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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1918
Page
6
French forces resist a German counterattack in the Vailly Somme region. Mangin’s advance is halted with heavy losses as Poilus maintain positions and refuse to yield ground.
Allied forces report gains across northern France including Mangin’s right wing repelling a large German counter offensive between Vailly and Soissons. British troops take 1,500 prisoners and advance toward Longuerval and the Bapaume road as Arras area positions improve amid heavy rain. Washington notes President Wilson favors delaying national prohibition to January 1, 1919 to ease liquor interests and banks.
The navy reported a seaplane collision off Fire Island killing Ensign Donald C. Pero and leaving two others missing. Ensign H. Stevens and his mechanic landed safely, while the search for Pero, W. C. Jaeger, and F. A. Newman continued. A second note from Great Lakes reports record low natural deaths amid 46,000 recruits as sanitation steps begin to exterminate rats and discuss a new sailors nickname.
Madame Julie Vand Eecken of Ognes baptized her eleventh child Wilsonne Edith Vand Eecken, named in honor of the U S President amid a wave of names and baptisms as avenues and land bridges are named after the president and French boys christen him.
Washington Aug. 26 The emergency fleet corporation will begin immediate construction of 15 deep sea trawlers to replace fishing craft destroyed by German submarines off the New England coast at the request of the food administration. The vessels will operate on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and in the Gulf of Mexico, with projected operation early in 1919.
King Leopold of Bavaria announced Crown Prince Rupprecht's engagement to Princess Antoinette of Luxembourg at a family dinner in Munich. Rupprecht, 30 years Antoinette's senior, commands German forces on the Western Front and is a widower since 1912.
The Chicago infantry unit adopts successive names while abroad from Illinois Improvement Association to Texas and France Improvement associations. Now titled German Improvement association the regiment aims to undermine the German regime by opposing its authority.
Des Moines reports indicate 3500 youths enrolled under a new draft measure after age 21 eligibility. State draft headquarters note more than 5000 youths attained 21 since last June 5, with about 2000 expected in Class 1 and potential call by late September.
Representatives urged to curb extended remarks in the congressional record due to paper shortages that could force the president to commandeer paper stocks for lantern announcements. Indiana's Barnhart leads the joint committee on printing and urged restraint on long remarks.
Federal controlled railroads in central territory with non-controlled lines asked the interstate commerce commission for authority to raise freight rates on inter line shipments and shipments over non controlled roads for manufactured iron and steel billets and pig iron to Atlantic ports and New England from Pittsburgh and other points. Camp Sherman Ohio August 26 John Baynton of Denver a private in the quartermasters corps at Camp Sherman shot his wife after a quarrel and then killed himself in a tin shop. his wife survived the attack.
Ottawa Ont August 26 The following Americans are mentioned in today's overseas casualty list Killed in action F W McGilon Tama La HW Hawke Chicago BE Gregors Jonesboro Ill eee pe teat Serna mittee had met earlier in the day Martin's El Verso Havana 10¢ Cigar Martins La Venga Havana 10¢ cigar and authorized the warning advertisement
A seven man German patrol captured east of Fismes reports to American troops that Germany plans no new offensives due to manpower shortages. The prisoner, a former bank employee and Berlin restaurant owner, says morale is low, divisions are shrinking, and many would desert if possible. He notes stricter munition-worker rules and concern over American troop involvement.
All motor vehicles in the army from bicycles to trucks will be turned over to a new motor transport corps under Col. Charles B. Drake. The War Department announced the plan which unites about 4.09 percent officers and 200,000 men under a single command to standardize equipment and streamline driver interchange.
The War Department announced that airplane ambulances will transport injured aviators from accident scenes to field hospitals. After successful tests at Gerstner Field Louisiana, the program expands to nine Texas fields and all training fields, using standard planes with a rear stretcher seat and a headward placement for the patient.
Waterloo draft records show sixty four registrants inducted to general service from Sept 3 to 7 at Camp Funston Fort Riley Kansas. The group includes 1917 and 1918 registrants with numerous named individuals from Waterloo and nearby areas listed as reserves or to report at Camp Dodge. The document lists addresses and affiliations for many names including Campbell Beener Cleckner Krueger Barker Cellan Willerlale Sanders Hixby Huntington Miller Burke Benl Wolfe Miller Nielson Lusthoff Reed Robbins Heyden Bagnall Buchan Credwell Topping Coates Briggs Spetcher Camlin Heisher Wear etc. It also notes additional colored registrants called to report Sept 1 at Camp Dodge as Class 1 and indicates this covers all colored men from Waterloo.
The Ways and Means Committee nears completion of the 8.9 billion dollar revenue measure after two months of drafting. It will be formally presented to the House Thursday and aims for passage before Sept. 15, with Senate expectations set for early November before fall elections.
The steam yacht Vega is docked under tight guard at an Atlantic port after naval authorities seized it for investigation. Reported to have been bought in New London to replace a lost vessel, the ship had no papers and only the captain and mate aboard among foreigners. Bags of coal fill the deck and canvas shades all windows for night concealment.
A letter from Lieut. Liew. A. Strauss to M C A officials requests baseball gear racquets balls razors and straps along with Bibles and science books for American POWs in German camps. He notes earlier YMCA books were welcomed by the small prisoner group in an undisclosed location. Also reported a sinking of the Gloucester fishing schooner J. J. Flaherty by a German submarine with 24 crew members safely ashore at St Pierre Miquelon.
Senate moved to take up the manpower bill expanding draft ages to 18 to 45, with debate over the work or fight amendment and labor leaders denouncing it as a reflection on loyalty. President Wilson and war department support quick enactment and a substitute house bill was adopted to expedite procedures.
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