Women to Work in Chamberlain Machine Departments
The Chamberlain Machine Works plans to hire women starting August 1 in various mechanical departments to address a shortage of experienced male workers. Over 150 women have already applied, with positions offering light duties, weights under 35 pounds, shorter hours, and above average pay. Pay will rise as they gain experience, and many applicants come from respected families with strong references.
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Chamberlain Machine Works
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
Fifteen Nurses Enroll for Duty at Fighting Front
Thirty seven graduate nurses in Waterloo have signed enrollment cards for war work per Miss Minnie Harrison chief enrolling agent. Fifteen seek overseas service, four for home duty, 18 have signed but not yet completed applications. Some may be disqualified for overseas duty by physical limitations.
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Waterloo
Minnie Harrison
France
Donated painters aid Red Cross workshop effort
Master painters contributed a day of work to decorate the Red Cross rooms. CG D Holbrook E W Var Arnum Frank Snider O W Call M Berkley Page Starkey I Wartey Thomas Leonard and F M Michael Paint Company donated their services to paint sidewalks and ceilings yesterday.
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Red Cross
CG. D. Holbrook
E. W. Var Arnum
Frank Snider
O. W. Call
Four Cedar Falls men face coal stock charges
Four leading Cedar Falls citizens were brought before the city fuel administration on charges of buying a car of coal for personal use in violation of state fuel regulations. Hearing held, evidence sent to state fuel administrator Charles L Webster for review. Dot E Struve seeks divorce from Charles J Strube, claiming inadequate support for herself and two children. she earns $10 weekly while he earns $26. Leavitt Johnson Trust Co reports June 29 condition: capital $150,000. undivided profits over $240,600. funds awaiting investment $124,530.76.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
City Fuel Administration
Charles L.webster
Dot E. Struve
Charles J. Strube
Dakota City
Neb
Altho
EL. & J. Trust CO
Leavitt & Johnson -Trust Company
Waterloo
Noyge Officer Dies of Accidental Shot at Camp Dodge
Camp Dodge Iowa reports Second Lieutenant Grant A. McDonald of Grafton North Dakota died after an accidental rifle range shooting. A board of officers has been appointed to investigate the incident.
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NOYGE
Camp Dodge
Grant A. McDonald
Grafton
N. D
Big Business Executives Sought for Y M C A War Service
A distributing organization with a $75,000,000 annual turnover seeks top executives from major firms to run the general supply division of the Y M C A war work council in France. The effort buys, transports, and distributes comforts to American soldiers, running post exchanges, hotels, and cafes without profit and with a focus on efficiency and sacrifice. Harold D. Sheets, president of Vacuum Oil companies in Europe, leads purchasing and supply with Dr. E. B. Carter directing overall activities.
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Y. M. CG. A. War Work Council
American Expeditionary Forces
France
M. C
New York
Sheets
Chicago
Paris
War Work, Council
Coney Island
Post Exchange
M.C. A
America
Bordeaux
Aix Les Bains
Spain
Switzerland
Hoter Transportation Department
Point In Point
War Work Council
Price, Waterhouse & Co
Peaceable Lad of Cedar Falls Shoots Huns Out of Trees
Tommy Brown of Cedar Falls, a 23 year old Marine corporal and Kit Car son, has seen 30 months overseas service. A skilled sharpshooter praised for knocking German snipers from trees, he is noted for medals and accuracy with the army rifle, while General Pershing’s stern gaze is contrasted with his quiet smile.
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Brown
Cedar Falls
Corporal Brown
Marines
Kit Carson
American Expeditionary Forces
Kit
Black Hawk County
Kun Kuttur
Bendix Brown
University of Minnesota
Gen
Pershing
Tommy
Coliseum Deal Still Not Finalized in Chau Tauquit Park
Lewis Miller says purchase talks for the Chau tau quit coliseum are ongoing and not settled. Park officials note repairs would cost about 3500 dollars, with only 100 dollars yearly revenue from chautauqua rentals, prompting consideration of selling to the Dairy Cattle Congress while keeping access for events.
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Lewis Miller
Chautauquit Park
Mr. Miller
Dairy Cattle Congress
Altho
Park Board
QC. C. McClinton
Park Commission
War News From Fronts In Lorraine And Italy
German raiders were repulsed in Lorraine near Nivray and Chaume Wood amid German artillery activity between Villers Bretonneux and the Ancre. Austrians retreated on the Plave river mouth while Italians repelled a counteroffensive toward Chiesanuova and beat back Austro-Hungarian assaults at Porte di Salton.
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Paris
Lorraine
Nivray
War Office
Chaume Wood
Xivyray
Vosges
London
Villers Bretonneux
Ancre
Amiens
Austama
Vienna
Plave
Austrian War Office
Rome
Chiesanuova
Italian War Office
Porte di Salton
Campaign for 112 Million Liberty Loan Fund
Washington announces a drive for a 112 million dollar fund for war work by the YMCA. International secretary Joan R. Mott said the campaign will start immediately after the fourth liberty loan. He has completed a tour of 28 states to promote the drive.
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Washington, D. C
M. C
Joan R. Mott
Wilson
Rankin to Seek Republican Senate Nomination
Miss Jeanette Rankin of Montana declares candidacy for the Republican nomination to succeed Senator Walsh, who will seek re election in November. Primaries set for August 27 with no other Republican candidate at present.
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Washington, D. C
Jeanette Rankin
Montana
Repub-ican
Senate
Walsh
Insects stall train near Stockholm Wisconsin
A freight train stalled after encountering a huge cloud of insects. Their crushed bodies coated the rails, causing wheel slip until the tracks could be cleaned. Also reported is news that Bolshevik envoy Kameneff, imprisoned in Austria-Hungary, is to be released according to evening papers.
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Stockholm
Wis
Surlington
Associated Press
Moscow
Lea Kameneff
Austria-Hungary
Jor
CITY IN BRIEF ITEMS FROM DES MOINES TO CHICAGO
Local notes report Mrs C W Caldwell visiting relatives in Fairbank and Miss May Stevens visiting in Des Moines. Mrs Cyrus Williams of Lincoln is a guest at the Bernbrook home as Clarence Byvank nears 16 days furlough from Jacksonville Florida. Ed Bussey home quarantined for smallpox risk at 928 Commercial. Chicago visitors Mr and Mrs B Geiger arrived to see daughter Mrs Walter K R French. Mr and Mrs C L Holden leave for Charles City where Holden owns Hotel Hildreth. Harry Fisher, recently joined YMCA work, sails overseas per brother Major Frank R R Fisher. Orville D Lyon enlists in the Marines after prior naval and guard service. T F Perrin returns from Cedar Rapids vacation. Rotary set to hear delegate reports from Kansas City convention. Woaverloo army recruiting station leads district in June enlistments. Davenport tops with 133, Cedar Rapids 91, Des Moines 4% enlistments. Girl Guardian group led by Miss Helen M Larkin to meet Tuesday at 1 pm then camp swimming lesson. Business girls’ glee club at YWCA camp Sherwood Park with list of attendees heading to the camp.
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Woaverloo
Sergt
G. I. Brown
Davenport
Gedar Rapids
Grouns
Helen M. Larkin
Association
Business Girls’ Glee Club
Sherwood Park
Gladys Brackney
Jassie Sweeney
Miss Body
Mrs. Zoot
Wina Wilcox
Linnie Strayer
Carolyn Johnson
Alice Miller
Maire Michael
Dora Bonsall
Ethel Rush
Marian Egan
Isabella Gareissen
Government to create United States Cotton Corporation
A conference of cotton states bankers and producers passed resolutions recommending Congress establish the United States Cotton Corporation. The body would buy cotton for the government from offerings with no other buyers, at a price fixed by President Wilson, with a committee of one banker and one cotton producer from each cotton belt state.
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New Orleans
United States Cotton Corporation
United States
Wilson
Congress
Dry Farm Hang and Oasis Camps Near Grundy Center
Albert Meyer worked on a farm near Grundy Center and found an oasis in Waterloo. police found a $30 roll and his German alien enemy registration card after a drunkenness complaint. Walter Palmer of Vinton paid a $7 fine for drunkenness, was jailed later, and expressed shame. A slander case in municipal court has Uarlan Yarnall suing A E Haldum for $1,900 damages, the largest ever tried there.
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Albert Meyer
Grundy Center
Waterloo
Albert
Vinton
Walter Palmer
Walter
Palmer
Uarlan Yarnall
A. E. Heldum
Yarnall
Haldum
Baptist Young People's Union elects officers at Cedar Rapids
At the convention of the International Baptist Young People's union the following officers were elected today in Cedar Rapids. Rev. John W. Hoag of Detroit was named president. Fred Reynolds of Ontario, Canada. Newell of St. Louis. McGorrill of Bangor, Maine, as vice presidents. Orlo Montague of Chicago treasurer. J. C. Dance of West Virginia recording secretary.
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Cedar Rapids. In
International Baptist Young People's Union
John W. Hoag
Detroit
Mich
Fred Reynolds
Ontario
Canada
Newell
St. Louis
Milton
McGorrill
Bangor
Orlo OQ
Montague
Chicago
J. C. Dance
West Virginia
Funeral services for Adeline Trueblood set for Sunday
Funeral services for 17 year old Adeline Trueblood will be at the O Keefe and Towne chapel at 2 p m Sunday Rev Walker Mayfield will officiate Burial will be in Fairview Miss Trueblood died in Des Moines yesterday She is survived by her father W M Trueblood and several sisters Mrs W M Perrey of Commercial street Mary Trueblood of Mitchellville and Martha Matone Moville Ta
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Adeline Trueblood
O’keefe & Towne
Walker Mayfield
Fairview
Miss Trueblood
Des’ Moines
W. M. Trueblood
W. M. Perrey
Commercial Street
Mary Trueblood
Mitchellville
Martha Matone
Moville
Navy Committeemen Visit Warship for Zone Inspection
Washington July 6 Chairman Padgett and members of the house naval affairs committee will depart on a battleship this month to tour the European war zone and inspect naval activities.
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Washington, D. C
Padgett
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Leavitt and Johnson Trust Company Statement of Condition
Statement of condition for Leavitt and Johnson Trust Company of Waterloo Black Hawk county as of June 29 1918 details resources loans and discounts bonds and securities United States bonds certificates of indebtedness overdrafts real estate deposits due from banks capital stock undivided profits and other items attested by directors J Emmons Johnson and G Logan with figures for assets and liabilities including time certificates and debenture bonds.
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Leavitt and Johnson Trust Company
Towa
Waterloo
Black Hawk
United States
Liberty
Treasury
State of
Iowa
Black Hawk County
BE. L. Johnson
EB. L. Johnson
Eb.l. Johnson
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The
Jefferson Street
Bronson Insurance Agency
Tommy Brown
Corporal Thomas Brown
Dirk
Official War News
Liberty Loan
Buchanay
C. W. Caldwell
Fairbank
May Stevens
Des Moines
Cyrus Williams
Lincoln
H. O. Bernbrook
Clarence Byvank
Jacksonville
Fla
Ed. Bussey
B. Geiger
Walter KR. French
Mrs. C. L. Holden
Charles City
Mr. Holden
Hotel
Hildreth
Harry T. Fisher
Frank RR. Fisher
Orville D. Lyon
Navy
Indiana National Guard
T. F. Perrin
Cedar Rapids
Kansas City
Rotary Elubd
Hassell-Lamson
A. E. Haswell
Cotton Corporation
South
Oasis
Aleviates Drouth
Waptise Young People's Union
Elecis Officers
Total
Geo. E. Pike
Pack Hawk County
J Emmons Johnson
G Logan
BOS
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