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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1918
Page
4
Dispatches suggest Bolsheviks favor fighting everybody but the Germans. One hundred thousand American Poles plan to organize an army and join the Allies. Turkey shows satisfaction with current progress, provoking little reaction.
A wartime item notes a rabbit's foot will be given to every negro drafted into the service from Kansas, with a cheeky remark that the Germans will never catch them then.
The Food Administrator announced on Sunday that the daily meatless meal and the porkless Saturday are no longer required. He urged the public to continue observing beefless Tuesday for conservation.
The assessment notes that Bolshevik gains in Russia may dissuade foreign observers from taking their guidance seriously, suggesting limited international appeal or credibility of their policy example.
Mr Hoover notes food savings reflect public support for the war and a firm backing of the government in full wartime resolve.
The second increment of 500000 men will start about May per an order awaiting Secretary Baker’s signature. On May 1 10 000 class 1 registrants will be called weekly to training camps to replace same number in the national army and national guard. As transport capacity grows the weekly draft will rise.
State Food Commissioner Otto Murschel reports Nebraska seed corn from 1917 tests in the lab show an average 66 percent germination. This compares with 95 percent germination for corn grown in 1916, indicating a marked decline in viability.
Harbine residents report families relocating to nearby farms and homes, sales of furniture and goods, and visits by relatives. The community notes a Red Cross meeting, a busy school program with an Easter planned, sports and baseball updates, and a soldier’s letter from Wyoming detailing family ties and thanks to his mother.
Indications arise that hail insurance work will begin soon as the state plans to start. The last legislature passed a hail insurance law and private firms rush to secure business before state implementation. Assessors will solicit applications in April and earn one percent commission per acre. Gage county sits in zone one with twenty five cents per acre rates.
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