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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1918
Page
5
A series of satirical comments on wartime topics and political figures. Observations touch on Russia food scarcity, Dutch government, Bolsheviks in Odessa, and comparisons to leaders and events. The writer uses humor to critique policy and rhetoric amid the war climate.
The senator cites German agents in aircraft plants as a major cause of delays and urges immediate removal. Editorial remarks critique wartime payoffs, Siberian stakes, and calls Raleigh’s air factory talk over. Local nods mock plans for Cape Fear moonlight scenes by Wade Harris Smethurst Best.
The conscientious objector who refused draft board demands on religious grounds was sentenced to ten years. He now has ample time to reflect on his stance and beliefs while serving in prison.
The United States Fuel Administration and the Director General of Railroads announce a zone system to restrict Eastern coal to Eastern markets and move nearby Western coal to Western zones. The plan saves millions of car miles, enables extra Pocahontas output, and requires early buying and licensed coal jobbers to curb abuses.
The campaign will cover country areas towns and cities with cooperation from the Department of Insurance the State Board of Health school authorities and other agencies. It aims to remove waste and debris that raise fire risk harm health or spoil sanitary conditions and to extend clean up efforts to farms for broad community benefit. Country residents show strong interest and the statewide spring cleaning is expected to be the most extensive yet.
The Philadelphia Record editorial urges churches in Charlotte to display the flag, including over the pulpit, arguing such visibility strengthens patriotic spirit, duty, and sacrifice. It notes churches providing soldiers’ reading and recreation rooms should prominently show the flag over front doors and pulpits to renew devotion and resolve.
The writer argues the United States cannot deploy and sustain a five to ten million man army in France imminently. He notes current training outpaces deployment, and that sufficient ships and supplies are the bottleneck. Only when ample shipping tonnage exists can five million be sent and kept there.
Hurrah for Grady Fowler Faison Crumpler Herring and Ward. The Raleigh lawyers Armis tead Jones and W. B. Jones are praised for snatching victory from a hopeless case. Mt. Olive Tribune notes Major George L. Peterson’s acquittal but says he did not get justice in Raleigh press.
Sir John Simon completed a direct flight from Flying Corps Headquarters somewhere in France to the House of Commons in Westminster to attend a significant parliamentary debate following a tempestuous Channel crossing.
The ad urges strength in body and mind through nerve care and claims bitro-phosphate tablets from Bellamy reen Jarman Tutrelle replenish exhausted nerves. Physicians cited recommend the 5 grain tasteless tablets with meals, asserting health improves as nerves are revitalized.
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