Trains Back Soon as Fuel Restrictions Eased
Washington sees restored train schedules and relaxed hours as fuel administration lifts most limits. Des Moines and county officials urge conservation while urging use of wood where available and warn of coal shortages lasting days to weeks.
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Washington
L. H. Wallace
Des Moines
Charles Or
Wallace
Wibster
Webster
United States Railroad Administration
Charles Webster
Railway Administration
Burlington
Crawfordsville
Winfield
Rock Island
Cedar Rapide
J. C. Lewis
Coal Miners’ Union
Middle West
Idusti
Fuel Administration
Bovee
Youll Find It There in Thr Want Column
The column notes a local classifieds feature highlighting items for sale and notices of interest. It points readers to the want column for bargains and neighborhood listings.
Soldier Quartet Entertain Crowd at Local Church
A quartet of overseas soldiers entertained a large crowd at the old Methodist church as the second number on the lecture course. The four veterans from France and Germany performed humor and song in uniform, with one pianist and another guitarist. Harvey Matthews introduced them for the Improvement League. The next event on January 12 features the Overseas Ladies Orchestra, with hope the new high school auditorium will host.
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Old Methodist Church
France
Germany
Harvey Matthews
Improvement League Committee
Overseas Ladies’ Orchestra
Iowans Buy Many Christmas Seals in Campaign
Des Moines reports the Red Cross Christmas Seal sale in Iowa showing strong statewide organization and solid sales despite coal shortages. Counties are active with Audubon pledging twenty seats per capita. Oskaloosa and Washington newspapers carried seals in ads funded by local business leaders. All milk bottles will bear a seal one day of the campaign.
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Des Moines
Red Cross
Iowa
Audubon
Oskaloosa
Washington
Glasgow elected chairman of the county Red Cross
In a county Red Cross meeting J. D. Glasgow was chosen chairman with Max Waterhouse as vice chairman Miss Lyda Butcher executive secretary and C. M. Keck treasurer. The January membership drive will run in the last two weeks with a leadership group in each town. The gathering at Miss Ann Houdek’s dining room followed a earlier failed campaign, restoring Washington county Red Cross activity and planning further host service work.
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Red Cross
Eld
J. D. Glasgow
Max” Waterhouse
Clay Township
Lyda Butcher
C. M. Keck
Statewide seal sale drives strong civic effort in 1930s era drive
In Keokuk the first hours yielded 577 from 57 700 seals sold. Jefferson reports 37 500 seals. Stores, newspapers, banks, dairies, bakeries, laundries and garages contributed. Sioux City leads campaigns while cities including Dubuque and Des Moines push sales. Statewide program offers Governor Harding certificates to every child selling 200 seals. About 22 000 000 seals distributed. the Journal promotes bargains.
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Keokuk
Jefferson
Sioux City
Dubuque
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Des Moines
Mason City
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