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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1918
Page
6
Reported collapse of Turkish resistance in Syria and Palestine with rail junctions to Beirut and Aleppo at risk. Allied forces pursue encirclement toward Forcoing Roubaix and Lille as casualties and movements increase. Amsterdam dispatch notes Turkey's cabinet pledges to adhere to alliance with the Central Powers.
The U S department of agriculture appoints Harvey J Hess of Waterloo and Grant Chapman Bagley as agricultural advisers for Iowa's northern and southern districts. They will provide farm labor data to district boards and may present cases. county agents circulate questionnaires to gather county labor needs.
The article requests readers to call if the paper is not delivered by 6 o'clock, offering a replacement copy and stating calls should reach the office before 6:30 p.m. The notice cites a phone number for the carrier to arrange service.
Allied forces including American British Russian and Trench troops occupy villages on both banks of the Dvina river up to 125 miles north of Kotlas with advance about 375 miles southeast of Archangel. They face minor resistance and report captured towns amid heavy Bolshevik losses and river operations.
American forces push forward near Montfancon as German withdrawal stiffens on the Verdun front. Aerials bag 100 enemy planes and 21 balloons since Sept. 26 while engineers clear back areas and repair roads. French lines advance slightly. Germans retreat toward Brunhild and Kriemhilde sectors amid mined defenses and subterranean works.
Reports show Iowa as the banner state in the fourth Liberty Loan drive with large subscript totals. Chicago announced $25,000,000 raised by noon and New York tallied $123,499,800 through 10 am. The drive continued across states including Illinois Indiana Michigan Wisconsin positioning for over top totals as communities reported sizable subscriptions. Syrians in New York subscribed about $500,000 and sent resolutions to General Allenby and President Wilson.
Serbia reports Bulgarian army is evacuating to Bulgarian territory while riots against Germany disrupt Bulgaria. Zurich reports anti German sentiment and possible cabinet in Bulgaria led by Malinoff and Ghena dieff. Vienna papers describe Bulgarian collapse, rumors of King Ferdinand abdication and palace attack. Stock panic follows armistice news with armament and shipping shares dropping 20 to 30 percent.
Casualties among British forces in September totaled 94,937 with 1,899 officers and 14,914 men killed or died of wounds. Wounded or missing include 5,573 officers and 72,551 men.
A German shell struck an American hospital west of Verdun killing twenty four patients, many already wounded from battle. The hospital lay close behind the fighting line and while a stray shell is possible, authorities suspect a deliberate attack.
Madrid dispatch reports several Asiatic cholera cases in Vienna with deaths noted, according to official news from Austrian capitals.
The Deutscher Anzeiger, based in Freeport, announces its final issue after 1852 years of Wagner family leadership. Publisher states times demand virile Americanism and that English is the only adequate expression for such times.
Paris reports St Quentin captured and Hindenburg defenses breached as Gen Debeney Rawlinson and Fayolle push toward Lille. Allied forces press from Reims to the Aisne while Gouraud and Berthelot advance, threatening German communications and a broader retreat.
Allied forces under Marshal Foch press German positions from the Scarpe to the Oise as British French and American troops drive the Hindenburg line. Cambrai remains unsettled while rail hubs at Ostend Roulers Menin and Lille shift under fire and Belgian Belgian forces push north and east of Reims threatening Laon and Suippe corridors.
Major Whitten J. East commander of Mitchel Field aviation training ground in Garden City was killed instantly when his car overturned on the way to the field. Major R. C. Cousins of Washington D C was seriously injured. Flags at Long Island aviation fields were lowered and a military funeral will be arranged. East was 33 and regarded as an expert aviator.
Lieut Bert Blair a Waterloo native in the aviation service was expected to arrive between 3 and 4 today for an exhibition at the grounds of the Dairy battle Congress He was believed to have started from Illinois and planned to fly over Moline Davenport and Cedar Rapids En route by air via those cities
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