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Anita Record in Anita, Iowa

03 Jan 1918

Page 6

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Anita Record

Location

Anita, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 03, 1918

Page

6

Iowa brief notes show wartime actions and civic steps

Sioux City sheriff proposes Work for county prisoners to aid roads and courthouse. Iowa guids farm loan apps top life at Omaha and state associations grow. Youths enlistment, Red Cross, and local projects span from Reinbeck to Des Moines with 89 Iowans commissioned and Mason City potato storage planned.

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Woodbury County Jones Sioux City Federal Farm Loan Board Washington Federal Land Bank of Omaha Iowa Walter Wandling Troop A First Town Cavalry Camp Cody New Mexico C. A. Wandling Marengo Cc. W. Cessna Howard C Cessna Company A 109Th Engineers Albia North English Florence Johnson America Alton Orange City Remsen Kingsley LeMare Alden Department of Agriculture Cornell College Mount Vernon United States Red Cross Rein‘beck W. S. Mayne Council Bluffs van Buren County W.W. Dimock Iowa State College Maines Henry Austinean Avery Goodell Mya Hancock County MacVicar Des Moines George A. Wells Western Grain Dealers’ Association Wells Grain Division The Food Administration New York City Mason City Marchants’ Association Winterset National Army Court House Camp Dodge Wash. H. W. Byers Heat and Light Company of Traer Cedar Rapide Company Charles G. Jordan Pittsburgh New York Chicago Ames J. G. Edgar Marshall County Liberty Loan W. J. Harding Wilson Marion Gard Marshalltown Edgar Greene United States Army Navy France H.C. Price Inwood Star Fish and Game E. C. Hinshaw Fay Winneshiek County Harding William Webster Tolbert Webster A. D. Storms Jesse Finley Poweshiek County Finley Charles A. Helada Johnson County Helada
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Railroads under federal control and wartime measures urged

President extends control to all railroads and ships with McAdoo named director general guiding policy. Rail system assets include 200,000 miles of lines, terminals, Pullman cars and cargo facilities. Iowa food administration urges flour and sugar conservation and caps on sales and retailer profits to curb hoarding and price spikes.

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McAdoo Uncle Sam U. S United States Pullman Company Des’ Moines United States Food Administration Iowa Food Administration Burlington Charles Wet Bater Iowa State College Mason City Algona R. N. Holbrook Cedar Rapids National Association of Stationary Engineers J. Will Parry D. C. Faber Technical Service Bureau
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President Wilson Announces Federal Control of Railroads

In a wartime address President Wilson asserts the need to unify transportation under federal control to mobilize resources. He condemns private management for hindering efficiency and outlines guarantees for railway owners, while naming William G. McAdoo to direct financial coordination.

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Washington Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo Congress Woodrow Wilson Secretary of War Jare William G. McAdoo United States Vic Arene
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Value of Sense of Smell in Warning of Danger

Edwin A. Blospon writes in the New Independent that senses, especially smell, are vital for alerting us to danger more than guiding us to pleasure. He discusses a minuscule milligram as a warning power, comparing it to a single needle drop divided into two billion parts.

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U. S. Army United States Army United States Guard National Army Army Navy Marine Corps Edwin. A. .Blospon Aldo
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