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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1918
Page
4
A London report says in July the allies downed 844 enemy planes while Germans downed 25 Allied aircraft. The piece notes American pilots contributed only three of the Allied air wins and argues for ramped air power to pressure Germany, projecting future use of large air fleets to strike rear resources.
An elder voice warns against overconfidence after victories and urges steady resolve. The speaker recalls past reversals at the Marne and the sobering toll of wounded and dead, calling for patience, duty, and buying thrift stamps to support the war.
The piece argues Germany has long boasted the war is fought on allied soil not theirs and demands that the conflict be brought to Germany’s front yards so its people experience the consequences of their government’s war crime against civilization.
Charles D. Orth, chairman of the National Security League's congressional campaign committee, pushes a fall election drive to elect the ablest and most loyal men. He calls for a ban on politics during the war and insists only 100 percent undiluted Americans run the nation's affairs.
Readable ad snippets suggest topics that may appeal to shoppers and local customers. The page hints at offers, promotions, and services likely to attract attention in the current edition.
The United States asks a voluntary sugar limit of two pounds per person per month while Allied nations share near equal hardship. England France and Italy enforce tighter limits with scarce supplies and higher prices, hotels offering little or no sugar. France reduced sugar acreage from 25 000 to 180 000 since before the war, leaving shoppers reliant on sugar cards and uncertain supply.
A compact wartime memoir outline by Pat Alva O Brien recounting Royal Flying Corps service. Chapters cover enlistment training and frontline combat in France, capture and imprisonment, escapes via Belgium Luxembourg and Holland, and perilous hunger driven travels toward the Dutch frontier.
In darkness I sought a border crossing from Belgium into Holland, battling fences and a live electric barrier. I fashioned a shaky ladder from pine and rungs of wood, but a shock sent me tumbling. I then dug under the fence, freeing staples one by one to loosen the ground wire as I listened for the German sentry's approach.
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