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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1918
Page
6
Washington notes report resignations of Dr. Garfield and Bernard Baruch. Carter Glass named to treasury. Rainbow division troops stay in France until peace. British occupation in Germany enforces hats off to officers. Wilson to visit Rome on December 23 and urges Red Cross support. Berlin fighting, U S ships bring wounded home. World events span mediation with Chile Peru to U S treaty debates and military plans for 1920.
Secretary Baker releases Pershing’s preliminary report tracing American expeditionary forces from training through the Meuse-Argonne offensive. He notes 2,053,347 U.S. troops in Europe, describes key battles at Cantigny, Belleau Wood, St Mihiel, and the Meuse, and highlights allied coordination with French and British units and the strategic use of divisions in major offensives.
Henry P. Davison outlines that the week before Christmas will enroll all citizens as Red Cross members. The organization will shift from war to peace, expanding relief work at home and abroad, with 50 000 trained workers at 2 500 sites, and a goal of sustained fundraising through membership.
British destroyer Til bury leads a joint Allied force including France Italy and Greece to seize ten German warships in Sebastopol harbor. The Russian dreadnought Volla surrenders under the British flag. About 11,000 German troops remain in Crimea as soldiers seek travel to Germany via Trieste to avoid a prior Odessa incident.
Arthur Burkey a railroad employee from Mauch Chunk Pa started a men’s knitting club to make sweat shirts and other wearing apparel for soldiers local readers learn of his effort and its aim to support troops.
The Roumanian national assembly at Gyulafehervar in Hungary adopts a resolution urging all Roumanians in Transylvania Banat and Hungary to proclaim their union with Roumania. The article notes the performance is more verbal than in practice.
A family doctor finishes a patient examination when Johnny laughs aloud and points to his dog, joking that the animal knows the doctor is a professional. The scene captures a playful, domestic moment amid a medical visit.
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