20 Apr 1918
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1918
Page
1
County and city residents participate in a Liberty Loan rally with a brilliant parade and music as banners shout support. The piece highlights British leadership on the Flanders Front and frames the effort as a successful homefront mobilization.
A massive Winchester and Frederick County parade energized the Third Liberty Loan effort with thousands marching and hundreds of Red Cross workers in uniform. The event featured the Winchester Home Guard debuting, the Boy Scouts Band from Washington, and multiple local organizations in a colorful procession to the Empire Theater.
Private A. Hines of Winchester vanished from the Ontario Military Hospital Cobourg Ontario while suffering from lapsé of memory due to shell shock from action in France. Police traced him to Erie Pennsylvania where the trail ends. He left hospital February 26 and gave 910 South Market Street Winchester as his address.
At a Thursday meeting of the Winchester Nest of Owls a small attendance discussed the Liberty loan and members pledged $1,000 through the Boy Scouts to support Liberty Bonds.
Forty two members of the American medical department plus two sections were cited for bravery by the War Department. Citations note extreme courage in attending the wounded under heavy fire and sticking to posts for many hours without sleep.
The First Troop of Boy Scouts postpones their second anniversary service from the scout cabin on Stewart Bell farm to the Empire Theater due to weather. The program remains the same with the Washington Boy Scout Board providing music and R Gray Williams delivering an address at 3 30 Sunday afternoon. open to friends and the public.
In Handley Library a copy of Dreamers of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill sparks a discussion on Jewish history, persecution, and the hope of a homeland. The piece notes Europe’s anti Jewish venom, warns against placing blame on Jews, and cites The American Jewish Chronicle on looming fates as nations fear loss and scapegoat the Jewish people.
A Ford carrying Magnus Leach and John Madigan of Clarke county Virginia veered to avoid a wagon on the Martinsburg pike one mile north of Winchester. The car flipped, leaving both men trapped beneath it before escaping. Madigan was hospitalized at Memorial Hospital and Leach treated for head injuries.
President Wilson burned his left hand to the bone grasping a muffled pipe while riding in the British tank Britannia yesterday. Dr. Grayson, his physician, said no complications and that recovery will take about a month before use returns.
Clerk J. B. Beverley states Monday is the final day merchants may obtain liquor licenses in time for the new license year. Low ceases to mark the start of May.
A basement fire at the Blind Babies Sunshine Home in Brooklyn awakens nine year old Rose Cohen who, though blind, guides fifteen visually able children aged five to twelve to safety before attendants notice the blaze.
The article reports on Liberty loan progress with nearly half the minimum quota subscribed. Official early payments show 6 percent of the goal totaling 1,288,008,950 dollars plus pledges. Treasury officials seek a two billion over subscription with 20,000,000 partners, led by Iowa.
James Edward Galloway of Brucetown dies at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a week with brain fever at age 30. He is survived by his widow Florence Montgomery, one son Philip, three daughters Alice Florence May and Esther, his mother Mrs. Alice Thomp of Berryville, two sisters Mrs. William Baile and Mrs. Robert Baile, and a Jefferson county family lineage. Funeral from Brucetown residence Tuesday at 11 with Rev C D Lambert. burial Mount Hebron Cemetery.
The Rev. H. G. Spencer will preach at Greenwood Methodist Episcopal Church in this county at 2 20 o clock on Sunday afternoon April 21. The public is cordially invited to attend.
The schedule lists meetings in multiple towns from Monday April 22 through Saturday April 27. Albin Gainesboro Chambersville Greenspring Fawcetts Gap Branson school house are the listed locations.
British troops repelled six Prussian waves in a fierce battle at Glenchy, inflicting tremendous losses. Germans, surrounded by an amphitheater, were driven back after each attempt. Fresh fighting continued in the Italian theater with British forces regaining ground on April 18.
British and German forces clash along the Flanders front with 280000 German troops deployed in a failed assault to seize Kremmridge. Germans retreat as British counterattacks reclaim ground near the Scarpe. minor successes reported south of the Scarpe. Italian theater sees increased action as Italian and British divisions clash with Austro-Hungarians on Asiago plateau and nearby basins.
A stock sale advertised for April 26 offers cattle and hogs for sale. Chapman's Auto Sales Co. lists new Ford cars for immediate delivery. A fragmentary notice mentions Raieenuip and overs in automotive deals.
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