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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1918
Page
6
President Wilson told Congress in a joint session that he will go to Paris for the peace conference and expects a peace treaty by spring. He said allied governments accept his principles and that he will stay in close touch by cable and wireless, coordinating a unified U.S. news system.
The address recounts American troop shipments, naval security, and industrial mobilization. President Wilson praises wartime efficiency, urges continued tax plans for 1918 1919 1920, and champions woman's suffrage while stressing the need for steady postwar readjustment and demobilization.
The third army occupied about 400 square miles of German territory including scores of towns as the Sixth Infantry entered Prussia with little hostility. Crowds lined streets as Col. Henry Hunt led the regiment through city centers while deputies of local workmen and soldiers' council patrolled. Church bells tolled and American planes circled overhead as the march began at dawn, with a measured, soldierly demeanor from the doughboys.
Senator Cummins of Iowa introduced a resolution to form a nine member senate committee, four Republicans and four Democrats, to travel to Paris and diligently inquire into all facts of the peace negotiations and report findings to the senate after the president failed to time.
The noted French playwright Edmond Rostand died in Paris after a grippe illness. His death removes a prominent literary figure best known for his stage works.
Reports detail 122 German submarines turned over to Allies and expected casualty announcements for about 100 days. Cleveland street railway firm told to dismiss 150 women. A G Townley re elected head of the Non Partisan League in St Paul. Fort Riley demobilization proceeds with physicians discharged. plans for Alsace peace talks and troop movements across oceans are outlined.
Desperate reports state Vienna 6 faces extreme hunger with hundreds perishing daily from starvation. Figures attributed to the American Meat Packers' Association claim continued supply of meat to neutral governments since August 1914, amid wartime shortages and government spending concerns.
Iowa reports list numerous residents killed in action or dying of wounds during the war era. It also notes the Iowa Railroad Commissioners dispute federal rate control, a Malvern capitalists’ disloyalty case, and educators' propaganda roles. Des Moines shows may be held despite national declines, with local officials detailing postwar adjustments.
In his annual message to Congress on the eve of departing for Paris, President Wilson calls for woman suffrage, rapid public works, tax adjustments for 1918 19 20, a peace based on international justice, shelter for war damaged nations, completion of the naval program, railroads studied for future control, and reclamation of arid and swamp lands while limiting prewar railroad conditions.
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