House Plans to Rush Through Four Big Fiscal Bills
Washington April 32 House readers today planned to pass four appropriation bills in perfunctory form as in the last congress. Army and Military Academy measures to be pressed within 24 hours under a Democrat Republican agreement. Committee chairmanships see few changes with Republicans retaining some key posts while Democrats hold the majority.
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Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Dent
Foreign Relations Committee
Swarms of Recruits Expected With War Definitely Declared
The city’s recruiting offices urge a definite war declaration to trigger a flood of enlistments. Four joined the national guard yesterday while two applied at the navy station and two were sent to Barracks. Captain Weilein announced promotions and new lieutenants as officers push to boost patriotism and recruit the national guard. A letter to camp commanders and Spanish War veterans seeks aid to mobilize Iowa for the country’s call to defend the flag.
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National Guard
tJess L. Pitts
Glenn Douglas
Edgar G. Hickson
John A. Dunham
Navy Station
Army
Charles Kibbee
Co. B
Carl Whitmore
Co. G
Reinbeck
George Weilein
Alvin Baker
Baker
Capt
Weilein
Fort Bes Moises
Romiradss
United Spanish War Veterans
Department of Iowa
W. Mr. Flynn
Iowa
Missionary Meet at St Pauls M E Church
A missionary convention opens at 7 30 p m at St Pauls Methodist Episcopal church under Rev W F Spry Waterloo district superintendent. Speakers include Rev Henry H Rowland Changli China Dr Edwin Hart Richards Africa and Dr Hugh Harrison Linn India with sessions through Thursday. Admission is free. J A Townsley city assessor notes Tiolt deputy will attend council meeting to read assessments for Westfield Hagerman Place and Red Cedar additions.
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St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
Waterloo
Henry HH. Rowland
Changli
China
Edwin Hart Richards
Africa
Hugh Harrison Linn
India
Mr. Rowland
Linn
Bihar
Des Moines
Tahambani
Mr. Richards
Methaediat
J. A. Townsley
A. H. Tiolt
Westfield
Hagerman Place
Red Cedar Additon
Four Churches In Annual Meetings Report Gains
Four local churches held annual sessions last evening with reports and officer elections. First Presbyterian under Dr John Robertson Macartney noted growing membership and solid finances and pledged 55 900 for a new building. Westminster Presbyterian boosted the pastor’s salary and reported satisfactory finances. Burton Avenue Baptist elected officers with reports deferred. United Presbyterian conducted a congregational meeting with positive organziational reports and new officers named.
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First Presbyterian Church
John Robertson Macartney
Westminster Presbyterian
Westminster Presbyterian Church
A. ©. Preston
J. B. Stewart
Frank Andrews
Walter Ballinger
W. DD. Revan
L. D. Shillinglaw
W. A. Dodd
Burton Avenue
E. I. Carr
J.co Morrison
Enited Presbyterian
United Presbyterian Church
F. E. Fowlie
Roy Crawford
J. FE. Selzer
J. AL. Bowman
Joseph Hay
G. F. McCleerr
Ashe A. Carson
W. J. French
Urgent Navy Manpower Drive Seeks Recruits Now
A des Moines dispatch notes an urgent push for Navy volunteers. Ensign E J Gillamo warns that thirty eight thousand five hundred sailors are needed immediately, with Iowa expected to contribute a portion by April 29. The letter emphasizes patriotic duty and national mobilization despite reporting errors in figures.
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T. R. Hansen
E. J. Gillamo
United States
Inwa
Gosirea
Morris Bank to Open April 16 in Waterloo
Waterloo's Morris Plan bank announced by manager W J Rechtfertig that doors will open April 16 with alterations and fixture installation in the Syndicate building nearing completion. Loan applicants will be accepted next week while full operations begin the following week with a representative from the Industrial Finance corporation attending the opening.
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Waterloo
Morris Plan Bank
W. J. Rechtfertig
Rachtforth
Industrial Finance Corporation
Morris Bank
Postmasters Ordered to Guard Federal Buildings
Federal building protection is heightened as Washington directs post offices to exercise unusual care. A night guard is on duty and clerks remain at the building around the clock, reflecting a nationwide tightening of security against enemies of the United States.
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Il. H. Kelly
Post Office Department
Washington
Federal Building
United States
Grain Screw Injures Man At Mill In Cedar Falls
Davyld Savage of Cedar Falls, employed at Wa terton & Cedar Falls Union Mill, had all the toes of his right foot severed when his foot tangled in a grain screw. He was taken to St Francis hospital by police ambulance after the accident while he wheeled grain across the building.
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Davyld Savage
Waterton & Cedar Falls Union Mill Company
Savage
St. Francis Hospital
Rock Island Railroad Orders Thirty New Locomotives
The Rock Island railroad has ordered thirty locomotives with twenty of the 00 type already in use on this division and ten of the newer, heavier engines. The heavier engines feature ten drive wheels and a top speed around 260, signaling a significant upgrade in motive power.
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ROAD
Rock Islan
Deny Move To Grab Cedar Heights Taxes
A Cedar Falls report alleging a Cedar Heights tax demand by the Cedar Falls school board is erroneous. County treasurer W. J. Burbank and Cedar Heights mayor William Galloway both deny any such demand and call the notion a crazy idea. The message also mentions a test of Cedar Heights incorporation and a possible election to fund a new schoolhouse.
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Cedar Falls
Cedar Heights
W. J. Burbank
William Galloway
Galloway
Cedar Freights
Tentative Date Set for Chautauqua in Waterloo
Arrangements are under way by the local W C T U and the Midland chautauqua bureau Des Moines for the annual chautauqua in Waterloo about mid July. BP T Ritz will again head affairs and plan the nine day program once the contract with Midland is signed. Ritz has led the event for five years and knows public demands. Chautauqua usually runs in June but later dates aim to attract better talent and more interest. The program likely starts July 8 as a tentative date.
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Midland Chautauqua Bureau
Des Moines
Waterloo
BP. T. Ritz
Midland Peoples
Ritz
Mr. Ritz
Stranger hanged after German shout in Thermopolis saloon
A man believed to be German shouted Hoch der Kaiser in a Thermopolis saloon. A miner knocked him down as a rope appeared and he dangled from a beam. The city marshal cut him down and revived him. He was forced to kneel, miss the American flag, and then told to leave town.
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Thermopolis
Wro
Council Opens Tax Equalization Review Session
City council members met as a board of review to start equalizing taxes. City Assessor J A Townsley submitted the assessment books as petitions for tax correction were presented by property owners and others appeared in person. The board will remain in session for some time.
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J. A. Townsley
Board of Review
Fire damages residence at 1200 Third Avenue WES
A basement fire at Dr H H Hanna residence 1200 Third Avenue West caused extensive damage to walls and furnishings as smoke spread throughout the house. The origin is listed as a mystery with no injuries reported. Advertisement promotes insurance through Norman C Miller. Photo 24106.203-£ Syndicate Bailing.
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Dr. H. H. Hanna
Third Avenue
Wes
Norman C. Miller
Miller-McCartney Insurance Agency
Belgian relief workers head to Paris from Sawitzed
Seven members of the Belgian relief commission arrive at Herne near Paris ahead of Minister Brand Whitlock. About 90 Americans will accompany him to Paris, while Assistant Director Prentiss Grey and a few others stay to wind up American books. Four to five relief workers remain in Belgium facing quarantine after recent proximity to the German front.
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Herne
Vile Paris
Belgian Relief Commission
Brand Whitlock
Paris
Whittiack
Prentiss Grey
Commission
Elea
Belgium
Runeway Would Join Army as Drummer Boy
A Plymouth lad named Roland Molsherry, age 14, fled home Sunday for Waterloo seeking enlistment as a drummer despite being underage. His father Charles Mossberry followed to Waterloo but lost the trail as the boy, sometimes using the alias Earl Wilson, remains at large.
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Roland Molsherry
Altho
Heyes
Plymouth
Waterloo
Charles Mossberry
Earl Wilson
Metropole Hotel
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