Independent Newspaper snippet from Bublane area
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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1918
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR shows unclear text about a local newspaper from Bublane Wyoming with garbled branding and stray characters. No clear event, date, or named entities emerge to summarize.
The city faces a grip outbreak affecting children and adults with headaches sore throats heavy eyes and fever. Physicians in New York noted new pneumonia types rising last winter and in the army, with Ogden doctors warning the eastward pneumonia is hard to treat and not easily cured.
The article notes the United States surpassing English and Scottish yards in ship production within a year, forecasting a widening lead. It criticizes American politicians for attempting to exploit the shipbuilding program for scandal, while few backers commend responsible leaders handling the war effort.
The Standard recalls editorial calls to place a federal secret service branch in Ogden citing Ogden as a major railroad and transcontinental hub. It argues Salt Lake inquiries produced limited results and warns pro German influence may have undermined national security, urging action by federal authorities.
A fragmentary discussion contrasts General Maurice with General Robertson after World War I leadership shifts. It notes high command vanity, resignations over Foch becoming supreme commander, and a call for common soldiers to pursue safety of homes and communities over glory. It uses vivid allegory to compare rivalries among generals to society, while praising lower ranks.
Officials consider moving the Bamberger Electric Railroad plant from Ogden to Salt Lake City after a fire destroyed car barns and sheds. About 55 workers cleared wreckage as losses top $500,000 to $750,000 depending on damaged motors. Plant reconstruction could cost around $100,000 with service kept on schedule using surplus stock from rivals.
Secretary Baker Major General March and other leaders testified amid criticism of aircraft program. Potter denied neglect by manufacturers or officials and cited sabotage and German influence as factors. Debate questions production lapses while noting 6000 mechanics and 11000 tons of material shipped to France.
The article reports on the U.S. Treasury during wartime, noting revenue receipts and ordinary disbursements for the current period and fiscal year, comparing to the prior year. It highlights gold reserves, bullion holdings, and silver dollars in the treasury, indicating the country has moved substantial gold to the world.
The Ogden high school cadet battalion will conduct a day of field maneuvers and an assault drill Friday in North Ogden canyon. Commandant Wood leads about 75 cadets in two companies, A and B, in a morning trip by special car to the canyon, then a march to camp near Lue Canyon and a concluding athletic meet after uniforms are shed.
C B White, a senior coal dealer from Minneapolis Saint Paul area, was appointed by the National Fuel Administrator to oversee distribution of coal arriving up the Great Lakes and destined for the northwest and Canada. He takes charge today.
Florence Bayard Blatch Bayard? and Mrs. Florence Bayard Bishop lead suffrage and shell production efforts arguing women’s patriotic duty to replace men in army and navy roles. The Press room at Bethlehem Steel’s shell factory becomes a hub for wartime labor and advocacy amid social change.
Captain D. J. McDonald of the three masted schooner John G. Walter, sunk after a Uboat torpedo in the Atlantic, recounts how a British first and an allied destroyer prevented his capture by Germany. The submarine commander ordered him to be taken to Germany, but the brief standoff in the conning tower ended with safety aboard a rescue ship.
Winnipeg bricklayers won a wage increase to 80 cents an hour for 14 hours per week. An effort will be made to organize steamfitters now employed in Ontario shipyards as part of a broader unionization push in Canada.
In a chaotic sea scene Captain McDonsea and crewman McDonald fight a German attack. McDonald dives, avoids marines, and surfaces behind a fleeing schooner as a destroyer joins the chase. The U boat withdraws after a brief clash, leaving wreckage adrift.
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