United States Soldiers in France Benefit from Y M C A Education Plan
The Y M C A education scheme for soldiers abroad, led by General Rees with support from Dr John Erskine and Dr Frank Spaulding, offers comprehensive courses from ABCs to university level. About forty schools operate in army camps with dormitories and facilities, while agriculture, manual trades, commerce, and arts programs expand options for soldiers awaiting homecoming.
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United States
France
William H. Crawford
New York Times
Anson Phelps Stokes
Yale University
Pershing
War Department
Rees
Y. M. C. A. Educational Commission
John Erskine
Columbia ,University
Frank E. Spaulding
Public Schools
Cleveland
Kenyon L. Butterfield
Masachusetts Agricultural College
General Rees
Army
Immigrant Training Drive Aims at Skilled Work
About three hundred experts supervise technical schools while the main teaching force is chosen from army personnel. The teaching body exceeds 3,000, ensuring no boy returns illiterate and all can perfect themselves in their chosen field.
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America
U S Food Exports Show Big Gain
Washington reports a 50 percent rise in breadstuffs exports in the first eight months of the fiscal year. Total exports reached $577,850,285 versus $382,190,789 last year. Meat and dairy shipments also climbed from $274,881,044 to $629,195,589.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Cities May Donate Court House Sites
The senate passed the Haskell bill authorizing Cedar Rapids to donate a city land site for Linn county court house. The bill aims to keep the county seat in Cedar Rapids amid years of controversy over moving from Marion. The Whitmore measure to permit druggists with liquor permits to sell sacramental wine also advanced. Shorthand reporters in district court would gain ten dollars per day if the Wilson bill passes both houses.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Haskell
Linn County
Court House House
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Whitmore
Williamsburg Soldier Roy Kuch Dies in German Camp Hospital
Word confirmed Roy E. Kuch of Williamsburg died December 18 in hospital 26 Bavaria after being held in a German prison camp. Earlier reports had him missing after a September engagement on the western front and later in a German camp with wounds. The Red Cross relayed the official notification from Washington via Berne.
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Iowa
Williamsburg
Roy E. Kuch
W. F. Harrison
Red Cross Civil and Relief Work
Washington
Bavaria
Berne
Switzerland
Roy Kuch
Western Front
Fierman
Altho
Hull
Roy
No. 26
Clinton liquor raids net twenty one detainees across city
Federal agents of the department of justice announced results of raids in Clinton on March 31. Twenty one people were apprehended including prominent businessmen. Seizures totaled eighty cases of whiskey four barrels of whiskey sixteen sacks of bottled beer two cases of wine and other liquors. The first defendants were taken to Davenport for Federal Commissioner Bush.
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Clinton
Department of Justice
Davenport
Bush
Treacherous German Pistol Wound For Knoxville Man
Alexander P. Watson of Knoxville Tennessee was wounded in France when a German officer feigned surrender and used a concealed pistol. The weapon, small enough to hide in a palm and fitted to a hand curve, exploded as Watson neared the officer. A nearby doughboy witnessed the incident during a mopping up operation.
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Alexander P. Watson
Knoxville
Tenn
France
Watson
Staneous
Carved in Algerian Rocks Reveals Wildlife Panels
New prehistoric rock drawings in Algeria feature a colossal horned buffalo and an African elephant as prominent elements, along with a lion, leopard, gazelle, and domestic goats and sheep in detailed panels.
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Algeria
San Francisco
Frail Delicate Child Restored to Health by Vinol
Mrs James H Hall testifies that her eight year old boy recovered from whooping cough and weakness after Vinol treatment from Vinci Manville R J The product’s beef and cod liver peptones iron and manganese peptonates and glycerophosphates restored the boy’s appetite strength and health The Saxon Salve is also endorsed for itching and healing by Sherman Bros druggists and others.
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Vinci Manville
R. J
Meacles
Vinci
James H. Hall
Sherman Bros
P. S
Advt
German's Bequest Under Alien Law Delayed
Burlington March 31 delay in executing the will of August Schlapp head of Biklen-Winter Grocery Co due to a codicil granting 5000 to his sister Emma Harting of Darmstadt Germany. Government seizure of alien property may occur if the will is probated before the alien custodian act ends.
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Burlington
August Schlapp
Biklen-Winter Grocery Company
Emma Harting
Darmstadt
Germany
United States
Senate
Austria
Tanks to tour Iowa for Victory Liberty Bonds drive
Four Mosquito Fleet tanks are en route to Davenport Des Moines Sioux City and Mason City to serve as moving distribution points for Liberty Loan exhibits. The two man caterpillar tanks will be shipped by train to county seats for one day stops with barricades shell holes and public demonstrations led by experienced overseas crews.
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Iowa
Uncle Sam
Davenport
Des Moines
Sioux City
Mason City
Liberty Loan Organization
Towa
Chicago
Optimistic Thought on Illness and Blessings
An optimistic view notes that illness brings trials but also blessings, suggesting resilience and hopeful perspective during hardship.
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Educational Commission
Monsieur Tardin
Great Britain
Oxford
Cambridge
Edinburgh
Glasgow
United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Department
Louis Reber
University of Wisconsin
William H. Lough
Business Training Corporation
Chaumont
U. S
Lad
HM Prison
Linton
Peel
Graham
HE Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Standard Oil Company of
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