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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1918
Page
9
Public notice details subscription options for The Washington Post issued July 19 1918. It lists carrier and mail rates for daily and Sunday editions, deadlines, and instructions for address changes and prepayment. The notice urges subscribers to renew before expiration and explains where to mail payments. It also notes foreign advertising representation and editorial leadership.
The piece lauds French and American troops in the Fontenoy to Belleau Wood action, hails Gen. Foch and the Allied counterstroke as a turning point, and celebrates American soldiers for meeting duties with courage. It predicts German setbacks, honors fallen heroes, and invokes gratitude for defenders across France Britain and Italy.
The piece traces 30 years of debate over the Channel Tunnel with strong pro and anti views. It notes fears of insularity, signals from Field Marshal Wolseley, and French assurances, then credits World War I with shifting opinion by highlighting strategic wartime benefits for quick transport of troops, munitions, and supplies.
Report suggests the Ger siats would not have attacked a submarine offensive and that opposition to the project has disappeared. It states that its realization will be the first major effort by France and Britain after peace is signed.
The article discusses the downfall of M. Duval and Bolo Pasha linked to German money, tracing treason from Miguel Almereyda to Caillaux and Maloy. It notes France’s quiet approach to treason, warns of internal and external influences, and compares French and American wartime attitudes amid possible four more years of conflict.
The new viscount Mountgarret, aged 15, inherits a large Kilkenny estate through his father the fourteenth viscount. The lineage traces back to the Mountgarret title created by Henry VI, with earlier disputes over succession and marriage validity. The heir, living at Nidd Hall in Yorkshire, will assume duties in the House of Lords after the late lord’s disposal of much land to tenants under the Irish Land Act.
King George confers the grand cross of the Order of St Michael and St George on Gen. George March and Gen. Bites while Gen Pershing receives the Cross of the Bath. A cablegram to Gen. March, signed by Viscount Milner, announces the award. Lord Reading informs officials of the honors as debates on acceptance proceed.
Post Office Department official Capt Lipsner outlined an overland air mail network linking New York Washington Chicago and San Francisco. He forecast rapid cross country flying growth after the war with returning aviators finding work in the service and noted benefits to weather observation coast defense and mail carrying.
Merchants across the nation protest a council stance to halt Christmas gifts arguing nonwar industries must survive to prevent postwar chaos. Congress receives hundreds of protests as officials warn of upheaval and the ability to aid 6 to 8 million returning servicemen.
The adjutant general announced that all army applicants must provide strict documentary evidence of age to prove they meet the 18 year minimum. He condemned parental excuses as an annoyance to troops in the field and an unnecessary expense.
Organization of an American Institute of Baking with an endowment of 1 000 640 in liberty bonds has begun to provide means for solving problems of the trade. The idea grows from war as bakers join other industries in aiding the government to permanent use of wartime experience.
Secretary Daniels commends Boatswain Charles J. Lyons and four sailors for rescuing men overboard. Capt Lloyd Williams praised for gallantry before dying of wounds in France. A Virginia officer’s noble example highlights enduring bond between officers and crews amid war.
Officers proceed to Camp Jackson Berland Petersburg and other posts under orders. Majon Colquitt discharged from U S service. Maj De W Morton granted five extra days leave.
United States Treasury shows daily revenue receipts totaling 49,964,187.40 and monthly receipts of 646,816,498.33 along with a fiscal year to date total of 657,376,628.00. General fund assets list available gold, silver dollars, Federal Reserve notes, and bank issues, totaling 1.647 billion in assets with net general fund balance negative 1.414 billion.
Preliminary inspectors report to Secretary Redfield blame captain and pilot for the steamer Columbia wreck on the Illinois River. They cite unskillful navigation and neglect as the cause, noting two men face possible license revocation and divers found the ship run aground near shore and striking an obstruction tearing a 12 foot by 2 foot hole in the bottom.
The Navy Department announced that a heavy Maxim machine gun captured from the Germans in Belleau Wood on June 11 and used for four days to harass enemy lines will be shipped from France to marine headquarters in Washington. Two heavy German minewerkers captured in the same action will be presented to Annapolis and West Point if transportation can be arranged, and additional light machine guns were also captured by the marines.
American officers and men held as prisoners of war are entitled to full pay and all allowances including dependent allotments under a Treasury ruling. Nurse corps, field clerks and other army civilians are not covered. Questions remain on allowances for missing men and for prisoners if enemies grant allowances.
The fuel administration bans old-time carnivals and other gatherings that interfere with miners work. A firemen's convention planned at Spangier Pennsylvania was abandoned at the request of James B Neale director of production to prevent coal production disruption.
Labor leaders led by Samuel Gompers visited the White House to present provisions of a proposed replacement child labor bill to President Wilson. The measure, designed as a substitute for the Supreme Court nullified act, would be introduced in Congress.
The War Department is examining shifting an artillery training camp planned for West Point Kentucky to Fayetteville North Carolina because of land acquisition difficulties. A final decision is pending. The report also mentions a loan of 3 770 000 dollars to Belgium made yesterday by the United States.
Reported calls Miss Ethel Langdon Drake to recruit 120 American women to drive ambulances for the French front. A training camp at Bayville, Long Island, will prep volunteers who must fund their own expenses and can repair and drive autos. The unit aims to depart for France September 1 and will work with Ambulance Symons as part of a larger effort to aid wounded French soldiers and retake Soissons.
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