All of Them Want to Fight at Camp Sevier
A Yorkville Enquirer dispatch from Camp Sevier details the casual battalion of the old Thirtieth division, men left behind for medical reasons who now hope for reassignment and a chance to join the big show in France. The piece centers on a sergeant in the base hospital who laments missed overseas service and maintains optimism for a transfer as others share similar hopes and frustrations.
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Yorkville Enquirer
Camp Sevier
Old Hickory
Wnd Bay Gang
119Th
SR. O
North Carolina
Sam
Sevier
Sarge
Foreign Service
Paris
Bones
James
Lazlee
Fritz
France
Berlin
Tisual
Killed Whole Regimen in Helting West of Hill 204
American troops in the Marne sector report a near annihilation of a German regiment in the Heinping area west of Hill 204. The assault against Vaux positions cleared enemy lines. the advance could have continued to the rear with strong momentum. Prisoners describe rapid marches and intense shelling as German reinforcements moved to the front.
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Marne
Gorin
Vaux
Ano
Todas
Cape Tuned
Aviation Drives World War I Frontline Strategy
The piece argues Ludendorff faces limits on a renewed spring offensive while Allied air power grows. It notes American, British and French troops repelling raids near Chateau Thierry and Soissons, and predicts intensified summer battles with aviation extending into German soil, signaling a path toward eventual victory.
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New York World
Varia
Atericans
Chateau Thierry
Flinders
Soissons
Ambiens
Cotes
Ludendorf
Beard as a Witness McLaurin Public Letter From Beard
Abbeville, S C, March 5, 1918. A confidential letter from W P Beard denounces political allies while defending loyalty to the country and criticizing Blease and others. Beard alleges party leaders sacrificed him to protect themselves, recounting past ties to the Bull Moose ticket and Republican electoral maneuvers. The letter is presented to Senator Jno L McLaurin via The State editor.
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Abbeville, S. C
Wilson
United States
Blease
Tie
Richards
Irby
Simms
Duncan Adams
Perret Onno Teroneta
W. P. Beard
Jno
L. McLaurin
Mayfield’s Statement and Campagne Talk Mentioning McLaurin
Denmark farmer J Kennedy Mayfield recounts a sequence of rumors about Senator McLaurin, Crum, and Zorn linked to alleged documents. He notes his informants Crum and Zorn and a planned public denial or explanation. George Creel is slated to speak to the North Carolina Press Association in Asheville on July 6.
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Garabed
Interior Department
Boston
Congress
T. K. Giragosshin
Mass
James Moyer
Edwards. Miller
N. de Kay Thompson
Edwin B. Wilson
Charles L. Norton
Columbia State
the State
J. L. McLaurin
Bamberg ‘Campfien
J. B. Guess
Bank of Denmark
McLaurin
Melton K. Zorn
Cooper
Wes. Crum
Republican Party
Mr. Crum
Mr. McLaprin
Mr. Zorn
Bamberg
Mr. Cooper
Denmark
George Creel
Committee On Public Information
North Carolina Press Association
Asheville
N. C
Aull Denies Charges In Sharp Political Reply
John K. Aull responds to Senator McLaurin's charges about warehouse officials and Capers letters. He denies knowledge of key letters, asserts he never copied or sold letters, and says he resigned after a Washington trip and a disputed conference. He accuses McLaurin of using him as a tool and clarifies his own actions and loyalties.
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South Carolina
John L. McLaurin
McLaurin
John Aull
Democratic Party
Blease
Mr. Capera
John G. Capers
Washington
Capers
State Warehouse System
Senator McLaurin
Bone
Columbia State
Evans
State Warehouse
Widman W. Bradley
Walton
Manning
Governor Blease
Mr. McLaurin
Cooper
Anderson Tribune
Columbia
Mac
State House
General Assembly
National Guard
The
Tribune
Anderson
Bennettaville
Blease and Tillman
Charlotte
Marlboro
Cheshire
Republican Committee
News and Courier
State
Americans in France reach over a million troops
President Wilson released a War Department letter from Newton Baker showing more than one million American soldiers sailed for France. Since May 1917 the flow of troops accelerated, with 1,019,115 overseas by July 1, and preparations underway across divisions, air and supply lines to meet German offensives.
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Tieardy
Dcadriles
Hich
Rhine
Paris
London
Belgium
France
Germany
Lorraine
Allied Aviation
Wilson
Baker
Dershing
Battlefelds
Liggett
Recetas - Malattie
War Department
Washington
Mer
Reserve Nurses Corps
General Pershing
Newton D. Eakey
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Newton D. Baker
Congress
Quartermaster General's Department
Ons
Crowder
Senate Military Committee
Europe
Wals
War Time Wheat Ration Demands National Sacrifice
In urging total effort for the war, the article calls on households to cut wheat use to one and a half pounds per person weekly with some exceptions for workers at need. It stresses duty to support the war and notes the broader home front overhaul to aid victory. A wartime incident follows detailing the sinking of the Llandovery Castle and the loss of nurses and crew.
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Knowedge 1153
Germany
Food Administration
USA
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Ludendorff
Austein- Hungary
Trussia
German Empire
Ludemerit
Oise Amd
Meuse
Fantendorf
Touen
Gothas
Varis
Beard
Mayfield
Aull
John K. Aull
Enquirer
Amerigans
White House
Great Britain
Lengthenins
Llandovery Castle
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