Iowa News Summary: War, Trials and Town Changes
Iowa reports list 129 killed in action 17 died of disease and 4 in accidents. A Sioux Rapids stockman sold 64 cattle and a loaded hog car for 5000 dollars. Des Moines war impact hits Bible classes and pasture conditions worsen in Floyd and surrounding counties. Camp Dodge expansion costs 820000 and 516016 for hospitals and facilities. Des Moines and Chariton politics and safety efforts continue as cities adjust food, liquor, and clothing measures amid wartime.
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Riverton Township
Floyd County
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Colfax
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Sioux City
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Charles Thornblade
Liscomb Township
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Camp Dodge
Urick
Middle West
C. W. Buhrow
Newton
Jasper County Defense Board
Council
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Athee Jdiuary
Dubuque
Sioux Rapids
Ute and
Carroll
Minnesota
Berlin
Jones County
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Lincoln
Charles Zart, Jr
Greenville
Zart
John P. White
United Mine Workers of America
Court House
Chariton
Harding
Nevada
Commercial Club
H. J. Metcalf
United States Public Service Reserve
Washington
Metcalf
Love
France
Des Moines
J. C. Byram
Byram
Uncle Sam
Carl Weeks
Bureau of Resources and Conversion of the
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National Army
Relief Committee of the Red Cross
4. E. Kepford
War Era Notes and Domestic Controls Highlight Shipping and Security
The report covers wartime measures including large US food credits to Allied nations, a new fuel and light curtailment order for nights, and a widespread anti-enemy mailing list crackdown. It notes the slacker drive, arrest of a former congressman on espionage charges, a sinking inquiry into the Columbia disaster, and arrests of a German agent. It mentions major revenue bill drafting, fireworks of public notices, and large-manpower mobilization for August movement to camps.
War News and Public Reactions Across the Nation
Militia raids in Milwaukee lead to arrests as two women claim wives roles amid a draft crackdown. U S Navy reports losses with the armored cruiser BanDiego sunk near New York. Tokyo papers discuss American troop proposals. Chicago cheers a France front victory. New York halls toll to mark the advance. Lt Quentin Roe and Smithsonian official Dr Richard Rathbun die, shaping wartime notices.
Devastating Allied Reports From European Fronts
Reports detail German actions in Ghent and Kent with thousands displaced or seized, aircraft activity over Thanet, and a night of bombing with German casualties. Dispatches mention Vienna and Amsterdam statements about Field Marshal Goth von Hindenburg’s relief, and Tokyo reports describe the battleship Kawachi’s sinking with heavy crew losses.
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