Church backs living wage and equal pay for workers
The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America declares state action to secure a living wage, worker control in industry, and equal pay for equal work. It urges fair hearings, public wage reviews, and national employment measures while promoting social reform and cooperative ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission of Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
New York
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Commission On the Church and Social Service
Federal Council
United Action
Church Commission
Koepke Seriously Hurt After Streetcar Jump
Ernest Koepke was seriously injured when he leaped from a moving loop car near Sans Souci and tumbled down an embankment. He required an operation for ruptured kidneys at Presbyterian hospital and was listed in favorable condition the next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Koepke
Presbyterian Hospital
Mr. Koepke
F. J. Koepke
Maple Street
Gordon Rath
Sans Souci
Koepke
Rath
Oreker
Motor Truck Train To Pass Through Waterloo Cedar Rapids
The War Department plans a motor transport corps train of 54 standard army trucks with 251 soldiers and 11 officers. It will travel from New York to San Francisco, using detours within 100 miles of the Lincoln Highway, arriving at Cedar Rapids en route. The trip aims to boost good roads and recruiting, with the train to be supervised by its commanding officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motor Transport Corps
United States
War Department
Waterloo
Sergt. Imig
Lincoln Highway
Cedar Rapids
New York
San Francisco
Macing
Sergt
Imit
Mrs Hammond Visiting Brother in Waterloo
Mrs E A Hammond of Buffalo New York is visiting her brother W A Wilcox at 1210 Eighth Street west. Hammond is well known in Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
E. A. Hammond
Buffalo
N. Y
W. A. Wilcox
Eighth Street
West
Waterloo
Demonstrations in Poultry Selecting in County This Week
Twelve demonstrations on culling and selecting the poultry flock begin tomorrow with R. T. Parkhurst of Iowa State College assisting in Black Hawk county. The program covers feeding diseases poultry houses and pests to help farmers improve yields during the busy summer season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. T. Parkhurst
Iowa State College
Black Hawk County
C. Land
Waterboymond
Foyner Town
Greater Waterloo Commercial Body Meeting Tomorrow
A meeting of Greater Waterloo members is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon in the Commercial club rooms. All members from the old Commercial club and the new organization will attend. No major business is expected as the merger is not yet complete. the session aims to maintain interest until the Chamber of Commerce ratifies the merger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Waterloo
Commercial Club Drecruits
Waterloo
Chamber of Commerce
Rebuilding Prehebyterian hospital discussed at meeting
The project to rebuild Prehe byterian hospital will be thornly discussed at a special meeting of Waterloo Medical Society tonight. Dr. UW Sigworth, president, says the meeting will be held at p.m. in the society clubrooms in the Black building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Medical Society
UW. Sigworth
City in Brief at the West End Fourth Street Bridge
A compilation of local notices items from Waterloo area residents and visitors. Mentions of Miss Rose Flowers with Mr. and Mrs. Warren Gilbert, travel updates for several residents, police notes of a minor accident on Fourth Street West, a divorce suit filed by Ida Holden, and various postings about veterans and workers returning from service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Flowers
Mrs
Warren Gilbert
Viola Clary
New Hampton
Mattie Mason
Washington, D. C
George Cousins
Mulberry Street
Harry Johnson
Second Street West
Fourth Street West
Ida ¥. Holden
William E. Holden
Waterloo
Ira Rodamar
L. & J. National Bank
A. H. Tatman
Associated Manufacturers’ Company
Lake Ada
Minn
Paris Crowded as Bastile Day Fetes Begin
Paris on Bastile Day sees massive crowds with many sleepless and shelterless. Rail stations overflow with arrivals bearing food while visitors plan to depart to provinces. A quiet scene near the Arc de Triomphe shows a long silent procession before the cenotaph in memory of the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Lome
St. Lazarie
Jean Navarre
Place de la L’ Etoile
Premium 1919 Dairy Show Premium List Issued
Officials of the Dairy Cattle Congress have prepared and issued the premium list for the 1919 Dairy Show to breeders nationwide. Changes aim to boost breeding and development of dairy cattle across breeds Brown Swiss Ayrshires Holsteins Jerseys and Guernseys with a gold watch as a special prize for herdsmen. The event connects exhibitors with middle west dairymen purchasing for future herds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairy Cattle Congress
Mississippi Valley
Middle West
Tha
Last Nights News in Brief Washington and Abroad
A roundup from Washington and cities worldwide notes wage increases for Atlantic and Gulf port vessel workers by the shipping board, a German editorial urging league-led peace revision, martial law over race violence in Gregg County, and other international items. Prices, strikes, and political moves across Paris, Berlin, Coblenz, Rome, and Geneva are summarized, with a hydro airplane flight noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D.C
The
Shipping Board
Atlantic
Gulf
Putnam
England
Berlin
Count von Bernstorff
Germany
League of Nations
Coblenz
Rhineland Commission
Rome
Paris
United States
Mexico
Francisco Leon de la Barra
Foremer
Longview
Fox
Gregg County
Bela Kun
London
Thrussels
Belgium
Swanson Defends Nations League in Peace Treaty
Elihu Root endorses equal representation and a limited pledge of territorial integrity in the proposed league. He argues the United States can join, influence, and then withdraw after five years if the covenant is ratified, with a two year withdrawal window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pune
The
League
United States
China
India
Council 1S
Congress
Russia
Germany
Austria
Turkey
Elihu Root
Shorter enlistment terms aid navy recruitment
The Navy reduces enlistment to two to four years for first enlistments with options of two three or four years in most ratings. Machinists mates and aviation schools require at least three years. Minors may enlist for the minority or the shortest term with parental consent. Reenlistment grants same war pay and gratuities as four-year terms for those joining before July 1 1920. Chief Curtis says the move aims to replace emergency seamen being discharged and attract more volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Navy Department
E., LD. Curtis
Curtis
Western Union Conference Tackles Salesmanship in Telegraph Service
Western Union managers from the Omaha district plan a July 16 conference at Hotel Russell-Lat on Waterloo prospects. Local head Gregory notes telegraph salesmanship as a growing factor, citing potential savings of 100 days annually via two weekly messages. A wartime closed Waterloo office near Russell-Lamb Street will reopen soon with full service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union
Waterloo
Russell-Lats
Omaha
Gregory
Chicago
Mr. Gregory
Russell-Lamb
Elect F A Sporle Trustee for Templar Park Conclave
Fred A Sporle former Waterloo police chief and active Mason was elected a trustee of Templar Park at the conclave in Ta last week. Trustees joining him are W L Clark of Newton and C E Nary of Spirit Lake with officers including Elwell Reinicke Wybrant Clark Brownlee Parker Jaynes Bernal Reed Wellington Kastner Herrington and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred A. Sporle
Police
Waterloo
Templar
John K. Elwell
Des Moines
George A. Reinicke
Muscatine
George D. Wybrant
Dubuque
Charles C. Clark
Burlington
D. M. Brownlee
Sioux City
Frederick Parker
Rock Rapids
National Guards to receive full equipment tonight
Preparations by Capt. H. B. Kohl of Co. M Waterloo National Guard for an early summer encampment departure. Equipment arriving daily includes rifles bayonets and O D shirts to be distributed. Encampment details are expected from the adjutant general in Des Moines, likely at Camp Dodge due to Fort Des Moines hospital use.
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H. B. Kohl
Co. M
Waterloo National Guard
Kohl
Adjutant General
Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Fort Des Moines
Koht
I Quartermaster
Senators Line Up For Battle Over Treaty Approval
The president was said to have told callers not to sign the treaty unless Shantung provisions were met. He was described as favoring yielding on Shantung to gain Japan’s League of Nations membership.
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Japan
Shantung
Jas
Obituary notices for Holmes and Oman in Waterloo region
Wright E. Holmes age 65 dies at home after stroke in Waterloo. He leaves Laura Barker widow, two sons James and Howard, daughter Dorothy, two brothers, and is to be buried Elmwood after a Wednesday funeral. David C. Oman dies at Waverly hospital after operation. Survived by wife Isabelle Petters and children Milbert Samuel Charles Fern, with funeral at Petersen Bros. chapel Wednesday. Burial in Fairview.
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Wright E. Holmes
Second Street
Mr. Holmes
Green County
Wisconsin
Iowa
Hudson
Doon
Lyon County
Laura Barker
Waterloo
Second Street West
Decedent
James R
Howard B
Dorothy
Richard
Fourth Street
James
E. F. Jordan
York, Neb
C. J. Askins
First Baptist Church
Elmwood
David C. Oman
Waverly Hospital
Marcy
Samuel Oman
Circleville
Isabelle Petters
Finley
Barnes
Kan
Garwin
Milbert W
Samuel C
Charles A. Burk
Stanley P
Fern C
Petersen Bros
J. A. Haehlen
Cedar Falls
Fairview
Chautauqua Opens With Play in Waterloo
The 1919 chautauqua begins Wednesday evening in Waterloo with Fanny and the Servant Problem by the Waterloo Community Drama League. Daily afternoon and evening programs follow with lectures on war and reconstruction, music, and entertainment. A Bible study class starts daily at 10 am, junior sessions at 9:30 am and 4:30 pm, and a pageant titled The Battle Cry of Feed ’Em is planned for the last day. Ticket sales are led by the Y W C A Woman’s Athletic Association. proceeds fund athletic equipment for the YWCA. Joe Hosmer, long in Waterloo, returns from Camp Dodge after U S Army service and will take a vacation before rejoining work at Casebeer’s restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coliseum
Waterloo Community Drama League
Feed 'Em
Chautauqua
Waterloo
Woman's Athletic Association of
Walter Wayne Sinden Dies After Brief Illness
Walter Wayne Sinden age 22 son of Mr and Mrs J A Sinden died Saturday evening after a brief illness from pneumonia. He was born June 16 1919. He leaves his parents a brother Howard and a sister Gladys. Funeral services were held at Petersen Bros chapel this afternoon with burial in Etm good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waiter Wayne Sinden
Walter Wayne Sinden
J. A. Sinden
Howard
Gladys
Petersen Bros
Etm
Delegates Return From YMCA Convention in Lake Geneva
J. T. Houser and W. A. Perrectors arrived home after attending a YMCA workers convention in Lake Geneva Wisconsin. Houser will present several applications for positions including physical director and boys secretary to the board of directors at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erson
Lake Geneva
Wis
Mr. Houser
J. T. Houser
W. A. Perrectors
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Church
Ernest Xoepke
Harler Hollis
Llack Hawk
Greeley
Mase
Black
Teter Kate Shilling
Smalling
Torre City
Cedar
Inartiiwes Township
Wturda
Maten
la Porte
Spring Creek Township
OT Welle
Terian Hospital
Mickie
Rene
West End
Fourth Street Bridge
Buchanan
G. R. Burnett
Matt McDermott
J.H. Welix
Hampton
W. KB. Vanevery
Commercial Street
Frances Chandler
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Cal
Charles Smith
Bluff
Iowa City
H.W. Snyder
Royal Arcanuv
Chester E. Stokes
Blanche McDougal
County Auditor's Office
D. B. Henderson
Spirit Lake
Earlyb. Wilson
Twenty-ninth Division
William Harvey
St. Paul
C. Mantle
George Lingelbach
Mullan Avenue West
Town Falls
George Blomarg
Ella Ashbrenner
Tessie Becker
John , DeLong
France
Ella R. DeLong
A. B. Gibson
Commercial Club
Gibson
Ward
Hall of States
New York City
Donalds. Klein
Donald’ Klein
Fourth Division
Wagoner Louis G. Carpenter
S. H. Carpenter
Jefferson Street
Third Corps Artillery Park
Camp Watsworth
S. C
Carnival Company
Cit Y
Frank Castle
Mill Street
Morand Dietrick
Glendale
Maura J. Bartch
J. A. Bartch
Multicolor Sales Co
My. Bartch
642Nd Aero
Issoudon
Liberty
H. Davis
Lafayette
Buchanan Optical Co
Swanson
Nations’ League
Ice Cave
Edgewood
Strawberry Point
John Fitzgerald
Lawrence i McGarvey
Francis Conley
Clarence Huston
John Wintermutt
Portland
Ore
F. A. Sporle
Templar Park
National Guards
Rotary Club
Hotel Russell-Lamson
Roy Shoemaker
A. F. Gates
Salt Lake “Tv
J. R. McCartney
Mr. McCartney
Minnesota
Ralph: Hoxie
Yeomen
Yeo- Men
Telephoners
Byrnes Park
ELKS
Elks Lodge
Joe Hosmer
United States Army
Joe
Casebeer's Restaurant
Grocers
So Peerless Baking Co
Waterloo, Iowa
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