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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1918
Page
10
President Wilson issues a food administration appeal calling Wheatless Mondays and Meatless Tuesdays with Porkless Saturdays. The plan urges reduced meat and bread consumption, favors alternative cereals, and asks public eating places to substitute potatoes vegetables corn barley and rice based products to conserve supplies for soldiers and allies.
Reports describe five fires in one day targeting war factories and shipyards. Officials pursue a possible enemy-led plot with clues traced to Newark and Baltimore as cabinet members weigh a feared organized strike on January 22.
A Berlin dispatch cites Philip Scheidemann alleging a revolutionary surge in Budapest on January 18 and claims Kaiser Wilhelm was openly insulted in Vienna. The article notes censorship limits and questions the credibility of such reports amid wartime tension.
Rome January 26 The Holy See regards Austria Hungary minister Czernins speech as a special appeal to President Wilson for further action Vatican officials read the speech with great interest but no formal step was taken at once
Atlanta weather officials warned of another cold wave to strike the city, predicting temperatures around 20 degrees below zero for Monday after a mild spell. Blustery conditions and freezing mist were reported as the forecasted front approached.
First Lieutenants John Dwyer and Charles W. Cole face court martial in separate cases at Camp Funston and Camp Beauregard. Both cases returned for reconsideration after recommendations for dismissal proved insufficient. Dwyer allegedly refused hospital admission for a gravely ill soldier, who later died, while Cole's review noted a doctor ordered care but the patient was sent back to the infirmary.
James Lewis, a Black man, was arrested in Goldsboro North Carolina after allegedly attempting to assault Mrs Rachel Loftin a prominent local white woman. He was given a hearing and jailed without bond. Officers noted Lewis matched the description provided by the victim.
A naval powder magazine on Goat Island near Newport exploded, detonating fulminate of mercury and likely TNT in magazines Nos. 1 and 2. The blast buried workers under wreckage. three dead are identified, seven civilians and several others missing. Authorities note a regulation limiting stored explosives prevented a larger blast. Rescue crews dig through debris tonight.
Governor Bickett calls all women to join the Reserve with boys and girls aged 12 to 21 to support the war effort. Each woman will head a garden area for her family while girls are urged to join canning clubs. He notes last year women canned and dried 18 times previous levels and seeks a doubling this year. Boys are urged to participate through local garden clubs.
The Washington report describes General Goethals forcing a broad reform in the quartermaster service. He replaces aging officers with younger men in civilian business attire and names new transportation and supply chiefs. The upheaval aims to curb inefficiency and project a more businesslike operation for wartime needs.
The legible portion hints at a jail inmate involved in a crime with a figure referenced as a king and a person aged 60 fearing exposure. Details are fragmented and unclear.
Aerial activity on the Western Front was reported tonight by Field Marshal Haig. Bombing targeted enemy airfields and billets at Ghent Douai and Courtrai with several hangars and aerodromes destroyed and sixty enemy machines accounted for.
The Wilson administration imposes tighter food rations to free wheat for Europe. Wholesalers and retailers may sell only 70 percent and bakers 80 percent of 1917 flour requirements. Meatless days and a porkless Saturday are mandated with substitutes like corn and oats urged.
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