State Fair News Highlights Iowa Fire Loss And Civic Plans
State Fair Marshal Tracy sets October 5 to 10 for Fire Prevention Week after Gov. Hammill proclaims the period. 1924 fire toll reached 80 deaths, 29 women and 35 children. Losses include 437 barns and 3215 dwellings with totals over 2.8 million dollars. Causes range from matches and careless smoking to defective wiring and flues. Iowa pickle records, baby beeves sale totals, and state tax receipts are noted. Des Moines to host upcoming Grand Army encampment with $20,000 state share and other groups eye Des Moines for national events. Hydrophobia hits Clarke county cows after a stray dog sighting last spring.
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Soldier education shifts to technical training in modern forces
Hundreds of young men enlist for the regular army as educational opportunities expand. World War era reforms redefined army training, making the modern U S soldier first a student and then a scientifically trained technician in one of many specialized fields.
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Uncle Sans Land and Air Forces
Training the 1925 Soldier in New Skills and Duties
Washington sourced survey details how the peace time army trains thousands of inexperienced men as specialists in rapidly expanding fields such as moving picture photoplay weather forecasting mechanism dentistry office management and carrier pigeon training. The report notes a broad shift toward technical knowledge and crafts to meet metropolitan life demands within service schools.
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R. T. Edwards
U. S. Army
Des Moines
Judge Dewey Names Penalty For Naturalized Moonshiner
A Belgian-born naturalized citizen pleaded guilty in Poweshiek county district court at Montezuma to making and selling moonshine. Judge Dewey imposed the minimum sentence of three months in jail and a $300 fine, stating the man’s oath required obedience to U S law and that punishment was warranted.
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Montezuma
Belgium
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