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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1917
Page
3
The article reports labor shortages prompting calls to apply army exemptions to seabed tracing and new regimental setups. It notes proposed regiments with long marches, barracks, and higher manning, mentioning Lt. Col. and various locations as context.
The article reviews a prolonged 188 day Congress session focused on war finance and policy. It notes major revenue measures and record military and naval appropriations, including a vast emergency shipping fund and broad power to draft, organize, and arm forces.
Havre reports Belgium government issued a gray book denying German white book accusations from May 1915. The document says Belgian civilians did not savage Germans and that German actions caused the destruction of between 40 000 and 50 000 houses during the early war period.
Machinists Mate Perente of an American naval vessel will be liberated on bail on a manslaughter charge after a dockyard laborer Plummer died from a jaw blow inflicted September 8. Perente, held by a Queenstown magistrate, pleaded not guilty and said he did not mean to injure his friend.
A long discussion explains the food pledge week campaign October 21 to 22 aimed at voluntary food conservation. The plan asks households to display a window card pledging adherence to meat wheat sugar and dairy conservation, linking kitchen action to the war effort and democracy.
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