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Anita Record

Location

Anita, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1917

Page

6

Iowa News Roundup Brisk With Accidents and Army Plans

A Iowa news digest reports a fatal crash near Pomeroy as a Fort Dodge doctor and a boy die, and a mother is gravely injured. Gen Chamberlain praises Black troops at Ft Des Moines, while colleges plan cantonment education for five states. Damages sought over dam construction threaten ice fields at Fort Madison Keokuk Dam.

Illinois Central Pomeroy F. B. Olney Fort Dodge Robert Haley Gertrude Haley Ft. Des Moines J. 8. Chamberlain Army Washington Camp Imdge Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Iowa Fort Madison Ice Company Mississippi River Power Company Keokuk Francis M. Bradley Creston Burlington Railroad James Bradley Burlington Camp Dodge War Department Perry Interurban Beaver Avenue Des Moines J. T. Kirby Marshalltown Kirby Earl Caddock Elks’ Club Cedar Falls Caddock West First Army William Kniffin Cherokee Edith Langwin Davenport J. D. Waltemeyer & Gon Melbourne Chariton Conway Dows Waterloo Will Sheldon Josephus Daniels the Navy Woman's Club Red Cross LeRoy Burns Boy Scout Organization Hyperion Club Jefferson County United States Marshal Moore Cedar Rapids London Lowden John Berg Belmand Denison Red Cross Fund France Allentown University of Iowa J. H. Crafton O. S. Larson Logan L. C. Price Albion Fifth Board of Supervisors Black Hawk County Muscatine Gertzner Eatherville Goldfield Iowa City Kansan The Chieta of Police

Home Guard plans stalled by strict federal rules

Des Moines reports that Iowa cannot readily form a state home guard under a federal law due to tight equipment and service requirements. Governor Harding and Adjutant General Logan see no immediate militia expansion, though a small force remains available for emergencies as 360 guardsmen wait under enlistment terms.

Des Moines Iowa Harding Logan United States

Hoover Named Food Administrator in World War I Drive

President Wilson signed food control and food survey bills into law and appointed Herbert Hoover as food administrator. Hoover vowed to stabilize prices and curb abuses, while urging cooperation of businesses to meet global shortages and feed allies amid wartime demands.

Washington Administration Wilson Herbert Hoover White House Clark House Saulsbury Senate Hoover Ford Congress France Italy England Ireland Germany

Lowden Wins Cheaper Coal for Illinois

At the Blackstone Hotel Gov. Frank O. Lowden secured a sweeping agreement with coal mine operators and Chief Justice Orrin N. Carter as director of coal. The pact sets price controls, requires immediate retail price cuts, and assigns a three member committee to hear production and distribution questions. The move promises state wide savings on coal and limits prices to federal bounds.

Chicago Illinois Orrin N. Carter State Supreme Court Iinois Frank O. Lowden Blackstone Hotel Carter State Council of Defense Miners’ Union Alrector Lowden Aske O F. C. Honnold Samuel Insull Levy Mayer Council

Harvest of Gold in U S

Washington reports a rich harvest of gold for neutrals and the United States, noting neutral nations have increased gold holdings while the U S stock grows to about 2 billion dollars. Since entering the war the flow continues as the nation sustains large exports of supplies.

Washington United States

Gary Arms Plant Fire at Aetna Explosives Plant

Fire at the Aetna Explosives plant near Gary Indiana destroyed about half the facility. Incendiary origin suspected. Two employees Holt and Choisse were injured. The plant, under government contract, claimed capacity of 46 000 pounds of powder daily. Restoration estimated at sixty days. Investigators scrutinize Holt and Choisse backgrounds.

Gary Ind Beloves Aetna Explosives Company Here Holt and Choisse Holt One

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Hawkeye State News James Abadie U. S State Council National Council of Defense H. J. Metcalf National Organization National Council A. R. Corey State Fair Board Bakers’ Company J. &. Fogarty Fort Riley Kaa Ben W. Easton Easton Ames State Board Reformatory Anamosa State Penitentiary Ft. Madison New Labor Bureau W. L. Harding A. L. Urick of Labor Free Employment Bureau Thirty-seventh General Assembly Mac J. Randall Linn County H. W. Flenniken Olin Jones County Flenniken State Dairy and Food Commission W. B. Barney State Dairy and Food Manchester Matthew van Deusen van Deusen Crowder Frank Lyman State Board of Parole United States War Department D. C R. K. Bliss Iowa State College W. 8. Allen State Department Henry Saberson Secretary of State F. A. Sackett Webster City Marston Dean Marston Iowa Battalion of Engineers W. H. Gemmill State Board of Education Wil Victor America Aetna Powys
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