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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1918
Page
15
London reports focus on the western front as Germany launches a colossal offensive. The Times and Morning Post urge cool judgment while noting Britain’s fighting spirit. The Guardian says continued German attacks would risk ultimate defeat if they persist and fail.
Charles B. Munday was found guilty by a Morris jury of complicity in the wreck of the Qua Salle Street Trust and Savings bank. Former Senator William Lorimer, president of the bank, was acquitted. Sentencing ranges one to three years in prison and a fine double the last deposit, here $550.
Waterloo registrants totaling around 400 were called to report midweek for two days of physics classification examinations. A list printed yesterday shows names and report times for 8 am 9 am 10 am Wednesday. attendees include Wil Henry Mercelles Spirit Lake Ia M G Rechtfertle 435 Almund Hoyod O Blehl 3075 Fourth East John J Purtell 902 Newton and many others across Iowa Nebraska Illinois Delaware and Wisconsin. The notice appears in the Byvening Courier and Reporter.
London diary reports German forces punched toward Mary and were checked by a sharp counterattack. A large unit was surrounded and likely captured while German progress yielded to orderly Israeli style defense amid heavy fighting near Arras. Red Cross membership and school aid rise across Washington area, with notable enrollments and donated comforts aiding Central and Mount Vernon programs.
A London report cites German orders to execute a no prisoners policy in Russia and to hang Bolshevik guards as bands. Georg Ledebour, Independent Socialist, says Berlin pits Bolsheviks against Germans to fuel hatred for power.
Proprietor selling off grocery stock after sale to Black Hawk Mercantile Co. offers cash and carry prices on 160 bushels potatoes and a wide range of canned goods dried goods soap detergents and staples. Includes macaroni spaghetti tea oil sardines pink salmon beans corn preserves relishes pickles and more with assorted jarred items and household essentials.
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