Lawyers to Aid Registrants Daily in Waterloo Area
Ten attorneys will be on duty daily in Waterloo after December 14 to assist registrants with the questionnaires. Cedar Falls lawyers will aid those in Cedar Falls and nearby townships, while Waterloo and other county areas receive help in Waterloo. A central room will host the attorneys until all questionnaires are completed. All Black Hawk County Bar members volunteer free as a patriotic duty. Questionnaires go to 5 percent of registrants for 20 days. returns are due within seven days.
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Waterloo
Black Hawk County
C. W. Mollan
E. H. McCoy
B. F. Swisher
Cedar Falls
City of
Cedar Is
Washington
Wnson
Black Hawk County Bar Association
American Engineers Seek Men for 27th and 28th Teams
City engineer's office seeks skilled workmen for service abroad with the 27th and 28th engineers. Roles include miners, drillers, blacksmiths, machinists, electricians, foremen and cooks. Applicants contact the chief engineer in Washington, D.C., for recruitment.
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Ar Onge
27Th Engineers
Washington, D
28Th Engineers
Washington, D. C
Recruiting Office in Cedar Rapids Overrun with Applicants
Cedar Rapids Iowa December 12 The local recruiting office ran out of enlistment papers before noon and about 100 men queued to enter the army. The recruiting officer estimated 200 men would be turned away today. Twenty five men were accepted today, totaling 150 enlistments in the last two days.
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Cedar Rapids
More Women Needed for Red Cross Work
Gauze dressings were made at First M. E. Red Cross workrooms yesterday for the first time and 625 were completed. The auxiliary must produce 109 pieces daily to reach the emergency quota. a roll of honor will list attendees. Mrs. J. A. Fownstey chairs. Mrs. J. W. Rinker directs. Present: Mines, Bruner, Owen, Odell, Murphy, Hughes, Griffin, Coykendall, Bird, Stevens, Armagast, Zerkle, Wuntington, Sarvay, Crowther, Heiferman, Meserve, Petrie, Krebs, Smith, Wilkins, Holmes, Townsley. Hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.
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M. EB. Red Cross
J. A. Fownstey
J. W. Rinker
Mines
C. W. Bruner
Owen
Odell
Murphy
Hughes
Griffin
Coykendall
Bird
Stevens
Armagast
Zerkle
Wuntington
Sarvay
Crowther
Heiferman
Meserve
Petrie
Krebs
Smith
Wilkins
Holmes
Greenville sports writer enlists as sergeant at Camp Sevier
Greenville, December news reports Rice the sporting writer who came from New York to join the 115th field artillery at Camp Sevier has been promoted to sergeant. He arrived Sunday to enlist and will serve with the unit.
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Greenville
S. C
Decland Rice
New York
115Th Field Artillery
Camp Sevier
Grain Dealers In Conference Here
George A. Wells will preside at a Waterloo meeting of grain dealers to discuss handling the new corn crop and expanding cooperation with the food administration. The session at Hotel Russell Lamson will feature short talks and a round table discussion on seed corn, soft corn, and farmer cooperation to solve the corn situation.
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Food Administration
Waterloo
Hotel Russell-Lamson Thin
Western Grain Dealers’ Association
Des Moines
George A. Wells
State Association
Rockefeller Gives $70 Million for War Aid
From authoritative sources I learned today that during the last 10 months John D. Rockefeller has personally expended 70 million dollars in aid of the war. His money supported Belgian relief Liberty Loan the Red Cross Y M C A and other war measures. This sum is separate from Rockefeller Foundation expenditures.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Liberty Loan
Red Cross
Rockefeller Foundation
Founder of osteopathy Dr A T Scull dies in Kirksville
Kirksville Missouri December 12 Dr A T Scull founder of the osteopathic school of medicine died here today.
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Kirksville, Mo
A. T. Scull
Osteopathic School of
Meticize
Red Cross Campaign Aims for 65000 Black Hawk County Members
Black Hawk county sets a goal of sixty five thousand American Red Cross members for a Monday start to a week long drive led by county chair Mrs Louis Frank. Volunteers will canvass every person with ward leaders handling city and territory teams and posters and candles tied to Red Cross service flags. National Red Cross Day follows with sermons prepared for clergy to boost support.
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American Red Cross Society
Black Hawk County
Louis Frank
F. W. Powers
Waterloo
Lulu_ Cushman
J. H. Bailey
George N. Cousins
C. F. Altstadt
Edmund Miller
Highland
Harry Tailor
Prospect
Red Cross
Ers
H.B. Kelly
Frank
National Committee
American Red Cross
Passenger service in the West may be reduced
St. Louis December 12 warning that further curtailment of passenger service on western railroads is likely. Officials said eastern lines have called on western lines for motive power as western lines move immense freight tonnage, making it probable passenger service must be cut to release engines for eastern roads.
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St. Louis
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C. J. Miller
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Dpr. Still
Osteopathy
Sycamore Street
Girls’ New Gun Metal
Army
Hall-Ekfelt Company
Park Avenue and
Lafayette Street
Black Hawk
Chamber of Commerce
West
Morgan & Sullivan’s
Madras
Morgan & Sullivan
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