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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1917
Page
8
A roundup of U S Teutonic War News and policy moves. Prohibition talk gains, Mongolia sinks a German submarine, McAdoo funds a 200 million dollar loan, censorship plans loom, and warnings flare about German activity in Mexico. Washington prepares for two more years of total war with a secret National Council of Defense meeting.
Nebraska is added to the suffrage column pushing total women voters to 8 557 308 nationwide. Nevada begins full state recruitment for the army unit while the British Balfour foresees a surprising American role in the war. An appeal to Christian Endeavor members invites participation in the Hoe and Spade army.
In the last fiscal year brewers in the United States consumed 67 million bushels of grain. The figure reflects industry scale and grain demand amid evolving markets.
President Wilson will outline all legislation for the extra session as Congress prepares. Nebraska ranks ninth in military manpower relative to population. The Supreme Court ruled for the government in the Oregon California landcase forfeiture dispute. Plans aim to mobilize two billion mule workers for farms. Labor to recruit men nationwide via the employment service. McAdoo says the aviation insurance bureau will stop insuring salt ing vessels in war zones. Wilson suspends the forty year rule barring federal employees from outside work to aid state and public resource efforts.
Reports show Norwegian food convoys sunk since February and many British and neutral ships lost to submarines. Arras battle casualties run lower than Somme figures, while German shelling hits Rheims cathedral. Dunkirk bombardment precedes a torpedo boat loss, and Bethmann-Hollweg signals peace terms. British premier George warns of starvation risk as Wilson address to Congress is readied for air drop. Spanish note warns against sinking vessels as Dover naval action leaves German destroyers sunk. Bread shortages loom as a key crisis.
A New York health department note cites millions in losses from spoiled fruits and vegetables. Researchers Williams and colleagues describe a low temperature drying method that preserves flavor and nutrients, enabling long shelf life and lower prices for dried produce.
A Japanese army officer develops waterproof knapsacks from horsehair while a British patent covers trunks on a cable to steady vessels. India tests cooling walls with electric fans. Arkansas pilots paper made from rice straw.
Mrs. Milford Cumnings of 822 Harmony St Penns Grove testifies Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped her irregular bleeding and pains she describe as distressing to women seek relief from inflammation and related ailments. The notice urges others to use Pinkham remedies as convincing evidence of their excellence.
The European war empties Paris Munich London and Rome leaving New Yorks Greenwich Village as the new bohemian center. A Greenwich House director notes the area is now populated largely by conservative American workers and longshoremen while public attention highlights the bohemian image.
A pithy reflection contrasts a man who lets his wife light the kitchen fire with the idea that knowing things that are not so is the worst ignorance. The quip implies domestic prudence and a critique of false certainty.
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