Iowa City to adopt fingerprint system for police
Iowa City police plan to adopt a fingerprint system as part of their enforcement efforts. The report also notes widespread oddities from agricultural yields in Benton county to local wartime draft and civic activities across the state including Red Cross sewing in Iowa City and new YMC A posts at Camp Dodge.
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Drafted Men Told to Bring Only Small Baggage for Camp Dodge
Des Moines reports mobilization rules for the Thirteenth Division. Drafted men may carry only minimal personal effects, with toilets and underwear in right-hand baggage or bundled. 13,000 in the first increment will entrain September 3, with local boards handling reporting and alternates. Rail routing set nationally, boards to provide transport and meals en route, squad leaders in charge on the train.
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May Run Mines In Des Moines Face federal takeover
Des Moines reports President Wilson may have the government operate mines that cannot profit under maximum prices. South Des Moines mines claim higher costs than allowed, threatening coal supply for the city. Local operators Beck and Hunter say production costs exceed the proposed prices, risking shutdown and hardship for workers.
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Iowans to aviation corps at Fort Snelling training camp
Des Moines reports fifteen Iowa men from the first officers training camp at Fort Snelling will transfer to aviation service to study war flying at Princeton. Names include Hugo Bottger, Paul Calder, Marcus Dubel, Clifford Verguson, Thomas Gardner, Bernard Glatts, Henry Huber, George Holmes, Alison Johnson, Jack Longstreet, Carl Myers, Fred Meinzer, Albert Muir, Leo Watson, Edgar Williams, Stephen Walker. Thirty Iowans who failed to secure commissions will try again at the second camp, with a long list of applicants such as James Adolson, Floyd Bump, Henry Chittenden Jr., Shannon Charlton, Edmund Chase, Paul Caswell, David Dancer, Howard Edmondston, Harry Gross, Harold Hartman, Harold Tabileta, Henry Hart, Byron Kingsbury, Carl Kuehnle, Harry Leadham, Roger Leavitt, Warren Langwith, Charles Loufek, Oliver Murphy, Harold Montgomery, Dewitt Nedham, Roger Leavitt, John Turner, Irving Webber, Charles Walton, among others.
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Cedar Rapids
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Sioux City
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Tabileta
Gilmore City
Henry B. Hart
Council
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John §. Robinson
Harry W. Schultz
Oskaloosa
John G. Turner
Irving J. Webber
Neola
Charles W. Walton
Dubuque
Iowan Goes to China Missionary Sail Date Set
Miss Ruby Thompson of the city sails in October from Vancouver on the Empress of Russia to join the foreign missionary service of the Methodist church in China. She trained in Chicago before her appointment.
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Chicago
Military units gather at Camp Cady awaiting action
Four companies from different units sit near Deming New Mexico under orders to move into Camp Cady. Battery D artillery Davenport Company A Second Infantry Mason City Troop A cavalry Marengo Company B engineers Council Bluffs. The unsettled camp site prevented advance units from preparing in advance.
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