France Deserves Sympathy At Black Hawk County Meeting
About 7y members of the Waterloo Automobile Dealers association, soon to become the Black Hawk County Motor Trades bureau, met at Russell-Lamson hotel for a social evening. David Beecroft spoke on wartime destruction in France and Belgium, urging American sympathy, while Mrs. Waterous sang before a crowd that included local officials and industry leaders.
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Waterloo Automobile Dealers* Association
Black’ Hawk
Motor Age
R. H. Cramer
A.J. Knapp
Iowa State Motor Trades Bureau
M.reynolds
Petroleum League
Co A. Clark
Beecroft
Paul Davished
Jayne Herbert Waterous
Metropolitan Opera Company of
New York
Waterous
Jayne
Independence
Altho
United States
Jesup
Independente
B. D. Hull
Tesup
Anolder
Cherokee
Morris Jayne
Trinity Church
Herbert ‘Witerous
Warren Proctor
Cedar Falls
France
England
Paris
St. Mihiel
Red Cross
Valorous Salvation Army Workers Win War Honors of America and Europe
New York April 30 Salvation Army Commander Evangel ine Booth announced a long list of awards for Salvationists across nations. Victoria Crosses awarded to Private W Clamp Private James H Finn and Private Roy Holmes for bravery under fire and pill box actions. Multiple other honors include British Military Crosses, Distinguished Service Orders, Distinguished Conduct Medals, and Croix de Guerre among French Italian Belgian recognitions.
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Salvation Army
America
Europe
New York
Gladys
Irene McIntyre
Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army Today
W. Clamp
James H. Finn
Roy Holmes
Maj
Green
Jackson
Mackditie
McKenzie
Newman
Palstra
G. Robinson
Wm. Wile
H.T. Wills
Cockerill
James Stone
Navy Tireat
Gallipoli
France
Salvation
Army
Coulgon
Payne
Hooker
How Champagne And Underground Passages Shaped War
A speaker described German occupation homes left in ruins with beds torn, dishes broken, and valuables stolen. He contrasted German cruelty with Allied endurance, and detailed Metz underground networks storing champagne and routing troops. He highlighted French road work on the front and multi-national labor on highways.
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Hestof
Beecrof
Hindenburg
Chaumpagne
Beecroft
Reims
Metz
France
Betcroft
State Checkers Day records praised by Whitney and Munn
E F Whitney state checker and Allen Munn completed two weeks of auditing the city administration. They found accounting in order with minor errors and noted a lack of an appropriation ordinance. Free motion pictures lecture announced at K C hall. Road to Verdun described with daily traffic figures.
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E. F. Whitney
State Checker
Allen Munn
State Auditor
Des Moines
Whitney
Bel
Verdun
Chaos and violence fill Last Night's News in Brief
Bolshevik forces sacked allied troops on the Marininsk railway at Kurgomin on Monday but were repulsed. Ten dead and one fatally injured after an explosion during an attempt to ignite coal oil by a farmer. Mrs Thomas W Hardwick burned and a negro maid severely injured by a mailed bomb. Governor Harrington rejects Cumberland Willard Dempsey fight permit. Italy Fiume demands upheld in telegraph to Italian societies. New aerial express planned between New York and Chicago by American Railway Express. Bavarian troops with 15 000 Prussia cross the Danube toward Munich.
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Kurgomin
Chelsea
Okla
Atlanta
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Hardwick
Georgia
Baltimore
Harrington
Koons
Cumberland
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Fiume
Bodge
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Boston
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Berlin
Prussia
Danube
Munich
French Banker Edouard Dupont to Speak at Group 3 Iowa Bankers Meet
Major Edouard Dupont of the French high commission in Washington will be a principal speaker at Group 3 of the Iowa Bankers meeting in Waterloo. A veteran of the war from Château Vheuilly, he served as an officer until 1917 and later advised the United States as a military consultant. Dupont, linked to Henry Dupont & Co. of Paris, will discuss The Thrift of France and The Thrift of America and International Finance. He is invited to answer bankers’ questions as a representative of the Iowa war savings committee.
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Edouard Dupont
French High Commission
Washington
Iowa
Waterloo
Dupont
Chateau Vhierly
168Th Regiment
United States
Henry Dupont,& Co
Paris
Wde
Thrift
France
America
International Finance
Towa War ‘Savings Committee
Owners to Take Cables Back Friday at Midnight
Washington April 30 Acting on orders from Postmaster General Burleson officials began preparations to return control of cable systems taken over by the government last November. The operation centers on restoring private ownership as the stage is being set for the midnight Friday handover.
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Washington, D.C
Burleson
Post Office Department
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Italy Hails Premier Orlando in Confidence Vote
Rome reporters note that Premier Orlando received a long ovation as deputies affirmed continued government confidence. The debate touched on Fiume and allied relations, with Orlando urging harmony and conciliation while acknowledging unresolved differences with allies and the need to pursue a united path in peace.
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Sonning
Fiume
Zara
Sebenicy
Spalato
Beénazza
Italy
Luzzatti
Orlando
London
Rome
Hayas
Italy’s Parliament backs government in push for peace
The article notes an Italian parliamentary display of solidarity with the government and President Wilson’s responsive stance on Adriatic adjustment. It reports the Corriere D’Italia viewing the deputies’ vote as Italy’s will to aid peace, with the press praising the prime minister’s conciliatory tone and anticipating resumed talks on the Italian question. Paris commentary echoes support for Orlando’s conciliatory approach and hints at renewed conferences under Italy’s favorable hand.
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Pevjble
Corriere D'Italia
Chamber of
Italy
Paris
Havas
Orlando
Feeult
Pers
Ebrio
Orland
Ber. Stereste
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