowly Escape Mine Tunnel Cave-In
In Lincolnton at a tin mine near town, Jake Johnson and Jake Moe Teller were buried by dirt when a tunnel cave-in trapped them while operating a hydraulic pressure apparatus. Rescue workers freed them quickly. Johnson suffered rib fractures and bruising, while Moe Teller dislocated shoulder and other bruises.
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Lincolnton
Town
Jake Johnson
Jake Moeteller
J. Johnson
Liberty loan solicitors press farmer to buy bond
An automobile party of Liberty loan solicitors stopped a farmer and his son along a county highway near Charlotte. They urged bond purchases as essential to winning the war. The farmer, surprised by the claim the war was nearly over, still bought a bond.
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Charlotte
Liberty Loan
United States
Gregory Elected President at North Carolina Cotton Seed Crushers
W N Gregory of East Cotton Oil Company Hertford was elected president of the North Carolina Cotton Seed Crushers Association at its eighth annual convention in Raleigh. Officers named for the next year include J I Morgan Farmville Oil and Fertilizer Company as vice president and H W White of Greenville as secretary treasurer after morning afternoon and night sessions and a banquet.
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Arthur Guy
Arthur Guy Empey
France
Empey
Jack Johnson
Paris
Yank
North
Gaston
North Carolina Briefs
State College
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