Iowa Items Highlight Red Cross Efforts and War News
Iowa towns report large Red Cross drives with 2100 memberships in Woodward and high proceeds from auctions in Algona Colfax and Marcus. Northern Des Moines and Camp Dodge guard security. Webster City Farm Bureau fixes seed corn price at ten dollars. Notable events include Roosevelt visit planned for Des Moines February 11 and Major Connolly ordered to report in Washington.
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Gilmore City
Red Cross
Newell
Woodward
Fta
North Liberty
Roosevelt
Des Moines
Greater
Lyle Phillips
Iowa City
Supreme Court
Vina Carleson
Stanton
Institute For
Glenwood
Marcus
Hans Rasmussen
Council Bluffs
Carl Lenander
Amity College
College Springa
Sioux City
Andrews
A. H. Skellinger
Charles Skellinger
Mason City
Grant
Partridge
Kansas
Charlee
J. J. Hinman
The
State University
Iowa
State Board of Health
Camp Dodge
United States Public Health Service
State Board
B. W. Starck
Audubon County
Manning
Starck
Great Western
Discipline Tightening At Camp Dodge Brings Brace Of Reforms
Camp Dodge tightens discipline and speeds up training after holidays. Leaves over five days require division staff approval and commander recommendation. Military police enforce sanitation rules on shops and parlors. Des Moines reports improved labor conditions and war order shifts. A vital statistics law takes effect recording births and divorces.
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Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Public Health Department
Ordnance Depot
France
Edward M. Ornuts
John D. Arnott
David A. Atarvuck
William H. Meyer
Julius R. Hall
Three Hundred Thirteenth Engineers
Camp Taylor
Uisville
Eighty-eighth Division
National Army
J. R. Shook
Col. Shook
Thirty-seventh
General Assembly
State Board of Health
District Court
G. H. Sumner
Lucas County
war era notes on draft, supplies, and rail policy
Washington reports show Provost Marshal General Crowder estimating 50 000 likely wartime absentees. Shipbuilding funds sought over 82 million while 165 million was previously requested. Navy reshuffles follow Antilles sinking as Fletcher is relieved. Baker cites continued coat shortages and calls for civilian control reforms in ordnance. Hoover pledges sugar supply and price relief amid hotel and restaurant food regulation talk. McAdoo dissolves Railroad War Board, names Holden to direct national organization, and Raillroad pressure widens.
National Guard to France as Prairie division sails forward
The bulk of the National Guard will be hurried to France at once and the Prairie division including the Illinois regiments at Houston will be among the first three divisions sent. Washington aims to speed troop dispatch per Col. House’s report on the American war mission. Allied air raids over Germany unsettle the nation as Americans plan invasion by air.
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National Guard
France
Houston
Washington
5B. M. House
Western powers may recognize Lenine government says London Daily Chronicle
The London Daily Chronicle reports foreign developments in Russo German talks may push western powers toward de facto recognition of the Lenine government in Russia. Bolsheviki foreign minister Trotzky rejects German peace terms and vows defense of the Russian revolution if Polish and Lettish destinies are not free.
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London Daily Chronicle
Lenine
Russia
Leon Trotzky
Petrograd
Iowa Auto Registrations Rise In 1918 Figures
Iowa reports 282000 automobiles registered by Jan 1 1918, up 2000 from last year. 1918 renewals reach 14000, while motorcycle registrations total 8422 with 120 new in 1918. State department notes ongoing growth in vehicle registrations.
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Iowa
State Department of Automobile Registration
British War Office reports Italian raid and 1917 prisoner haul
The British war office in London says a battalion conducted a successful night raid across the Piave in Italy capturing prisoners with limited British losses. Official Britain tallies 74,349 Western Front prisoners in 1917, including 1,572 officers, plus hundreds of guns mortars and machine guns. Eighty-eight ships sunk by mines or submarines in a week. Six German planes were put out of action by the French. General Allenby reports a north Jerusalem advance. Rome notes intensified bombardment of open cities. Padua bombed again with five casualties, including one woman.
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British War Office
London
Italy
Plave
Western Front
War Office
Allenby
Jerusalem
Rome War Office
Padua
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Mt. Pleasant
Colfax
Earl Shields
Logan
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Woodbine
Magnolia
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Estherville
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Muscatine
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Herbert C. Hoover
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Cleveland
Samuel M. Kaplan
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Hale Holden
Chicago
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Manitowoc
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Charles Belknap Henderson
Elko, Nev
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Francia G. Newlands
Emmet D. Boyle
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