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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1917
Page
3
A German press shift toward democracy is noted with reform calls from Theodor Wolff and Otto Hintze. A separate feature details the Domaine Lafayette project funding a school for sons of soldiers, linking France, America and Britain through education and industry partnerships.
Berlin newspapers face forced page limits as paper famine triggers cuts. Berliner Tageblatt calls the policy a scandal while Lokal Anzeiger blames officials for restricting news and warns future reports will shrink to official bulletins. Public ads lose space under law penalties.
London. In Lloyd George the Man and His Story Frank Dilnot presents the PM's rise from village boy to Britain's leader with two portraits. The piece also notes Militerism at Work in Belgium and Germany translated by A. G. Wright and others, plus new works by Balfour Browne and Alec Waugh.
An unnamed American donor rents a Place de la Concorde building for use by the Red Cross High Commission as its Paris headquarters during the war. The $10,000,000 American fund will aid the wounded and commission expenses, with Major Gray son Murphy leading an eighteen member advisory council and staff.
Paris reports from July 2 describe American forces arriving in France under strong escort. Troop housing rises in Paris while many expect rapid movement beyond barracks. Khaki dress and Springfield rifles draw praise as Americans vow to help end barbarism in an epoch making war.
In a special dispatch from Tokyo the Tijyo Magazine reliefs on Dr Shin Ni kawa views. He argues America’s entry into World War I will secure Allied victory and restore international law. He claims U S support will ease Britain’s war burden and Britain may rely on American food and shipping to aid Allies.
Veterans of the Prussian Guards in south Berlin plan a memorial gate to Marshal von Hindenburg in front of the regimental building. The steel gate will bear the inscription Victory and will celebrate his 1866 service and Franco-Prussian War ties. Public nails drive event supports the Red Cross.
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