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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1918
Page
5
A French senator cites arrival of American troops bringing Western Front strength to about seven million for each side. He argues Germany would need greater manpower to push forward and warns the war may not end soon despite Allied men per man superiority.
Discussion in Washington centers on Japan sending an army through Russia to strike Germany. Lord Northcliffe notes Japan has met allied duties and stands ready for more, but final decision rests with President Wilson. Russians appeal for aid, allies hint Japan could join, while America waits for a definitive policy to shape eastern front action. Investment ads urging support appear at end.
The piece urges that war savings stamps are for everyone not just children and calls for Americans to save more before June 28. It emphasizes government needs, thrift habits, and cutting waste to support wartime labor and resources. It mentions Uncle Sam making big guns and Germans doubting American resolve.
A Virginia judge ruled that prohibition officers cannot search passengers on trains crossing the state without a warrant. The ruling arose after a Southern train conductor refused an inspector’s search, challenging widespread inspections of travelers from Washington. The decision protects travelers from intrusive searches regardless of race sex or status, upholding due process for the innocent.
Reports say Mother Jones has reformed to oppose strikes, Lenine abandons his post as Bolshevik premier, and unions still control night train messages. Locust swarms threaten North Carolina as Wrightsville Beach courts conventions in a buzzing political year.
Southern women and home demonstration agents spearheaded a 1917 push that preserved 200 million cans of fruits and vegetables. In 1917, 82,227 women performed regular home duties, 3,812 clubs organized, and 73,306 girls formed clubs, with 12,844,513 cans by girls and 34,9967 by women. The drying method yielded 5,511,881 pounds of dried produce, and brining added 1,178,683 gallons. An emergency enrollment of 2.6 million women and girls boosted gardens and canning for the future.
The North Carolina corps commission reports state banks show deposits up despite heavy yearlong demands. Check deposits gain over eighteen million and savings deposits rise above three million, yielding a net increase of over thirty five million across private state and savings banks. The trend suggests wealth accumulation accelerates as saving becomes habitual.
The North Carolina Bar Association holds its annual session at Wrightsville Beach drawing citizen leaders from the legal profession. Wilmington welcomes the visiting lawyers and expects a pleasant and profitable convention, despite light-hearted jests about the profession. The text ends with an inflammatory line about Italians that is unrelated to the meeting.
Frederic J. Haskin surveys the U S State Department as it expands to handle wartime duties and the surge of diplomacy, consular work, and counter espionage. He notes doubled staff, rising cable traffic, neutral and belligerent missions, and the system to block German influence and blacklisted firms.
Betty returns late from a show with Grandpa, sparking doubt in the narrator about possible improprieties. The group debates danger and Betty's safety while the chapter hints at concerns over an older man’s influence and Betty's independence.
The essay laments the Washington to Baltimore turnpike deteriorating since Washington faded, noting buckholes that threaten cars and dead man’s curve dangers despite growing traffic. It mocks red lanterns and skull signs while detailing flat farmland towns and a brick-paved final hill.
Don Ripley chief boatswain's mate led the gun crew of the steamship El Occidente in a rapid response when two U boats appeared. The crew fired swiftly breaking contact as periscopes were sighted and submarines vanished. Ripley, from San Diego, is married to Ethel Ripley who resides at 2910 B street.
Major General Hunter L. Liggett, a Reading, Pennsylvania native, is described as the present commander of forces in the field and will lead the first American field army when organized. His career began at West Point at 18, with notable service in Cuba and the Philippines, rising from colonel in 1912 to brigadier general in 1913 and major general in 1925 after Funston’s death.
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