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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1918
Page
6
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Allied troops push from the Ourcq to the Marne contesting every foot. German rear guards retreat under heavy American assault as machine guns falter and encirclements yield surrender. French and American forces advance past Torcy Bouresches Chateau Thierry Vaux and other historic points as battle debris marks/wa r.
Washington reports that Prands and gross profiteering have been uncovered in contracts for army shoes shirts leggings and other soldiers supplies and equipment after investigations by army intelligence and the justice department. Amsterdam dispatch says ex Czarevich Alexis of Russia died of exposure days after his father’s execution by red guards, the Moscow telegram notes, the second report of the death recently.
Mikty Eva Mitchell returned to Des Moines this morning. Emery P. McIntyre leaves on the morning train for Brooklyn Ni ce Mrs Ed Queeny of Los Angeles Calif visiting relatives here heads to Libertyville for a visit Miss Ida Olliver of Erie Penn who has been visiting Mrs J W Oliver returned home last night Miss Mee Williams Smith residing one mile east of Glendale yesterday fell from a railroad embankment and broke her leg.
Des Moines reports the August draft call in Iowa will match July levels with about 8 500 white men and a corresponding number of colored men. Local boards will refuse navy and marine releases until calls fill, while classification of 1918 registrants speeds up and daily board reports begin. The July total was about 24 000 men.
Dubuque Iowa July 25 city health officials and physicians report only three infantile paralysis cases since last Saturday and confidence the epidemic is finally overcome. The total rose to seventy with nine deaths. quarantine and sanitation remain strict until danger fully passes. One violation noted as a man from a nearby town returned to work. plant quarantining would follow if he stayed.
Report asserts American forces have vanquished fifteen German divisions in recent combat. The claim emphasizes a decisive Allied breakthrough and strong American manpower. Further details on dates and locations are not provided in the excerpt.
Washington reports steady Allied and American advances around the Aisne Marche salient as 15 fresh German divisions engage on the line south of there. German efforts focus on holding the last railway from Fismes to Lerchen-Tardenois while the Reims flank shows enemy losses on a ten mile front. General March notes new infantry divisions to be raised in July at Camps Devens Meade Sheridan and Cas after recent combat persistence.
Mrs. George M Ball and Mrs Don Teal host Thursday Embroidery Club picnic at Chautauqua Park tomorrow afternoon. Home Missionary group of Methodist church to meet at 3 pm tomorrow with supper at 6 30 pm. Annice Cicle and George Edwards announce marriage in Mason City. Miss Ruth Hanks and Alice McNew of Missouri attended Mary Whitneys lawn picnic last evening. First Lutheran Ladies Aid to meet at Mrs Fred Jericho home tomorrow at 2 59 pm. Praire Chapel ice cream social featured Lila McGee Helen Higby Rosalie Higby and Goldie Aldrich.
General staff outlines creation of divisions centered on two regular infantry regiments per unit. Home guards take over interior guard posts while regulars move to camps. Aside from the regular core, divisions will include National army troops as the chief of staff notes ongoing American involvement in the line with no new units added beyond those already on duty.
In Des Moines a returned French theater soldier in a Reconstruction hospital recognized Captain James from a photo. He told Mrs. L. D. James where the captain was stationed and asked her to note the meeting in a letter.
Des Moines reports from July 24 describe soldiers of the One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Iowa infantry pledging that the Stars and Stripes will never be lowered in defeat. The message, published in The Wild Rose trench newspaper, calls for courage ahead of the Allied offensive and invokes Washington LaFayette and Wellington as foes to be defeated for God and the right.
In Zurich on July 25 the Austrian cabinet led by Dr. von Seydler faced sharp criticism in the lower house for the food shortage in Austria-Hungary. Deputy Pik charged western Bohemia with months without flour or bread and Pilsen with a two week famine, noting starvation and martial law in the town.
Count von Luxburg, former German minister to Argentina, has landed at Gothenburg aboard the Swedish motor steamer Suedha. He sailed from Buenos Aires on June 9 and proceeded at once to Germany, according to a Copenhagen dispatch.
The Bethel A M E Clearch announces a big chicken pie dinner on Thursday July 25. It will be served from 5 pm at the former Emrr Royal Blue Shoe store location on the east side of the square. Proceeds support church activities under Pastor F Hubbard.
With the American Army in France on July 25, a prisoner reports Dr. Georg Michaelis the former German chancellor is now commanding a German army brigade on the western front.
The drive to collect books for Camp Library remains an ongoing effort through the war period. Citizens are urged to bring donations to the Public Library for distribution to troops and associated reading rooms.
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