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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1918
Page
5
A veteran officer reports the January Monte Tomba engagement where French troops captured 1,400 Austrians with only 50 men lost. The raid yielded 560 bodies and notable prisoner treatment impressed German officers and even Austrians cheered their French captors. The assault showcased French training and aggressive discipline.
President Wilson tells Congress of government operation plans for railroads and introduces Justice Department bills. McAdoo may approve drastic action. Labor leaders discuss overtime incentives to ease freight congestion and possible government takeovers of express companies. No free passes for government use.
Berlin and Vienna leaders intensify activity after Brest-Litovsk impasse. Emperor William, Chancellor von Hertling, Hindenburg, Ludendorff, Roedern, and von Kuehlmann meet or are briefed amid Berlin dispatches. Dandl heads Bundesrat committee as Tirpitz dialogues occur with Hertling. Kucharzewski visits Berlin as talks reportedly resume.
The Senate manufactures subcommittee session on sugar prices ends with Hoover declaring a fair sugar supply and reasonable prices. Reed grills Hoover over price causes and administration methods while noting conflicts in the sugar trade and Hoover's wartime service.
President Wilson will address Congress urging legislation to compensate railroads under government operation and to secure continued financing. Director General McAdoo plans withdrawing hundreds of passenger trains east of the Mississippi based on recommendations from a committee of eastern traffic officers. The plan allows keeping essential commuter and Interurban services and sleeping cars for key routes.
Vardaman argues a veteran leaving a $10,000 post for a $360 soldier’s pension shows inadequate protection. The dialogue frames how wartime service and civilian gain clash with promised safeguards, challenging policy.
Maj. Gen. F B Maurice cautioned of a likely German offensive on the western front in his weekly press briefing. He cited steady eastern front reinforcements and the still-unprepared American forces as key factors, warning the public to expect losses in ground and men.
Provost General Crowder reports to Congress on draft progress and outlines a policy to recruit only class one men for army duty. He estimates 1,000,000 eligible men and proposes adding twenty one year olds who come of age after June 5 1917 to class one to sustain a 700000 yearly flow. The plan relies on class one and avoids broader deferments, with state by state costs and charts included.
Petrograd reports quote Bolshevik foreign minister Trotsky denouncing Germany’s peace terms as hypocritical and insisting Russia will defend the revolution even if it requires fighting with a smaller army. German stance prompts debates on resuming hostilities and shifting talks to neutral soil. Berlin denies issuing passports to socialist delegates.
Dr. Arthur L. Blunt jailed for five years on each of 18 counts, with concurrent terms, in Fort Leavenworth. He faces $1,000 fines on 12 counts after selling drugs to addicts. Judge FH B Evans cited 26,000 prescriptions and 1,200,000 tablets dispensed in months.
The Senate military committee reviews clothing and other army supply contracts tied to the civilian supplies committee of the council of national defense. Charles Eisenman deputy chairman reports about 800 million dollars in merchandise bought in eight months, with 128.83 million from firms linked to the committee and 14.88 million contracted before such links. Chairman Chamberlain plans a bill creating a secretary of munitions to oversee all war material purchasing, with strong committee support.
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