Iowa farmers optimistic on crop outlook for year
Ames and Iowa State College farm experts report Iowa could harvest record crop output if favorable weather holds. Projected gains include 64 million more bushels of corn to 400 million, 200 million of oats, and 10 million of potatoes, plus significant garden crops and value from livestock and dairy.
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Ames
Lowna
Iowa
George MM. Chappel
Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College, Ames
Iowa Woman Reports Danish War Suffering Compared to Germany
Mrs Anna Backoff of Council Bluffs, who spent six months in Denmark, says wartime distress there ranks second only to Germany. She notes Denmark’s army is not in conflict and that commerce is nearly at a standstill, with conditions similar to inland Germany but less active fighting.
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Iowa
Denmark
Council Bluffs
Germany
Anna Backoff
Backoff
Car Driver Struck by Train Near New Hampton
D L Mowbrey Sibley grain buyer escaped injury aside from a bruised wrist and wrenched leg after attempting to cross Milwaukee tracks near New Hampton in his automobile. The car was struck by a train. wheels and engine demolished while the body remained intact, the vehicle carried about 150 feet.
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New Hampton
D. L.mowbrey
Sibley Grain
Milwaukee Tracks
Red Cross Leader Resigns in Des Moines
Des Moines reports J. B. Weaver, state director for Red Cross chapters since May 1, asks to be relieved. He will be succeeded by Dr. A. E. Kepford of the state board of control, Weaver citing postwar fund campaign demands and private business interests.
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Red Cross
Des Moines
J. B. Weaver
The
A. E. Kepford
State Board of Control
Weaver
Ir. Weaver
Delivery Cost Too High in Council Bluffs Firms
Local grocers admit delivery costs hurt business and report a possible plan to end or greatly reduce delivery charges to ease competition and attract customers. Many dealers see potential reform through a cooperative agreement or industry action.
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Council Bluffs
Missouri Valley youth wounded in Greek hospital
George Wilson, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Wilson of this city, was wounded in a Saloniki hospital after the American steamer Grace was torpedoed by a German submarine in the Mediterranean Sea. A cable received here confirms the injury.
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Lowan
Missouri Valley
George Wilson
Frank Wilson
Wes
Saloniki
Greece
Grace
Mediterranean Sea
Cornerstone Laid for New Longfellow School Building
Several hundred people attended as the cornerstone of the new Longfellow school building was laid here recently. The four buildings under construction will cost nearly 30000 dollars when finished.
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Longfellow School
Old Member Red Cross in Waukon Honored
Local enthusiasts claim Mrs Olave Wolden 97 of Center township is the oldest American Red Cross member in this section of the state.
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Red Cross
Waukon
Olave Wolden
Center Township
American Red Cross
Has Two Draft Numbers for Des Moines Man Schaar
Des Moines man Louis Edward Schaar faces possible double draft numbers after a clerical error doubled his name on the Fourth District exemption board’s official list. If not granted dispensation, he could be conscripted under two registrations.
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Des Moines
Louis Edward Schaar
War Department
Schaar
Fourth District Exemption Board
Plot to destroy mines shocks Dubuque area
Reports describe a suspected German spy plot to collapse mines in Wisconsin and Illinois area. Bull Moose lead mine No 2 near Dubuque caved in trapping about a dozen workers, one man died after surgery, others injured. Similar Royce mine incident cited to link suspected sabotage.
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Dubuque
Bull Moose
Wisconsin
Richard Hines
Royce
Telegraphy Course Taught In Des Moines Schools
Des Moines will offer Morse and wireless telegraphy in summer classes. West High Principal Maurice Ricker reported after studying Chicago courses. The school board authorized Supt. Z C Thornburg to install equipment, with classes likely starting before summer ends. Pools may be opened to Camp Dodge soldiers.
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Des Moines
Yall
Maurice Ricker
West High
Chicago
Supt. Z. C. Thornburg
Camp Dodge
Bridge Guard Is Shot Near Des Moines
Charles Price a private in Company BE First Iowa Infantry was shot in the calf on the B and Q bridge near Levy seven miles south of Des Moines. The assailant fired from beneath the bridge. Price was treated at Fort Des Moines hospital after swift response by Lieut. Col. Ball and an ambulance.
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Des Moines
Levy
Charles Price
First Iowa Infantry
Price
Ball
Fort Des Moines
Advise Law to Join Americans
A cablegram received by the parents of John B. Hungerford Jr now in Paris says the French seek to enlist him in the American volunteer ambulance corps and dispatch him to the front at once. It adds that American military attaches in Paris have advised against Americans joining French units. The Hungerfords urged their son to enlist with American troops.
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Carroll
John B. Hungerford, Jr
Paris
Hungerfords
Will Have County Agent
Over a hundred Fayette county farmers met at Fayette to organize an association for employing a county agent. J W Coverdale from Ames assisted. Fayette is the 30th Iowa county to organize and qualify for $1200 government aid for a time.
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Fayette
Fayette County
J. W. Coverdale
Ames
Iowa
Farmers Organize Defense Council in California Junction
Farmers in California Junction and nearby Missouri Valley city prepare to form a defense council to counter an expected influx of 1. W. W. threats similar to last year. The aim is to deter disturbances affecting local employers as the situation develops.
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Missouri Valley
California Junction
W. W
Waukon Chooses Leader for National Defense Council
Mrs W C city was chosen president of the national defense council organized by Miss Anna Helahan county organizer. Her committee has been appointed and active work will be started immediately as defense efforts begin locally.
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Waukon
Nation
Council of National Defense
Anna Helahan
Defense
Nare
Amateur Fair to Be Staged by Local Performers
Red Cross and county library announce an amateur fair to be staged here. Over 450 local people will participate in the program.
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Aukon
Red Cross A
Cal Library
Hankness
Organize For Prohibition Drive Des Moines Leader Named
Des Moines former mayor James R. Hanna was chosen to organize the state for the constitutional prohibition campaign. The allied temperance committee has opened Des Moines offices and plans an aggressive statewide fight in support of the amendment. C. N. McMillan of Woodbury county will assist.
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Des Moines
James R. Hanna
Allied Temperance Committee
C. N. McMillan
Woodbury County
Canneries Study Offers High School Help for Labor
Des Moines labor commissioner A L Urick proposes using high school pupils to fill cannery labor shortages, offering school credits for work and housing promises from canning firms. He notes inexperience with horses and machinery and cites imminent federal child labor rules affecting interstate shipments. He plans a Washington conference with federal authorities on enforcement.
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Des Moines
A. L. Urick
Iowa
Urick
Canning
Washington D. C
Mac Vicar to Camp Dodge in Des Moines Military Reorganization
Des Moines gains Capt John MacVicar as assistant to Maj M A Butler at the quartermaster office linking city and Thirteenth Division Cantonment. His arrival follows concerns over moral conditions with 45000 soldiers to arrive and possible police department reorganization to combat vice.
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Des Moines
John MacVicar
Hee Haan Gant
Ft. Douglas
Utah
M. A. Butler
War Department
MacVicar
Lowans Are Given Commissions in War Department
Des Moines reports Reserve officers commissioned by the War Department at Washington. Second lieutenants in the veterinary corps include Frank M. Leon of Grinnell Hurst M. Cameron Springville Roswell O. Byerram Muscatine Edwin I. Hitts Dysart Floyd Roy Buck Grand Junction Missouri Valley Harry L. McCulloch New Sharon Anne Johnson Glomset Des Moines William Louis Hoffman Gilbert Adam H Koenigmachher Missouri Valley Henry C Irvin Adley Louis Dwight Cheney Sioux City Captains James Joseph Daly Deborah Edward C Ayres Lorimer and Frank Earl Ballinger Council Bluffs. Engineer corps J Friece Adarson Sioux City second lieutenant Ernest W Bennson Corning first lieutenant
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Lowans
Des Moines
War Department
Washington
Leutenants
Veterinary Corps
Frank M. Leon
Grinnell
Hurst M. Cameron
Springville
Roswell O. Byerram
Muscatine
Edwin I. Hitts
Dysart
Floyd Roy Buck
Grand Junction
Harry L. McCulloch
New Sharon
Medical
Anne Johnson Glomset
William Louis Hoffman
Gilbert
Adam H. Koenigmachher
Missouri Valley
Henry
C. Irvin
Adley
Louis Dwight Cheney
Sioux City
James Joseph Daly
Deborah
Edward C. Ayres
Lorimer
Frank Earl Ballinger
Council Bluffs
Engineer Corps
J. Friece
Adarson
Ernest W. Bennson
Corning
Osage Boy Dies After Hay Fork Injury
Marvin West, 13, of Osage, died after a hay fork harness accident on his father's farm. A snapping tug caused the whiffletree to strike his abdomen, leading to fatal injuries that he endured for about thirty six hours.
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Osage
Marvin West
President Opposes Advisory Board
President Wilson asked Congress to strike a senate amendment from the food control bill that would create a joint committee of senators and representatives to confer with executive officials on war expenditures. In a letter to House Agriculture Committee Chairman Lever he said the panel would likely harass those responsible for the conduct of the war.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Congress
Senate
Lever
House Agriculture Committee
Food bill passes after Senate clash over Hoover attack
A bipartisan food control bill was adopted by the Senate by 60 to 16, limiting government control to feeds foods and fuels with a three member board. An amendment to appoint a president's proclamation power was rejected 58 to 15, after a verbal clash involving Senator Reed and Hoover.
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Washington
Senate
Board of Food Administration
Hasting
Wrives
Sennator Reed
Herbert C. Hoover
Reed
Hoover
Hollis
Missouri
Hooverott
Williams
Mr. Hoover
Ashurst
Food Board
United States
Reichstag Votes for Peace in July Debate
Copenhagen reports the reichstag adopting the majority peace resolution by 214 to 116 with 17 not voting. Chancellor Michaelis pledged not to prolong the war if an honorable peace could be obtained. He downplayed American intervention and asserted the fleet, especially submarines, would master the situation.
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Copenhagen
Reichstag
Michaelis
Germany
America
Troops Must Win the War in Modern Soldiering
Savannah July 21 Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood commanding the department of the Southeast said during his Savannah visit that victory will come through men of arms, not by secret inventions from Edison or other geniuses, as some seem to believe. He asserted that all wars have been won with man power.
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Savannah
Leonard Wood
Department of the Southeast
Mgr. Edison
Convoys Thanks Nation Chief Arrives to Parlay Honor
Admiral Austin Knight commander of the American Asiatic squadron has arrived in Tokyo to convey United States thanks to Japan for sending home on a warship the body of Ambassador Guthrie. The gesture honors a late envoy killed during wartime service as relations between the two nations are noted.
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Tokyo
Austin Knight
Asiatic Squadron
United States
Japan
Ambassador Guthrie
Voters accuse brokers of dumping food into Missouri River
In Omaha on July 24 the woman voters' conservation league charged that commission men dump food into the Missouri river to keep prices high, alleging deliberate wastage to bolster market values.
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Omaha
Neb
Woman Voters’ Conservation League
Missouri River
Eleven Die In Raid as Teuton Plane Wrecked
British daylight raid on the east coast Sunday repelled about twenty German airplanes after they dropped bombs on Felixstowe and Harwich, killing eleven and wounding twenty seven. London alarm sounded as defenders attacked, forcing a retreat. One German plane fell into the Channel. British escorts pursued at sea amid low visibility, while officials note improved defense since the previous London raid.
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London
England
Felixstowe
Harwich
Channel
Daniels explains submarine attack report wording
Secretary Daniels described the alleged elaboration of Admiral Cleaves' report on the Pershing transports attack in a letter to Senator Tillman. He said joy in the war and navy departments influenced the dispatch phrasing, and that the original code dispatch was not made public. He takes responsibility for the public version.
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Washington
Daniels
Admiral Cleaves
Pershing
Tillman
War
Navy
Embargo to Cut Food Aid to Germany Outlined
Washington July 24 The president and advisers on the exports council decide to halt sustenance shipments to Germany to starve its armies. A forthcoming strict embargo on food and military goods for neutrals near Germany is planned as shippers are told to prepare. The aim is to target military needs first, not civilians, after fats routed to troops last year.
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Washington
Exports Council
Germany
Holland
Scandinnviia
Kentucky forage poisoning solved by government station
Officials of the Kentucky experiment station under United States government announced they solved the forage poisoning mystery after years of work. Bacillus similar to that producing ptomaines in humans was the cause and serum proved successful by inoculating hundreds of head of hive stock. An interstate conference of the middle Western states will be called.
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Lexington
Kentucky Experiment Station
United States
Middle Western States
Gardens Add to Nation's Wealth Campaign Gains Big Crop
Washington reports an $850,000,000 crop from vacant lots and home gardens under the emergency food garden commission plan. The middle western states lead gains, followed by New England, the eastern states, and the South Atlantic region in order.
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Washington
Middle Western
New England
Eastern States
South Atlantic
Havoc Wrought by Storm Across Chicago Area
A cyclone storm swept 380 miles along the Chicago and Joliet Electric railroad on Sunday afternoon injuring ten or more people with likely fatalities. It unroofed houses uprooted trees and telegraph poles and caused widespread panic among thousands of picnickers.
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Chicago
Chicago & Joliet Electric
Germany vows to seek honorable peace if possible
Berlin July 28 Chancellor Michaelis told the Reichstag Germany would not prolong the war a day longer if an honorable peace could be secured. He dismissed A S interventions as not serious.
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Berlin
Michaelis
Reichstag
Germany
A. S
Split in Reichstag and the Kaiser’s faction in open split
In Reichstag, Zurich on July 28 the division between Germanys Liberal faction led by the Reichstag majority and the military caste led by the Kaiser, the crown prince and Von Hindenburg is now complete.
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Reichstag
Zurich
Germany
Kaiser
von Hindenburg
Five Men Named To Federal Draft Board In Iowa
The draft selection names five men to serve on the exemption board for the state, including William Coe of Red Oak and others from Mason City Clinton and Dubuque. They will oversee local exemptions as Marshall General Crowder announced the plan. Enlistees may join the regular army or marine corps before examination.
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Des Moines
Washington
Ideat Wilson
William Coe
Red Oak
D. Ely
Day Lewis
Harry Hoples
Iowa
Clarence Var
G. F. Tucke
T. J. O'potell
Dubuque
Crowder
Marine Corps
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Clarke
Eewaseats
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Enone
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