Witty British Inventions Propose Odd War Aids
London July 80 The air inventions committee has reviewed over 5000 ideas from British amateurs hoping to aid the war effort. Proposals include freezing clouds to mount artillery, training cormorants to fetch munitions, balloons with heavy guns, and light beams to guide fire. Some schemes seek petrifying cement shells, snakes by pneumatic propulsion, and a long tube to attack Germany. Many ideas deemed novel but impractical, while the ministry notes most lack feasibility.
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London
Associated Press
Ministry of Munitions
Essen
Krupp
Germany
England
Air Ministry
Air Inventions Committee
French Success Pushes From Montdidier Front
Paris reports the French surrounding Montdidier after gains along the Arvillers line. They captured Davenescourt and Rubescourt while advancing east of Arvillers near Roye. Prisoners reach 24009 as Canadian and Australian forces seize Bouchair Mehbaricourt Lihous and enter Rainescourt near Prava. American and British troops take Morlancourt as counterattacks fail.
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Paris
Mont- Aldier
War Office
Arvillers
Davenescourt
Mont-didier
Axsencourt
Fretoy
Rubescour
aAssainvillers
Faverolles
Montdidier
Roye
Pierrepont
Assainvillers
Rubescourt
London
Ang
Iake
Picardy
Bouchair
Mehbaricourt
Lihous
Rainescourt
Monta & War
Soomme
Ancre
Morlancourt
Somme
Parrott Names Helpers To Enforce Food Laws
W F Parrott today announced the appointment of assistant country food administrators. The list includes Louis Fressle Dankerton Ce Madigan Cedar Falls T A Richards La Porte City. Inquiries from dealers or consumers about food regulations should be referred to these assistant administrators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Parrott
Louis Fressle
Dankerton
Madigan
Cedar Falls
T. A. Richards
la Porte City
Cedar Falls News Weighs Higher School Tax Plan
Cedar Falls leaders push to seek legislative authority to raise per pupil tax as state funding fails to cover district needs. County doctors Dr Mead and Dr Vanderveer called to active army service. Rural households see women driving to town with grain to market due to wartime service requests. Community notices include a wedding in Newark, N J, and local social updates and upcoming events.
White company wins Waterloo high school bonds bid
The White company of Davenport was the winning bidder for 160000 dollars of Waterloo independent district school bonds to fund the high school project. Bids ranged by premium and par, with White offering par plus 1250 dollars for 10 year bonds at five percent. Officials say funds will cover completion and equipment, though labor shortages and delays may push back opening.
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White
Davenport
Waterloo
Board of Education
Gay
Mullen Recovering From Severe Burns
Austin McMullen an employee of Citizens Gas and Electric was badly burned in a workplace accident when live wires crossed near his face yesterday afternoon. He escaped serious injury by electrocution and is resting comfortably at his home on Seventh Street East.
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Austin McMullen
Citizens Gas & Electric Company
McMullen
Seventh Street East
Restrictions on Beef Removed Eyes on Iowa Food Rules Easing
Restrictions on beef in Iowa are lifted allowing unrestricted beef consumption for those who can pay. The message from state administrator J F Deems to county administrator W F Parrott notes removal of earlier wheat and sugar controls tied to supply. The report signals growing beef supply while sugar limits may tighten due to dwindling stocks.
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Iowa
J. F. Deems
W. F. Parrott
Milk distributors and producers reach Waterloo contract
W H Maust, Waterloo Iowa Dairy Marketing secretary, said the citys largest milk distributing concern signed a contract to buy milk from association members. The retail price per quart would stay at 12 cents, with no immediate price advance expected.
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W. H. Maust
Waterloo
Iowa Dairy Marketing Association
Faust
Waterloo Labor Board Organized
Preliminary plans for a Waterloo and Black Hawk county labor board were laid at a Commercial club meeting. A. L. Urick and state colleagues described wartime labor shortages and quotas, with boards to survey local conditions and coordinate with Des Moines.
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Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Commercial Club
A. L. Urick
United States Employment Service
Mr. Urick
H. J. Metcalf
Public Service Reserve
C. M. Davis
Employment Service
Des Moines
Iowa
Washington
Hawk County
H. B. Lichty
J. W. Rickert
BH. H. McCoy
Mr. Lichty
Rickert
McCoy
Lichty
Urick
State Employment Bureau
Hel
Purse theft and town robberies reported after daylight
C T Mason of 1009 Grant Avenue reported his pockets picked and purse stolen at a Jefferson Street business. The loss included 32 hundred in checks and five dollars in currency. Earlier, a garage on Logan Avenue north of town was entered. an air pump and tools were taken. A delivery car was left on Seventh and Commercial and later found missing. A tin about an automobile truck loaded with booze was seen passing through Raymond. intercept failed at Waterloo. Mrs Herbert Sutcem of Litchfield Conn says her husband cannot wrestle Wild Toney at East Canaan following a bout that left him unable to work for ten weeks.
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C. T. Mason
Grant Avenue
Jefferson Street
Arthur Olson
Logan Avenue
R. B. Stow
Henderson
Raymond
Waterloo
Herbert Sutcem
Litchfield
Conn
Wild Toney
East Canaan
Rbosston Globe
Overseas casualties list names many fallen and wounded
The casualty roster from wartime Washington lists officers and enlisted men by rank and state, detailing killed in action died of wounds died of disease wounded severely and missing. It names Lieutenants James H. Moore and others from Berwyn, Muskegon, Boston, Baltimore, Covina and more, plus sergeants corporals and privates across many cities, with Died of airplane accident and other causes, and a Marine corps section listing further KIA and WIA cases.
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Washington, D. C
Bled
James H. Moore
Berwyn
Ill
Clayton W. Beach
Muskegon
Mich
Hugh C. Blanchard
Boston
Joseph T. Hanlon
Baltimore
Theodore T. Kirk
Covina
Herman H. Smith
Brooklyn
Wiliam T. Adams
Crawford
N. 2
Otis E. Brown
Indianapolis
John LL Embree
College Paint
Fred W. Tompkins
Owosso
John West
Hartford
Conn
John T. Elington
Thomaston
Tony Ayoub
Brownsville
Frank Enters
Wrightsville
Francis H. Healy
Frank J. Moynihan
Holy
John J. O'Rourke
New York
Jaques A. Krechter
Philadelphi Everett G. Shores
Towanda
John Jacevicz
Woodland
John A. Stecker
Theodore C. Wattieson
Foxstville
Horseshoe
Alquist
Riverside
Conrad A. Jensen
Portland
Ore
Marilem F. Pollubitz
Minneapolis
Mina
Phil Billard
Topeka
Kan
Robert W. Holt, Jr
Clifton Heights
Pennsylvania
Charles C. Boyer
Newport
Tenn
Benjamin &. Carlson
Grunfiy Center
Iac
Robert P. Donaldson
Livington
Cecil_E. Campbell
Gwossa
Afrih
George Ef. Butler
Chicago
Yeee
S&s
Wojlechowski
South Benn
Archie BM. Simpson
Indianolm
Leslie Hexton
Britt
William Hisle
Jaco Irasnow
Madison
Wis
Herman WH. Rabausch
la Salle
Svale Swaleson
Fort Dodge
Charles 5. Combs
la Grove
Richard K.ox
Elwood
Ind
Herman Gaehler
Waukesha
Thomas J. Byrne
South Chicago
Glenn N. Shipley
Alexandria
Dawid H. McCallister
Lawrenceburg
Pitiful case of 14 year old boy picked up in Watertoo
Ed Davis, 14, a crippled ward who left Owatonna state school four weeks earlier, was detained in Waterloo for return to the institution. He recalls little of his parents and describes care by the Hoffman family at Waverly where he was massaged through illness, treated for tuberculosis, and twice sent to hospital. later, he ran away and Minnesota intervened.
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Cal Ciizen
Bny
Mhen
America
Watertoo
Ed. Davis
Owatonna
Minn
A. J Harpman
Harpman
Young Davis
Hoffman
Waverly
Waterloo
Delice
Social Welfare League
University Hospital
JORGENSEN HURT IN INTERURBAN COLLISION IN CEDAR FALLS
Cedar Falls Aug 10 Special P C Jorgensen is in Sartori Memorial hospital with a broken shoulder and chest after an interurban car struck his automobile on Main street about 10 pm yesterday. He apparently failed to see the interurban. The impact heavily damaged his car.
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Cedar Falls
P. C. Jorgensen
Sartori
Memorial Hospital
Jorgensen
Pvt Blydenburgh Wounded In German Offensive
Private Merritt Blydenburgh of Co G 168th Infantry was wounded early in the offensive after lifting his gas mask helmet to adjust it. Shrapnel struck his head, he bled, and he was moved to a hospital under nonstop bombardment. Enlisted June 1917 in Waterloo, he is among Rainbow division men. his mother Mrs Emma Blydenburgh lives at 327 Commercial Street.
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Merritt Blydenburgh
168Th Infantry
Shrapnell
Blydenburgh
Waterloo
Co. G
Rainbow
Emma Brydenburgh
Commercial Street
Farris First Soldier Buried in Fairview War Plot
John W. J. Farris, who died at Camp Pike, will be the first Waterloo soldier buried in the Fairview Cemetery plot set aside for war fallen. His remains arrive at 3:05 Sunday morning with funeral services at 2:20 the next day at the family home 921 Parker Street led by Rev. J. B. Smith.
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John W. J. Farris
Camp Pike
Waterloo
Fairview Cemetery Association
Parker Street
J. B. Smith
Child Breaks Arm Twice In Fall On Lawn
Four year old Charles Sherwood slipped on the lawn while playing with a stick and fractured his left arm between the wrist and elbow. He had just been released from a previous cast and is the son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Sherwood of 126 Harrison street.
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Charles Sherwood
Herbert Sherwood
Harrison Street
Celtic Private Deserts Twice to Mexicans
Pat Kern, a late eighth cavalry private at Fort Sliss Texas, deserted to join the siege near Ojinaga facing Villa's forces. He and a bunkie repaired broken machine guns, repelled attackers until federal troops evacuated, then recaptured at Presidio. Kern later escaped stockade, headed south toward France and war.
Reject 17 Waterloo Men at Camp Pike
Camp Pike Ark August 10. Iowa men rejected for military service due to physical disability include Waterloo residents Frank P Kamische Harry D Tillapaugh Lewis F Kraft Gary Chivens Charles A Novotny Hyman Kaplan Nels E Krogh Harry Rabiner Roy S Ludwig Lloyd C Base Frank N Meriz Zenophon Valestiniades Rinehart Kobb Roy M Heathershaw Charles C Johnson Alfred Frisby James M Jenks Burrell Downs Independence is also listed.
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Camp Pike
Ark
Iowa
Waterloo
Frank P. Kamische
Harry DD
Tillapaugh
Lewis F. Kraft
Gary Chivens
Charles A. Novotny
Hymann Kaplan
Nels E. J. Krogh
Harry Rabiner
Roy 8. Ludwig
Lloyd C. Base
Frank N. Meriz
Zenophon Valestiniades
Rinehart Kobb
Roy M
Cramer Motor Car Company Named Agency for Commerce Trucks
The Cramer Motor Car company has taken the agency in this territory for Commerce Motor trucks. These trucks come in several models to meet trade demands and feature the latest accessories and parts. Chassis are finished orange with black striping, bodies in Commerce dark green, and a metal dash with conveniently mounted instruments. An unusually wide and deep driver’s seat is provided.
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Cramer Motor Car Company
Commerce Motor Trucks
Commerce
First Burlesque Show Cancels Engagement
The Waterloo engagement for Lena Daley and Marty Fields in the French Frolics was canceled after a New York manager noted the lack of baggage cars and Pullmans. The company had rehearsed in Minneapolis for a Kansas City opening on Aug 18. Busby expects no trouble booking Broad way Belles from Chicago for Wednesday.
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Lena Daley
Marty Fields
Waterloo
A. J. Busby
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Busby
Chicago
Stanley I Seaman sunk by submarine east of Cape Hatteras
Last night’s brief reports the American schooner Stanley I Seaman was sunk Monday by a submarine roughly 110 miles east of Cape Hatteras. Other items note President Wilson’s criticism of Congressman Huddleston, Italy recognizing the Czecho-Slovak council, and seizures of enemy firms by Palmer.
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Newport News
Stanley I. Seaman
Cape Hatteras
Washington, D. C
Wilson
George Huddleston
Alabama
Italy
France
Crecko-Slovak National Council
New York
A. A. Faber Company
Newark
XL. F
A. Mitchell Palmer
War Industries Board
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mediterranean
Brooklyn
Peking
Vatican
Iowa Man Named Corps Commander on Battlefront
Washington News Bureau of Waterloo Evening Courier reports Maj. Gen. George W. Read, a former Iowan, was named one of five American army corps commanders in France. Read, from Des Moines near Iowa, rose from cadet and instructor roles to command divisions, with Col. Peyton March and Col. Billy Wright as contemporaries. Read led recruiting early in World War I, built up to triple war strength, and later commanded the regular army cavalry division before heading to France. A quiet, calm officer, he is considered to be in contention for the lieutenant generalship as a potential leader of the force crossing the Rhine.
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Washington News
Waterloo Evening Courier
Washington, D. C
France
George W. Read
Des Moines
West Pol
Iowa
State University
Iowa City
Read
Adjutant General
Washington
Col
Peyton March
United States
Billy Wright
March
Artiery
Cass
Wright
Adj
McCain
Rhine
Prayer Meeting for Soldiers' Mothers Held at Sheridan Home
A prayer meeting for mothers of soldiers will be held at the G. A. Sheridan home at 324 Commercial Street on Tuesday evening. Mothers of soldiers and others interested are invited. If sufficient interest exists, weekly prayer meetings in support of the soldiers will be held there.
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G. A. Sheridan
Commercial Street
P.m
Grand American Comes to Close
Chicago witnesses the Grand American handicap tournament close at South Shore Country Club. Ralph R. Rosentiet of Freeport NL won the consolation handicap with 96 from 17 yards. R Merrill of Milwaukee placed second with 93 from 19 yards. Kozminsky Texarkana Ark and Swartz Kenton O tied for third with 94. Dave Faulkee topped the amateurs with 153 in a straight run, followed by Hummel and Smith. Bart Lewis led the professionals with 123 straight, Barber second, Gilbert third.
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Chicago
Ralph R. Rosentiet
Freeport
South Shore Country Club
R. Merrill
Milwaukee
L. J. Kozminsky
Texarkana
Ark
C. R. Swartz
Kenton, O
Dave Faulkee
Charles Hummel
G. A. Smith
Bart Lewis
R. R. Barber
Fred Gilbert
Rotary Club to hear Dr McLaughlin on public health work
The Rotary Club will host Lieut. A J McLaughlin a physician in charge of federal health department efforts in Iowa to clean up social diseases at its regular luncheon next Monday at the Russell Lamson. Mayor R G Thorp and city health officer Dr D G C Huntoon will attend and may speak on local work under his direction.
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A. J. McLaughlin
Iowa
Health Department
Rotary Club
Russell-Lamson
R. G. Thorpson
D. GC. Huntoon
McLaughtin
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Oklahoma
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Haskell Sadler
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Cincinnati
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St. Louis
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Carbondale
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Pierwon
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Juneau
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Wer Hampton
Cligard Walte
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Appleton
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Frank S. Kotecki
South Bend
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Westport
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Cudahy
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Clinton
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Sheridan
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Efallet
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East Chicago
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Marshall
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West Lafarette
Ross F. Trainor
Bedford
Albert Abrahamson
Sheffield
Frank A. Caesar
Cc. Carty
North Térre Haute
Elvin E. Eventon
Elena
Niels G. Johnson
Atlantic
Edward W. Martin
Allendale
Joseph FP. Martin
Vienna
Frank A. Butchall
Rolfe
Frank TE. Soules
Blufton
John Storest
Milwaut 2
William PF. Surrell
Falum
Anton W. Urban
Peru
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George T. Knott
Southwich
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Robert E. Tuberville
McCune
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Pittsburgh
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Vernal
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Philadelphia
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Jackson
Arnold M. Reader
New Cambria
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Ledgewood
S.J
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Guernser
Wyre
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Chester Springs
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Austin
Lorin Jasper Church
Oakland
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Eagle Ht
N. Av
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Sartori Hospital
Pvt
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Cramer Motor Oak Company
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