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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1917
Page
3
A Sphere correspondent details British actions at the Diala River during the push toward Baghdad. Pontoon crossings faced intense Turkish fire with multiple boats sunk and crews killed. A Lunette position near a mulberry grove withstood repeated assaults as the crossing finally succeeded and Turkish forces withdrew.
A veteran from Indiana recounts joining the British army after coming to England on a "horse boat" to work as a veterinary surgeon. He notes his Indiana home and a prior horse ownership as context amid war maps and a Fleet Street office scene.
In London the French Ambassador Paul Cambon lauds Allied morale and condemns German tactics. He notes Russian Foreign Minister Miliukoff’s stance toward peace and stresses enduring sanctions against future war. Cambon highlights France United States friendship dating to Rochambeau and Lafayette and warns Germany’s diplomacy harms neutrals.
Special despatch notes that Japanese media and public urge economy over display during wartime. The Tokio Jiji criticizes social leaders for lavish ceremonies to mark marriages and other events and calls for moderation in announcements.
The piece surveys current London offerings with Hamlet at Savoy and Ghosts at Kingsway praised while Damaged Goods is noted as weaker. It highlights Good News at Princes with Hicks and Terriss, a striking Ambassadors revue by Cochran, and Rosmersholm to follow at St Martin's.
The Jewish Chronicle reports Jews in Palestine facing brutal evacuations in Jaffa and Tel Aviv amid orders for Jews to depart while Muslims and Christians may stay with permits. Thousands are displaced with lootings, robberies, and executions cited as authorities suppress Jewish settlers.
An American woman in London faced sugar and candy import restrictions during wartime. A relative in New York sent eleven pounds of sugar and eleven pounds of candy as a present, triggering a post office inquiry about a license to receive and distribute the goods. She secured a license to comply with Defence of the Realm rules.
A Liverpool fisherman towed a sea mine into port hoping for a reward. He shouted to a warship captain I’ve a mine here. The captain ordered to take it away, suspecting danger, while the fisherman claimed the device was harmless after claiming its “horns” were smoked off.
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