State Senate considers bill banning alien teachers in Iowa
Des Moines reports senate sponsor Senator O A Bringtop of Iowa City introduces a bill to prohibit employment of aliens as teachers in public schools and state institutions. The measure requires payroll declarations to prove teachers are not aliens and makes board members liable for payments to alien teachers.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Senate
O. A. Bringtop
Iowa City
House
Senate
Miller
Roope County
State Law Library
Legislative
Peters
Dallas
Board of Control
Knoxville
Glenwood
St. Lawrence
Harding
Miller Boone
Congress
Canada
Michigan Constabulary Bites At Ohio Whisky Runners
Detroit Mich day 25 The state constabulary enforcing Michigan prohibition at the Ohio border has confiscated about 1 006 600 worth of liquor. Troopers patrol southern roadways at night using rifles and revolvers to halt smugglers and rip rear tires to stop speeders. Hundreds of arrests and gunplay accompany efforts to curb cross state whisky shipments, with fatalities rare.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Ohio
Alichigan
Altho
Weather notes and local court report in Postville
Reports of budding trees and moving geese accompany a municipal court note on Elmer Ritter principal of Hawthorne school accused of punishing pupil Frank Snyder. The article also mentions endorsement of a proposed housing law by a Woman's club and a hog sale in Postville with 125 spring pigs averaging 279 pounds selling for about $4,000.
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Elmer L. Ritter
Hawthorne Exznel
Frank Snyder
Bilsberry Street
Jed
W. M. Snyder
Death of Prince Delays Wedding of Princess Patricia
Prince John youngest son of King George and Queen Mary dies after long illness at Sandringham delaying Princess Patricia and Commander Ramsey wedding plans. The royal household had moved there after President Wilson and Mrs Wilson left for Paris.
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Prince John
George
Mary
Patricia
Ramsey
Hind
Sea Lse
Sandringham
Wilson
Paris
New York Divisions Headed For Arrival Next Month
The 27th division of the New York National Guard and the New York National Army are slated to sail from France in mid February and arrive in New York around February 24. Aboard the Atenas from Bordeaux were 119 passengers including 82 officers 17 privates two French officers and 15 civilians with Maj. Gen. C. C. Bal Jou among the ranking officers.
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Washington, D. C
New York National Guard
New York
War Department
France
New York National Army
Marela
Atenas
Tan
Bordeaux
C. C. Bal Jou
Camp Dix
Pershing Listed in British Who's Who for Honorary Knight Title
The British Who's Who lists General John J. Pershing as G C and notes that King George awarded him the grand cross of the Order of the Bath in 1918. Although he received the decoration, the honor was honorary and would not grant him the title Sir since he is not a British subject.
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George
Gen. Pershing
France
Bath
Pershjing
Travelingmen to Provide Regular Feed for Returning Soldiers
Soldiers sailors and marines recently home from service are invited by the Waterlow Travelingmen's Association to attend a regular feed next Friday evening at the hall at 8 o'clock. The committee, led by Tony C. Exgert, plans a program after the meal with Paul Davis overseeing entertainment and Frank in charge of decorations. Names and services should be sent to A. Ju Knapp, secretary of the Waterloo Commercial club, to receive an invitation.
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Servicg
Waterlow Travelingmen's Association
Wilel
Uncle Sam Willl
Soma
Tony C. Exgert
Ohn J. Rock
Reymond Folk
M. Valentine
J. A. Francis
Paul Davis
Lotis
Frank
Iowa Cracks Shooting Well A Pinnhurst
Pinehurst January 28 E. Brock Hag tied for second with 36 points in the midwinter tournament. Others include J. Gither Jay Olle of Ia and William Wett Sidhots with 334 targets each over three days. Frank S. Wight of Buffalo leads the field with 463 points from 378 targets.
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Pinehurst
Brock Hag
Secon
Gither Jay
Olle
William Wett
Sidhots
Lind
Frank S. Wight
Muffalo
American Forces on Western Front Second to France
The U S Army on the western front ranked second in strength to France as of Nov 11 with 1 956 100 men. France led with 2 715 900. British and Portuguese 1 718 000. Belgian and Italian forces about 200 000. General March also reported U S and British discharge totals and noted wartime penalties for home military offenders are halted.
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Washington, D. C
France
March
United States
U. S
War Department
Siberia
Italy
Mexican gray automobile band loses key figures in prison killings
In Mexico City on January 15, Francisco Oviedo, linked to the gray automobile robber band, was killed in the federal penitentiary where six men were detained for band activity. The gang, famous for raids using a gray car, eluded capture as witnesses died under suspicious circumstances.
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Mexico City
Associated Press
Federal
Francisco Oviedo
Oviedo
Rafael Mercadante
Aros
Paseo de la Reforma
Alate
Mercadante
War budget savings reported by House committee
Savings of more than 15.1 billion dollars were reported in a wartime appropriations bill by the House Appropriations Committee. The measure would return 7.18 billion in cash and cancel 8.22 billion in additional obligations, with further road and postal budget adjustments and pay increases for certain workers. A film on social hygiene was shown to Waterloo women as part of a broader educational campaign, with multiple meetings scheduled and speakers announced.
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Washington, D. C
War and Navy Departments
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury
House
Senate
Bankhead
Iowa
Woman’s Club
Plaza Theatre
Waterloo
Lenna L. Meanes
Ula
African Methodist Church
Lenna J. Moanes
Janette Throck J Torton
Fila
Nell Noble
Mondey
Waterloo Skirt & Garment Factory
Noble
Rath Packing Co
Kate
Amel
Model Laundry
Throckmorton
Lowe Daily
de. Habenicht
Ir. Rust
East High
Mor. Wabenicht
Throckmor
Yon
West High
Habenicht
English statesman uses airplane for speeches in campaign
London January report notes Chancellor Andrew Bonar Law first English statesman to fly for daily duties. The six hour air journey saved time vs a four hour train ride, illustrating potential for passenger air services between London and Paris and prompting discussion among bankers and rail officials about future aviation use.
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London
Andrew Bonar Law
Scotland
England
Hongs Law
Woman’s Shock Over Saw Accident Kills Witness
In Des Moines Iowa the sight of a man’s leg drawn into a power saw at Moriey yesterday caused Mrs. Frank Mult e to faint and die minutes later from heart disease. Walter Moss was injured in the same incident as a car was damaged in the accident.
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Vresy
Fodar Rapids
Moriey
Frank Multe
Walter Moss
Building Plans Split Naval Congressmen Over Pause
Sharp division among members of the house naval committee delays action on a second three year building program. The delay follows disagreement over waiting for the peace conference decision on world disarmament. The news from Washington reports a week long postponement before any vote.
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Washington, DC
House Naval Committee
Photographs Allowed of American troops Under New Orders
Paris and military authorities announce suspension of restrictions on photographs and moving pictures of American expeditionary forces and occupied areas. Cant William B. Moore heads the photographic sub section of the general staff. In other news, Oxford, North Carolina, reports G L Watkins shooting a wild turkey at Bell Town from 100 yards.
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Paris
Amercan
Cant
Wm. B. Moore
General Staff
Oxford
N. C
G. L. Watkins
Bell Town
Clothiers Convene as Double-Breasted Styles Dominate War Merchants
New York January delegates to the 23rd annual National Association of Clothiers debate postwar fashion. Officials warn against early coat releases and predict baggy trousers or toga like outfits as wartime cloth stocks face surplus. A war service committee reports government aid to workers while a Congressional bill looms.
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New York
Pursonal Hoerty
Albert
National Association of Clothiers
Hotel Astor
Samuel Weil
Rochester
Ludwig Stein
Chicago
America
Johnny
David Kirschbaum
Philadelphia
Mr. Kirschbaum
Sam
War Service Committee of Manufacturing Clothiers
War Committee
Washington
Dam
War's Coincidence Tells Of German Prisoner in Wales
Captain Roy Whitehead of the 11th battalion rests in Walkerton after England service and wounds in France. A Welsh farmer, noted for kindness, once employed a German prisoner who wrote to his parents claiming British prisoners should be treated well. The farmer later learned the British prisoner was the farmer's own son.
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Walkerton
Roy Whitehead
England
France
Wales
Whitehead
Germany
Sugar Beets Bring Over Five Million In Utah Idaho and Washington
Sugar beet growers in Utah Idaho and Washington received more than 5 million dollars in final payments for the season. Early November disbursements exceeded 7 million with a total beet crop over 1.2 million tons yielding about 10 dollars per ton in Utah. Factories will run 90 to 120 days with an estimated output near 3.9 million sacks worth about 80 million dollars. Wyoming and Idaho certified ratification of the prohibition amendment, bringing the total official state count to 32.
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Salt
City
Utah
All Sugar Manning
Turing Companies
Idaho
Washington
City in Brief Highlights of Local Postwar Arrivals
Miss Effe Waller of Kansas City returns home after visiting her aunt Mrs Earl Squids. Ralph W Young of Chicago guest of his aunt Mrs J Burch in Waterloo meets his aunt for first time in 23 years. Private Charles Bartels back from overseas duty with 164rd ordnance corps visits Davenport. Major George Weilein discharged from active service at Camp Pike. Y M C A and community events noted. ambulance company recruits mustered out at Camp Grant. Waterloo drama league and local church notices round out the brief with local people and institutions referenced.
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Effe Waller
Kansas City
Uieter
Earl Squids
Ralph W. Young
Chicago
J. ©. Burch
Washington Street
Sergi
Wayne C. Stead
Waterloo
Dayton
Stead Haseen
Wilbur Wright
Charles Bartels
164Rd Ordnance Corps
Edith Nelson
Davenport
Clifford McDougall
Nitro
W. Va
Army Service
United Cigar Store
Clear Lake
Estes
Grace A. Ament
Miss Ament
toMicer
George Weilein
Camp Pike
Ark
Ny Call
War Department
G. W. Kane
W. J. Atkinson
Independence
Oelwein
Lois Senior
Homer Hale
Lawrence Brierly
Chicago girl dies after insults lead to suicide
Tina Ihrmark a pretty New York stage girl married in Chicago who claimed she faced relentless harassment from men offering work. In Dallas she drank poison after writing a note to The World expressing despair over repeated insults and seeking protection for married women from unscrupulous businessmen.
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Dallas
Tex
Civilization
Tina Ihrmarik
New York
Jook
Ace
Tina Ihrmark
Harvey D. Groves
Chicago
East St. Louis
Fort Worth
Babe
Mobile
Tina
From Private to General in U S Army Rise of Brig Gen Preston Brown
Brig Gen Preston Brown rose from private to general. He enlisted after Yale, served in Cuba and the Philippines, and fought at San Juan Hill. In World War I he led during Chateau Thierry and was praised by Gen Omar Bundy for his actions in France.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Preston Brown
Treves
Mossell
Prussia
Brown
Yale
Cuba
San Juan Bill
Philippines
Aguinaldo
Mindanao
Tolo Islands
Manila
Leutenant
Lieut
America
France
Chateau Thierry
Paris
Omar Bundy
Postal Service Seeks Widespread Salary Increases
The Senate Post Office Committee revised and reported the annual post office appropriation bill proposing salary increases for nearly all postal service employees. It also calls for $200,600,900 in the next three years for construction and maintenance of roads.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Postal Service
Postoffice
Senate Postofice Committee
Governor of Occupied Prussia and Kentucky Legal Lineage
Two French divisions and the day at the bloody battle are recalled before the figure is named governor general of occupied Prussia. He is described as the son of John Maron Brown a leading Kentucky lawyer and citizen, and the grandson of Gen. William Preston a Mexican and Civil War veteran and former ambassador to Son.
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Prussia
John Maron Brown
Kentucky
William Preston
Soin
Eagle Mistaken as Airplane Snags 25-Pound Pig
A large eagle, mistaken for an aircraft, swooped into a corn field near the Hanrahan farmhouse four miles north of Lemont. It clutched a pig weighing over 25 pounds in its talons and flew off as Deputy Coroner Peter Muldner observed.
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Chicago
Edward HanrAhan
Lemont
HanrAhan
Peter Muldner
Arraignments in Municipal Court Over Foundry Fight
Wheat Pinkson and Theodore Paulos pleaded not guilty to distrust in the public Quiet by fighting after a dispute at their foundry. Hearing continued to 3 p.m. A ferret exhibited in the theft case. a man and a boy held the animal. Hearing continued until Monday at 10 a.m.
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Richard
Pinkson
Theodore Paulos
Paulos
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