Iowa students aid war effort and bridge attack at home
Iowa State College students vow service with 136 enlisting and a dozen more to train at Ft Snelling. A would be saboteur attacks a bridge near Carroll while measures expand military camps and signals corps planning. Banks plan new buildings as patriotic rallies surge statewide.
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Lawrence R. Fairall
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Des Moines
Holmes Beckwith
Grinnell College
Loomis O. Black
Waterloo
Great Western
Carroll
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Spirit Lake
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Elkader
Warning of Elevator Fires Suspected Origins in Iowa
State Fire Marshall Ole O Roe warns Iowa mayors and mill and elevator owners to boost fire safety after a spate of elevator and mill fires. Investigations target Crocker, Griswold, Henderson, McIntire, East Fogarty mill, and the Great Western round house at Clarion. Roe notes profits on grain do not justify arson and urges precautions.
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Mitchell County
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East Fogarty
Great Western Round House
Clarion
Roe
Iowa War Census Requests Voting Precinct Totals
Des Moines reports the War Department seeks Iowa voting precinct counts by county and in major cities for a war census. Total Iowa precincts number 2348, with plans postponed until Gov Harding returns for a federal conference. Civilian enlistment terms and six year service are under discussion as conscription moves forward.
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House of Representatives
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Mississippi
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Mississippi Valley Tron Co
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Navy
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Earll
Scott
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Pontville
Council Bluffs
Newton
National Guard
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Ft. Sneiling
W. 8. Allen
War Department
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Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Sioux City
Waterloo
Samuel L. Rogers
Harding
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Food Waste and a Failed Elevator Fire in Iowa
In Des Moines, W H Harrison cites waste from spoiled eggs milk and cream as well as rotting fruits and vegetables and improper storage. In Webster City a bid to burn Kamrar elevator failed when oil soaked rags burned out. authorities suspect German sympathizers.
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Farmers’ Co-Operative
Kamrar
Here
America Must Put War Powers To Full Use Now
Washington May 1. President Wilson and French mission head Rene Viviani presented the exact status of the entente and urged immediate US troop deployment. Officials say prompt action could shorten the war and boost morale with the Stars and Stripes in northern France. Russian troops’ appearance is cited as precedent for swift action. The report notes Congress had doubts but was swayed at a dinner with the French mission. The aim is to push American power, money, and industry into the conflict now.
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America
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White House
Wilson
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France
United States
Congress
Seading
Paris
German Airmen Active Bombard Dunkirk and Other Towns
Paris reports German airmen bombarded Dunkirk Nancy Belfort Chalons Epgrnayalgp with civilians injured in Chalons and Epgrnayalgp. A German captive balloon was shot down by the French as aviators attacked German barracks and railway stations behind the lines.
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War Office
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Epgrnayalgp
Demand passes for Lenin in Petrograd amid Kronstadt garrison call
A message from the party combating German espionage sent to the Russian general staff asserts that a Kronstadt garrison delegation supporting Nikolai Lenin, recently returned from Switzerland via Germany, arrived in Petrograd and is openly urging Lenin to share in Rasputin's fate.
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