Record number of planes downed in May fronts
London report says 1,127 airplanes were downed during May across battle fronts. Thirteen German planes on the western front were credited to American airmen.
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Newspaper
Warren Evening Times
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1918
Page
8
London report says 1,127 airplanes were downed during May across battle fronts. Thirteen German planes on the western front were credited to American airmen.
Washington June 1 The War Department lists fifty seven American expeditionary force casualties with three killed in action six died of wounds ten from disease one killed in an airplane accident seventeen wounded severely eleven wounded slightly and nine missing in action. Three officers are severely wounded Lieutenants Lee V Farnum of New York Andrey P Peterson of Lamberton Minnesota and James D Ward of Houston Texas. Lieut Hugh L Sutherland of Benoit Mississippi previously listed as seriously injured is now recorded as slightly wounded.
Washington reports a high official of the War Industries Board announced that war needs will claim eighty percent of the year's steel. Only twenty percent can go to lesser industries, and pleasure automobile production is expected to drop about eighty percent.
London June 1 The Kaiser the German crown prince and Field Marshal Von Hindenburg ascended Monthiver and watched for half an hour the destruction of Rheims by German Artillery, according to a Copenhagen telegraph quoted by the Berlin Local Anzeiger war correspondent.
Madrid report states Infanta Isabella is ill from a sweeping malady affecting hundreds of thousands. The King is said to be improving as telegraph service is suspended in some areas and theater performances are halted in the capital.
A June report states Emperor Charles visit prompts the sultan to send Austrian reserve reinforcements. Nellie Thurborne, Erie graduate from Hamet Hospital, is in Zurich for about three weeks before Red Cross service. The Times announces a fresh shipment of flags priced at 1.49.
Advertises Miller's Antiseptic Oil for relief of rheumatism lumbago neuralgia and joint pains. Claims instant relief and nationwide use with a doctor shop aura. Promotes 25c 50c and 1.00 bottles and money back guarantee at Siegfrieds' Pharmacy 308 Second Avenue Warren Pa.
A Cleveland company promotes Zemo as a cure for eczema pimples black heads blotches and ringworm. The ad claims a 35 cent bottle or one dollar extra large size and describes Zemo as a clean antiseptic liquid that dries clear with easy application.
A friend praised for generosity beyond money embodies Rousseau's idea that only what we give away truly lives after us. The piece urges giving to the Red Cross and war bonds, and recalls a soldier who shared his coat with a dead comrade as the richest act of all.
A concise line notes retirement as punishment for boot and wisdom as paradise, then claims The Times circulation matches all Warren daily papers combined and urges investigation.
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