Iowa Chronicle of War Efforts and Local Happenings
Numerous Iowa items report cow rescues during high water, bank views on state crop conditions, G A R decisions in Davenport, arrests for liquor to Indians, Liberty Loan success in Marion, Dennison college property purchase for a junior college, Red Cross drives, Camp Dodge preparations, and patrols against German plots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Johnson
Elliott
Mr. Johnson
Johnson
Des Moines
Davenport
J. L. Farrington
Iowa Falls
Joseph Deemer
David Elrenberg
Sioux City
Federal Department of Justice
Marion County
Liberty
Knoxville
Red Cross
Dennison
Dennison Normal School
C. N. Patrick
Monticello
Association
John Z. Hughes
Boone
Harrison County
Grinnell College
James Berry
Belle Plaine
Ames Ambulance Corps
Allentown
France
Dubuque
Iowa State Sunray Sehogl
Council Bluffs
Iowa Soldiers
Marshalltown
C. J. Coré
Audubon
Board of Supervisors
Duke
Qaford Junction
McGregor Red Cross
Mastena
Frst
Greene
Eldon
C. A. Saunders
Des Moines Auto Supply Company
Taylor County
Y” Fund
Y. M. C. A. Fund
Osceola County
Sibley
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Little Brown
Bradford
The
Vale
Fort Des Moines
Regular
Navy League of the United States
Navy
Brownsville
McGregor
North McGregor
Clayton County
Red Cross Fund
Wilson
Estherville
Ceylon
Minn
Ruth Kreiger
Burlington
Washington
General Crozier
Ordnance Department
Charles A. Fraser
Bellevue
E. A. Hanske
Henry
Red Cross Hnes
Maj. M. A. Butler
St. Paul
Dana
van Buren County
West Branch
Springdale
Grundy County
Clinton County
Liberty Loan
Woodbine
Army
Waterloo
Webster County
State University
Farmers’ Cooperative Elevator Company of
Stout Hag
Hearing Delayed as Commerce Commission Posts The Fall
Iowa railroad rate hearings are postponed until late summer or fall as the Iowa board of railroad commissioners delays intrastate rate decisions. Shippers protest branch-line service cuts amid national defense plans, while railroads press for a 14 to 15 percent freight increase. Second, experts warn of hay shortages, corn fodder needs, and strong crop prospects with high potato yields expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners
Iowa Roads
Iowa Commission
State Railroad Commission
Railway Council On National Defense
State Commission
Cedar Falls
Bohumt] Shimek
Department of Botany
The
State University
Iowa
Shimek
Okoboji
L. E. Wetting
Railroads Statistical Bureau
Chicago
Mr. Wetting
Wetting
No Extra Session urged by Defense Council to lawmakers
Governor Harding rejects a special session to fund and empower the State Council of Defense for wartime duties. The council cites lack of funds and authority, with members serving at their own expense, while defense leaders seek payless legislative service and exemption board appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Jessup
The
State University
C. BE. Seashore
Graduate College
Jessup
L. W. Dean
College of Medicine
F. T. Breene
College of Dentistry
C. Ensign
Department of Education
O. KE. Klingaman
Ruth A. Wardall
Home Economics
P. 8, Peirce
Sociology
Harding
Council of Defense
Des Moines
State Council of Defense
Defense Council
Iowa Total Army Registration Reaches 216 299
Official registration figures for Iowa show 216 299 men. Among them 13 356 aliens and 2 127 Negroes are counted with 118 238 whites exempt and 1 111 Negro exemptions claimed. Age breakdown highlights 23 year olds most numerous with exemptions rising with age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
War Department
Adjutant General's Office
Accidents Near Council Bluffs End in Multiple Fatalities
Record of accidents near Council Bluffs recounts Axel Sorenson drowning at Lake Manawa after being blown from a sailboat. Jack Mead died, John Simmons badly hurt, and Jack Downs seriously injured when a landslide at a grading camp north of town buried workers as earth from hills was moved for a new road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Axel Sorenson
Lake Manawa
Jack Mead
John Simmons
Jack Downs
Prandy Husband Killed in Action in France
Mrs. Frank D. Prandy of Dubuque received a telegram from Ottawa confirming her husband a private in the first Canadian contingent was killed in action on May 1 after the war began. Prandy once worked in the local hotel business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowan
Dubuque
Frank D. Prandy
Ottawa
Canada
France
Prandy
British Volunteers Join U S Army From New York
More than 2,000 British and Canadian subjects in the United States have volunteered for enlistment at the British recruiting station in New York, Brigadier General W A White reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
New York
United States
W. A. White
Food Bill Passes House With War-Wide Controls
The administration food control bill passed the House by 365 to 5, granting the president broad authority to direct distribution of food feed and fuel for war. It appropriates 152 million dollars for enforcement and administration and includes provisions prohibiting use of foodstuffs for alcoholic beverage manufacture. The government may oversee supplies to manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Washington, D. C
Liberty Loan Subscriptions Hit 3.035 Billion. 4 Million Back
Secretary McAdoo reports nearly 4 million Americans subscribed 3.035 billion dollars to the Liberty loan, with 88 percent contributing from 50 to 10,000 dollars. New York led districts, while allotments range from 100 percent for small investors to 21 percent for large sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Liberty Loan
Treasury Department
Department
John D. Rockefeller
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Auiantis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Atlanta
McAdoo
U. S
Treasury
Germany
Swiss Minister Sent Home for Report on Russia Incidents
Berne reports the federal council orders the Swiss minister at Petrograd to return to Berne for an oral briefing on recent events in Russia. The inquiry includes the expulsion of Robert Grimm and his ties with Doctor Hoffmann, the former Swiss foreign minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Council
Petrograd
Berne
Robert Grimm
Russia
Doctor Hoffmann
Navy Secretary Signals Possible Commandeering of Fuel
Secretary Daniels told the senate public lands committee that the government may soon need to commandeer all oil and coal or seek a controlling arrangement to fix prices. The remark signals potential wartime fuel policy actions by the administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniels Telle
Senate Committee
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Senate Pulse Lands Committee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hawkeye State
Commerce Commission
Commission
State Dairy and Food Department
Waterloo Ambulance Corps
Adjt
Guy E. Logan
Iowa Engineers
Iowa City
Iowa National Guard
Logan
Co. L. Strike
W. C. Gould
Q. F. Porter
Professor Wickham
Agricultural Department
Wickham
H. F. Wickham
Bureau of Biological Survey
Bureau of Entomology
H. E. Blackmar
Ottumwa
Board of Control
State House
George Mogridge
Glenwood
State Armories
State Board of Education
Statehouse
Ames
H. Bauman
P. Bauman
M. Northup
William Molligan
Jucy B. Rath
General Assembly
U.S
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