War cabinet proposal to relieve officers from clerical duty
Washington report on Congressman Towner's plan for a wartime cabinet adding three departments war supplies transportations and munitions to shift clerical tasks away from officers. He argues unity speed and efficiency would follow with a president leading a formal war cabinet and absorb existing boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Munitions
War Industries Board
Munitions Standards Board
Aircraft Board
Advisory Committee On Aeronautics
War Cabinet
Departments
War Service
Towner
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Secretary of Transportation
Secretary of Munitions
Secretary of War Supplies
Denay
War Department
Aviator Cadet Killed By Fall At Love Field
A cadet in the aviation branch of the signal corps R E Stali of Detroit fell 200 feet at Love Field Dallas and was instantly killed. He was piloting his aircraft solo on his second flight when the accident happened and he would have earned his commission within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
R. E- Stali
Detroit
Mich
Signal Corps
Love Field
Fort Des Moines Hospital to be enlarged to 3000 beds
Washington army officers announced the enlargement of the Fort Des Moines hospital from 1100 to 3000 beds. Fourteen medical officers under Col. Bingham and 50 medical department enlisted men will serve there. Part of the facility is to be ready by March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Fort Des Moines
Washington Army
Bingham
Conditions in England Describe Food Shortages and War Efforts
Tom J Morris reports a letter from cousins in Dewsbury England detailing a severely strained food situation. They note bacon ham cheese butter tea jam oleomargarine raisins and meat are hard to obtain while their mill works night and day producing khaki for soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Tom J. Morris
Cousins
Dewsbury
Russell Will Speak 3 Times Thursday
Charles Edward Russell, newly back from Europe and Russia, will speak Thursday at Waterloo Commercial club at 12 30 pm, at Imr at Methodist church 2 pm, and Grace Methodist church in the evening. He urges workingmen to attend, asks those who can to leave seats for daytime workers, and notes his pacifist but fighting stance and typographical union membership. Children under 16 are asked to stay home.
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Charles Edward Russell
hatQefelds
Europe
Waterloo
Imrat
Russell
Petrograd
Moscow
Russia
Marne
Aisne
Army Captain of German Sympathies Sent Up 25 Years
New York, Feb 25 Capt. David A Henkes Sixteenth Infantry U S A has been sentenced to dismissal from the service and confinement at hard labor for 25 years by a general court martial at Governors Island Henkes of German descent sought resignation claiming he could not fight against relatives and friends He wrote to the secretary of war urging acceptance of his resignation He argued that service would pit him against kin and warned of probable consequences He was ordered to France and later wrote again to the adjutant general He faced court martial at Governors Island on charge of violating article ninety five of war The finding placed imprisonment at Fort Leavenworth Kan and declared Henkes ceases to be an Officer of the army from Feb 23 1915
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New York
David A. Henkes
Sixteenth Infantry
U. S
Governor's Island
Henkes
San Antonio
Tex
Hurone
Altho
Germany
France
Washington
Ife
United States
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
West High Star Enlists for Military Service
Herbert Matthews star football and basketball player at West High announced enlistment in a company of engineers. He will depart Wednesday for Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, then Baltimore, Md, effectively ending West High’s chances at Cedar Falls sectional playoffs. Matthews, West’s center, follows Paul Simopson who joined the Navy within a week and awaits final examination within 10 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Matthews
West High
Jin
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Baltimore
West
Cedar Falls
Matthews
Paul Simopson
Navy
Fuel ban modified allows larger orders in Waterloo
A consignment of substantial size arrived in Waterloo and was presented to the Waterloo fuel board. The board reports the fuel situation improved and individuals may now order more than a ton at a time. Delivery up to a full load may be made at the dealer's discretion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Waterloo Fuel Board
Germany Under Blight Seen By Returned Prisoners
London report describes 380 former Ruhleben prisoners of war saying Germany now feels like a country under a blight. Civilians report barbed wire fever and mental strain after years of captivity, while observers note a stark decline in prosperity, empty stations, fuel shortages, and women working on railways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Ruhteben
Germany
Northea
Manchester Guardian
Daily Telegraph
Spandau
Hanover
Pershing Praises American Women's Red Cross Work
Gen Pershing commends American women for Red Cross garment work for expeditionary forces in France. He urges acceptance of a 100000 convalescent uniforms offer and notes duplication if the medical department buys pajamas gowns robes and convalescent suits elsewhere while the Red Cross provides them free. The work boosts morale and frees commercial labor for other needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
France
Washii
Red Cross
United States
Waterloo Lodge to Meet for Third Degree Work
Waterloo lodge No 103 A F and A M will hold a called communication at the Masonic temple Tuesday evening for work on the third degree. Waterloo review No 22 will have its regular meeting Tuesday at 7 43 p.m. in Maxwell hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Review
Maxwell Hall
Waterloo Lodge
Masonic Temple
Red Cross Kit for Every Man at Front
Washington announces every American soldier entering the trenches receives a Red Cross comfort kit packed by an American woman. Maj James H Perkins, Red Cross commissioner to Europe, reports the kits include towel, shirt, writing paper, pencil, soap, handkerchief, socks, mirror and tobacco and notes troops value socks and tobacco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Red Cross
James H. Perkins
Europe
Imlay
Perkins
City in Brief Update from Waterloo and Surroundings
Local notes report Miss Mayedhuck and Mrs Trastune Torpey events in Waterloo as well as Reed returning from West Union. Wayne or Gordon Want at the 6.3.5 OWshowma appears unclear. Mrs. Sarah Hemin-Davis visits Chicago. Miss Malina Page attends a dressmaking convention. Fire department fights a roof fire at 212 Seventh Street East. Ralph Winsor and Mare gie Appleby wedlock in Waterloo. couple to live near Monona. Tala Davis receives War Risk Insurance appointment in Washington. Red Cross aims to form a food administration committee. east schools board to review high school equipment bids. First Baptist Red Cross Kensington Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayedhuck
Bpspy
Trastune Torpey
Reed
West Union
Gordon
Wagner Hotel
Seventh Street
Ralph Winsor
Monoua
Maregie Appleby
Waterloo
Justica FL Knapp
Monona
Tala Davis
War Risk Insurance Department
Government Service
Washington, D. AL
BL Cropper
Red Cross Society
A. E. Kepford
Red Cross
Iowa
Food Administration
Board of Education For
East
Ladies of
First Baptist Church
Kensington
kEverybody
Ford held up a model employer at wage hearing
Chicago Feb 23 stockyards wage arbitration resumed Ebert Beeman welfare director Wilson Co was cross examined by Walsh representing the employer The discussion touched on Ford quoted views profit sharing higher wages and 8 hour day noting ford claimed 2019 men moved to better homes drinking stopped and more work produced Beeman declined to endorse Ford’s economic views and compared living conditions at stockyards with South Chicago steel mills Des Moines Feb Joe Kinhjikar an alien was found dead near the road apparently clubbed to death Robbery suspected
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ebert Bee- Man
Wilson & Co
Walsh
Henry Ford
Hhe
Ford
James G. Condon
Packers
Beeman
Mr. Ford
Feedom of the World photodrama at Palace Theatre
The Palace Theatre presents a patriotic photodrama showing soldiers marching to battle and civilians in war zones. It depicts nations uniting against a common enemy and the arrival of the Stars and Stripes on the battlefront in France, expected to stir strong audience reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dattlefront
France
Palace Theatre
Injured in Interurban Collision Near Riverside Dr
A snowbound collision near the Sans Souci bridge at Riverside Drive injures several aboard the interurban bound for Cedar Falls. Motorman M A Donningham and Conductor M W Beckner are noted for prompt action, with Car Operator Huntington praised for staying at the wheel to brake, saving more severe harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon Ftaa OO
Ala
Dubay
Mraneis Hospital
M.ow
Cadwallader
Baek Wreneh
Dart Nel Gorfaus
Abe
Walle
Uis
Normier Streae
Jasper We
Ehest
Bru
Abto
Hora Stuer
Te Darba
Huintington
Swift's Gallery Play on U S Price Control Revealed
In a 1917 letter Louis F Swift labeled Swift & Co public support for federal max price limits as gallery play. Attorney Francis J Heeney read the missive before FTC Chairman Davies, noting the timing and intent behind the company stance amid government price controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift
U.S
Chinaga
Louis PF. Swift
Swift & Co
Francis J. Heeney
Davies
Federal Trade Commission
Louis F. Swift
Charles 14
Washington
Kleney
Bride and Navy Ensign Wed in Airplane Ceremony
In New York Governor's Island Ensign Sperry of the naval flying school married Miss Winifred Allen after flying to the island. The ceremony was held in the presence of immediate family before the couple headed to Manhattan for dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Erasmus Hall High School
Ensign Sperry
Navy
Miss Allen
Sperry
Massachusetts
Germans Plan to Restore Romanoffs in Russia
London reports Germany plans to restore the monarchy in Russia. The Grand Duke of Hesse is named commander in the Riga sector. Alevacdea, as guardian of her son, is cited as the favored candidate for the throne. The former emperor reportedly will not accept a German hand throne. Bolshevik rule is described as pure despotism paving the way for monarchy return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Russia
Hesse
Riga
Emprees Alevacdea
Czaresiteh
No Man's Land A Vast Shifting War Zone
A reflective piece portrays No Man's Land as a vast, shifting European theater from Switzerland to the sea. It explores landscape variety from mountains to mud, the presence of war machines above, and the haunting notion that land changes hands, from No Man's Land to Someone's Land, with Atkins noted as current possessor.
River Captain Cant Witham Timwerzan Dies
St Lema Mo Feb 24 Captain Cant Witham Timwerzan president of a river excursion company and among the oldest steamboat captains on the Mississippi river died last night of a brain hemorrhage. He carried about 6 600 000 passengers over his career on the river boat line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oed
St. Lema Mo
Cant Witham Timwerzan
A River Excursion Company
Mississippi River
Russian Front News Deepens Amid Brest Litovsk Talks
Bundon reports Braseviteh named successor to Krylenko as commander in chief for the imperial armies. German advances press toward Minsk and Treval as Bolsheviks seek armistice terms. Allied ambassadors in Petrograd plan to stay, awaiting clarification of terms, while new Russian delegates prepare to fight for Brest-Litovsk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hob
Helene
Pravda
Dhe
Bolshesi Garn
CNG Goon Nintis
Bundon
Braseviteh
Hasty Krylenko
Ipsiar
Toy
Berlin
Ger
Brigeviteh
Brojevitch
Sniff
Kroienky
Connie von Hertling
Tddreasa
Germany
Russia
Peter the Eal
Livonia
Esthenia
Gulf of Finland
Treval
Minsk
Krylensio
Trussia
Tovinsk
Petrograd
Tretrograd
Ena
Siberia
Frane J. Butler Wright
Norman Armour
Johnson
James G. Bailey
William, Huntington
Voelogda
James A. Ruggles
Coonskins Sell for Three Dollars in Texas Report
Amid East Texas boar hunting boom coon skins rise to two fifty to three dollars per hide. Farmers employ many laborers as camps form by Caddo Lake and into Louisiana. Skins shipped at railroad points to ready markets. A Messenger Boy Injured: Lambert Sellick struck by car near Fifth Street East. bruised and cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
East
Caddo Lake
Louisiana
East Texas
Lambert Sellick
Western Union Telegraph Company
Fifth Street
Miler Street
Woman pulled to death by large fish at Moss Beach
San Francisco reports a large fish, likely a shark, dragged Mrs Anna ConzH into the surf while she fished from Moss Beach. Companion Emil Redenbeck alerted others as the struggle ended with the woman submerged. Rescue efforts followed before the body was lost to the sea. A separate note mentions a $2,700 diamond drill bit recovered in Massachusetts after 16 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Anna Conzh
Moss Beach
Conners
Emil Redenbeck
Jerly
Redenbeck Cau
Gedenbeck
Massachusetts
Ieveland Cliffs
Newaunee
Simple Lay Inspires Rural Pledge to Support Pullet
In Indianarekis News a rural piece urges citizens to protect and feed hens and pullets, praising frugality and domestic thrift. The verse calls for volunteers to aid the land, extending the days of the gentle bird and honoring patriotic labor through simple care and nourishment.
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Washington News Bureau
Waterloo Evening Courier
Con-gressman Towner
Congress
War Administration
Chamberlain
Department of War Supplies
The
Fuel Administration
War Trade Board
Committee On Supplies
Committee On Raw Materials
Council of National Defense
Department of Transportation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Shipping Board
Committee On Shipping
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Mr. Towner
West Point
Fort Des Moines Hospital
Pershing
Trent
Bommad
Dro Bgena Kotaekett
Hieage
Sarah Hemin-Davis
Malina Page
Mourth
T Chicasee
Joe Kinh- Jikar
Coup Attote UE
Eypshiedk
Waterloo Way
Kaiser
Wilhelm
Pyewe
Deane
Victorsown
Aitrer
Preshbean
Wilesen
Ouemie
Todd
AB Walter
Chierlos
Radser Uy
Dse
Pete Haeles
Lelaer
Mart Howeart Ayer
Hte Kariner
Davelever
N Boleen
Fred Northey
Tenth
Inns
Delaga- Hon
Kansas
Cleim
Briat
Urdar Rapids
Wuroepe
Tames
Switzerland
Lucerne
Death
Manders
Auootang
Prige
Peage
ACN Tvs
M. Karakhan
Brest Litovsk
Vatrograd
Brest Litovek
M. Karakian
Workmen's
Solders
M. J Ainaviedt
Alugaten
M. Abjeff
M. Bokolkokof
Brest Liovsk
Tamperancnes
Buchanan Optical Co
Sle
Indianareiis News
Doni
Leath
Leath’s
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