Iowa News Briefs Feature War Era Updates
Items cover Iowa rail charges, Cedar Rapids derailment, wartime acts, and weather. Notable items include Iowa State college commencement with military escort, Des Moines Belgian troops visit, war risk insurance for a Grinnville family, Red Cross relief after storms, and recruitment efforts amid 1918 inflation and shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Railway & Light Company
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Northwestern
Food Administration
Carl L. Caviness
Chariton
War Department
Iowa State College
Mississippi
Dubuque
H. J. Metcalf
U. S. Public Service Reserve
Federal Reserve Labor Bureau
Jn Dorere
H. D. Hay
Merle Hay
France
Des Moines
Norbert Wilson
Grinwold
Towa
Charles D. Reed
National Army
Army
Navy
Fort Dodge
Webster Co
Gowrie
Albert H. Zilmer
Christadelphian Magazine
Waterloo
F. C. Platt
Advocate Court
Ray Willmers
Louis C. Steis
Moldavifa
Steis
Nelson
Wis
Camp Grant
State Horticultural Society
Homer A. Miller
Lows War Savings Committee
Nebraska
Iowa
Boone
Arthur
Elmo Johnson
Napier
Gust Johnson
Harding
Rail Rates and Wage Increases Rise Across US Railways
Washington reports a broad upturn in rail costs and wages as the Director General McAdoo orders a 25 percent freight rate hike plus all passenger fares up to 8 cents a mile. The changes, effective June, aim to cover rising coal and supply costs and add an estimated 800 to 900 million dollars in annual revenue, with two million railroad workers receiving wage increases retroactive to January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
West Point Military Academy
Leo EB. Concannon
Davenport
Herman L. Bruswitz
Eagle Grove
Wiliam M. Gibson
Nodaway
Tyrel B. Larson
Sioux City
Robert L. Eekins
Fort Madison
Wilson B. Higgins
Des Moines
Harold L. Turner
Grand Junction
J. F. Taake
W. L. Harding
Iowa Life Companies
A. A. Coates
Iowa National Prohibition Amendment Association
George Roche
John Roche
Dubuque
Heller's Crossing
Benton County
Mary Bartley
Tipton
Miss Bartley
Iowa State’ College
Agriculture Extension Department of
Ames
Farm Bureau
Charles Webster
Federal Fuel Administration
Washington
McAdoo
Ie Ft
Wilson
Pew
Deia
Beale of Incresse
War News And Local Notices From The Era
A collage of dispatches reports wartime fronts and domestic matters. Italian advances near Monte Zigalon and Prezna, with 857 Teutons captured. Labor and wage tensions in Chicago and across the nation. Charles M. Schwab discusses shipbuilding, strikes pressuring Rock Island and Moline shops. Murder conviction in Waukesha, and railroad leadership changes. Auto derby prize money noted for Sheepshead Bay event. Wedding plans and social notes at Vanderpilt estate.
War mobilization plan signals 280000 pledged for service
An official Washington communication cites presidential authority to call 280000 men to the colors in June. Hearings are set for new revenue legislation likely to tax luxuries and other items, amid wartime measures and employee strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa National Guard
Camp Cady
France
Lone National Guard
Kenyon
War Department
Patrick Gallagher
Hanover Township
Allamakee County
Iowa
Colleen
Mohill
Ireland
America
Theodore Roosevelt
Des Moines
Washington
Bain
Rail fare and commodity rate changes outlined
The document notes broad rate adjustments and rebates for travel and goods. It mentions abolition of round-trip rebates except for specific veterans groups, a 10 percent boost to commutation rates, and pre June 10 ticket redemptions at original prices. It also covers Pullman rates, parlor car rules, livestock and ments charges, coal, coke, and a 25 percent sugar increase with limited flat-rate changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Army of the Republic
Portland
Ore
United Confederate Veterans’ Reuniod
Tulsa
Okla
Der
G. A. Rs
Mississippi
Mississippi River
St. Tom Mo
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Epeketenetsi Education
Mike Fritz
Defiance
United States
Red Cross
Grinnell
Adj
Guy E. Logan
Presbyterian General Assembly
Columbus
Pat Crowe
Cudahy
Omaha
A. E. Kepford
The
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Federal Railroad Administration
State Railroad and Public Utilities Commissions
Railroad Rategents
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad
Trent
Rome
War Office
Monte ‘Zigalon
Dlason
Prezna
Monticello
Teuton
Frere
Chicago
Charles M. Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
New York
Rock Tat
Moline
McAddo
Grace ' Losk
Waukesha
Mary Roberts
David Roberts
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Sheepshead
Speedway ‘Park
Chis Ago
Alfred Gwynn
Vanderpitt
Ray ‘T
Bernat
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