War era prompts Iowa leaders to join national effort
Iowa figures appear in a wide range of wartime items. C L Herring of Des Moines is urged by a committee of industrial experts to join Washington for war work. Miss Ethel Winterfield of Radcliffe, a UI graduate, will teach in Porto Rico schools. Cornell College introduces war related courses and military training begins at colleges nationwide. Captain James Norman Hall is reported alive in a German hospital after a May 7 crash. Wheat requisition affects Elias Doty near Cedar Rapids. Primary election info for town soldiers and disabled voters. Fire destroys Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad property at Harper's Ferry. Over 500 Black Hawk county boys join agricultural clubs. Sand Prairie government range work paused for material. Conscientious objectors at Camp Dodge reorganized. James Atkinson resigns Iowa Homestead editorship to pursue business.
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Des Moines
Washington
C. L. Herring
War Department
Ethel Winterfield
Radcliffe
State University of Iowa
Insular Department
United States Bureau of Education
Porto Rico
Lyons High School
Cornell College
James Norman Hall
Colfax
Hall
Elias J. Doty
Cedar Rapids
Doty
J. F. Deems
Vernon
Baker
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Harper's Ferry
Dubuque
Black Hawk County
John R. Slacke
Slacks
Government Range
Sand Prairie
Bellevue
Ianois
Conscientious Objectors
Camp Dodge
Adam Richmond
Infantry Reserve Corps
James Atkinson
Iowa Homestead
Atkinson
Iowa State College of Agriculture
Ames
Sidioad
Ontario
Agricul Gpheee
Guelph
War News Digest Reflects Global Front and U S Mobilization
Reports detail German force strength on the western front, aviation losses in France, and Allied air and ground actions. The piece notes United States troop movements to France, food policy debates, Tornadoes causing deaths in Wisconsin and Iowa, and Liberty loan records in multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Oudanah
Wisconsin
McAdoo Reorganizes Railroads with Federal Managers
Director General McAdoo announces federal managers to run each railroad under government control. Presidents removed from active duty, districts created, and directors become advisory. A list names major roads and their new federal leaders as the transport system moves toward wartime administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
Washington
United States
Railroad Administration
Allegheny
Pittsburgh
New York Central
C. H. Markham
Pocahontas District
Hampton Toads
Sidewalk Conversations Between Two Businessmen
Two unnamed businessmen exchange casual greetings in a brisk, humorously stilted sidewalk chat. They report nothing new, share mutual idle small talk, and acknowledge a quiet period in their ventures with light, clipped humor.
Rumors Of A Drunk Man In Wilreington Spark Talk
In Wilreington a man in the prime of life is discussed after two young women react to his drinking. One woman condemns him while the other defends him, blaming heredity and past social conduct. The exchange contrasts past strict manners with present habits and reflects common views on drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilrengton
Baltimore
Paul
Tae
Jolly Man's Greeting Sparks Old House's Memory
A narrator observes a street scene near the capitol where laundries and shops display silk and lacquered goods. Flags trigger memories of China and America as locals discuss freedom, while an aging house muses on shifting regimes and a passing man greets the crowd with a call for universal brotherhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Not Always Easy to Pick Out Film Favorites
Women wait for a film star in Lafayette Square as Liberty Loan campaigns lure photographers. A passerby discovers the crowd’s hopeful chatter, mistaking a Washington girl for a famous star as photographers chase a moment of glamour in a rainy morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nemer
Liberty Loan
Liberty Loan Committee
Lafayette Square
Jackson
Miss
Washington
Fine Imposed on Booze Seekers and Bootleggers
Police impose collateral on drunkards and violators at once. Major Pullman, superintendent, sets new plan requiring fifty dollars as bail in plain drunk cases. For aggravated cases with disorder or assault, collateral rises to seventy five or one hundred dollars at officer discretion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Pullman
Pullman
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Iowa
Germany
Tolano, Tih
Hoover
Wilson
Overman
Omaha Board of Education
Entente
Cologne
Davenport
South Dakota
Red Cross
Lone Rock
Wis
Lake Ochrida
Paris
France
Raoul Lufbery
Belgium
House
United States Steal Company
Neville Island
the Shipping Board
Moscow
Tammerfors
Finland
Rock Island
Burlington, Ill
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motors Corporation
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N. Y
London
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Utah
Cyrus E. Dallin
Camp Funston
Haig
Industrial Workers of the World
Chicago
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Kansas
London Mail
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Boone
Aetna Chemical Company
Oksdale, Pa
Nebraska
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New York
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Great Britain
Italy
Japan
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Madoo
U. S
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Santa Fe
B. P. Ripley
Boston
Maine
James H. Hustis
Central Pacific
William F. Herrin
Chicago and Alton
W. G. Bierd
Eastern Illinois
William J. Jackson
Chicago and
Northwestern
R. H. Aishton
Burlington & Quincy
Hale Holden
Chicago Great Western
W. L. Park
Indianapolis
Louisville
Harry R. Kurrle
Milwaukee
St. Paul
H. E. Byram
J. E. Gorman
Denver
Rio Grande
E. L. Brown
Erie
F. D. Underwood
Great Northern
Louis W. Hill
Ilinois Central
Kansas City Southern
J. A. Edson
Lehigh Valley
BE. E. Loomis
Nashville
Milton H. Smith
Michigan Centre
Alfred H. Smith
Missouri
Texas
C. 2. Schaff
Missouri Pacific
B. F. Bush
New Haven
Hartford
Edward J. Pearson
Northern Pacific
Jule M. Hannaford
Pennsylvania
Samuel Rea
Pere Marquette
H. Alfred
Seaboard Air Line
William J. Hararehan
Southern Pacific
William Sproule
Southern Railway
Fairfax Harrison
Wabash
Edward IF
Kearney
Union Pacific
BE. Calvin
Brotherhood of Man
Wwffers
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