30 May 1917
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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1917
Page
2
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Ogden with a 36349 population is expected to provide about 162 soldiers for the draft, with a total Utah estimate around 476092 and Salt Lake County near 164000. Officials outline methods used to project numbers while Weber county faces heavy draft obligations north of the city. A separate report notes a gypsy fortune-teller row drawing crowds and police attention as public discomfort grows with the street solicitation.
The article analyzes a possible Russian strategy to lull Germany then strike on the eastern front. It notes disorganized Soviet command, German redeployments to counter Western offensives, and Austrian moves near Gorizia and Trieste to stop Cadarna. It cites signs of restored authority in Petrograd and warns of a shift in war dynamics if the regime yields to German overtures. It also mentions women supervising public instruction in several states.
Salt Lake Tribune accuses pro German conspirators of sabotaging U S conscription via radical Socialists pacifists anarchists and other groups. It claims pacifists preach peace while plotting war, urging forceful conscription, with German agents directing unrest. The piece links radicals to Kaiser aligned plots and wartime politics.
The Ogden Health School held its commencement at the Orpheum Theatre last night preceded by a patriotic tableau that drew a large audience. The tableau depicted a patriotic scene with a crowd inspired by the display. Salutatory speaker Jean Mage led the graduates in a sense of pride for Ogden High School, highlighted by school colors orange and black.
COPENHAGEN via London May 30 German stee league announces a five year boycott of singers who leave Germany for engagements in the United States or other countries. Count Von Seebach, director of the royal theaters, spearheads the policy which has already affected many star artists.
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