State Agents Press Ottumwa Law Enforcement Failures
Ottumwa officials with police powers are labeled ineffective by State Agent H W Terrill who leads raids against bootlegging and disorder. He says local, county, and federal officials refuse to enforce laws, while Terrill and his state agents operate independently to crack down on violators. He notes the Erbacher gambling house raid and criticizes cooperation with local authorities. The article also mentions C B & Q railroad plans to promote home gardening by permitting space on right of way to grow produce, with 3,600 gardens planted last year.
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Ottumwa
H W. Terrill
Iowa
Wapello County
United State’s Marshal’s Office
Terrill
Terrell
United States
Reed
Cremer
Mitchell
Leeny
Phillips
Noah
John W. Gray
C., B & Q. Railroad Company
Yankees Trick the Germans In France April report
American forces reveal effective intelligence work crippling German telephonic links at advance positions. Germans rely on runners and dogs as listening posts raise. Ex-Gov Byrne of South Dakota announces candidacy for senator as Republican. Paris Court of Cassation upholds death sentence for Bolo Pasha treason.
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France
Bowie
Byrne
Senate
Faulkton
Geer
Frank Byrne
South Dakota
Bryne
Bolo
Paris
Court of Cassation
Bolo Pasha
New Books at Public Library New Juvenile Titles
The Public Library reports new shelves fill with works across literature and art. Adult titles include On Contemporary Literature Sherman Cambridge History of American Literature Trent and How to Study and What to Study Sandwich. Juvenile additions feature Boys Make At Home Things Bailey and Being A Boy Warner.
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Public Library
Thompson
Huneker
Cambridge History of American Literature
Trent
Phelps
Mannele
Haupt
Whistler
Carlisle Castle and Alessandra Sunk by Submarines
Dived reports confirm the British steamer Carlisle Castle, a Cunard charter, torpedoed February 10 in the English Channel with 52 crew aboard all saved except the fourth engineer. Also, the Italian vessel Alessandra, 2452 tons, was sunk by a German submarine near Madeira with the crew landed at Funchal.
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Boston
Carlisle Castle
Cunard Line
New York
Atlantic
Union Castle Mail Steamship Company
Alessandra
Madeira
Funchal
Riot in Quebec as military rule clashes with rioters
In Quebec on April 3 a battle between soldiers and anti draft rioters left four civilians dead and several wounded. One hundred rioters were arrested as troops, under General Lessard, opened fire after crowd violence near St Francois Street and Jacques Cartier square.
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Quebec
Military Service Act
St. Francois Street
Jacques Cartier Square
Lessard
Canada
Fire Wrecks Massillon Power Plant Halting Work
A $300 000 blaze at the Massillon Electric and Gas Company plant disabled all machinery and cut electric power in Massillon. Many factories idle and several thousand workers out of jobs as a result.
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Massillon, O
Massillon Electric and Gas Company
Massillon
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