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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1918
Page
5
A 1918 Greensboro newspaper column discusses efforts to mobilize resources for World War I. It notes food administration measures, concerns about railroad rolling stock, and debates over compulsory employment and civilian labor in support of war needs. It also critiques corruption and calls for strong wartime government handling of shipyards and transportation.
The article analyzes Russo German talks and Bolshevik tactics. It suggests Germans outmaneuvered Russia at first, Trotsky’s shifting stance sabotages peace hopes, and Ukraine and Poland threaten German aims. The piece portrays Russia as war weary and unstable, with unclear future outcomes.
The article argues Austria aligns more with Wilson on peace terms than Germany's Hertling and Czernin. It suggests Berlin bets on victory to prolong the war, while Vienna appears willing to modify aims, portraying Austria as tired of war and Germany as the hardliner.
The text cites the Austrian Emperor invoking the Central Powers war rhetoric and aligning with the German ruler. It criticizes the Department of Justice for failing to produce results in the spy hunt, noting arrests of tramps and German suspects in internment camps while accusing enemy agents of crimes warranting hanging.
The report notes repeated claims that Germany will run out of war materials and clothing for soldiers, yet the author asserts that the Allies should not count on Germany’s defeat from such shortages. The piece implies Germany continually overcomes supply difficulties.
The New York Times questions the Kaiser's “false paths” remark and notes his rare public doubt about militarist fanatics guiding Germany. It cites Tirpitz and Hindenburg on submarines and air raids, asks whether invading Belgium was ever safe, and suggests the Kaiser faces hard lessons about mirages at war’s end.
Ira Nelson Morris, newly heightened United States minister to Sweden, is a Chicago native born in 1875. Wealth from the packing business funds his career. he studied at Phillips Andover and Yale, focused on banking and manufacturing, and served as special envoy to Italy in 1913 for the Panama Pacific Exposition.
One hundred years ago today British general Smith led a victory over the Mahrattas at Ashtee. Seventy-five years ago riots in Frankfort and other German cities followed industrial unrest. Fifty years ago Horatio Jenkins presided Florida constitutional convention after factional settlement. Twenty-five years ago Alabama adopted the Australian ballot system.
Brig Gen William L Kenly born in Baltimore 54 years ago today. William Sloane prominent New York merchant and Y M C A director born New York City 45 years ago today. James P Goodrich governor of Indiana born Winchester Indiana 54 years ago today. Russell H Chittenden dean of Sheffield Scientific born New Haven 62 years ago today. Edgar E Clark Interstate Commerce Commission member born Lima New York 62 years ago today. Rt Rev Theodore N Morrison Episcopal bishop of Iowa born Ottawa Illinois 68 years ago today. Sherrod N Smith Brooklyn pitcher born Mansfield Georgia 27 years ago today.
Fiorello LaGuardia, New York congressman and American Flying Corps captain, spoke at Theatre Argentina in Rome on war aims and Wilsons policies. The event, opened to the public by the Colonial Institute, drew Rome officials, dignitaries, and enthusiastic crowds shouting Viva Wilson.
Bluebird star Carmel Myers defends chicken theft as occasional necessity to feed six hungry soldiers at a Western camp. She and family stage a foraging raid on a neighbor’s prize owls to provide dinner for the visiting troops. Local film notes mention The Green Seal and Ashton Dearholt in Bluebird pictures.
Hoover puts faith in film trailers to broadcast a national message urging wheatless, meatless, fatless, and eatless days. Large producers quickly comply and theaters nationwide flood with Hoover's campaign message.
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