Germany Debates Postwar Tax Laws on Emigration
Washington June 19. Germany considers a law to deter postwar emigration by taxing permanent residents for years after peace. The draft would require leaving 30 percent of taxable property in Germany if one emigrates and imposes taxes to prevent tax evasion. Penalty for evasion is deprivation of nationality, removable later upon payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Germany
State Department
Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Entre Nous and related clubs meet with guest lists and plans
In Cedar Falls and nearby communities, club hosting marked by Mrs P H O Neill welcoming Miss Marian Preece, and Mrs C K Bentz hosting Sun Isat club with new members planned to adopt a French war orphan. Marie Fortsch and Corporal Theo dors R French wed at family home. future plans include overseas service and teaching assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. O'Neill
Marian Preece
Lara O'Neill
Mildred Sullivan
C. K. Bentz
Henry Grout
Charles Ashwell
Thomas Eaton
David Stevenson
Charles Munger
Lorena Maris Fortsch
Theodors R. French
Fort Sill
Okla
Edward Fortsch
Cedar Falls
Rev. W. Gist
Arthur R. Fortsch
Lynne
Fortsch
Among the Churches First Brethren Helpers Gather at Church
The Loyal Helpers class met at the church yesterday instead of a country trip. A noon picnic dinner preceded the business session and study period. St Marys Sewing Circle will meet tomorrow at the church with Red Cross preparation. Hostesses are Mocs, Cindi, Rethline and Gruenwald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Brethren
St. Mary's
Red Cross
Mocs
Cindi
Rethline
Gruenwald
Red Cross Notes In Local Auxiliaries Meeting
Catholic Women's auxiliary meets at KK of C hall for all day gauze work. St Mark's auxiliary gathers in the church guild room tomorrow at 10 am for Red Cross sewing with a noon picnic lunch. First BM. E. auxiliary held all church activities tomorrow from 9 am to 5 pm with gauze work and large attendance desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Women’s Auxiliary
C. Hall
St. Mark's Auxiliary
Red Cross
BM. E
Waterloo Man Piloted Loan to Big Success
Thomas Place Myers of Waterloo directed publicity for Philadelphia’s third liberty loan drive. His system raised 230000 in voluntary donations, funded daily page ads across eight papers, and helped surpass the quota. About 90000 remains for the fourth loan as he prepares to lead again. He then oversaw a French war exhibit netting 16000 for the war chest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Place Myers
United States
Waterloo
George S. Myers
Harrison Street
Philadelphia
Myers
Treasury Department
Adequate War Bond Push Sent to Townships
The clerk of the judge advocate court of the Service League mails notices to township residents outside Waterloo urging increased war fund contributions. If voluntary compliance fails, citizens face oath before Judge F C Pratt to disclose holdings and determine a fixed sum for bonds thrift stamps and Red Cross donations. Nationwide cooperative drive targets financial slackers.
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Judge Advocate Court
The
Service League
Waterloo
F.C. Pratt
Advocate Court
Red Cross
IOWA Bankers Hold Thirty second Annual Convention in Dubuque
More than 1,200 delegates attend the Iowa Bankers association convention in Dubuque. President S M Leach responds to welcome by J K Heming as Secretary Warner reads the annual report. Key talks include C A Hinsch of Cincinnati, W S Reis of the International Corporation, and afternoon remarks by Harrison B Riley and N C Kendall. Social events feature an auto tour, vaudeville at Union Park, and a ladies reception at the Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Iowa Bankers’ Association
S. M. Leach
J. K. Heming
Warner
Des Moines
C. A. Hinsch
Cincinnati
American Bankers’ Association
W.S. Reis
International Corporation of
New York City
Harrison B. Riley
War Savings Committee of
Washington, D. C
N. C. Kendall
Albla. Ia
Union Park Theatre
Country Club
Express monopoly must be dissolved after war ends
Washington June 19. A government backed express monopoly is to be dissolved after the war emergency ends under a contract signed by express companies and the railroad administration. The Adams American Wells Fargo and Southern will be separated again unless antitrust laws are amended by peace. Western Great Northern and Northern lines expected to join the new operating company before July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Express Companies
Railroad Administration
Gregory
Adams
American
Wells Fargo and Southern
Western
Great Northern
Jew Loses Profit After German Language Talk
In Waterloo a jury found a Russian Jewish buyer won $15 after a German speaking farmer near Gilbertville balked at a sale of 400 gunny sacks. The buyer argued he was misled by German price pressure from the defendant’s friends, who spoke German to push up the price. The case concluded quickly in a justice court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Gov. Harding
Gilbertville
Ine
Francis
Vernon Yeakle to be sentenced for drug theft
Vernon Yeakle, convicted months ago of breaking into Dr Ellyson s office and stealing dope, faces sentencing after a parole breach and subsequent arrest. A separate event features Rev E L House delivering two lectures, one at Westminster Presbyterian Church and another at First Presbyterian Church, with a psychologist s background noted.
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Vernon Yeakle
Dr. Ellyson
George Harris
Yeakle
Uncle Sam
Westminster Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
E. L. House
Hond River
Ore
Zeebrugge Harbor Blocked by Demolitions Claim
British lieutenants George Coward and John Read report Zeebrugge harbor entrance blocked as cement ships remain sunk inside, with Germans unable to blow them up for fear of damaging sluices. They say no submarines can enter or leave Zeebrugge, Ostend blockade ongoing, and the two aviators escaped to Holland after their seaplane failed.
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Amsterdam
Zeebrugse
George Coward
John Read
Royal Air Force
Zeeland
Zeebrugge
Ostend
Iso
Coward
Read
Holland
Wheat Price-Fixing Plan Outlined to Millers
In St Louis on June 19 Samuel Plant head of the Missouri division of the U S food administration explained the new plan for distributing the coming wheat crop to about 150 millers from Illinois Missouri Arkansas Mississippi Louisiana. He said millers will pay farmers the fixed government price and then grind the wheat adding 25 cents per bushel or $1.10 per barrel of flour plus freight and grinding costs to set the maximum flour price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
United States Food Administration
Samuel Plant
Missouri
United States ‘Food Administration
Illinois
Arkansas
Mississippiana
Louisiana
Plant
Unclear Temperature Report From June 19 Entry
Fragmentary weather note supplied by Buchanan Opt. Co shows limited data for June 19 with ambiguous times and readings. No clear high or low temperatures, locations, or events are identifiable beyond scattered digits and stray abbreviations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan Opt. Co
Pioneer Resident Richard Aunger Dies at 86
Cedar Falls June 11. Richard Aunger aged 86, a pioneer settler, died at his daughter’s home in Chicago yesterday. The body will be brought here tomorrow for interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Mr. Aunger left Cedar Falls about 20 years ago.
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Cedar Falls
Sueday
Richard Aunger
William Brown
Chicaco
Greenwood
Aunger
Penalty Plan Aims at Child Labor Employers
Washington June 10. Senator Kenyon of Iowa introduced a bill to debar employers of child labor from use of walls in response to the Supreme Court ruling that the child labor law is unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Kenyon
Iowa
Supreme Court
Grace Lusk Sentenced to 19 Years at Waupun for Murder
Waukesha Wisconsin June 13 to June 19 Grace Lusk heard in court and sentenced to 19 years in the state prison at Waupun with hard labor for the murder of Mrs Mary Newman Roberts. Judge M L Lueck declared her sane and capable to act for herself. Dr Roberts condemned as equally blameworthy, the home attacked and the sentence delivered after testimony by three mental health specialists. Friends and supporters watched nervously as the sentence was pronounced and Grace clung to the bar rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wankeesha
Wis
Grace Lusk
Wanpon
Mary Newan Hoberts
Joseph Wilkins
Myrtle Lull
Jameca Barber
Love
Miss Lusk
Waukesha
M. L. Lueck
Grace Tousk
Waupun
DR. Roberts
Mary Newman Roberts
Tullar
Jam Clancy
Far Eastern Russian group seeks joint Siberia army appeal
The Far Eastern Russian committee for the salvation of the motherland resolved to appeal through Japan for immediate intervention in Siberia by the entente allied forces. Russians say there would be no difficulty forming an allied army in Siberia and oppose a purely Japanese expedition citing imperialistic and racial antagonism and memories of the Russo-Japanese war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Far Eastern
Russian Committee For the “Salvation of the Motherland
Japan
Siberia
Entente
Greeting to Labor From President Is W. B. Wilson's Word
In St Paul June 19 Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson, at the American Federation of Labor convention, conveyed President Wilson’s praise for organized labor’s wartime industrial prep. Samuel Gompers urged workers to carry the message of freedom and democracy home. Wilson, a United Mine Workers member, received an ovation while noting wage and condition gains over 50 years from steady union action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
William B. Wessing
American Federation of Labor
Wilson
Organized Labor
Samuel Gompers
Federation
New
Labor Movement
Woodrow Wilson
United Mine Workers Union
Ife
CITY IN BRIEF STY PROTECTORS AND GOGELES AT BUELWuan'S
Mrs Lola Comfort returns to duty at Bureh Bros Co after illness. A J Knapp heads to the Iowa Secretarial Bureau convention in Dubuque. Miss Myra Loban leaves for Washington DC to spend time. Mrs J Wiefer returns from two months in the city. Franklin F Sivan and Jeanette K Hu obtain a marriage license. FP W McCreary seeks hospital care for rheumatism. Mrs Margaret Kilgorn notes son J Herbert's overseas safe arrival. August Golinvaux returns home from Dubuane after visit. Mr and Mrs C A Coonrod and family back in Webster City from a visit. Naval applicants to be sent home after final exams in Des Moines. Community Service League picnic postponed due to weather and Red Cross drive. Mrs Florence M Brainard awarded divorce from Clyde R Brainard and resumes maiden name Florence M Bloeser with alimony of household goods. Heverly Dentist Office moves to Black Hawk Bank Bldg rooms 606-7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Service League
Ume
Florence M. Brainard
Clyde RE. Brainard
Florence M. Bloeser
FL Heverly Dentist Office
Black Hawk Bank
Military draft revisions may add 250000 men to duty
Preliminary reports in Washington indicate that over 250000 men could be added to class one ready for immediate military duty due to Provost Marshal General Crowder's order revising deferred classification lists by local draft boards. The June announcement signals a broad expansion of active service eligibility.
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Washington, D.C
Crowder
Fee Agents Seek Leniency From Justice Dept in War Contracts
Washington June 19 self described contingent fee agents crowded the justice department to plead leniency as authorities investigate a system defrauding the government of millions. Officials indicated leniency for firms showing no sinister influence. reports on raids reveal improper practices in soliciting war contracts. A D.C. firm earned 10.6 million in contracts for clients while another took 199,900 in commissions. navy purchasing officers for seven years knew of the system and pressed to dismantle it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Department of Justice
Department
Navy
May Imports Reach Historic High in U S Trade
Washington June 19 The May foreign trade total reached a historic high with imports totaling 875,090,000 and exports at 52,000,000, marking the strongest month in the nation’s history aside from the peak. Gold imports for 11 months stood at 53,000,000 with exports at 188,000,000. Silver shipments rose to 65,000,000 in 11 months, with exports at 131,000,090. The British arbitration treaty renewal for five years was approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Washington, PD. C
United States
Great Britain
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Italian Front Struggle Near Piave River Reported
Austrians push against Italian positions along the Piave and near Montello with heavy bombardment and infantry support while Italians counter to hold the river banks. Germans await results on the Italian front as western fronts see localized fighting and renewed activity around Reims, Ypres, and the Aisne.
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Tomntiins
Paiva
Asiage
Val Suganna
Monte Grappa
Verestian Plain
Montello
Cape Site
Bassano
Treviso
Maserada
Wassalin
Fossalla
Gapo
Sile
Fossetta Canal
Venice
Adriatic
Mestre
Piave
France
Flanders
Italy
Lai
Reims
Ypres
Montd{dier
Aisne
Auto Collisions and Police Meet Freight Trains
Auto collisions reported with Lester Tt. Parts at 621 Vermont, E Dunkelberg's car damaged, N S Huntington’s car backed into another, Stanley Verch’s car damaged and burned at Fourth and Commercial. Police and peace officers to meet an incoming freight train to arrest three suspects. charge details not disclosed.
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Lester Tt
Vermont Street
E. Dunkelberg
N.S. Huntington
Stanley Verch
Vine Street
Official War News from the Front Near Reims and Vrigny
The German artillery opened along the Reims front and Vrigny region at 6 pm, followed by an attack on French positions at 4 pm. French counterfire held, stopping German troops between Vrigny and Ormes. In the Reims area, French combats unfolded with heavy enemy losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reims
Aisne
Helis
Vrigny
la Pompelle
Lonion
Hebuterne
Albert
War Office
Have Nerve Not Nerves
An advice piece argues wartime courage comes from resolve not fear, urging readers to reduce worry, rest, exercise outdoors, and avoid excesses. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood and nerve tonic, available at drugstores or by mail from Williams Medicine Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams
Taday
Pr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. YS
Cocoanut Oil Shampoo Advise From Old Fashioned Tip
An old advertisement extols plain cocoanut oil as a superior shampoo. It warns most soaps dry the scalp and damage hair, while pure, greaseless oil cleanses effectively. Instructions say dampen hair, rub in oil to create lather, rinse easily, and achieve silky, manageable hair. Unrefined oil is inexpensive and widely available through drug stores.
Northey Named Waterloo Head On War Work
War Industries Commission No. 9 in Chicago zone formed by 204 manufacturers from Illinois Indiana and Iowa to boost war contracts. F L Northey of Waterloo heads Iowa group with subregional plans and ongoing work in Washington to secure contracts amid competition among manufacturers.
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Northey
Waterloo
Chicago
War Industries
Chicago Zone
Ilineis
Indiana
Iowa
War Industries Board
Alinda
D. E. Felt
L. T. Jamme
Blaine S. Smith
Paul E. Hirschel
George ~. Roper
Peoria
T. E. O’brien
Decatur
M. GC. Atwood
Aurora
J. T. Jackson
Freeport
E. Roth
la Salle
S. M. Macmannus
Joliet
S. Davis
Moline
J. J. Waller
Sioux City
G. 8B. Walker
Des Moines
F. L. Northey
F. R. Conway
Cedar Rapids
P. S. Fawkes
Dubuque
J. R. Lane
Davenport
M. E. Finch
Burlington
A. M. Tanner
Hammond
J. J. Wolverton
South Bend
B. H. Briggs
Fort Wayne
J. W Caswell
Huntington
EH. C. Crow
Elkhart
Reed Lana
Washington
Eastern Star Meeting Honors Grand Lodge Delegates
Last evening at the Masonic hall 825 Mobile street Queen of Sheba chapter No 14 C B S hosted a reception for delegates attending the grand lodge session. A G Smith opened with an invocation a piano solo by Mrs Martha Finnley and addresses by Mrs Lena Booth Mrs 8 Joe Grown Des Moines spoke Mr Smith gave a speech with contributions from Mrs Erma Walker Dr Speed Mrs Kitty Richardson C L Brown Marshalltown Harry Berle and Mr Clark Oskaloosa. Meetings continue this evening at 8 in Masonie hall.
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Masonic
Dr. Speed
Kity Richardson
C. L. Brown
Marshalltown
Harry Berle
Mr. Clark
Oskaloosa
Masonie Hall
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la Lomita Club
J. Rex Bryant
First
Lutheran Woman's Missionary Society
A. O'Connor
I. F. F. Club
A. W. Lee
Ladies’ Guild
Lloyd Hall
Harold V. Guyer
Forest Avenue
Mmes. Crozier
Hyde and
Guyer
Cohn - Robinson
Miss
Bernice Robinson
George B. Cohn
W. G. Crowder
Methodist Church
PEN
Teebrugge
Amer
Gluael
Seave
Far Eagt
Olen
W. B. Wilson
Buelwuan's
Lola Comfort
Bureh Bros. Co
A. J. Knapp
Iowa Secretarial Bureau
Myra Loban
Washinaton, del
Franklin F. Sivan
Gooding
Daha
Jeanette SK. Hu
FP. W
McCreary
Margaret Kilgorn
J. Herbert
Fee
Justice Office
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Siflery
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Eastern Star Meeting
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Iowa Telephone Company
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