Government Launches Large Scale Food Supply Plan
The United States Department of Agriculture will expand food production efforts under the new food production bill. Funds of over 11 million dollars support county agent expansion, labor coordination with the labor department, and a national survey to gauge store stocks and consumption.
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Washington
United States ‘Department of Agriculture
Congress
United States
Office of Farm Management
Department
United States Department of Labor
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Bureau of Entomology
Looting Jerusalem Threatens Palestine War News
Reports from Cairo describe Palestine as the war’s gravest moment with a plan to loot Jerusalem. Turks reportedly terrorize Armenians Arabs Greeks and Jews, evacuations occur, and Gaza and Jerusalem face pillage while British forces threaten to break Turkish control.
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Cairo
Egypt
Palestine
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Associated Press
Committee of Union and Progress
Germany
Syria
Gaza
Anatolia
Only Female Army Surgeon Marks Historic Service
Doctor Markland is the only female surgeon in the British army and a leading figure in world medicine. Her skill and private practice earned acclaim, and she may serve in a hospital behind the French front. Her acceptance suggests more women may join field medical ranks.
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Doctor Markland
Markland
France
Great Britain
Woman Finds 21 Year Old Huckleberries Still Fresh
Mrs. Ida Foss of near Monticello opened a can of huckleberries that had been put up 21 years earlier and found them in perfect condition according to a farmer’s wife report.
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Monticello
Ida Foss
Sweet Potatoes Targeted for Army Ration
Jackson Mississippi reports the Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture P P Garner with Georgia, Alabama and other southern states plan to press Herbert Hoover to place sweet potatoes in the army ration. The South faces a bumper crop with excess supply risking loss if markets fail.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
P. P. Garner
Georgia
Alabama
Herbert Hoover
Army Quartermaster’s Department
South
Des Moines Mines Face Government Takeover Debate
Des Moines area coal mines may be operated by the government under President Wilson. South Des Moines mines report higher production costs than proposed prices, threatening winter coal supply and heartening workers who rely on south side fuel.
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Des Moines
Wilson
F. I. ‘Beck
Beck Coal and Mining Company
Beck
IF. H. Hunter
South Des Moines Coal Company
Acme Coal Mining Company
South
North Side
Frank Dole
Carbon Coal Company
South Des Moines
Iowan Officers Train for Aviation Service Transfer
Fifteen Iowa men from the first officers training camp at St Snelling are to be moved to aviation service for war flying training at Princeton. The list includes Hugo Bottger Iowa City and Paul Calder Cedar Rapids among others. Thirty Iowans who did not receive commissions will attempt the second camp with names such as James Adelson Nevada Floyd Bump Waterloo and Henry Chiten den Jr Burlington.
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Alison FF
Johnson
Sioux City
Jack Y. Longstreet
Red Oak
Carl J. Myers
Harlan
Fred H. Meinzer
Jews City
Albert Muir
Ames
Leo C. Watson
Des Matinos
Jidgar B. Willams
Cedar Rapids
Stephen R. Walker
Nevada
Floyd S. Bump
Waterloo
Henry W. Chitenden, Jr
Burlington
Shannon B. Chariton
Rolfe
Edmund P. Chase
Des Moines
Paul H. Caswell
Iowa City
David A. Dancer
Lamont
Howard E. Edmondton
Perry
Harry L. Gross
Harold J. Harteman
Belle Plaine
Harold C. Hatfield
Gilmore City
Henry B
University of Iowa
Wort Snelling
Percy Bordwell
John W. Cogeswell
Henning Larsen
Linn Cu
Conger Reynolds
Adjutant General's Department
Zabel
Deiming
N. M
National Guard
Lieut
Reynolds
L. D. Benedict
Quartermaster Corps
Death by Own Action Suspected In Tragedy Near Sydney
Near Randolph travelers found Miss Anna Briley 16 and Harvey Lair 20 lying by the road. Lair died soon after. authorities believe both may have poisoned themselves. Circumstances indicate self inflicted poison. Briley’s home was near Anderson and Lair lived at Thurman near Sydney.
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Sydney
Randolph
Anna Briley
Harvey Lair
Anderson
Thurman
Plumbers Battle Over Camp Dodge Contract Share
Des Moines master plumbers feud over how a government contract profit between 30 000 and 50 000 will be divided for Camp Dodge works. A suit for injunction to halt pie cutting was filed in district court to probe alleged conspiracy to defraud fellow plumbers. The dispute arose as proceedings began in September 165.
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Des Moines
Uncle Sam
Camp Dodge
Not to Pay Soldiers In Gold Des Moines Camp
Des Moines banks and officials state treasury rules prohibit paying soldiers in gold. Cash wages in bills and currency reduce handling losses, avoid nearly 1.5 million dollars monthly in gold transfer, and boost checking and savings accounts as officers arrive for the cantonment.
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Des Moines
United States
John A. Cavanagh
Des Moines National Bank
Treasury Department
Mr. Cavanagh
Tragic Auto Crash Claims Cedar Falls Teen
A Grundy Center youth, Florence Freed, 17, was instantly killed when the car she rode in overturned on the Dike road five miles southwest of here. Four others were injured, one likely fatally. Driver blame rests on fast driving on an unfamiliar road. Injured include Roy Freed, Agnes Freed, Clair St. John, Harold Wilson.
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Cedar Falls
Florence Freed
Grundy Center
Dike
Here
Roy Freed
Agnes Freed
Clair St. John
Eldora
Harold Wilson
Union
Interurban Service Praised by Army Camps Visit
M J Gormley general agent of the American Railway Association inspected transport at Camp Dodge and told Maj J M Butler and Ralph Bolton that the interurban line provides better service than at any other camp.
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Des Moines
M. J. Gormley
American Railway Association
Camp Dodge
Gormley
Majj. M. A. Butler
Ralph Bolton
Greater
Old Third Iowa in Review at Des Moines Fair Grounds
Thousands gather at the Iowa state fair to review the 168th United States Infantry known as the Fighting Third. Governor Harding and Col. J. R. Bennett lead 3 600 soldiers through the amphitheater and pad dock in Des Moines. The parade marks Iowa’s early contribution to the trenches with about 4 000 men in khaki.
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Old Third
Iowa
Des Moines
United States Infantry
Third
Harding
J. R. Bennett
Boy Named Alice Becomes Aldus Enlists in Navy
A birth record confusion named Aldus Broughard as Alice EK. Broughard. The Waterloo guardian uncle objected to joining the navy. After verifying the record Aldus enlisted in the U S Navy and the guardian consented. Aldus vows to prove himself a man.
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Waterloo
Alice EK
Broughard
Aldus
Uncle Sam
Alice
Miss Ruby Thompson Sails to China for Mission Service
Miss Ruby Thompson of this city plans to sail in late October from Vancouver on the steamer Umpress of Russia to China. She will join the foreign missionary service of the Methodist church after completing training in Chicago.
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Lowan
China
Nevada
Ruby Thompson
Vancouver
B. C
Umpress
Russia
Foreign Missionary Service
The
Methodist Church
Chicago
Girl Saves Poet's Home from Fire
Miss Margaret Moya an eighteen year old from Fruitvale Heights discovered a grass fire near the Jacquin Miller home in San Francisco. She summoned the fire department and fought the flames with wet blankets, halting spread before engine No 14 arrived.
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San Francisco
Cal
Margaret Moya
Fruitvale Heights
Jacquin Miller
Moya
Iowan Given Big Boost Clinton
Dr. David S. Fairchild Jr. of this city, a former Iowa National Guard major, becomes sanitary inspector of the Forty second division the Rainbow division including the Third Iowa regiment. With colonel rank he will oversee sanitation in the division bound for France, the highest medical service post in the unit.
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Clinton
David S. Fairchild, Jr
Iowa National Guard
Iowa
Pairchid
National Guard
France
Scandinavian Veterans Meet at Madison Convention
Scores of Iowa veterans plan to attend the National Association of Scandinavian veterans of the Civil War convention in Madison Wisconsin on September 12 and 13. Announcement came from Oleg Nelson of Slater, president of the organization.
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Ames
National Association of
Madison
Wis
Oleg Nelson
Slater
Charge Cop With Theft Arrest in Sioux City
William H. Keane a police roundsman was arrested on a conspiracy charge. County Attorney O. T. Naglestad swore the information accusing him of robbing the Tackaberry wholesale company in the summer of 1916 while on that beat. Keane was appointed roundsman by Councilman Ward and charges were filed again. Police officials refused to suspend him.
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Sioux City
William H. Keane
O. T. Naglestad
Tackaberry
Keane
Ward
Confiscated Booze Goes to Army in Sioux City
Hundreds of gallons of whisky seized in police raids since Iowa went dry will be sent to the U S army medical department. The War Department ordered the booze shipped to the St Louis supply depot, with local officials declining to protest the plan to retain the liquor as permitted by state law.
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Sioux City
Medical Department
United States Army
War Department
St. Louis
United States
F. A. O'Conner
Naglestad
Iowa
Bluffs Engineers Farewell Train Move to New Post
Council Bluffs Company B, the Dodge engineers, left for Deming New Mexico escorted by Hospital Unit K. Several thousand locals gathered at the Burlington station in a farewell echoing the previous send off for Company L of the Third Iowa infantry in Des Moines.
No Extra Session Debated as Iowa Weighs Liberty Loan
Des Moines reports that Iowa leaders oppose calling a special legislative session to address the second Liberty Loan. Governor Harding says Iowa will fund the loan without new laws, while Speaker Milton Pitt calls a remote chance for an extra session. The piece also lists military assignments, state contributions to the war effort, and related civic actions.
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Des Moines
W. L. Harding
Iowa
Milton B. Pitt
Thirty-seventh
General Assembly
Pitt
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Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
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Robert Heaps
R. L. Marshall
George Heaps, Sr
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Fort Dodge
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