Battle scarred veterans guests banquet at Walnut Street church
Waterloo veterans recently discharged from service were hosted at Walnut Street Baptist Church for a third fellowship banquet. The Federated Trades of Illinois Central organized the event with a chicken dinner and a stirring program by the J. C. shops, featuring the Illinois Central Cornet Band, solos by Miss Winifred Garvin, a reading by Miss Fonda Jamieson, recitations by Miss Katherine Flynn, bugle calls by Cecil Bagley, and remarks from EG Bake about comradeship and sacrifice.
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Waterloo
Walnut Treet Baptist Church
Pershing
Mmen
1.C
Federated Crafts
Illinois Central Railway
J. C
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Illinois
Central Cornet Band
Walnut Street
Baptist Orchestr
Winifred, Garvin
Fonda Jamieson
Katherine Flynn
Cecil Bagley
Watts
Hey
John_ Bunyan Smith
World Way
Europe
Germany
Plans Of New River Front Wall For Bids
Plans and specifications for a retaining wall along the New River front were completed by engineer Nathan Barber. The wall is to be built on reclaimed land behind Memorial Hall, with bids to be received soon and construction set to begin in early June. Nearby park and Memorial Hall occupy the west bank area, once a notable riverfront spot.
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Nathan Barber
Sas el We
Waterloo Church Donates Organ to Webster City
The Waterloo Universalist church will give its organ to Webster City’s society after Waterloo’s church is dismantled and the property sold. The gesture honors Dr. Effie McCollum Jones, longtime Webster City pastor previously affiliated with Waterloo. Temperatures listed for May 7 include midnight to morning low and afternoon high ranges.
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Waterloo
Webster City
Universalist
Effie McCollum Jones
Webster
City
Doughnut Celebrities of Tour Sector to Be Honor Guests of Chicago
The Salvation Army doughnut king and queen, overseas nearly two years with the American expeditionary forces, will attend a Chicago reception tonight with Mr and Mrs F D Burdick. Their daughter aids overseas soldiers and a Houston carrier has returned home. The couple aided soldiers in the Toul sector using improvised ovens and army ranges.
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Associated Press
Chicago
F. D. Burdick
Salvation Army
Houston
Texas
Burdicks
Toul
Naval officers discuss Victory loan drive at Waterloo station
Lieut George E. Ketterer in charge of the Iowa District visits the Waterloo recruiting station to confer with E. D. Gurtis about the navy recruiting campaign. The district exceeded its quota by subscribing three times the target while peacetime, training needs and naval education programs are outlined for full term enlistments and a fleet sailings on the Mississippi to publicize the effort.
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Towa.naval
Inshe
First Naval District
America
Towa
Waterloo
George E. Ketterer
Iowa
Navy
Mississippi River
38 Korean agitators sentenced in Seoul court
Seventeen names appear in a report from Seoul dated April 14 via AP. Thirty eight Korean agitators at Pyongyang Yang were sentenced to prison terms ranging up to years. Police detained about 2 900 people after disturbances at public markets on market days.
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Seoul
Korea
Associated Press
Pyong
Banks Busy on Final Bond Purchase Day
Banks report heavy activity on the final day for bond buying as both businessmen and private citizens rush to secure credit for sales. The service league will continue processing delinquent subscribers until pledges are cleared, while German helpers’ loan efficiency awards have not yet been announced.
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Walerj
Altho
Service League
Lpiedges
Mets
Big Ed Walsh Plans Comeback With Brewers Pitching Hope
Hall of Famer Big Ed Walsh, famed spitball ace, trains under coach Rowland with the Milwaukee Brewers as he gears toward a comeback to the big leagues. He asserts his arm still has life and aims to prove himself this season while mentoring younger pitchers.
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Union Mill Company Annual Election at Waterloo Cedar Falls
The annual meeting of Waterloo & Cedar Falls Dyson Mill Company shareholders was held yesterday at Cedar Falls. Alistag was elected to replace the late C. F. Fowler on the board of directors. Directors re elected included Aber Leay B D Pierce C A Wise H N Silman Franklin C Pat Lore Alford G W Bown and W J Peddord. The officers chosen were President Roger Leavitt Vice President Franklin Pratt Secretary and Manager W W Feadiford Assistant Nanny er It L Brown.
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Cedar Falls Dyson Mill Company
Perd Yesterfagy
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C.F. Fowler
Aber ‘Leay- B.D. Pierce
C. A. Wise
H. N. Silman Franklin
C. Pat Lore. Alford
G. W. Bown
W. J. Ped
Roger Leavitt
Franklin . Pratt
Www
Feadiford
Nanny
Er It L Brown
Pomeroy Real Estate Booms As Prices Hit Record Levels
Real estate activity surges in Pomeroy Iowa with numerous farm sales. Buyers are plentiful while owners hesitate on prices. Multiple 160 to 240 acre tracts sell between 190 and 277.50 per acre, often resold quickly to other buyers or syndicates. Local listings encourage inquiries via Wingbard Hill and Cadvertisement service.
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C. A. Carlson
J. H. Baker
Carlson
McCulloch
Smiley
Francis
Fred Klocko
Hamann
Mr. Klocko
Barnhard Johnson
Arka
Barry Hodds
Haereman
Hie
Seifkin
Brieholz
Hilbert Sage
Wm. Ries
Sage
Frank Parker
Harm’ Doyen
William Shultz
M. Petterson
Oscar Anderson
Fred Freburg
Clark Perry
Indiana Welcomes 15 000 Heroes In Homecoming Parade
Associated Press reports Indianapolis honored 15,000 returning veterans including soldiers sailors Marines and nurses in a large parade led by the 160th Field Artillery of the 42nd Rainbow Division. Separate dispatches note the Italian steamship America bringing 2 244 officers and men plus 30 nurses from Marseille and the Yellowstone from St Nazaire with three casualties.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Indiana
160Th Field Artillery
42Nd
Rainbow
America
New York
Marseilles
St. Nazaire
Lowden probe of Pullman in view
Springfield May 7 The governor's message calls for a joint legislative committee to investigate charges that the Pullman company approached board of equalization members about property assessment. William H Malone board president said board members were threatened with job losses over the Pullman assessment. Lowden, son in law of George M Pullman of Chicago, resigned as Pullman director before becoming governor and has no current connection to the company.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Til
Lowden
Pullman Company
Board of Equalizationu
William H. Malone
Lowder
e. George M. _Pullman
Chi
Uties
Rath Packing Strikes Over Wage Demands and Settlement Efforts
Rath Packing officers issue a statement on the wage dispute with employees on strike. The union says no agreement was reached. mediator from the government War board to arrive to aid negotiations. Company proposed wage increases and a $2 weekly bonus, but the unions rejected the terms as unsatisfactory and insisted on a straight increase. The strike began after the union rejected a nonstandard schedule and the company failed to adopt it. The process continues as the commissioner travels to Waterloo to assist.
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Gill
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Department’ of Labor
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Alschuler
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Waterloo
All Yanks To Be Home By August
Secretary Baker announced that by August the last American expeditionary forces will have been withdrawn from France. He cited the movement of 300000 men monthly to the United States and said fewer troops remain as plans shift to supplying forces in Germany via Antwerp and Rotterdam. French ports will stay open for withdrawals, while excess facilities are being turned back to private owners or municipalities.
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Washington, D. C
Baker
France
United States
Ocenyation
Army of Accupelion
Germany
Antwerp
Rotterdam
Brest
Genus Hobo Thought Extinct Returns Captured by Police
A specimen identified as a hobo, once thought extinct, was captured and brought to the police station at 9:30 a.m. He appeared unkempt and dirty while panhandling for breakfast. The man, who gave the name Fred Button, 55, was booked as a vagrant and placed in a cell behind the city hall garage.
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Mame
Fred Button
Doughnut King Thomas H. Howard of Salvation Army
A wartime hero known as the uncrowned king of the doughnut, Thomas H. Howard gained fame among grateful American soldiers for turning out fried cakes. He admitted he hardly knew what a doughnut was before the war.
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Thomas H. Howard
Salvation Army
Germany Rejects Indemnity Payment at Peace Talks
Paris reports say German delegates will sign the peace treaty but refuse to pay an indemnity. German spokesmen distinguish reparations from indemnity, viewing the latter as punitive damages, implying refusal to pay damages they deem excessive.
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Associated Press
Paris
Germany
Lin
Memorial services for Miss Jane Delano
Memorial services for Miss Jane Delano Red Cross nurse are open to the public at First M. H. church this evening. The brief item also notes various local notices including a Marine enlistment and a June 3 road paving election discussion by county officials, plus Baltimore mayoral results with Republican winner Broening defeating Williams by about 9,590 votes.
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Red Cross
M. H. Church
Carroll F. Watts
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N. J
T. M. Watts
Jefferson Street
Waterloo
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Independence
Upton B. Kepford
Giant Farman Plane Reaches 5100 Meters With 25 Passengers
A Farman aircraft flying between Paris and Brussels ascended to 5100 meters, carrying 25 passengers. The climb took 1 hour 13 minutes and the descent lasted 25 minutes, with the event reported from Paria on a Tuesday in May.
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Associated Press
Paria
Farman
Gcollah
Paris
Brugsels
Cost of Children Sparks War on Welfare Standards
Washington May Ta-A reports from a Chicago Tribune dispatch on the second conference meeting, under the Children's Bureau, where the high cost of raising children and the need for adequate wages are debated. Prof W S Ogburn notes average cost to rear a child to 16 at 1427 6, while food costs exceed estimates, forcing sacrifices by other family members and turning wives into domestic drudges per Dr Royal Meeker.
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Chicago, Tribune
Children’s Bureau of the
United States
W. S. Ogburn
National War Labor Board
Royal Meeker
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Department of Labor
Dr. Mocker
Dowling To Receive Pallium At Late Month Ceremony
Archbishop Austin Dowling of the Roman Catholic Diocese of St Paul to be invested with the pallium at a second consecration ceremony here later this month. Dowling was consecrated March 25 as successor to the late John Treland. The pallium had not been received from Rome but the ceremony is permitted by papal dispensation due to unsettled world conditions.
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Associated Press
St. Paul, Minn
Austin Dowling
Diocese of
St. Paul
Archbishop Dowling
John Treland
Rome
City to paint fire hydrants red white for visibility
Fire Chief George Wellein orders all hydrants painted red with white caps to improve visibility and curb violations. The plan uses a distinctive color scheme at street intersections as a silent safety measure amid long-standing drab hydrant color.
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George Wellein
Bolice
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