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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1918
Page
4
At Parsons College the opening day has been postponed to September 17th. About 150 to 200 boys will need rooms for two weeks to a month until housing can be arranged. Friends are asked to notify the president and help place boys with rooms promptly.
The Jefferson County Womans Association held its regular meeting and elected officers: President Mrs Pearl Hague Vice President Mrs L Thoma Secretary Mrs Roland Marsh Treasurer Mrs A S McPherson Recording Secretary Mrs Wm Mohr Delegates include Mrs Walter Hunt chosen to attend the estate suffrage convention at Cedar Rapids on September 18 19 and 20.
A short recruitment note by A. K. Harper invites Christians to apply for YMCA positions. It emphasizes high requirements and notes the opportunity is a great privilege if accepted. The brief is dated or signed by Harper, referenced as 48.
A church dinner is planned for Wednesday at the Methodist church with serving duties handled by the W R C ladies. The event invites attendees to share a meal and community time.
Sir Maurice Ge Bunsen head of the British War mission returns from a tour of South America noting clearer aims understanding among nations and support for restricting commerce. A tense moment over feared British materiel transfers to Chile was defused during the mission’s arrival at Lima.
Confidential dispatches from General Pershing and France reports indicate the American army now has sufficient airplanes of all hands to protect its men In battle General March chief of staff told the House Library committee at the weekly war department conference.
Sixteen men aided by United States material staff are in custody in Los Angeles Fresno and Sacramento jails after secret indictments returned by a federal grand jury in Sacramento. They are linked to a gang responsible for a series of industrial plant fires across California.
Dr Charles E MacKarland returned from a western front tour for the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America and told New York reporters that the American army in France stands morally higher than the civil population due to Red Cross Y M C A Knights of Columbus and other groups aiding soldiers and French people.
A Munich doctor Hans Hertig urges a German law to prevent widows from remarrying to keep men for single women. He argues remarrying lowers birth rates as most widows are mothers. He cites 800000 widows aged eight een to forty five in 1910 with about the same number today.
Delivery of merchant ships by American yards in August set a new record with 66 ships totaling 840 145 deadweight tons. Steel vessels numbered 44 totaling 260 645 dwt while 22 were wood or composite.
Des Moines Des Moines Des Moines Sam Alanko, drafted from Fort Snelling, arrived at Camp Dodge with a wooden leg. Officers questioned him about the artificial limb and he explained its presence, saying he guessed they wanted him. The exchange highlighted the challenges of the draft during that era.
London dispatch reports Count George F von Hertling the German Chancellor resigning on grounds of ill health. The Geneva Express source cites a Munich to Geneva cable claiming his retirement is imminent.
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