Armour Acknowledges Central Agency to Stabilize Meat Prices
J O Armour of Armour & Co testifies before the House Interstate Commerce Committee on a central agency to regulate meat shipments and prices. He argues for reasonable pricing and producer protection while noting demand factors and existing zone operations. The hearing touches on tariffs, advertising costs, and potential constitutional issues.
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Associated Frees
Washington, D. C
House
Interstate Commierce Committee
Ogden Armour
Armour & Co
K. Armour
Depheny
Nebraska
Armour Aid
Food Administration
Mr. Stephens
Armour
Stephens
SSA
Andd
Hamilton
Mich- Jean
Wilson
Banquet Delights West HI High Students
Sixty five boys of the West HI High attended a noonday Y M C A banquet. A T Hukill the superintendent Wallace the principal and Rev Johan B Smith gave speeches on how the Bible shapes lives and morals.
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West High
Y. M. CG. Avi
A. T. Hukill
Wallace
Johan B. Smith
Mr. Smith
Hines Sees Less Freight Traffic This Year
Director General Ines said current indications point to reduced freight traffic in the year and therefore he does not expect a significant drop in general rate levels during the year.
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Hines
Frielgtet
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Ines
113 Objectors in Leavenworth freed by Baker
Secretary Baker ordered the release of 113 conscientious objectors held at Fort Leavenworth. The sentences were remitted, their honor restored to duty, and they were discharged from the army. Two groups are listed based on board recommendations and re‑examination findings.
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Washington, D. C
Baker
Fort Leavenworth
Board of Inquiry
Julian Mack
Cleveland
Berea
Majority Socialists in Berlin Win Big Yet Call Results Unsatisfactory
Berlin dispatch reports the Majority Socialists won an absolute majority in Berlin and suburbs but bourgeois parties gained more seats than expected. East Prussia saw a surprising socialist surge while Conservatives maintained strong nationwide support. unofficial totals show 132 Majority Socialist delegates to 319 total from 28 districts with several other parties securing seats.
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Preas
Amsterdam
Jal
Altho
Berlin
Handelsblad
Lokal Anzeiger
East Prussia
Copenhagen
National Assembly
Jones Proposes Ship Construction Ban to Aid Europe
In Washington Senator Jones of Washington attacked the administration for not removing limits on building steel ships in American yards for foreign orders. He said the policy harms U S workers, diverts contracts abroad, and urges the president to protect American rights and interests while pursuing peace.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Jon
Wilson
Senate Today
Jones
Washington
Europe
Lloyd George Would Not Invite Lenine or Trotzky to Congress
London reports quote Premier Lloyd George as opposing inviting Lenine or Trotsky to the peace congress. He favored sending representatives from all Russian political life to Paris to provide reliable information on the country’s situation.
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Lloyd George
Lenine Or
Trotzky
Congress
Prasa
London
Russia
Reuter
Nikolai Lenins
Leon Troizky
Russa
Paris
Siberian Road Wage Question Is Serious
Difficulties of great magnitude loom in reorganizing the Trans Siberian railway under John F Stevens as chief administrator. Labor and wages must be solved, locomotives and cars deteriorate, shops are inefficient, and Bolshevists damaged engines. The Omsk government offers official satisfaction and aid to Stevens. NASS FAMILY RECOVERING. Anna Ness and family members recovering from illness at Presbyterian Hospital and home.
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Associated Press
Vindivostok
Trans-Siberian Railway
John F. Stevens
American Railway Commission
Russia
Stevens
Bolshevists
Trans-Siberian
Omsk
Mr. Stevens
Nass
Anna
Louis Ness
Presbyterian Hospital
Edna
Mima
H. EB. Clausi
H. B. King
Permanent injunction issued in Waterloo influenza case
Judge C W Mullan signed a decree after which the clerk issued a permanent injunction. It restrains Waterloo city boards of health and East Waterloo township from interfering with the hospital under police powers or pressuring entry of influenza patients. The decision was filed last Saturday. Edwards Longley Ransier Harris and B H McCoy represented the hospital.
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C. W. Mullan
St. Francis Hospital
City Boards of Health
Waterloo City
East Waterloo Township
Mullan
Edwards, Longley
Allied spies used planes for covert drops in war effort
Report from Hugland describes a British led invasion of German lines using aircraft and parachute drops. Many operatives, including a 22 year old American, conducted dangerous intelligence missions behind enemy lines and some were captured and executed.
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Golfiers
Hugland
Intelligence Department
Germany
Belgium
France
Great Britain
Federal agency places 186 into jobs past week
Weekly report shows Waterloo bureau referred 266 to employers with 186 placed in all classes. Of those referred 167 men and 99 women. those placed were 118 men and 0 women, 69.9 percent placement rate. Sioux City office burned, destroying equipment and records. San Francisco reports canaries stolen by lutcher birds in Sutro forest, butcherbirds prey on songbirds and migrate seasonally.
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State
Federal Employment Bureau
Waterloo
Sioux City
Canaries
Lutcherbirds
Sutro Forest
Butcherbird
Hawk
Sutro
Iowa Manufacturers' Fire Insurance Co. Reports Fine Year
The Iowa Manufacturers' Fire Insurance Co. held its annual meeting to report a satisfactory year. Capitalized at 100000, with a 56000 surplus, assets total 256032.15 in Iowa investments. Nearly 500 agents operate statewide with potential expansion to neighboring states. Officers reelected include W. W Marsh president and Hermann Miller secretary. Stockholders from Fairfield Fort Dodge Cedar Rapids attended.
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Waterlow
Iowa Manufacturers’ Fire Insurance Company
Hermann Miller
Iowa
W. W Marsh
Geo. N. Garrettson
Robert Palmer
A. H. Molt
Wr. Louden
Fairfield
Robert Paterson
Fort Dodge
Cedar Rapids
Brockton Mayor's Secretary Earns Praise in Testimony
Miss Rose A. Panze, 1 year old secretary to Mayor Gleason, presided over city testimonies for over a week with precision and finesse. New orders and decisive acts drew wide commendation while Niv or Greagon was reportedly summoned to Washington.
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Brockton
Mass
Rose A. Panze
Gleason
Miss Panze
Nivor Greagon
Incian
City plans discussed for bridge work and drainage
A conference at city hall called by Mayor R C Thompson will bring together civil groups and the Central Labor Union to review a city construction program. Favored items include a Sans Souci bridge and a Westfield avenue bridge tied to Miles Street expansion and Red Cedar addition streets. A Virden creek drain is favored, with land gains from reclaiming the waterway cited. Paving and resurfacing streets also discussed. a decisive meeting was planned with business and labor voices.
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Civil Organizations
Central Labor Union
R. C. Thompson
Sans Souci
Black Hawk
Westfield Avenue
Miles Street
Red Cedar Addition
Cedar Falls
Virden Creek
Waterloo West
Illinois Central train derailed near Dubuque
A Illinois Central passenger train No. 11 derailed near Center Grove three miles west of Dubuque after a penny truss span failed on a bridge. No injuries reported though three sleepers and two coaches were moved to Dubuque and detoured via the Great Western to Dyersville, arriving two hours late.
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Alinoig Central
Center Grove
Dubuque
Altho
Williams
Western Lines
Wilinois Central
Great Western
Dyersville
Waterloo
Illino is Central Railroad Band honors Waterloo director
Cal Huntsinger, Waterloo resident and director of the Thinolgs Central land, received a handsome ivory and ebony baton with gold bands from boosters of the Illinois Central Railroad Concert Band association. The band has shown rapid progress and ranks among top similar outfits nationally. Powell's Educated Goats at Garden Theatre tonight.
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Cal Huntsinger
Waterloo
Thinolgs Central Land
Illinois Central Railroad Concert Band Association
Bolshevism Has No Chance to Get Into Switzerland
Geneva reports the Swiss government will bar Bolshevism from cantons and uphold democratic institutions. President Calender says Switzerland will act with energy against subversive elements and stray propaganda from abroad. The federal council and assembly united to defend public order and deter revolutionary agitation.
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Federal Council
Switzerland
Diisorder
Kerous
Calender
Associated Press
Socialist Committee
Zurich
Federal Assembly
Rainbow Division to Parade on Homecoming in New York and DC
Washington dispatches report Secretary of War Baker has effectively decided the Rainbow division now in the American army will be paraded upon its return from overseas duty. The unit will parade in New York and the national capital and many Waterloo troops are with the Rainbow division. No embarkation date has been set.
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Washington, D. C
Baker
Rainbow
American Army
New York
National Capital
Waterloo
Powell
Garden Theatre
Waterloo lenders weigh move to lower interest rates
A joint Waterloo meeting of building and loan associations and the real estate board discussed lowering interest rates. The topic was reviewed a year ago but deemed unadvisable by both borrowers and lenders. Directors will receive a February report on the issue.
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Real Estate Board of
Waterloo
George P Beck's Eighty Seventh Birthday Noted
Waterloo celebrates George P Beck on his 87th birthday. A longtime resident since 1856, he recalls past milestones before the river bridge and early locomotive whistle. Neighbors praise his health and vigor, stating he feels no different than 40 years ago.
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George P. Beck
Beck
Waterloo
Keiderling dies of influenza at 224 Dawson Street
Frederick R. Keiderling died at his home from influenza induced pneumonia. Born May 4 1888 in Waterloo he spent most of his life here. He married Blanche Jolls May 10 1910 and leaves two sons Albert and Raymond, plus two sisters and two brothers. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Prederick
Keiderling
Frederick R. Keiderliing
Hir
Dawson Street
Puewnonia
Mr. Keiderling
Waterloo
Aly
Keiderling& Brown Dairy
Blanche Jolls
Albert
Raymond
Nashua High shuts out alumni 77 to 9 in basketball
Nashua High School defeated the alumni 77 to 9 in a fast, close contest last evening. The high school squad showed clear superiority throughout the game.
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Nashua
Nashua High School
New confectionery to open at Owenback Hotel corner
Harry Vartes of Fargo North Dakota closed a lease today for a confectionery store to be opened at the Owenback hotel corner at Commercial and Brid streets. He is an experienced candymaker and former business owner.
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A. A. Zimmerman
Symposium Club
Hotel Russell-Lamson
Intelligence Department
The
Army
France
Cervice
Owenback
Harry Vartes
Fargo
Buslness
Kneeling Saved Soldier in France Fire
Private John Quarrick Jr of Unio ntown Pa says a German shell ripped his tent as he knelt at his cot saying prayers. The blast shattered his rifle and shoes and ripped his steel hat, leaving a head wound, but he credits kneeling posture for saving his life.
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Uniontown
John Quarrick, Jr
France
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