Waterloo factory workers join Red Cross drive in 10 percent goal
In Waterloo 1200 workers at the gas engine plant and extra staff report joining the Red Cross. Campaigns target Junior memberships in schools and a townwide push with shop and business participation including a 10 percent goal before week’s end. Volunteers urge all workers to wear Red Cross buttons and support the drive.
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Waterloo
Redross Mens Pois
John Clapper
Bya
Hed Cross
Vamparsn
Campalensi
Edierial
Tickler’s Drug Store
Striphart Procery
Methermott, Tues Tribnnr
Hemeworth Tocery
White Sea
Waterpo Saddlery
Smart Shop
Spurr Studio
Seane Clothiers
Lincoln Savings Bank
Boeller Clothes Shop
Libert
Warwick Book
U. S
Cboseph
Fowler Company
First’ National Bank
Red Cross Tollevil
Waterino
Prank Bes
Woman's Council of Defense
Warerios
Boy Scouts Aid in Deliveries for Good Fellows
The Good Fellows seek help from Boy Scouts to distribute baskets and assist with delivery trucks on Thursday morning. Scouts are urged to wear uniforms while on duty. The committee lists families needing cheer and asks prompt reports of needs. Donations include two boxes of apples from Waterloo Fruit & Commission Co.
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Anxique
Sig
Whaer
Waterloo Fratt & Commission Company
Shipping expert Baker Dies After Illness in Baltimore
Santa Hinda Cal reports shipping expert WN Baker of Baltimore dies at a hospital after illness. Baker, formerly a member of the shipping board, retired after a dispute with William Oman.
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Santa Hinda Cal
WN. Baker
Baltimore
Ake
Ita
Shipping Board
Willi Oenman
Death by own action shocks small town
Searchers found Mrs. Alicia Hall, 55, of Follett near Sheytown after she vanished from home where she lived alone. Footprints led from her residence to the nearby area as investigators note she had been worrying over affairs before her disappearance.
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Clinton
Ta. Dee
Alicia Hall
Follett
Copper price limits expire under wartime policy
Washington reports that maximum copper prices will expire with the law and will not be renewed. The announcement came from the price-fixing committee of the War Industries Board.
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Washington, D. C
The
War Industries Board
Last Nights News in Brief Summary
Washington reports a German plot against the United States by a director Brinch at the Cacue in Washington. The Senate adopted a revenue bill with a new tax rate of one cent per pound within $50 and one and a half cents outside. Six million people registered in a nationwide drive. Polish troops are reported dead in Ukraine. A dispatch from Thunado notes continued warfare. Britain warns of economic strains and a cautious outlook. New York dispatch claims American destroyers sank three of five enemy submarines, aiding the sinking of a battleship near Giles on November 9.
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Washington, J
Cacue
Washington
Senate
Washington, D
Thunado
Dee
Times
New York
Americ
Reutennia
Giles
Ara
Fech Refuses Armistice Talk With German Delegation
London reports a farcical scene as Marshal Foch rejects German pleas to discuss an armistice despite their claim of agreement on Wilson’s points. He retorts that Germany came to beg for terms, while the German spokesman presses for cessation of hostilities.
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London
Foch
Germany
Wilson
Prench
Chef
Navy destroyer program talks with Secretary Daniels
The meeting in Washington involves all shipbuilders under navy destroyer contracts and Secretary Daniels. He denies any plan to cut the destroyer program, noting over 300 contracts remain outstanding and continuing U S shipbuilding effort.
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The
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Navy
Daniels
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