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Iowa War Drive Urges Saving Paper and War Work
The War Industries Board appeals Iowa residents to conserve paper for shells and munitions. Grand jury indictments in Wright county spark shock as three prominent locals face federal charges. Conscientious objectors are returned to Camp Dodge with farm furloughs canceled amid farm tensions. Stenographers sought for limited service to support military supply branches. Several Iowans are listed as killed or wounded in action. Liberty loan quota details place Iowa at $147.9 million with Polk county at $7.964 million. Grinnell College enrollment expected to surge by 25–30 percent this fall. An alleged move of the IWW HQ from Chicago to Sioux City is disputed by police.
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Federal War Industries Board
Iowa
War Industries Board
Wright County
United States
Clarion Bar
John Liewen
Louis Lodge
Belmond
Anna Haupt
Rowan
Henry County
Iowa City
Camp Dodge
Harding
Military Training Campe Association
The
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
Quartermaster Corps
Ordnance Department
Bureau of Aircraft Production
Signal Corps
Surgeon-General’s Department
William P. Adams
Odebolt
Sac County
Keppel
Adams
John L. Prior
Dyersville
Iowa Cantonment
Prior
Crowder
Iowa Pharmaceutical Association
State Pharmacy Board
State House
War Department
Creston
J.a.howard
Woodbine
J. A. McCartney
Sioux City
Edmund G. Naber
Arcadia
H. F. Pederson
Pierson
Federal Reserve District
Liberty Loan
Iown
Polk County
Middle West
Grinnell College
1. W.W
Chicago
Sioux