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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1918
Page
7
A massive blizzard grips a wide swath from Canada to the Gulf, isolating Chicago from outside rail lines and halting business as two feet of snow piles up. Temperatures plunge to 37 below zero in Nebraska, with Iowa and Minnesota reporting subzero records and widespread train disruptions.
Washington January 12 The weather bureau forecast for the week ahead in the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valley predicts rising temperatures Sunday and Monday with snow by Monday and Tuesday. Temperatures are expected to fall somewhat after the middle of the week.
Des Moines on January 12 reports the death of J N Thomas, 70, from a fractured skull after a collision on the Urbandale line. Twenty two others were injured, with several in serious condition as investigators probe signal failures and high speed on a single track near Twentieth and Bennett streets.
Cedar Falls dealers report a serious fuel situation with no coal on hand except coke. Carloads of coal have been ordered but may be hundreds of miles away with slow delivery. The city electric plant has coal to meet two weeks of demand.
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Extreme cold and strong winds cripple rail traffic across Iowa and Illinois as blizzard conditions drift snow and delay trains. Despite severe conditions, city food and fuel stocks remain sufficient for now. Rail lines from Chicago and Dubuque suffer the most, with many trains hours late and some canceled. Streetcars struggle but run on limited schedules as crews work to clear tracks.
The Waterloo federal fuel committee imposes a one ton limit on coal to each dwelling, restricts hand fuel to four days, and requires dealers to obtain permission before filling orders. Violations incur severe fines and government action. The rules aim to ease supply as a precaution and will be repealed when conditions improve.
Washington January 12 Hoover food administrator reveals plan to curb restaurant waste and extend anti hoarding to households to boost exports for the allies. He says 75 to 90 million bushels of wheat are needed and appeals for Americans to save more while maintaining domestic food security. He notes no rationing in the U.S. and urges reducing wheat products usage to feed both Americans and allied nations. The effort includes meeting with state administrators and a push to double meat exports if possible.
Amsterdam dispatch reports Bolshevik foreign minister Trotzky told the Brest Litovsk conference that Russia would keep negotiations at Brest Litovsk to avoid forfeiting any chance for peace. He affirmed adherence to democratic peace principles and noted a desire for favorable terms for all involved, including Ukraine, amid protests over German press restrictions and prior allied objections.
Secretary Baker disapproved the creation of a cabinet directed munitions department saying it would be an industrial dictatorship. He compared to the British system while Senators Chamberlain and Wadsworth urged government control under army direction. He promised rapid distribution of 1200 Lewis guns and criticized delays noted by Senator Weeks.
A New Year dispatch describes Vienna where 500 Serbian pigs were auctioned at 75 cents each. More than 20,000 people gathered in freezing cold, crowd violence broke police lines, intruded the market, and many were wounded as buyers surged for the last animals amid denunciations of municipal and imperial authorities.
London reports the British destroyer Raccoon struck rocks off the north Irish coast during a storm and foundered with all hands lost. Nine left behind at the last port survive. seventeen bodies recovered near Rathmullen and five washed ashore locally. Built 1910, 266 feet, 916 tons with a 106 man crew.
Sutherland will hold school every day including Saturdays until term end to release boys for farm work and support the war effort. The plan aims to shorten the term by about a month, allowing thirty or more pupils to begin farming by late April.
Newport News Va January 12 a sixty mile gale last night drove three ocean steamers aground in the harbor. The ships are fast aground but no serious danger is seen. Shipping in this port is tied up with no major damage reported.
Five men were attacked during a robbery at the army bank in Camp Funston Kansas. Victims include C F Winters vice president of the National Reserve bank and John W Jewell of Springfield. Wornall key witness says the robber was an army captain who confessed he hated to do it.
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