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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1918

Page

3

Baseball scores and weather in ongoing leagues

In today’s American League games the schedule lists New York host cities with clear or cloudy conditions for several matchups. National League play includes Chicago at Cincinnati and St Louis at Pittsburgh with varied cloud cover. Southern League features Atlanta at Mobile and Birmingham at New Orleans with all sites reporting clear or cloudy conditions.

New York Washington Philadelphia Chicago Detroit Cleveland St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Brooklyn York Boston Atlanta Mobile Birmingham New Orleans Little Rock Chattanooga Memphis Nashville Bosto Louis Aoston Pet Oes Ld

Southern Association Recap From Mobile Standings

Yesterday in the Southern Association Atlanta beat Mobile 4 to 3 while Chattanooga topped Little Rock 10 to 3 and Memphis defeated Nashville 9 to 0. Only three games were on the schedule.

Mobile Atlanta Chattanooga Little Rock Nashville Memphis

The Battle Cay Buy Another Liberty Bond Installment

The article urges readers to purchase another $50 Liberty Bond by installments, urging citizens to follow President Wilson's leadership and support the war effort.

THE Battle Cay

John D Ryan Led Major Aircraft Production Push

New York May 4. John D Ryan named head of unrestricted power to spur US aircraft output for war needs. A copper magnate and financier, he founded and presided over Anaconda Copper Mining Company and expanded interests in railways and power. Born Hancock Michigan, he rose from a copper country clerk to a Westward traveling salesman before entering mining magnate status. The article notes his early life and ambitions as he takes on the production drive.

New York John D. Ryan United States Anaconda Copper Mining Company Ryan Michigan West New York City Hancock Mich Calumet Hecla Denver Rocky Mountain Amaconda Marcus Daly Montana Daly Banks H. H. Rogers Standard Oil Rogers Rockefeller Augustus Heinze Amalgamated Heinze Amalgamated Company Anaconda Company

Propagandists Use Insidious Methods in News War

Special to The Dispatch reports German propagandists use a grapevine publicity campaign to claim interned Germans in the United States are well fed while Americans conserve wheat. The piece notes official denials, stating civilian prisoners’ wheat use is limited and no waste occurs, with POWs receiving garrison rations under Hague convention. The rest of the text traces Marcus Ryan’s rise in Montana finance and mining amid corporate warfare.

Washington United States Food Administration United States’ Army Germany

The Chocolate Soldier Comes to Fifth Night of Chautauqua Week

The Chocolate Soldier, the 1918 light opera, features a 30 member cast and orchestra. Promises sensational production with siege setting and striking lighting to rival metropolitan stages.

Dier

Marx Centenary Observance Moves to War Convention Rusting Industry

New York readers mark Karl Marx's centenary with a world observance on May 5. The piece notes his birth in Treves on March 5 1818 and exile life in Paris and London. It highlights an upcoming war convention in the city where 1000 workers in the machinery tool and supply sector will plan to sustain the munition program with government support.

New York Karl Marx Marx Treves Bonn Berlin Paris London

War Convention in Cleveland Highlights Manufacturing Challenge

The May 4 report from Cleveland notes the enormous hurdle in manufacturing for the forthcoming convention. Officials stress supply chain limits and the need for rapid production scaling to meet event demands.

Cleveland Cleveland, O

Cotton payment methods debated by regional shippers bankers

In New York on May 4 a meeting of a committee representing southern shippers and bankers from New England New York and the south discussed changes in current methods of buying and paying for cotton.

New York New England South

Janet and Bob Reunited After Trials in City

Janet recalls a quarrel that drove her love away and yearns for Bob. A shabby stranger helps her home as she wonders if her former fiancé can return. Bob’s honesty arrives with a jobless struggle and a cleared name, and a surprising ring confirms their bond. They plan a life together amid hardship and hope.

Janet Bob Wile Bobsey

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