21 Mar 1918
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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1918
Page
1
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Reports from Stockholm state some Americans who left neutral ships after the German occupation were captured. Twenty five Americans who left Helsingfors are held by Finnish Red guards at Bjormsborg. Forty second Rainbow division troops repulsed a German raid on March fifth and were praised by General Gerard. After delays with the Netherlands the Allies will use Dutch ships in ports from March eighteen to aid the war effort. American troops in the Luneville sector occupy trenches northeast of Badenville, the first permanent advance in France. A shell from U S Von Steuben killed Emmette Shields Valentine Przybylski and Ercel Martin. Provost Marshal Crowder announced the second draft timing and the basis will be registrants in class one. About 800000 men will be counted for the second draft with 95000 drafted March twenty ninth for five days excluding Iowa and Minnesota. Agricultural workers will receive furloughs.
Six people died when a Paris hospital was hit by a German bomb. French forces pushed west of Naurey road on the crown prince’s Champagne front. Japan may intervene in Siberia with two armies, seeking Allied approval. Turkmen battles yield heavy casualties as Soviet supporters clash with natives. American Sgt Wellmann shot down two German planes near the front. Berlin says Entente intransigent, so a major German offensive continues. Guerrilla actions by Polotsk peasants against Germans are reported along the Dvina region.
Reports from London describe German attacks on Bruges and Coblenz while British aviators claim heavy bombardment of Coblenz. Siberian anti Bolshevik leader Semenoff retreats to Manchuria as a Bolshevik advance nears. Flying cadet Howard Holaday dies after his plane falls near Kelly Field. A Pennsylvania derailment near Elizabethtown leaves two dead and forty injured. Russian steamer Omsk crew arrested in Norfolk for Bolshevik tendencies. A Albia high school instructor Leon Battig accused of disloyalty painted yellow at court steps. Seaplane crash in Hampton Roads claims pilot M L MacNaughton. Army aviation school authorized for Charleston. Covington horses poisoned amid shipment from Camp Grant. Miss Margaret Wilson to France. Dr Frederick Krueger taken for internment at Fort Riley. Former Senator Isaac Stephenson dies at Marinette. former ambassador Charles Page Bryan dies in Washington.
A Petrograd dispatch reports the all-Russian congress of soviets met in Moscow and ratified the peace treaty with the central powers by 453 to 80. In Australia, cyclones demolished several towns between Cooktown and Cairns, killing nine and injuring many. Cardwell recorded sixteen inches of rain in 24 hours. A German war loan of 3.75 billion dollars will be raised soon, according to a Copenhagen to London Telegraph dispatch. German debt now totals 27.25 billion.
Senate approves legislation authorizing sale of all enemy property in the United States to curb German influence. Amendment allows the president to take title to German steamship docks at Hoboken. Seven generals to be removed from field duty as Pershing seeks fit commanders. Interstate Commerce Commission grants a 15 percent freight rate rise for Eastern carriers not in last June’s general increase. A new 760 million dollar “huge millionaire” bill tops Senate action, while Reed attacks a 1.75 million food administration appropriation.
Wood remains a primary building material with strong use due to its workability, strength, light weight, heat and cold protection, and pleasing appearance. A Bureau of Standards report argues wood supply will last for generations thanks to forestry and efficient use, despite production centers moving farther from populations.
City zoning and height limits, put in place over a year ago, met strong opposition then but are now seen as a safeguard for neighborhood character and value. Leaders from Philadelphia Newark St Louis and other cities listened as 100 zoning officials studied New York rules and the plan's adoption by major cities preparing similar restrictions.
With spring's first breath the earth blooms in violet arbutus daisies and field flowers. Dogwood laurel and rhododendron crown woods, bringing cheer to homes. Winter flowers indoors, from house plants to palms, sustain home beauty. every craftsman should strive to promote flowers and counter decrying their use.
Government Bulletin calls for expanding recreational spaces to curb social ills and strengthen morals. It argues leisure, not work hours, drives misbehavior and urges community action to make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong.
The Boston Herald argues for intelligent spending on civic buildings urging that a small well designed structure outshines a large mediocre one. It stresses the need for harmonious architecture and prudent use of public funds.
The advertisement highlights Western Canada as a fertile destination for U S farmers. It notes good wages and housing, available homestead lands, inexpensive tracts, and yields of 20 to 40 bushels per acre at over $2 a bushel. Benefits include tractor imports under cost, duty free sheep and cattle, and seed provisions from government programs.
A speaker asserts the takeover of the Hawaiian islands was a mistake, claiming the islands were valuable possessions. He laments the destruction of comfort and warns that the action prompts broader influence in the western hemisphere.
The ad touts Boschee's German Syrup as quieting coughs and soothing sore throats and lung inflammation. It claims a fifty two year American history, aiding natural health and aiding sleep with easy morning expectoration, used for lung troubles, asthma, croup, and bronchitis.
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