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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1918
Page
6
The Y M C A in France has built a city of fun for American soldiers on leave. Rev. Shepherd Knapp writes of happy days, beds and dinners, theatre and costumes, bikes and hikes, and the prideful return to the front after brief respite.
A rubber dish cloth resists moth damage better than a cloth item. The claim notes moths avoid rubber surfaces, contrasting with cloth materials. A stray line mentions the United States having 4,283,289 Methodists in northern states and an odd fact that full sunlight is about 600,000 times brighter than full moon light.
A report shows around 500 million dollars is spent annually on education across the United States, highlighting broad funding levels and policy implications for schools and districts nationwide.
Washington on May 25 reports a vast war sum for the Red Cross fund surpassing the request. The drive showed an early total of 97,021,803 with divisions listing major regional contributions and a final over-donation likely to exceed 100 million.
Congress will begin work on the largest military bill in history for the army next year of the war. The measure, introduced by Chairman Dent, totals over 12.04 billion dollars with provisions for 3 million more soldiers and presidential authority to call up millions more from the 9 million available. Key allocations include 9.58 billion for general appropriations, 2.46 billion in authorizations, aviation funding of 990 million, and 1.59 billion for officer and enlisted pay. Transportation of the army and supplies accounts for about 1.53 billion.
The document outlines large allocations: clothing, camp, garrison equipment totaling 1.23 billion dollars. supplies and service and transportation 830.6 million. engineer corps operations 892 million and equipment 135.17 million with depot maintenance. Ordnance totals exceed three billion including service, stores, ammunition, arms manufacture, and armor cars. Selective service administration receives 15.762 million.
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