Corrected Iowa Quotas Adjusted for July Call
Des Moines reports corrected quotas for the Iowa national draft call of July 22. Adjutant General Logan ordered new local allotments after finding class 1 figures misaligned with actual man power, revealing 23 826 class 1 men statewide and enough to cover 19 017 plus a further call. Specific districts including Jefferson County will send 92 men to Camp Pike. state total 12 537 for this camp.
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Des Moines
Camp Gordon
Camp Pike
Guy FB. Logan
War Department
Adjutant General’s Office
Washington
Logan
Iowa
Jefferson County
Ark
Jefferson
Anda Oviaos Aca
van Buren
Eibollas Gaa
Johns ValdeVerde
Alexander Ireland
Ray J. Valdecier
Porter D. Norton
Jesse FE. Cook
Boyd Greeson
Commordon
Jefferon County
Soldiers and Sailors Department
Benedict Home
Ft. Des Moines Hospital
Louis Easton
Fairfield Union
Wean Taylor Column Y. Taylor Missing Months Note
Fragmentary OCR text shows a column with names Wean Taylor and Y Taylor, plus scattered numbers and dates. The readable portion offers no clear event or outcome to summarize beyond listing individuals and monetary figures.
Girls of Glove and Mitten plant a park picnic
The leather department workers at Glove and Mitten held a Pleasant evening picnic at Old Settlers Park with a delicious supper. Miss Edna Parsons, soon returning to Douds, was honored at a later gathering as Laura Ruth Lucile Bucher hosted friends at their East Lowe Street home with games music and refreshments.
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Glove & Mitten
Old Settlers’ Park
Laura
Ruth
Lucile Bucher
East Lowe Street
Edna Parsons
Douds
Ladies of the W R C Plan Meeting at Mrs Hayden’s Home
The Ladies of the W R C invite members to meet with Mrs Hayden Tuesday at 7 30 PM at her West Broadway home. Brotherhood Bible class plans an outing tomorrow with about 30 members meeting at the church at 8 30 AM to travel to Center church for Sunday school and to Brookville in the afternoon then Packwood Methodist church in the evening. Methodist choir members and families drove to Libertyville last night for a picnic at the Rol Slimmer home enjoying a on the lawn supper.
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The
Hayden
West Broadway
Brotherhood Bible
Methodist Church
Center Church
Brookville Church
Packwood Methodist Church
Libertyville
Old Soldiers Raise Flag at Baptist Church Campaign Ends
The First Baptist Sunday School campaign in Fairfield concluded with record attendance up 106 percent and 31 members accepting Jesus. A Loyalty Flag was built, a camp photo taken, and gratitude extended to helpers. Tomorrow old soldiers will raise the Stars and Stripes atop the flagstaff to stay until the war ends.
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First Baptist Sunday School
Fairfield
Jesus Christ
Methodist Drive for Study Centers Opens
The Rev Dr F P Case of the Wesleyan foundation of Iowa opens a fundraising drive for a large state campaign to build and equip student study centers in Iowa City and Ames. The plan includes residences libraries reading rooms and social welfare facilities for Methodist students. The Iowa City site near the Methodist church recently cost 840,400. Campaigns in Wisconsin and Minnesota have raised substantial sums, underscoring the need as Dr Case cites higher student numbers in Iowa City and Ames than in all state Methodist schools combined.
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Iowa City
F. FP. Case
Wesleyan Foundation of Iowa
Amex
Chase
Wiineta
Wisconsin
Thee City
Ames
Shipyards at Hog Island Near Full Capacity
Philadelphia July 1 Rapid progress is being made toward the completion of the Hog Island ship yards according to Franklin T Bowles director of operations He announced that mickeels had been laid and that the number of workers at the yards had reached 28700 This is 1500 short of the employees required to operate the yard at full capacity All the ways are expected to be completed early in August.
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Philadelphia
Ilog Island
Francinn T. Bowles
National War Labor Board Expected to Recommend Eight Hour Day
Washington July 16 the national war labor board is about to recommend practically a universal eight hour day in labor circles this afternoon
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Washington
National War Labor Board
Harding Family Visits Elliott Home in East Adams Street
Mr and Mrs A D Harding and their Chariton family motored to the city today and visited at the B H Elliott home on East Adams Street.
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A. D. Harding
Chariton
B. H. Elliott
East Adams Street
Train Robbers Escape After Pursuit in Kansas
In Paola Kansas on June 12 a gang robbed and fled from M E T passenger train No 27 using 12 bullets. Civilians, railroad agents and home guard troopers searched southern Miami county after word the bandits were surrounded in a wood south of town. A gun battle was expected but the fugitives apparently escaped, leaving authorities to report a very small loot.
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Kan
Home Guard
Miami County
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