Wells Oil Supply Cut Off From War Plants
Washington February 19 The General Electric company has notified the navy department that it will soon shut down three large plants working on war orders because the shipping board has seized tank steamers of the General Refining company for overseas traffic cutting off fuel oil supply. Ships taken to bolster merchant fleet were drawn from Mexican oil fields to American gulf ports. Board asked for immediate oil deliveries to essential industries.
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Washington, D. C
General Electric Company
Navy Department
United States
Shipping Board
General Refining Company
American Gulf
Grain Cars Move Through Waterloo On IC Line
Three hundred twenty cars of Towa grain passed through Waterloo yesterday over the Illinois Central. An average of 200 cars of grain are being loaded daily throughout the state. Elevators along the line are nearly empty as farmers haul grain to stations.
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Waterloo
Illinois Central
Temperatures February 19 Readings from Buchanan Optical
Readings show a range from morning to noon with figures such as 24 to 32 in the morning and 33 to 45 at noon. Entries include historical notations with years 1914 through 1917 and various daily low high values. The data appears fragmented but presents a pattern of temperature intervals and daily extremes.
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Buchanan Optical
Higbee Captains Waterloo Company G in World War I service
Capt. N. G. Higbee, Camp Cody, N. M., transferred from the One Hundred and Thirty-third supply to command Co. G Waterloo, succeeding Capt. Fred J. Fisher. A West Point graduate about ten years ago, Higbee previously led the Governor's Greys at the Mexican border and served as a federal revenue official in Iowa. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Higbee of Fairbank, with recent residence in Webster City and a wife stationed there.
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N. G. Higbee
Camp Cody
N. M
Co. G. Waterloo
Fred. J. Fisher
Higbee
West Point
Internal Revenue Collector
Iowa
Lowa
Governor’s Greys
Dubuque
Webster City
Germans lift ban on enemy newspapers at frontier
Geneva reports that a ban on British French and Italian newspapers at the German frontier has been removed and those publications may enter Germany. American papers are allowed but subject to careful censorship, particularly on articles about American troops in France.
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Geneva
Germany
France
Engineers State Meeting Opens in Waterloo Tomorrow
The 80th annual Iowa Engineering Society session starts at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Waterloo with 160 to 200 delegates. The Iowa State Drainage Association attends in conjunction, Mayor W. R. Law gives the welcome, and Clifford Older leads a highway construction panel. Beth Dean heads the campfire, and reports, papers, and a Waterloo tour close the day.
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Iowa Engineering Society
Hotel Russell-Lamson
Iowa State Drainage Association
Walcome
W. R. Law
Clifford Older
Springfeld
Beth Dean
Glenwood
Waterloo
Holel
Forgery Charge Ties to Railway Stop in County
Gov W. 1 faces forgery charges as he prepared to board a train to Sioux City. Police say he passed nine bad checks at Cedar Rapids merchants, totaling $180 in cash. An arrest followed, with details indicating a brother-in-law linked to the case.
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Sioux City
Min
Witness Testimony in Baltimore Case Cites Passion Defense
Police report a confession from the accused in a Baltimore case. The defense questions if the prisoner struck in heat of passion, but the reply notes the witness struck him under legal provocation.
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Baltimore
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