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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1918
Page
6
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J John S Dennis of the British and Canadian Recruiting Mission warns 350,000 Britishers and Canadians in the United States who have not volunteered that they will be drafted into the U S Army within sixty days after the Draft Conven tion ends. He cites The Man Without a Country to warn of losing citizenship and a homeland if they refuse duty.
Ottawa dispatch quotes a top French general saying there is nothing disquieting in the battle situation. He cites confidence in Picardy and Flanders and notes the battle may last a month or more as Allied reserves, including American divisions, arrive to turn the tide.
Washington April 19 President Nixon signed bills extending revisions of the Espionage Act and requiring registration for women and enemy aliens. The fuel administrator was asked to compel miners in the Pocahontas field to take back 350 coal workers discharged after joining a labor or ration protest.
Cincinnati April 19 Walter Parker former assistant commissioner for inland water transportation urged at the National Foreign Trade Council that inland water routes will be vital to postwar foreign trade. He warned high transportation costs could hinder merchant ships and urged greater use of waterways and dependable channels. A separate note reports the schooner Jean Campbell arriving in a Canadian Atlantic port after 64 days from Nova Scotia, thought lost, and mourning among crew families. Tacoma also lifted the ban on employing married women as public school teachers.
Miss Julia Wyss aged 20 of Geneva was sentenced to 25 years penal service in a Prussian prison for aiding Edith Cavell. A petition bearing 3,000 Geneva women urged the German Crown Princess to grant a pardon.
A year later a cold reply signed by Baron von Stulpenzel, secretary to the Crown Princess, arrives stating the petition cannot be considered by the Crown Princess.
Chicago hosts St Louis in a cloudy matchup while Brooklyn visits New York and Boston travels to Philadelphia amid mixed weather. American League action has St Louis at Chicago clear conditions with Detroit at Cleveland cloudy and New York at Boston (2) cloudy and Philadelphia at Washington clear.
Cloudy conditions noted for Mobile at New Orleans Little Rock at Memphis and Birmingham at Nashville while Atlanta visits Chattanooga under clear skies with game weather shaping outcomes for Southern League fixtures.
Results yesterday include Cincinnati 7 Pittsburgh 6 and St Louis 4 Chicago 6. New York Brooklyn on wet grounds while Philadelphia Boston faced rain. Standings list New York and St Louis tied with 2 wins and 2 losses. Philadelphia 1 1. Cincinnati 2 1. Boston 2 1. Pittsburgh 2 3. Chicago 2 2. College baseball results show Elon College at 3 and N C A & M College at 9.
The Giants of the City League expect a 3:30 PM game tomorrow at Robert Strange Playgrounds against Fort Caswell. If the soldier team cannot visit the city by Colonel Chase order, the Giants will face another league team instead.
The article teases a mystery about June a rural Maine like figure born of Indiana lore as Viola Dana stars in Metro's Blue Jeans a screen production hailed as a homey stage worthy piece. It frames the question who is June and answers it with Dana as the leading actress in a major release coming to the Grand for Monday and Tuesday performances.
Norma Talmadge, a top paid film star who runs her own company and studio, says she has never had a bank account or signed a check. She reveals she hands over all money to her mother, as she did when earning eighteen dollars a week, after being asked to buy boxes for a charity event.
The piece features Miss Talmadge in a pivotal role, following Tess of the Storm Country. It notes the film’s status as a beloved sequel and forecasts strong audience appeal for today and tomorrow at the Grand theater.
The period saw women largely guide Russia's fate as male sovereigns frequently died violent deaths, underscoring a gendered power dynamic in the imperial succession and governance.
The text reflects on French women who were taken by Germans and returned home with a mix of pride and pain. It claims mothers possess a forcing instinct, notes joy upon returning to native land, and describes girls aged 16 and over left behind with despair while soldiers’ mothers see their sons as heroes.
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