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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1919
Page
2
The notice lists Harold McGrath as publisher and editor with Alworth as business manager and mentions second class mail at Twin Is Idaho. It states Associated Press membership and exclusive republication rights for AP dispatches and local news, with all rights reserved for special dispatches.
A reader complains about winter practice of leaving milk bottles exposed to dust on sidewalks near shops. The piece urges buyers to wash both bottle and cap before use and to ensure bottles are clean during transit. It calls for dealers and dairymen to uphold high quality standards while stressing consumer responsibility.
The country awakens to the need and opportunity of road building as federal aid projects surge. March approvals set records, and by April about 120 projects were near approval, signaling vast funds from the federal treasury. States not qualifying risk losing gains to more enterprising regions, threatening immediate local and state benefits.
In Hoboken New Jersey a four year hope for self determination might have kept the city aligned with Germany. The port was dominated by German steamship firms Hamburg-Amerald and North German Lloyd, with thousands of German sailors present and a German atmosphere cited as key. The declaration of war confronted this sentiment and shifted the balance.
A historic Hoboken story notes the rise of American shipping dominance as the North German Lloyd docks may shift to American control. The piece casts Hoboken as a hub of enterprise and implies a shift in business spirit and influence, portraying the German Empire trade era as a peaceful venture ending in a criminal episode.
Twin Falls county service men meet Friday at Parrish hall to decide on affiliating with a newly organized American region. Captain F E M Sweeley says all veterans are members. A Boise call from Mark Shields prompts a state caucus plan and potential delegation to organize a first large state reunion in Twin Falls. Memorial Day observance and central meeting place are also on the agenda.
In Toledo Ohio May 13 negotiations between Mayor Cornel Schreiber Willys Overland officials and 10000 locked out workers ended abruptly after four days but both sides left open for more talks. Mayor Schreiber to meet union tenders again tomorrow and workers plan a mass meeting to discuss next steps.
The American Locomotive Company announced an order for 150 heavy type locomotives from the Italian government. The deal strengthens railway capacity and marks a significant export sale amid postwar industrial trade.
Private Thomas O. Neighbour of the 167th infantry earned the Croix de Guerre for conspicuous gallantry near Landres-et-St. Georges France on October 16 1918. Wounded in both legs he kept his automatic rifle firing enabling his detachment to halt a major enemy assault and he killed four attackers. He then captured eleven prisoners with his pistol and returned them to lines, despite wounds. His mother Minnie Timberman resides in Monroe Michigan.
Sergeant Carl F Payson of Company C 125th Infantry was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for conspicuous gallantry in action against the enemy at Cierges. The fallen sergeant is identified as Payson.
Private John Calvin Ward of Company D, 117th Infantry earned the DSC for gallantry near Estress France on October 8 1918. He and a non commissioned officer charged a machine gun nest, killed three and captured seven enemy soldiers and their weapons, despite heavy fire. His mother Mrs Laura Ward of Morristown Tennessee.
Sergeant Gary Evans Foster of Inman South Carolina earned a decoration for conspicuous bravery near Monbrehain France on October 8 1918 after advancing with an officer under heavy machine gun fire and directing grenade and pistol fire to kill several enemies while capturing eighteen. Sergeant Sidney Holzeman Seibert of Company F 864th Infantry earned the M... for leading his platoon despite illness and bravely charging a machine gun emplacement with two others, killing one foe.
Johannes S Anderson of Chicago served as first sergeant of Company B, 132nd Infantry. He earned a citation for conspicuous gallantry at Consenvoye, France, October 8, 1918, guiding a dangerous open-area assault, silencing a machine gun nest, and returning with twenty three German prisoners.
The story of Major Charles W. Whittlesey and his Lost Battalion of the 308th Infantry is an epic of World War I. Whittlesey, a Pittsfield native and former New York lawyer, earned the moniker Go-to-Hell Whittlesey for refusing to surrender to German forces after being cut off near the Forest d Argonne in October 1918. His unit, 463 officers and men plus Company K of the 307th, endured five days without rations while facing a numerically superior enemy before relief arrived.
Sidney E Manning of Company G 167th Infantry a Flomaton Alabama Guardsman earned the Distinguished Service Cross for conspicuous gallantry near Breuvannes France on July 28 1918. Leading his platoon after his commander fell he directed 35 men through heavy fire to overpower a fortified hill overlooking the Ourcq river amid the Rainbow division advance.
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