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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1917
Page
6
Iowa headlines report Uncle Sam ending Sunday work at Camp Dodge and canceling double pay for Saturday afternoon and Sunday shifts. Carpenters will still receive back pay for prior Sunday work, with the policy change tied to a seven day work week and rest on Sundays.
Iowa treasurer E H Hoyt announced the motor vehicle road fund distribution for April 1 to Aug 1 totaling 468,536 80 for federal aid roads with 479 950 to counties and 290 to each township. County allocations list each county and amount, led by Kossuth 8410 and Woodbury 6960, among others. The plan includes a deduction to fund the federal road building appropriation.
Washington notes coal price cuts in Chicago and a Wilson controlled price system for pit coal. Former Senator John W. Kern dies in Asheville at sixty eight. Pope Benedict peace proposal gains careful White House and State Department scrutiny amid broader war measures. Distilleries must halt at 11 pm Saturday under food administration orders. Mexican gunboats ordered to patrol gulf coast for neutrality violations. Kansas City hogs reach $18.00 top with sheep up to $16.50 per hundred. Canadian forces claim gains near Lens as German positions fall. Navy sugar supply pledge set for 1917 18 at 100000 tons annually. Vicksburg trip details include $36 round trip from Lincoln. Cuban decree seizes four German steamships. Hog market hits new peaks in Chicago. Nebraska library commission urged to study German holdings. War expected to last four to five years with economic victory foreseen. China and Ireland reports noted. British Columbia tailors prohibition progress. Suffragist Emmeline Pankhurst arrested in Adelaide. violence in Barcelona. Salonika fire aftermath and homelessness.
War department perfects plans to send the first national guard troops to France in a division drawn from twenty six states and the District of Columbia. Statements on grain stock control, coal prices, and Petain Pershing meet after action reports. drafting cases reviewed. beefless day optional. large troop movement to be coordinated by the American Railway Association with 687000 men slated for cantonments and training before September.
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