International peoples house urged to curb war
Canadian Justice Minister Charles J. Doherty argued at the peace conference for an international body to restrain state sovereignty and prevent war. He stressed that action against war must involve peoples beyond individual governments and rely on a popular force surpassing traditional councils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Charles J. Doherty
International People’s House of Representatives
Thay
Men with Families Seek Welfare Aid After War Returns
Replacing soldiers in old jobs raises aid requests at social service headquarters. January saw more men apply for assistance than the previous eleven months combined, many as heads of families who lost work when soldiers came home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Service
Ada M. Palmer
Social Welfare League
Army
Miss Palmer
Temperamental Moods of Miss January in Twenty Three Years
Compiled by Ralph B. Slippy, the voluntary weather observer, the record traces January climate since 1896 with maximum and minimum temperatures for each period. The report notes a parole hearing for Fred House with a five year reformatory sentence and places in context his larceny of fur valued at $40. London reports laundry shortages due to influenza boosting shirt sales. Marriage licensees listed include Alonzo Sheets and Ethel Secrist among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph B. Slippy
Cash
Zeta
H. B. Boies
Fred House
Boies
Anamosa
House
Express Company
Elklets Card Party and Local Church Notices
A society note reports EiNems sf Elklets held a Saturday card party with about 60 members present. Married couples Secrist and Sheets wed H. C. Thompson in Waterloo city hall. Various church groups list upcoming meetings and activities including picnics, devotional services, vestry gatherings, and veteran talks, with hosts and locations in Oelwein Waterloo and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elklets
A. C. Ryan
Mines
J. P. Pevereisen
G. C. Kelly
W. Williams
H. E. ‘Tyllar
J. W. Rowntree
C. F. Brown
Red Cross Sewing Event Planned by Sons of Veterans
The Sons of Veterans auxiliary will host an all day Red Cross sewing session tomorrow in Memorial hall, inviting participation from members and supporters to contribute for war relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's M. E
Foreign Missionary Society
Ww. Ol. Allen
J. E. Johnson
Charles Ferguson
Sons of Veterans’ Auxiliary
Red Cross
Memorial Hall
U-Boat Must Go Likely Verdict In Paris This Week
London reports the league of nations committee may abolish submarines as warships during the coming week. The Paris correspondent notes the move was agreed in talks among Wilson, House, Smuts, and Cecil. Delegates sounded naval opinion. subs could be banned outright and replaced by economic weaponry in future wars. The league aims to curtail armament gradually to defend, paying debt via savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
League of Nations
Paris
the Mail
Wilson
Col
House
Smuts
Robert Cecil
League
Washington
D. C
Holland
New York
Celtic
France
Indianapolis
Evansville
Port Wayne
Richmond
Peoria
Bloomington
Terre Haute
Vienna
Portugal
Manuel @ovich
Prague Ageblatt
Charles
Austria-Hungary
Last Night's News in Brief Highlights From Around the World
Reports from Washington Paris New York Indianapolis Vienna and London summarize wartime returns diplomatic posture and sports league plans. Scarlet fever updates in the city note six new quarantines Saturday and thirteen cases for the week while influenza declines.
Truce Sought Between Poles and Czechs Over Teschen Coal
Paris Feb 3 allied commission plans to divide Teschen coal region between Poles and Czecho Slavs under temporary civil and military administration pending commission arrival. Duchy of Teschen key due to coke coal. dispute centers on suzerainty and ethnological division. Czechs cite Bohemian kingship. Poles want division along ethnic lines to gain control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Poland
Teschen
Duchy of
Austrian-Silesia
Rhode Island
Czecho-Slovakia
Bohemia
Poor Man's Fruit to Be Cheaper Says Carrier of Banana
The American Fruit and Vegetable Shippers' convention at Hotel Sherman denounces government control of telephones and telegraphs and urges return to private ownership. W H Mouser of Jacksonville led the resolution criticizing Postmaster General Burleson. William Newsome of Boston Fruit Dispatch predicts bananas will be cheaper and more plentiful as ships resume regular transport. E P Miller notes open winters will make potatoes cheaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
The
American Fruit and ‘Vegetable Shippers’ Association
Hotel Sherman
W. H. Mouser
Jacksonville
Fla
Burleson
William Newssome
Boston Fruit Dispatch Company
E. P. Miler
Child Welfare Chief to Name U S Guests at April Conference
Paris date report says Miss Sulla C G Lathrop head of the U S Labor Department child welfare division meets French and Belgian officials to invite international delegates as guests of the American government. Plans call for the invited group to tour the United States after arriving in Washington to study child welfare issues first hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Ress
Paris
Sulla CG. Lathrop
United States Department of Labor
France
Belgium
United States
Washington
Fiume Officers Tell Decision to Join Italy
Paris dispatch reports the Fiume national council, city mayor, and deputies’ memorandum to the peace conference. It claims Fiume became independent after Austria’s dissolution and chose to join Italy for national and benevolent reasons.
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Fiume
Italy
Paris
Wilson
Peace Conference
National Council
House of Deputies
Austria
Europe
America
Fiame
Benevaeis
Food relief for stricken Europeans arranged by supreme council
The article reports the inter allied supreme council arranging food supply and relief for territories occupied by allied forces on the Rhine left bank. It mentions cooperation with Red Cross to distribute food to Russian Serbian and Roumanian prisoners in Germany and to aid Czech and Slovak groups. It includes births notices from readers as part of the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Finn
Sycamore
Wiliam David
William Smith
Mt Vernon Township
Wayne
Associated Press
Eyarete
David Daniel
al Mine Paris
Ptoetess Vaughan
Randall
Jacob Schmitt
Thelbertville
Cecilia
Amelia
Supreme Council
S¢ye
Otis S. Bielke
Harold Itlek
Rhine
Red Cross
Germany
Yanks Arrive on Samarinda With 278 Casual Troops
The American steamship Samarinda arrived from St Nazaire in New York with 278 troops all casuals. Included is Casual Company No. 133 from Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samarinda
Associated Press
New York
St. Nazaire
Georgia
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Chamdber
Alonzo Sheets
Waterloo
Ethel Secrist
Oelwein
Bryan B. Bausman
Wellsburg
Mabel P. Petereen
New Hartford
EiNems
Societb
First Brethren
Christ Episcopal
Lloyd Hall
Daughters of the King
D. 0. Huntoon
A. G. Sawyer
J.D. Club
Mra
W.E. Peavey
Franklin Club
EB. H. Horns
B. W. Schuneman
Daughters of
Isabella
Walnut Street Baptist
Board of Trustees
Alpha Philathea
Matthew Westrate
Missionary Society
W. B. Howell
Arthur Bentz
Parig
U.S
Ils
YMCA
Brussels
Axminster
Hall-Ekfelt CO
Park Avenue
Lafayette Street
Black Hawk Tire & Rubber Co
5Th St
Altenburg Tire Rebuilders
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