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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1918
Page
8
Readable sketches describe British capital life during war with soldiers from Australia Canada Scotland and the United States. A Victoria Cross bearer and other heroes mingle with civilians while humor and pathos illuminate crowded Strand scenes and talks of resilience amid hardship.
A striking wartime photo shows the German air crew plunging toward British trenches after a brief close range battle. Official report states the raider caught fire and fell 10 000 feet, with all three crew members burnt to death.
Special dispatch notes the submarine threat remains serious yet improving. Allied shipping, while not secure, is believed unable to worsen beyond recent peaks. Optimism grows as experts tally ships afloat and vessels available until autumn, while calls for more destroyers rise amid German progress in submarine development.
A narrative on Allied naval gains over U boats with Americans aiding destroyer fleets. It notes editorial consensus in London about turning tide, British and American efforts limiting submarine success and protecting merchant shipping, with examples of attacks and the strategic secrecy of Admiralty.
At two thirty in the morning a wet Canadian soldier arrives at the Eagle Hut in London seeking shelter. He is helped by American volunteers who run the YMCA haven for soldiers and sailors. An English naval officer also receives a warm welcome and rest before continuing travel. The piece highlights the YMCA effort and the noncombatant status of its workers in wartime Europe.
Alfred William Furneaux, chief steward in the mercantile marine, rescued a man trapped between buckled deck plates on a stricken steamship in April 1917. He amputated one leg with a clasp knife to free the other, saved the wounded man with a life belt, and tended a second injured sailor. He risked his own life during the rescue and received the Albert Medal in gold.
Special dispatch from Paris reports two men discussing tobacco prices while a strange sample labeled tobacco proves to contain hops, fennel leaves, cow's lungwort, mint, vervain, briar, elder bark scraps and other odd materials. The men joke about Germans and tobacco.
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