30 May 1918
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
1
The report details Italy’s war outlays at about 10 million dollars daily, with monthly figures climbing from 97.4 million to 282.6 million. It cites food hoarding and middlemen profiteering as harming supplies, warns of unrest, and calls for radical measures to stabilize prices and morale.
Poem indicting alien enemies with venom and treason and calling for severe punishment, reflecting wartime rhetoric. The speaker condemns those who oppose peaceful efforts and suggests drastic measures against traitors aligned with a Kultur creed.
New York reports a complete cessation of civilian rubber footwear production as manufacturers join the war department in prioritizing military needs. War demand leads to rushed contracts and nullified monthly quotas, with all major rubber firms diverting output to boots and other footwear for the front.
Dr and Mrs W Moore Thompson of Chicago claim the first Liberty child born on Liberty Day April 2. The baby weighed nine pounds and was named Liberty.
A British pilot in France jammed gun to fire on a German craft. He aimed upward, collided with the enemy in midair, and landed safely with a damaged undercarriage. The incident underscores elite airman composure and quick decision making amid conflict.
A few days old girl dubbed Memphis war baby was found in blankets after a park watch search failed. The infant was rescued and placed in a happy home, while a police search was conducted following a call.
An Atlantic port reports American fighters at Apremont northwest of Toul earning praise for bravery. Dr. William T. Ellis lauds the soldiers as “fighting like heroes” despite four to one odds, noting a Greek-born scout’s rifle loss followed by a knife kill of a German lieutenant and the capture of three truckloads of enemy troops. Albert Van Hecke, Belgian public works aide, aboard plans a study tour for Belgium’s reconstruction, while a Boston captain nicknamed the dry goods merchant led a trench assault after suppressing sapping efforts.
In Macon Missouri Frank Long a farmer led a Red Cross auction at Rogers schoolhouse with a worn hat. He offered the hat for charity and after laughter a bid rose to two dollars fifty cents. The hat finally sold to raise sixty five dollars, leaving Long both weary and pleased.
Mrs. Dorothy McDonnell Rolph a Denver widow is reported as the only woman insurance actuary in the United States and has accepted the position as director of the war risk insurance division in the War Department in Washington.
Madrid reports accuse German channels of flooding Spain Mexico and South America with pamphlets and a book titled Il Vampiro del Continente portraying the United States as a villain. Officials say a counterfeit edition of Why America Went to War is circulating, aiming to sow ill will and discredit Allied leaders and the Rainbow Division.
London bound Baroness Tserclaes and Miss Marie Chisholm risked gas exposure to care for King Albert's soldiers behind the Belgian lines near the Nieuport Ypres railway. Decorated by King Albert, they operated a three year advanced dressing station, discarded gas masks to aid the wounded, and later collapsed before being removed.
In Atlanta Camp Garden a private, W. J. Etherington of Pennsylvania, washing dishes, agreed to buy bonds. A Liberty loan captain urged bond payments from pay. Etherington pledged 50 000 to each of the first two issues and 50 000 to the third, totaling 150 000 through his home bank.
Mrs. Violet Titherley sued a hair dresser for damages claiming her hair 5 feet 8 inches long before a drying machine cut it. she valued the remaining hair at 500 and said she could earn 10 a week displaying it. The jury awarded 110.
Police in Muncie faced days of calls about mad dogs until Mickey McCabe was sent to deal with a brown bulldog said to have treed the neighborhood. He returned with a twist: the dog was not mad or angry, and he claimed neighbors were the ones upset.
Atlanta May meeting of the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church South grants full laity rights to women by an overwhelming vote.
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