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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1918
Page
4
A jumble of wartime opinions touches on Dutch sand and German demands for resources, Kaiser dynasties, education fights, and food supply. It notes Holland's Queen aiding Belgians, fear of German influence, and public hunger while linking Hoover era eggless days to wartime scarcity.
Message notes that soldiers overseas will feel fully supported by home front efforts, with news of the Liberty bond drive giving new life and energy to troops available to front lines.
Officials propose using interned German detainees at Fort McPherson for manual labor. If work is not possible inside the fort, external public road duty or other forms of labor should be arranged to offset the cost of their keep and curb idle time.
The Waterbury American reports an Irish American soldier carried a green flag over the trench line with forty comrades. The flag was captured by German fire, smeared with mud, and later returned home as the unit took several Bavarian prisoners and inflicted German casualties with no American losses. The boy said the flag, given by his father, would go back if he survived.
Washington reports indicate German agents in Mexico plotting border raids to seize ranches and towns across the border. Discontent and hunger in Mexico, funded by German gold, could fuel attacks. authorities warn such raiding parties would be treated as bandits, not prisoners of war.
The county’s Liberty bond subscription fell short of the quota but the text says the people deserve credit for doing their duty and that they were not behind other counties in effort. It commends their achievement and calls for due recognition for the contributions made.
The author criticizes German claims that their Paris bombardment targeted fortresses. They argue Germany has a history of diabolical acts and unfair excuses for such actions.
Opinion argues against canceling Allied debts to the United States, stating American credit and wartime support kept Allies fighting. It cites potential German advances without U.S. loans, factory output, and treasury access, and warns debt forgiveness would insult nations and ignore the true cost of Allied aid.
The Dispatch argues car theft deserves harsher treatment than ordinary larceny and advocates treating temporary use as larceny. The Greensboro Record notes frequent thefts despite protections and recalls horse theft as a capital crime in earlier eras, urging similar strictness for car theft.
The author argues Germany exploited Trotsky and Lenin to destabilize Russia and had no use for them afterward. A return of the Romanoff on the throne was not new and Germany would not permit a popular Russian government. The piece questions Russian revolutionaries' belief that Germany favored them.
England marks eight years since King George V ascended the throne. Born June 3 1865 at Marlborough House London he is the second son of King Edward VII and married to Princess Victoria Mary of Teck with six children. After the war he dropped Saxe Coburg and Gotha for Windsor as the royal house name.
A Rotary Club communicated essay lists twenty-one arguments for funding school bonds, arguing education as vital to democracy, city growth, and tax base. It contrasts educator leadership with Rotary opposition and urges voters to support bond passage for modernization and expansion of facilities and programs.
Special correspondent James Pomeroy Howe reports in New York from May 6. The piece follows daily exploits from a Persian breakfast guest to a failed romance scare and a liberty loan rally with figures like Carolyn Wells and Otto H Khan. Howe recalls a bout of thrift as war effort weighs on finances and notes veterans from Kentucky enjoying subway travels amid city sights.
Advertises La Creole Hair Dressing to remove gray hair and restore an even dark shade. Claims quick results with regular use and a money back guarantee, sold by Jarman & Futrelle in Wilmington, N C with mail orders filled at $1.20.
An ad touts Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound as a ready to use hair darkener that covers gray with natural looking color. The copy warns against home Sage Tea and Sulfur mixing and promises glossy luxuriant results after one or two applications.
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