Iowa News Items of Interest Summarized for Busy Readers
The Iowa State Registered Nurses association met in Des Moines with routine sessions. Major items include Col. Morton Mumma’s reassignment to Iowa City as professor of military science. the Iowa Bankers convention set for June 24 in Fort Dodge. 1,000 men registered for military service as deserters per Lt Col Lyman. a large farm sale near Iowa City at 81,890 overall. the Stars and Stripes staffer Homer Noland’s death, tuberculosis listed. Iowa State College postpones winter farm and home week due to Spanish influenza fears. popular mules sold at Camp Dodge auction averaging around 450 with top bids to 673. Story County land deals and ongoing farm disruptions. diverse local notices including church, civic, and wartime fundraising updates.
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Morton. Mumma
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Iowa Bankers’ Association
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Frank Lyman
State Adjutant General's
C. H. Riggs
Scott Township
J. L. Wilkinson
Homer Noland
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Paris
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Woodbury
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Hornick
Clarissa Maynard Welch
Waterton
Verdon A. Welch
B. D. Davis
Knoxville
Cedar Falls
United Danish Lutheran Churches of America
N. M. Andreason
Nazareth Danish Lutheran
Griswold and
Fitz
Fonda
Loyd Long
Tolan Bros
Long
Louise King
Henry King
Grinnell College
Oficer
Frederick Bruner
Dan Bruner
Clearfield
Taylor County
Taylor County Farm Bureau
Agricultural Extension Department
Fred
Lyceum Arts
Drake
Arthur Holmes
Chautauqua
Lyceum Department
H. &. Bland
Tralia
Winneshisk County
United Relief Fund
Red Cross
Red Cross Fund
Winneshick County
Chicago
Relief Fund
Nancy Lucy Hengerveld
Maxwell Farm
Waterloo
Iowa House Opens Amid Broad Legislative Push
In the thirty-eighth general assembly the house began at 2 p.m. with Speaker Arch W. McFarlane, eight bills and two concurrent resolutions introduced. Weaver of Des Moines led six measures including education department creation and state aid for vocational teachers. Other proposals cover highway tax repeal, parole for Iowa prisoners, auto crime code, town planning and primaries reform. Debates touch state offices, jury challenges, car ownership proof, and municipal memorials funding.
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General Assembly
Arch W. McFarlane
J. B. Weaver
Des Moines
Nebiker
Des Moines County
Hofes
Buchanan County
Department of Education
Weaver
Iowa
Senate
James M. Wilson
Appanochse County
Lo‘*A
California
Towa
Kimball
Pottawattamle County
H. 8. van Alstine
Buena Vista County
News of the Week Cut Down for Busy Readers
War trade board warns of added restrictions on imports while U S exports for 1918 total 6 15 billion, imports 8 09 billion. Senate passes suffrage amendment resolution 49 7. War dept announces convoy home for 210 officers and 4 827 men. Health Sunday postponed to February 28. Speaker Clark supports withdrawal of American soldiers from Russia and Europe. Overman committee hears testimony linking radicals to Bolsheviks. Baker frees 118 conscientious objectors at Fort Leavenworth. Amusement tax rates not raised. tolls to be enforced. Post Office defends new telephones rates amid state orders. Livestock value up by 346 million. London reports coal miners back to work after strike. Bolsheviks claim collapse of economic system. Irish republic proclaimed. Sinn Fein declares independence. Entente recaptures Dorpat. Bolsheviks possibly take Orenburg. Petrograd evacuated. Trotsky relocates to Nijni Novgorod. anti-Bolshevik movement grows. Sweden and Lithuania missions favor volunteer expedition.
U S Teutonic War Dispatches Report Front Actions
A Coblenz dispatch notes the Kropp plant at Exysen began producing for the United States government. A Coblenz report adds German armament pieces were being prepared for shipment as part of war materials offered under the armistice terms. Kolabe vik forces attacked American and Russian positions on Sunday on the northern Russian front.
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Kropp
Exysen
United States
Krupp
Bethlem Steel declares extra dividend and stock costs rise
New York dispatch reports Beth lehem Steel declares a 14 percent extra dividend on both A and B common stock plus a 144 percent regular quarterly payout. Hog Island shipbuilding costs rise from 244 to 212 per ton for ships ordered. Postwar issues include price revisions and clothiers predict lower costs for 1920. Troopship Melita arrives at Commonwealth Pier Boston with returning troops and hospital units. Des Moines House rejects League of Nations vote 88 to 18. Nassau County grand jury declines to indict Lebaudy in Westbury killing. Joliet parolees escape Rock Island jail bound for Chicago. Texas Senate passes statewide antipool bill. house pending. Albany Assembly ratifies prohibition amendment. Martha Washington transport carries 2,400 troops from France.
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New York Dispatch
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Portuguese Warships and London Meeting Report
Fragmented dispatches describe Portuguese warships near Oporto and Madrid patches, a London workers meeting demanding a four day working week, and military action in Tipperary following killings of policemen. Reports also note Bolshevik forces and cholera outbreaks in Hamburg with fatal cases.
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Peace Notes and Political Tensions Abroad
Reports suggest a provisional Polish government will be recognized soon with a peace nearing signing in June. In Paris, the French League for Women’s Rights presses for women’s suffrage while Prince Lyon condemns the supreme council’s stance on Russia, warning of dangers to peace and renewed tyranny.
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Saya Marcel Hutin
Echo de Paris
French League of Rights To
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