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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
1
Paris reports say Foch reserves enter the line to blunt a German push from the Aisne while Soissons falls. American forces at Cantigny repulse three German counterattacks with heavy losses. British and French lines endure heavy fighting along the Soissons–Hartennes corridor and near Rheims.
Memorial Day 1918 was observed with national prayer and fasting as Wilson planned church services and attendance at Arlington National Cemetery. Congress adjourned and most government offices closed while Americans marked the day amid reports of American troops in France and a German offensive.
Plans for exercises at Liberty Shipbuilding yards include raising a flag and a mayoral address as concrete tankers are built. The keel for the first ship is slated for early July with launching expected in September amid hurried work and public previews.
Columbia and towns suspend business 11 to 2 as presidents and governors call a statewide day of prayer. All courts halt proceedings while churches hold services and offer prayers for victory for American arms in the war.
In the American sector northwest of Toul heavy shelling by German forces continued last night and today. American guns responded robustly as an artillery duel persisted with no confirmed enemy aircraft losses. German air activity increased but American pilots, aided by favorable winds, kept watch and repelled crossings.
Treasury estimates show May expenditures for the war near 1 billion dollars higher than May 1917. Revenues rise with expenses. May revenues reach about 650 million against 197.6 million last year, while allied loans stay near prior levels.
Paris May 30 Increasing violence marks fighting south of the Aisne as the Germans push center but gain little ground on the wings. Soissons falls and British fall back toward Rheims, while Allied reserves mass at key points. Unity of command allows rapid redeployment from Somme to Rheims by motor truck with minimal delay.
Savannah Georgia May 30 Sergeant George Simms of the quartermaster's department at Fort Screven drowned last night while seiving near the fort. The body was recovered this morning. Simms was from Arkansas.
In Newport News on Memorial Day, Newport News and Norfolk battled 10 innings, ending 4 to 4 as the Virginia league season opened. The extra inning clash highlighted the holiday celebration in the city.
Chicago May 3 Senator James Hamilton Lewis announced that the United States now has one million soldiers deployed overseas and will reach parity with England by December 1. He cited explosives in process, $776 million spent on projectiles, 75 million projectiles en route to General Pershing, daily rifle production, and large ammunition contracts. He said the Navy rose to second in world power with 400 000 sailors and 150 warships in European waters, projecting 500 000 sailors by October 1.
Montgomery May 30 officers will use further persuasive measures before attempting to capture ten draft evaders in caves in Coosa county. The armed men, aided by local residents, are deserters and followers of Thomas E Watson. Nine came from the draw, one is a Camp Gordon deserter in Atlanta. Authorities hope they will surrender after more time.
Copenhagen reports the Berlin Tagerische Rundschau says a compromise on the Prussian franchise reform has been reached after a conference among conservatives free conservatives and national liberals.
From Flanders to Switzerland and trenches to base hospitals American forces honor fallen personnel. Graves near Luneville Nancy and Toul receive flags flowers and wreaths with British and French flags placed as a tribute. Nurses graves are honored alongside soldiers as air crews scatter flowers over Major Lufbery’s grave.
A Wolff bureau telegram from Berlin reports fighting near the Chemin-les-Dames and notes that among British prisoners taken were a number of American doctors.
The Dispatch reports that E. L. Travis, chairman of North Carolina’s corporation commission at Raleigh, plans to resign soon. A. J. Maxwell would replace him to fill the unexpired term as Governor Bickett weighs the issue amid delays and rumors of Travis’ Washington attorney work and long Raleigh absence.
Paris May 30 Premier escaped a German patrol by minutes as 40 Uhlans entered a village near Paris. A general who stayed behind to survey positions with a field glass was killed in the encounter, with several French soldiers cornered.
On Tuesday May 28 the German offensive gained only slight ground amid strong Allied forces in France. The German attack yielded in the center and in some sectors the enemy crossed both the Aisne and the Vesle rivers as heavy opposing masses constrained their progress.
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