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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1917
Page
4
Berlin dispatch recounts a German soldier in the trenches describing a blond hair found in the mud. The hair sparks memories of a vanished past and a longing for peace, as French shells explode nearby and fear blends with nostalgia. The scene captures how hope sustains fighting men amid horror.
Fraud case in Berlin ends with two years five months imprisonment for Martha Kupfer who lured funds from 107 investors amounting to seven million marks by promising large profits from food cornering. Prosecutor decried wealthy patrons for aiding her scheme. Kupfer admitted tying up profits and fleeing before arrest.
The article argues that Britain and the United States must rapidly launch ship production to win the war. It cites reduced U-boat success, massive wartime transfers of merchant tonnage to war needs, and government control of oceangoing shipping. It notes nine million tons moved to support supplies and troops and describes requisitioning, transfer of private profits to the state, and risks faced by merchant crews.
London reports an important wave of literary biographies. Lord Morley finishes his two volume Recollections to be issued by Macmillan in autumn, with other works slated including Sir Charles Dilke’s Life, Leonard Huxley on Sir Joseph Hooker, and new Ibsen edition by Fawcett.
Special Dispatch notes fiction earns top spot as London publishers unveil a strong autumn slate. E V Lucas introduces Wester readers to an Eastern biographer in Poswell of Bagdad and Other Essays. Other works lined up include titles by Birmingham Bowen De Bailey Hutter Stacpoole Jepson and Sincisir.
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