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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1918
Page
6
London reports a Royal Flying Corps victory tale with Captain M pursuing a German patrol and returning home safely. It highlights continuous daily air activity, large Allied bombings behind German lines, and the audacity and gallantry of British pilots amid the aerial conflict.
Farmers across the Mississippi from Memphis refuse to lease land for military aviator training at Parkfield. They warn airplanes overhead will scare mules ruin crops and pull laborers from fields. Eight landing sites have been secured nearby.
A poetic fragment urges practical thrift for a nation to save wealth and reduce waste. It contrasts spendthrift habits with frugality, calling for frugal daily arts, mending clothes, and honoring thrift as a guiding virtue.
Washington reports the government hired thousands of typists for new wartime needs. Blonde typists faced scrutiny for nerves and temperament while brunettes kept steady pace. now each blonde works beside two brunettes to maintain accuracy and calm under pressure.
Finishing curtains by a raw edge with large scallops instead of a hem creates an effective bottom treatment in cretonne. This method streamlines construction and avoids bulky hems while yielding a decorative edge.
An army officer in the Northwest defies etiquette and army rules to push spruce production for airplanes. Col Bruce P. Disque openly publicizes the process, says the office is open to all, and has boosted output from 2,000,000 to 12,500,000 feet a month as the Signal corps presses the Army aircraft program.
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Julius Demjan a young Austrian declares the right of American citizenship more valuable than the love of his brothers who serve in the Austrian army during his naturalization application in the United States
Denver reports Dr. William K. C. Berlin has invented a more deadly liquid fire than any World War weapon. The discovery, born from experiments since 1914, has been offered to the government for use in Europe.
Three inmates with distinct skills plotted an escape in San Jose California Wallace Gladstone a recent Seattle escapee used a bedcloth rope Carl Watkins a painter fashioned a painter s cling to cut skylight bars and Walter J Norton a singer encouraged a high voice as the others hacked bars with a bread knife Officers uncovered the plan before it could succeed.
St Clairsville with 1500 residents prides itself as one of the richest towns of its size in the U S. Its three banks report cash deposits totaling 8 2 million and the per capita cash wealth stands at 2 133 for every man woman and child.
A Bessemer man J Will McNabb was handcuffed to a street post by a hostile crowd for two hours. Streamers and a placard labeled him disloyal to the United States as jeers and taunts continued along the main thoroughfare.
Charleston reports that judges will dismiss juries for the spring term at Governor Cornwell's suggestion to spare food for the war. Farmers may continue planting on farms while court business waits until after spring plowing.
Local mechanic T G Aultman announces a perfected flying torpedo. He claims it can be sent any distance and dropped at any point, is controlled wirelessly, uses a small caselene engine, and carries a lifting capacity of 1 200 pounds.
W. W. Sammons of Brady Texas reports all four of his sons are in the United States army as volunteers and officers. Carlisle is a second lieutenant at Camp Pike Arkansas Belmont is a first lieutenant on duty in France Blaine is a first lieutenant at Camp Travis and Cleveland is a captain at Camp Bowie.
Secretary Houston urges Boy Scouts of America to aid war effort from home by growing vegetables, raising livestock, canning and drying foods, and conserving supplies. He asks boys to beat their 1917 record with the motto Every scout to feed a soldier and one other, with federal and state agricultural support available.
Sergt. Major Charles H. Smith of Brooklyn brings home a German underofficer helmet after three years with the British army in France Gallipoli Salonica and the Macedonian front. The naturalized American born in England spent his fifty third birthday aboard ship and now lectures on trench experiences noting the inscription Mit Gott For Keenig und Vaterland meaning With God for King and Fatherland.
Mrs Alexis C. Foster, Denver society leader and wife of a millionaire, carries her right wrist in a sling after grabbing her bulldog from beneath a fast moving car. The dog escaped unharmed while the driver struck by the fender.
Martins Ferry Ohio celebrates a newborn as the father declines a celebratory cigarette and instead requests a Thrift stamp. Friends offered a smoke but he chose thrift savings, receiving the stamp soon after the baby's arrival.
Oregon City reports the county court under County Judge Anderson will relocate the Molalla river to its former bed beneath Wrights bridge. After floods last winter the river shifted a quarter mile south, and officials say moving it is cheaper than building a new bridge.
Gov. Hugh Dorsey launches a wartime plan to force idle men into farm labor. County defenses, sheriffs and judges are urged to arrest and convict vagrants, offering a choice between chain gang or farm work under supervision, with persistent prosecution to ensure compliance. The effort aims to relieve farm labor shortages and precedes possible furloughs from military service.
A large pearl weighing 150 grains, found in a shell in the Black River near West Plains, is valued at 2500 dollars. A stranger showed the gem to Mel Fry, and after negotiations pearl buyers offered 2000 dollars as found or 2500 for a perfect pearl, but Fry refused to sell.
Tom Edwards of Viola Crawford county is 102 and can jig and hurdle a chair with ease. He credits longevity to not worrying never using alcohol or tobacco and preferring sweet cider. He admits a weakness for candy.
State Food Administrator Walter P. Innis issues orders prohibiting wheat flour in paste used by Hutchinson Kansas paper hangers. He advises switching to commercial paste. Public health and safety emphasis accompanies the measure.
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