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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1917
Page
2
The Mont Blanc catastrophe near Halifax prompted lessons on dangerous cargo packing and navigation. Amid a heavy storm, a hazardous risk was taken to move wartime munitions, raising questions about safety practices and the conduct of ships in crowded narrows.
A distressed report recalls the Halifax blast as part of global war. It notes the lethal TNT shipment aboard a French munitions ship and compares it to the Archangel depot disaster, highlighting massive casualties and treachery suspicions in Halifax.
General Byng withdraws from sharp fighting as British forces realign on the Cambrai front. Berlin claims German success with 3000 prisoners, 148 guns, and 716 machine guns captured. Germans now equal Allies in manpower and weapons on the western front, signaling a shift in momentum amid renewed heavy fighting around Cambrai.
An extended discussion by Chas. W. Meany of the Winton company argues business must proceed as usual while supporting war funding. He urges clearly defining which activities must be priced and paid, noting that millions in taxes will shift demand and disrupt certain industries unless vacancies are filled and essential sectors kept active. He emphasizes keeping people employed, sustaining farming, farming implements, and allied industries to feed and clothe armies and allies.
Fragmentary wartime ode urging national resolve and liberty. It portrays a mother’s plea for her son and calls for unity against enemy forces. The piece references labor, production, and patriotic sacrifice as essential to victory, with lines praising steadfastness and national duty.
A fragmentary passage notes tramps and loafers leaving lavish habits as prosperity shifts toward war production. It suggests a gradual realignment of society and business toward wartime priorities, with luxury and nonproductive energy fading.
A San Francisco Chronicle letter from G. Matsuko, a Japanese resident, expresses strong American loyalty while denouncing Germany and advocating aggressive rhetoric toward "halfbreeds." The missive critiques antiwar sentiment, urges support for Liberty Bonds, and includes hostile language toward mixed-blood Americans, reflecting wartime prejudice and nationalistic fervor.
Leo K. Frankel of Metropolitan Life speaks at the Association of Life Insurance Presidents asserting auto accidents have tripled deaths in six years. He cites insurance data showing rising fatal injury rates, urban concentration, and a need for legislative action and public education to curb the expanding danger to pedestrians, especially children, amid a surge in motor vehicle registrations.
A fervent wartime tribute calls for unity and sacrifice to defend God and home. The speaker urges stiff opposition to tyranny, vows to lay down personal vengeance, and exhorts men to join the fight, honor heroes, and protect the nation with courage and endurance.
Fragmented OCR text notes Dr Frankel urging pedestrian and auto regulation with statistics showing pedestrian recklessness. Mentions nations, land rights, trade bargains, Senator Lodge, Austria Bulgaria and a war declaration context.
Senate opens debate on the Austrian war resolution with Lodge urging unity and potential inclusion of Turkey and Hungary in the allied anti Germany effort. He denounces the Turkish regime for massacres and tyranny while noting Bulgaria’s role as Germany’s tool and urging peaceful disengagement if possible.
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