Waterloo to Clear Factory Site for Miller Manufacturing Plant
George B. Miller secures Faultless Kerosene Engine plant in Kansas City and Robinson Manure Spreader operation in Vinton to form George B. Miller Manufacturing company. A new 240 by 100 foot Waterloo plant will be built north of West field to house engines and spreaders with initial output of 10 engines daily and 2000 spreaders annually. Initial operations run from Kansas City and Vinton until completion in August, after which production moves to Waterloo.
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Vinton
George B. Miller
Waterloo
Faultress Company
Faultless Company
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Miller
Westfield
George Scales
Black Hawk Construction Company
Fangon
George B. Miller Manufacturing
Negro Hero Receives France's Highest Medal
Clarence R. Van Allen a negro corporal of Company L 372nd infantry regimental unit earned France's military medal for single handedly disabling a German machine gun killing four crew and capturing three. The ceremony drew a large northeastern department crowd honoring a former restaurant waiter who may be the first American to receive the decoration. He already held the Distinguished Service Cross and the Croix de Guerre.
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Boston
Mass
Clarence R. van Allen
France
van Alien
American Fourth to Have Celebration of Gratitude
Prague reports great preparations to celebrate Independence Day as the Czecho-Slovak national assembly sends thanks to the United States Congress and President Wilson for aiding the Czech nation in achieving independence.
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Associated
Presa.y
Prague
Valera and Boland Visit United States for Irish Republic Ties
Irish Republic President Eamon de Valera and his secretary Harry J. Boland arrived in New York to bolster relations with America. De Valera avoided giving details on travel, while Boland had preceded him days earlier. The president made a public appearance in New York as his car was delayed by dense traffic.
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Ramonn de Valera
Wilson Due New York Tuesday With Slower Fleet
The George Washington, carrying President Wilson, slows to about 15 knots and likely reaches New York by noon Tuesday. He is expected to land at Hoboken at 2:30 PM, transfer to Manhattan via the Twenty third Street ferry, and speak at Carnegie Hall before returning to Washington.
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Associate Press
George Washington
Wilson
New York
Carnegie Hall
Washington, D. C
Hoboken
Manhattan
Twenty-third Street
Fifth Avenue
Washington
Mail Watchman Kills Unidentified Stabber at New Post Office
New Orleans dispatch reports Watchman Erwin J. Ruffarth confronted an unidentified man sketching the interior of the $3,000,000 post office on July 4. The man spoke in French, produced a badge, stabbed Auffurth twice, and fled. Ruffarth shot five times, then followed and killed the attacker. The body was sent to the morgue as investigators seek the assailant’s identity.
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Chicago
Jilly
New Orleans
the Tribune
Erwin J. Ruffarth
Auffurth
Ruffurth
Police Department of Justice
United States
Teat Girl Hit by Stone May Not Recover
Berlin reports Fran Greta Dorlblush, a German delegation secretary, struck on the head by a stone after leaving Versailles. She is in precarious condition with a concussion of the brain.
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Associated Press
Berlin
iFran
Greta Dorlblush
Versailles
High School's Place in Making Democracy Taught
Des Moines specialist asserts community play and active student life deepen democracy. Josephine Curtiss Preston is nominated for NEC president amid reorganization debates. Essia Hathaway argues for two-path student engagement economic and recreational to build civic values.
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Des Moines
Essia V. Hathaway
Mostern
Hard Cider Exempt and Applejack Too Are You Consoled
Assistant Attorney Benjamin P. Epstein decreed clemency for applejack and cider. Hard cider will not be classed as intoxicating liquor unless fermented by artificial processes. He ruled at the request of the revenue department in Chicago on July 3.
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Chicago
Benjamin P. Epstein
Epstein
Revenue Department
British dirigible R-34 halves Atlantic voyage reported
London reports the giant R-34 in mid Atlantic about halfway to Newfoundland. Mineola observers prepare to receive the airship with night searchlights and wigwag signals. Updates show the craft advancing westward with occasional wireless signals indicating all is well.
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London
Air Ministry
Greenwich
Newfoundland
Henown
mid-Atlantic
Mineola
Royal Air Force
Unite States Navy
United States Army
Earth
Air ‘Ministry
New York
St. Johns
N. F
Vienna's Fall to Reds Feared by Berlin Financials
Emil von Stauss of Deutsche Bank warned Berlin financial circles that Vienna could fall to Bolsheviks amid imminent political danger from Hungarian Communists. reports from the city cited growing unrest and uncertainty concerning the Austrian capital's fate.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Emil von Stauss
Deutsche Bank
Vsables
Vienna
U S Consul Made to Open Baggage by Cossack Band
Ernest W. Harris the American consul general at Irkutsk faced a forcible baggage inspection at Paria by troops loyal to Cossack leader Semenoff. Harris traveled east from Omsk on a special train with his private car attached when the band boarded and demanded baggage access.
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U.S
Tokio
Jura
Associated Press
Ernest W. Harris
Irkutsk
Paria
Manchi
Chita
Semenoff
Harris
Omsk
Mr. Norris
Pact With France Makes U S Ally to Fight Germany
Paris dispatch reports the France United States and France Great Britain treaties outline security provisions and US France League of Nations submission. It notes that if Germany threatens France or breaches Versailles terms the United States would aid France, with ratifications pending Senate and French Parliament approval.
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France
Germany
Associated
Presa
Paris
United States
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Rhine
Council of the
League of Nations
United States Senate
Teuts Officers Stay If Kaiser Not Surrendered
Associated Press report from Zurich notes German general staff officers withdrew resignations on condition the government does not yield the former emperor to the Allies. Berlin dispatches say Field Marshal von Hindenburg, who resigned, spoke at Goettingen. Kolberg incident noted. General von Seeck has been named haw chief. Maj. Geo. D. von Winterfeldt and Maj. Gen. von Wißberg also resign from the general staff.
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Associated Press
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Ollicera
Staf
Berlin
von Hindenburg
Kolberg
Pomerania
von Seecki
Haw
Geo. D. von Winterfeldt
Paris
Armistice Commission
von Wiisberg
War Ministry
Reichstag
General Staff
Dueling Season Opens in France Amid War Tensions
Paris reports the first duel since the war began occurred at Bayonne as Mayor and deputy M Garal exchanged shots with M Gemines, vice president of the chamber of commerce, without result. The affair reflects long standing quarrels held in suspense until peace. It is not expected to trigger a duel wave as time has settled many feuds.
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Associated Presa
Paris
France
Bayonne
M. Garal
M. Gemines
Chamber of Commerce
Bela Kun Faces Invasion Threat Over Relief Tactics
Paris dispatch reports Bela Kun foreign minister of the Hungarian Soviet government obstructing relief work in Hungary. The inter allied food council will consider sending allied troops to assist relief if he persists. Armenian relief and Danube shipment blocks to Czechoslovakia are also noted.
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Prana
Paris
Inter-Allied
Bela Kun
Hungary
Council of Five
Parla
Czecho-Slovakia
Bela’ iKun
Danube
French Bishops for Metz and Strasbourg Debate Government Policy
In the chamber of deputies an animated debate focused on the appointment of Catholic bishops for Metz and Strasbourg by the French government. M Demonzie accused unofficial diplomacy with the Vatican while Jean Bon charged violations of the law separating church and state. Stephen Pichon defended concordat policy in Alsace Lorraine and affirmed true separation elsewhere, noting clergy requests led to replacing German incumbents. Critics welcomed Pichon's explanation.
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Preas
Paris
Metz
Strasbourg
Chamber of Deputies
M. Demonzie
Vatican
Jean Bon
Stephen Pichon
Alsace
Lorraine
France
M. Pichon
Orator 70 to Fly to Waterloo July Fourth Celebration
President Charles Wesley Flint of Cornell college will travel by air from Vinton to Waterloo for the Fourth of July victory celebration. The Miller-Scales Aero company plane, piloted by Lieut Milo Miller, will carry Flint to Waterlog for an afternoon address at Vinton and a 4 p m talk at Chautauqua Park in Waterloo. The flight, arranged by Carleton Sias, marks a unique program among Iowa cities.
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Charles Wesley Flint
Cornell College
Flint
Vinton
Miller-Scales Aero Company
Milo Miler
Waterloo
Ldeut
Miller
Chautauqua Park
Iowa
Miller- Scales Company
Carleton Sias
Harvest jobs touted for Chicago bartenders
Chicago July 3 The Associated Press reports Maj John Bonner says over a hundred displaced bartenders have applied to the U S Employment Bureau seeking work. He says every idle man in Chicago could be placed within 48 hours in the best paying jobs, with harvest work in Illinois offering four to five dollars a day.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States
John Bonner
Uncle Sam
Illinois
Wilson Sends Regretful Message to Brazil President Elect
President Wilson, aboard the U S S George Washington, in New York on July 3 expressed regret at not being in the United States to greet Brazil's President elect Pessoa and extended best wishes. He recalled their Paris meeting and praised U.S.-Brazil friendship urging closer ties between the nations.
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Associated’ Press
George Washington
Wilson
Pessoa
Brazil
New York
United States
Paris
Woodrow Wilson
Barter With Russians, of $500,000 Worth of Goods
The American steamer Kickapus carrying $500,000 in cloth shoes and goods sails from St. Nazaire to Novorossiysk to barter for Russian wheat for Armenian relief. The plan, run by the American Relief Administration and financed by the American Committee for Relief in the Far East, draws interest from peace economists amid currency appreciation and exchange troubles.
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Associated Press
Paris
Kickapus
St. Nazaire
Novorogiysk
Boelshevik
Black Sea
American Relief Administration
American Committee For Relief In the
Far East
Landis Signs Berger Exceptions to Guilty Verdict
Federal Judge Landis signed the bill of exceptions for Victor L. Berger and four codefendants in a spy case, as their attorney filed the appeal with the United States Courts of Appeals. The five were convicted last January of espionage act violations and sentenced to 20 years. they are currently on low bonds and free.
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Landis
Berger
Associated Press
Chicago
Nurse Tired of Life on Train in Burlington
Mrs Eliza Davies a 35 year old trained nurse from St Paul Minnesota was hospitalized after overdosing on sleeping potion on a Burlington bound train. She told doctors she wished to end her life as she neared Ottumwa Iowa. She purchased a San Felice cigar for 20 cents noted as Americas most popular cigar.
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Burlington
Eliza Davies
St. Paul, Minn
Ottumwa
Tribunal to Sit in London Says Premier on Peace Terms
London July 3 The former German emperor will soon face trial. Premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons the tribunal to try the former emperor would sit in London. German officers who committed appalling crimes would also be tried. The British delegation opposes putting a predominantly German population under Polish rule.
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Associated Press
London
Hoyd Gee
House of Commons
Germany
Germaany
Lloyd George
Claims of Roumania Not Satisfied Pact Fears
Paris July 3 Associated Press reports Prime Minister Bratianu of Roumania left for Bucharest to present the treaty text to his government. Roumanian claims on Transylvania Bessarabia and Banat are said to be unsatisfied, and Bratianu may resign if public sentiment warns against signing, risking a ministerial crisis.
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Prays
Paris
M. Bratianu
Roumania
Bucharest
Petit Parisien
Roumanian
Transylvania
Bessarabia
Banat
M. Bratiano
Berlin Car Company Won't See Strikers
Berlin officials report a rail dispute has been settled after failed talks with street car workers and company directors. Traffic on belt lines and suburban roads will resume Thursday, with the government deploying large motor trucks for public use.
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Berlin Car Company
German Assembly Eyes Ratification Of Peace Treaty
Copenhagen July 3 The German national assembly will deal with the treaty of peace between the allies and Germany Saturday a majority for ratification of the instrument has been secured a Weimar dispatch to Politiken reports King Albert Honors Lewis Washington July 3 King Albert of Belgium elevated former U S Senator J H Lewis of Illinois to grand officer in the Order of the Crown for his devotion to Belgium
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
German National Assembly
Germany
Weimar
The
Politiken
King Albert
Lewis
Washington, D. C
Belgium
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