20 Jun 1918
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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
1
Editorial and assorted notes reflect wartime sentiment from anti Kaiser to calls for unconditional surrender. Opinions mix religious rhetoric with pro British and American resolve, troop counts in France, economic quips, and occasional humor about governments, democracy, and liberty bonds. Notable mentions include Lloyd George, Schwab, and Nicholas ex czar.
A June 12 directive from Food Administration chief J F Deems urges strict meat limits as beef demand for the army and allies exceeds current surplus. The notice cites Hoover and calls for pork substitution at hotels and restaurants, plus lower weekly beef portions amid wartime shortages and manpower needs.
Republicans fix July 10 in Des Moines for a state convention with Gov. W. L. Harding as temporary chair and Horace Carter as permanent chair. Democrats set July 18 at the Coliseum in Des Moines with Joseph J. Meyers calling the meeting and F. W. Woodward as temporary chair plus A. P. Owens sergeant at arms and J. B. Murphy door keeper. Democrats announce no candidate slate. Republican duties include naming a state superintendent candidate.
Governor Harding calls a state wide housing conference on September 6 to push a housing bill. Delegates from all nine counties will send four women and six men including a lawyer and a doctor to draft a bill for the next legislature. The measure seeks a minimum housing standard with lighting and sanitation rules. Iowa would be among the first states to pursue such executive led housing legislation.
Draft authorities issue orders from Provost Marshal General Crowder via Adjutant General Logan directing that married men with no dependents since May 18 1917 be placed in class 1 and that those who became 21 after June 5 1917 and married after January 15 1918 cannot claim deferments based on dependency.
Secretary McAdoo announced a four month funding program headed by a October floated Liberty loan of at least 6 billion dollars with 4.5 percent interest. Blocks of 750 million will be offered biweekly starting June 25 with banks urged to subscribe 5 percent of gross resources monthly. Tax certificates worth up to 2 billion may be issued to cover summer needs.
The June 3 primary will cost about 200000 dollars statewide with counties bearing most expenses. State funds cover mainly blank nomination paper supplies. No state law requires county reporting of election costs, and totals rely on county financial reports. Overall biennial elections in Iowa approach half a million dollars in expense.
A wartime statement proclaims food control in America as a public duty to feed Allies Belgians and all who fight, supply soldiers, stabilize prices, and ensure fair distribution for the home front. It emphasizes collective effort to win the war for freedom and serves as a people centered policy.
An old German legend ties the fall of the Hohenzollerns to the decay of the seventh century Christus statue in Kaysersberg. The relic has deteriorated over years and postwar repairs continue to stave off feared consequences feared by locals. The piece ends with a moral aside urging charity when saluting the flag.
The United States Food Administration announced fixed price lists to curb retail costs via county boards. Local price committees will publish maximum and fair margins, monitor wholesalers, and refer profiteering for hearings while newspapers aid public notice and compliance.
Adjunct General Guy A. Logan explains a new war department order that after July 1 any registrant with deferred status who works in nonproductive jobs will be moved to class 1 and subject to induction. The ruling affects waiters clerks elevator workers and many others including sales clerks and domestic staff with exemptions for productive trades and farm work.
Tom Yokaris of Water loo Bakery J W Miller of Vienna Bakery Shenandoah and Otto Boening manager of St Ansgar mill fined 100 dollars each for failure to observe the substitutes rule. They promised to be good hereafter.
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