Iowa News Items of Interest in 1918 War Year
Wartime Iowa reports show farm pay rising for desking corn and volunteers urged on sugar rationing. Arrests for wearing uniforms are noted, while soldiers’ election plans, food conservation drives, and a new home card program are outlined.
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Iowa
Sioux City
Gertrude B. Rush
Des Moines
Mississippi River
United States
Geo. Gallarno
Soldiers’ Election Committee
Labor Advisory Board
State House
A. L. Urick
J. C. Lewis
H. J. Metcalf
C. A. Canfield
Cedar Rapids
F. H. Kingebury
University At
Iowa City
Fhe Food Administration
R. W. Lampe
van Horn, Chiatt & Co
Public Accountants
Pedersen
Downtoas
Reinhold Waldemar
Martin Hotel
Creston
William Salter
Philo J. Martin
Waterloo
Lowa Falla
Maxwell
Wavery
Martle
Lowa
Forest Treat
State Board of Control
Eldora
J. N. Baumel
Anamosa
Woodward
Holland Christian School
Bully
He Christian School
Board of Education
Lds
Council of Defense
Sully
World War Front Advances and Prisoner Buildup Report
British and American forces pushed 1 to 3 miles more on a 15 mile front after the Biroke victory. Field Marshal Haig reports over 7,000 prisoners and 100 guns captured as enemy resistance collapses south and southeast of Valenciennes. Lieutenant Sidney White of Elizabeth City NC downed a German two seater and repelled five attackers. Lieutenant Wier Cook of Anderson IN shot down a balloon in the Verdun sector.
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Sidney White
Elizabeth Cit
N. C
Ita
Lieut
Wier Cook
Anderson, Ind
Hungarian Armistice Talk Amid War Front Moves
Reports from Amsterdam and London note a practical ceasefire between Hungary and its army set for November 1. Italian forces push along the Monte Grappa front capturing Monte Saravolo and more than 5,000 prisoners, while Belgians establish administration in Bruges as western fronts see reduced Allied casualties.
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Plave
Bretna
Monte Grappa
Monte Saravolo
Monte Prassolan
Monte Pertha
Ornic River
Rome
Washington Union Urges Vote for Democrats in November
President Wilson appeals to the people to back a Democratic Congress in the November elections. Reports from Washington and Europe cover diplomatic moves, army mobilization in Russia, and naval actions as the war continues.
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Wilson
Washington
President's ultimatum bars peace with autocracy
The president rejects Germany's peace bid, insisting any armistice must be supervised by allied military advisers and lead to unconditional surrender. He asserts peace only if German autocracy is replaced by a genuine constitutional government and warns negotiations with military masters are unacceptable. Washington notes extend to war departments and outlines terms to safeguard allied interests.
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Harold Dwyer
Chicago
West Union
Iowa
Camp Dodge
Liberty Loan
Kossuth County
Algona
Ksle Mason
Company D
Rainbow Division
Olin
Jones County
Cedar Rapids
Magon
State House
Utah
State Agricultural Department
State Teachers’ Association
Des Moines
Uriah S. Albright
Stewart
Washington
House
Representative Woods
Representative Dowell
Simmons
War Department
France
Thomas Larson
Sibley
Osceola County
H. T. Reed
United States
Larson
Draft Board
Rerner Stro
Wilson
Ft. Leavenworth
iSho
Minneapolis
Cantonment
Lowans
Erastus B. Sunny
Pleasantville
R Clark
Diagonal
W. ‘L. Leonard
Brooks
Lawrence ‘Gilbert
Council Blutte
Herman Johnson
Humboldt
Emmet F. Allen
Greenfield
Elmer J. Moss
Missouri
Valley
Tiugh H. Galland
Salix
Amond Chase
Scarville
William A. Kraleke
Linden
Clarence Thornton
Osceola
James H. Riordan
Charles City
Sam H. Bridge
Bondurant
Louis Mueller
Clinton
Fred OG. Passlek
West Side
Reno Pister
Promise City
William R. Aldrich
Davenport
Melvin D. Baird
Thurlow W. Ban
Bloomfield
Edward R. Johnson
Marshalltown
Cme
Fke
Masonic Temple
Law Building
General Hospital
Austria-Hungary
Vienna
Frankfort Zeitung
Hungary
Budapest
Zurich
Paris
Berlin
Germany
Geman
Joseph P
Baker
War and
Navy Departments
Department of State
Congress
Nepolley
Feem
Agin
Empire
Prussia
Robert Lansing
Frederick Oederlin
Switzerland
London
A. Hunter
Marshal Foch
Admiral Beatty
Austria
Rhine
Mets
British Prisoners Transfer Through Salonika Route
Dispatches report a convoy of 1,000 British prisoners moved from Bulgaria toward Saloniki under the peace terms with the Allies. The note asserts harsh conditions and mass deaths in Bulgarian camps affecting Serbs and others, with claimed figures of tens of thousands dying in captivity.
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London
Sota
Saloniki
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Iowa News
News OF World
U.S
Teutonic War News
Wagen
Amsterdam
Londen Dually Express
Western Front
Tralley
Great Morava River
Saya
Dvina
Archangel
Azerbans
Pinnders
Minnders
Hainaut
Bruges
Albania
Matla River
Elbaran
Rome War Office
Reichstag
William
L'Information
Karl Liebrecht
House of Commons
Asquith
Turkey
Eneligh
Moses Uritsky
Constituent Assembly
Russia
Londgp
Henry Crosby Emery
The
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
Aland Islands
Copenhagen
London Admiralty
Albert Apponyi
Doctor Wekerle
Politiken
Exchange Telegraph Company
John David Mulvane
John R. Mulgane
Topeks
Kan
Cabte
Ufa
Omsk
Col. E. M. House
W. S. Benson
Colonel House
Admiral Benson
Navy
Armistica
Senate Finance Committee
Navy Department
Western Union Telegraph Company
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Burnqwist
Minnesota
Minnegota Forest
Leslie Krueger
Owen
Wis
Brainerd
Minn
Con
National War Labor Board
Atreet
Kangna City
Memphis
Philadelphia
Dayton
Bortland
Ore
New Orleans
Kansas City
Federal Reserve’ District
Bulgare
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