Senator Owen Endorses League Plan as Beginning Not Perfection
Oklahoma Senator Owen in the Senate praised the league of nations draft as wise and just though imperfect. He urged constructive consideration, argued the world’s peace outweighs isolation, and supported preserving sovereignty of member nations while allowing immigration and domestic affairs to remain with each nation.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Owen
Oklahoma
Senate
League of Nations
Frances
Supreme Council of the League
United States
Great Britain
Italy
France
Japan
League
TV Am
Washington
Bob Law Omitted Key Oil Tale Aboard Ocean Road
Mrs. Emily George of Oak Ridge, writing from Texas, says Bob Law left out the best part of an oil well story from the Courier. She recalls an old farmer whose income leaped to $2000 daily and a visit that unveiled a horrific act. The tale notes a hat purchase and a sharp remark by the husband about the expense.
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Emily George
Oak Ridge
Texas
Bob Law
The
Courier
Christian Scientists Aid With 1190 Garments For U S Service
Waterloo branch of the comforts forwarding committee reports supplying 1190 garments to the United States service in 1918, including 215 knitted articles. The committee, part of the Christian Science church, distributed goods via field workers and ships directly to France to aid soldiers and refugees.
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Waterloo
Comforts Forwarding Committee
Black Hawk
United States
Christian Science Church
France
Peters
Roston On
Ag Oteeegas Dupe
al Tefubeees
Iaa
Boston
Heavens in March Guide Details Ancient Lore and Planets
The article recounts the origin of the Ptolemy Soter tale about Berenice hair offerings and the star cluster named for it, describes Virgo and Spica, notes a dense nebula region between Virgo and Leo, and lists planets visible in March including Jupiter Saturn Uranus Venus and Mercury with observing tips and star facts about Arcturus Betarysu es and Denebola.
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uRanus
Berenice
Ptolemy Soter
Egypt
Venus
Jupiter
Leo
C. S. Brainin
Columbia University Observatory
Saturn
Gemini
Castor
Pollux
Regulus
Lion
Earth
Mercury
Neptune
Arcturus
Bootes
Areturus
Ptolemy
Alexandria
Betary
Denebola
Story of Injury to E. P. Nelson in Radio Paper
Harle P. Nelson, son of Mr and Mrs J N Nelson, suffered severe injuries in a Bay of Biscay depth bomb explosion aboard the U S Manley and H M Motagua collision. After ten months in hospitals he returned to Cambridge and visited the radio school where he trained. Nelson, 2, lost his left arm and was hurt in the right leg and back. he credits escaping death by hiding behind a ventilator.
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United States Radio School
Harvard University
Harle P. Nelson
J. N. Nelson
Commercial Street
Harle
Earle Nelson
Selectrician
Radio
Cambridge
Nelson
U. S
Manley
Motagua
Bay of Biscay
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement claims a cold remedy relieves grippe symptoms in hours. A dose every two hours, up to three doses, opens nasal passages, stops discharge, eases headache and feverishness, and costs only a few cents at drug stores.
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Grippe
Yanks Land Bill Wins Senate Sanction and Action
Washington February 27 A favorable report on a 140 million dollar bill to open ten million acres of public lands for veterans was ordered by the Senate Public Lands Committee after Secretary Lane urged quick action. The plan includes loans to servicemen and promises up to 100000 jobs in 60 days with 25000 farms ready for occupancy in 40 states. Lane warned unemployment could boost veteran leadership if not addressed while stressing equal opportunity for returning soldiers.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate Public Lands
Lane
Interior Department
Hog Island Foremen Demand Higher Pay Scale Rejected
Hog Island shipyard foremen who struck last week for higher wages have been offered scales of 66 and 54 dollars weekly for duties, with time and a half overtime and double time for Sundays. Charles Pies of the Emergency Fleet Corporation sent the offer by letter, matching terms rejected previously by the workers.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Hog Island
Charles Pies
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Mr. Piez
American International Shipbuilding Corporation
Quick Home Cough Syrup Promises Fast Relief
An old home remedy touts a Pinex based cough syrup costing about two dollars for a pint. It claims to stop ordinary coughs or chest colds in 24 hours and ease bronchitis croup and asthma by soothing throat membranes. The ad urges readers to ask druggists for two and a quarter ounces of Pinex with directions and guarantees satisfaction.
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The
Pines Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Two Year Sea Duty Sought for New Hartford Sailor Lad
Mark Peterson, sailor lad from New Hartford, writes his father in a letter from Norfolk Virginia about a two year voyage. He describes sailing to the Panama Canal and San Francisco, then Honolulu before heading to China and a station there, not expecting to see the Statue of Liberty again for about two years.
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Mark Peterson
C. PF. Peterson
New Hartford
Norfolk
Panama Canal
San Francisco
Honolulu
Fragmentary shipboard reminiscence of convoy departure
A speaker recalls watching a convoy as it left harbor and imagines life ashore in China later, describing tall clothes and slicked hair. The text reflects a wartime or travelogue tone with fragmented recollections.
Detroit Woman May Accept Chicago School Chief Post
Charlya J. Chadsey of Detroit says she would take the Chicago public schools superintendency if elected by the board of education, a action the board's president says it may vote on.
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Aly
Reform Warden Dies After Brief Illness
James M. Clancy longtime Ossining prison warden and Bronx Democratic leader died in a Philadelphia hospital after a brief illness. Clancy served for years as a prominent prison official and political figure.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Jaimes M. Clancy
Ossining
Bronx
Former Waterloo Boy Killed in Action Nov
Aeltrad J. Gels formerly of Waterloo was killed in action on November 3. His brother C. F. Gels of 415 Bratnober Street was informed. Parents in Indiana received the news early in the month. Gels lived in Waterloo part of each year and worked at the Waterloo Gasoline Engine plant. He registered in Redwood County Minnesota as a Morgan resident in June 1917 and entered service from that location. A fellow soldier reported he fell after being struck by German shell fire.
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Aeltrad J. Gels
Waterloo
C. F. Gels
Brat Nober Street
Pvt. Gels
Indiana
Mr. Gels
Redwood County
Ming
Morgan
War Department
Soldter
Shel
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