Ordinary Folks Meet War Leaders in Des Moines Visit
New ton D. Baker secretary of war and Gen Peyton March chief of staff arrive in Des Moines after a bumpy ride from Ames. In the coach they chat with locals, praise the army’s demobilization and share light moments with a crowd of soldiers and civilians aboard the train.
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Des Moines
Newton D. Baker
Peyton
Ames
Joseph M. Swing
March
General March
Baker
Chicago
M. P
Co. C. Ballou
S. M. Foote
Ralph Baltou
Ralph Faxon
Harvey Ingham
L. Herring
Lafe Young, Jr
109th Ammunition Train Sent Overseas From Iowa
The 109th ammunition train, an Iowa unit with many southeastern Iowa men, will depart for overseas within six months. Company A, based in Burlington and Louisa County, has operated in France delivering motor cars between Bordeaux and northern France. Officers include Major Hollowell, Captain Stephens, Lieutenant Little, and Lieutenant O J Brown, with Wright previously serving as company first sergeant.
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Burlington
Iowa
James Cave
Company A
Bordeaux
France
Louisa County
St. Andre
Cave
O. J. Brown
Washington
Raymond Wright
Wapello
T. P. Hollowell
Fort Madison
Clyde Stephens
George Little
Cahill Fined for Liquor Nuisance in Fort Dodge
Judge H E Fry fined Frank Cahill 650 for running a liquor nuisance in Fort Dodge. Last month a raid found 300 pints of whiskey buried under a floor at Cahill's soft drink parlor. Cahill leads a group of about thirty indicted men facing trial in coming weeks as state agents push a citywide liquor-law crackdown.
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Fort Dodge
H. E. Fry
Frank Cahill
Cahill
Fry
Cedar Rapids Patrolman Suspended Over Drinking Incident
Cedar Rapids March 15. Patrolman Fred R. Gilmore is suspended for indulging in intoxicants while in uniform. Chief Morrison accuses him of prying open the chief's private desk sack to obtain the key to the room with confiscated whiskey. Gilmore has eight years in the department and may appeal to the civil service commission.
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Cedar Rapids Copper
Cedar Rapids
Fred R. Gilmore
Morrison
Gilmore
Civil Service Commission
Ice crop progress and shortage hit Iowa Soldiers' Home
Seventy percent of a normal ice crop has been harvested in Marshalltown. The ice runs nine to ten inches thick and is clear though not as thick as desirable. It was cut from Asher creek, a Town river tributary. This year no ice could be cut from the river, leaving the Iowa Soldiers' Home without its harvested supply for years.
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March
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
National Guard
National Army
U. S. Army
LW. W.’s
Leavenworth
Marshalltown
Mar
Asher Creek
Iowa Soldiers’ Home
Popular Filipino student ill. Valdes of University of Iowa
Juan J. Valdes a Filipino student at the University of Iowa with a promising record has tuberculosis and his registration is cancelled. Once president of the Cosmopolitan Club and a Daily Iowan staffer, he taught himself English through many courses and delivered a high ranking reconstruction oration. His illness is grave after years of overwork and influenza.
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Iowa City
Juan J. Valdes
University of Iowa
Valdes
Daily Lowan
Philippines
America
Idlewild chosen for midway Iowa park site
Idlewild, a long favored resort in Franklin and Hardin counties, is the proposed midway state park between Alden and Iowa Falls, abutting the Grant highway and the Iowa river. Citizens urge the commission to select Idlewild from several Iowa park proposals.
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Iowa Falls
Alden
Iowa River
Idlewild
Franklin
Iowa
Iowa Legislature Shifts Auto Dept to Treasurer’s Office
Des Moines March 15 The Iowa legislature passed by 89 to 3 a measure moving the state automobile department from the secretary of state to the state treasurer. Gov Harding is expected to sign. The bill followed criticism of departmental inefficiency. Secretary of State William S. Allen defended delays due to heavy mail and staffing limits, noting funds were deposited promptly as received.
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Polk City
Marek
Dés Moines
Des Moines
House
Senate
W. W. Epps
Wapello County
Douglas Rogers
Carrol County
John W. Wormley
Plymouth County
William S. Allen
Automobile Department
Roy Allen
Temporary injunction blocks teaching in Liberty district
Owen Taylor, Liberty township, Plymouth county, obtained a temporary injunction in district court to stop Miss Blase Rogenrief from teaching in the school district. The order lasts until a permanent decision at the March term. Taylor cites teacher shortage and alleges Rogenrief lacks credentials and education beyond the eighth grade, noting her father sits on the board. The case has been referred to the county superintendent, who told the board not to compensate her.
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County Superintendent of Schools
Builders Reach Readlock In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids builders warn that continued labor demands by bricklayers and carpenters may halt most construction this season. Union members demand a 25 percent wage increase, threatening a slowdown in new projects.
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Cedar Rapids
Building Trades Division
The
Chamber of Commerce
Builders refuse wage rise delaying Cedar Rapids housing plan
Contractors in Cedar Rapids say they cannot grant wage increases under current conditions. They offered a slight raise which workers rejected. The dispute was not sent to arbitration and the trades division warns 500 planned new homes cannot proceed without agreement. No strike is imminent, but no contracts will be let.
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Cedar Rapids
Bold Thief Steals New Tire Off Auto
Burlington reports a man jacked up Arthur J. Klein’s car near a church Sunday evening and stole the new tire from the rear wheel. Klein, who learned of the loss late Sunday, hopes the thief will come forward for questioning.
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Burlington
Arthur J. Klein
Klein
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
Millions in Pennies Saved From Salvage Campaign
The U S service reports that nine months of salvage in training camps saved 20 528 218 by repairing discarded hats shoes overcoats and equipment rather than buying new. Treasury figures aid thrift stamp propaganda showing if all 115 million people copied this saving method a week could fund the 1919 thrift and war savings issue.
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Uncle Sam
Treasury Department
Salvage Bureau
United States
U. S. Service
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Ack March
Briish
League of Nations
League
Custer
Camp Custer
Mich
Camp Funston
Fort Riley
Mr. Baker
General Pershing
Japan
King George
Greece
Detroit
J. F. Duffy
Ford
Philiping
Ask State Park
Allen
Senate Committee On Departmental Affairs
Holdoegel
Calhoun’ County
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