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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
6
The report notes German forces massing three quarters of a million for the Marne offensive while British troops in Mesopotamia clear Turks from the Karkuk area, 160 miles north of Baghdad. It cites Allied air raids, U boats, fighter losses, and shifting shipping tonnage as the war widens.
The article traces Odessa's rise from a wretched Turkish village named Hdjl Bey to a major Black Sea port founded by Catherine the Great in 1794. It notes its strategic position between the Dnieper and Dniester, its grain trade, British and German entrants, and a 1905 revolution amid its diverse population and grand boulevards.
A national park service report notes a near sixty percent surge in visitors last summer, underscoring Sequoia as the nation’s future camping destination. Plans extend the Giant Forest Road to Marble Fork for a large new camp area near prime fishing waters with stocking to ensure trout supplies.
A Mencken remark from a New York daily piece mocks the overconfident enthusiast who merges imagination with perception. It lampoons the romantic type who exaggerates reality, likening a bacteriologist to praising typhoid as a noble creature.
Navy officials say German U boats off the Jersey coast cannot carry or launch seaplanes and likely have few torpedoes left. Precautions to protect shipping and mine defenses are in place as overseas movement proceeds on schedule. Fifteen ships have been sunk or damaged, with mines in Delaware Bay heightening alert.
Dr Wilhelm Muelhton, ex Krupps director, says Germany and Austria Hungary agreed on the ultimatum to Serbia at the war’s outbreak. He claims Emperor William bore personal responsibility for Germany’s entry and pressured leaders to back his war policy. He also cites a Bavarian crown prince order to Belgium troops to show no mercy to prisoners.
Former President William Howard Taft, speaking at Cedar Rapids on June 7, urges a peace dictated on German soil only after Germany is decisively beaten. He also delivered Cav College's commencement address stressing German accountability and opposition to the Hohenzollern dynasty.
Thirty more Iowa youths listed as killed in action died of wounds or accidents. Capt E O Fleur Des Moines Lieut C R Green Winterset and many others named. Also notes on aero mail letter from Ralph R Butcher and plans to curb German seed names.
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