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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1919
Page
2
A brief note from the Onden Standard Meebe references the Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Associated Press. It states the AP is exclusively entitled to credit for republication of material. Local news published here remains credited to the paper unless otherwise noted.
The full war report by Field Marshal Haig omits American forces and minimizes their impact. American officers protest, recalling mobilization in 1918 that sent over a million troops to France by July and supported Chateau Thierry Belleau Wood counteroffensive. The piece credits British French attrition and American material aid, while urging balanced view of all allied contributions.
Charles N. Miller deputy national field scout commissioner of Boy Scouts of America arrives to boost Ogden youth work. George W. Goddard named local rep to lead a campaign with a business men’s meeting at Weber club at 8 tonight to discuss fund raising and program development for boys.
An Australian aviator’s daring voyage is described as he flies from Trepassey toward Ireland amid heavy artillery behind German lines. The account notes a fragile yet advancing air war, trench warfare evolution, and key battles shaping lessons of modern combat from Maubeuge to the Aisne.
A World War I retrospective the turning point battle of the Marne is revisited. General French discusses Allied actions from September 6 to 12, 1914, noting German miscalculations and Allied coordination. He argues Joffre will be remembered for guiding reliance on coordinated corps and armies and for the resilient Allied defense along the Marne. The piece cites Belgian delays at Antwerp and Russian communications as context, with early expectations vs. harsher realities of war.
A Red Cross report cites Ukraine and Hung ary regions where typhus dysentery tuberculosis and nervous diseases are spreading among civilians and returning prisoners of war. Hospitals are overwhelmed with thousands of cases and drug shortages. dire sanitation and crowding worsen conditions amid depopulation and movement of refugees and prisoners.
The report notes widespread shortages and steep price spikes with tea at 988 pounds, bread at 0 cents per pound, sugar about $1, and coal, wood, and soap among inflating costs. Laundry for a shirt costs 50 contas amid the hardship.
Big Janeiro May 18 Brazil crushed Argentina 8 to 1 in the fourth game of the South American football championship. J J Beummitt of 2417 Hudson avenue advertises high Liberty bond prices.
In Washington on May 29 the Interstate Commerce Commission today decided complaints by the South J. Joseph and Kansas City livestock exchanges against the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad. The case centered on rates to St Joseph and Kansas City from Nebraska stations west of Denver. The commission ruled on the railroad's charges, affecting livestock shipments and pricing between competing markets. The decision clarifies rate structures impacting trans territorial livestock trade.
Fragmentary report notes decisions affecting Omaha area railway charges and tariffs. Mentions branches in Broken Bow Almance Burtington Brithw Burwell and Sargent with a September effective date. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
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