American Legion session opens amid army rift and race debate
The American Legion opened a three day conference in St Louis with over a thousand delegates. Tensions split members between supporting the regular army and excluding it from the group. Col Bennett Clark urged fair treatment for soldiers in France while Southern delegates pushed for a separate Negro auxiliary.
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Associated Press
St- Louis
American Legion
Naval Service
Union
Theodore Roosevelt
National Guard
Regular Army
National
Bennett Clark
France
Alabamian
Jump in Coffee Prices Seen by Retailers Head
Chicago May 8 Coffee drinkers face higher costs as retailers forecast prices rising due to war and Brazilian frosts. John W Olson, president of the Chicago Retail Tea and Coffee Dealers Association, predicts cheapest coffee to 10 to 50 cents a pound and Mocha and Java much higher. Enormous stocks have been shipped to Europe with demand rising after July 1. Treasurer Harry W Meneler adds that loyal drinkers will switch to coffee and tea, depleting reserves and driving Brazil berry prices toward civil war levels.
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Chicago
John W. Olson
Chicago Retail Tea and Coffee Dealers‘ ‘Association
Morrison Hotel
Java
Olson
Europe
Harry W. Meneler
Duplication of Plans of Y W C A Threatens Waterloo
The Waterloo YWCA faces possible duplication of plans with Des Moines Welfare League for a girls boarding house. An investigation will assess how many girls work, their housing needs, and whether a boarding house or community center is best. A local committee reviews sites while financiers consult with business leaders for a possible campaign and design plans with a national council expert.
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Iowa
Welfare League of
Des Moines
Waterloo
Young Woman's Christian Association
T. A. McManus
Industrial Department
Y. WC. A
Third Street
H. B
Boies
W. C. A. Council
Free Methodist District Conference and Services This Week
The Free Methodist Church district holds a quarterly conference at the church Saturday at 9:80 a.m. with services each evening at 7:30. A Sabbath School convention is scheduled tomorrow at 10 a.m. Pastors of the district will attend. The Victory Joan closes on Saturday, May 10, across the United States. Make settlement at once at your bank.
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Free Methodist Church
Joan
United States
Indysrihennends
City in Brief: Des Moines to Kolfe Memorial Address
Des Moines reports on legal business for S Tuthill and a memorial address by Charles E B Pickett in Kolfe. Notices include health quarantines, veterans and Red Cross nurses returning home, enlistment movements, naval enlistments, and a deer sighting near Chautauqua park with follow possible river crossing.
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S. Tuthill
Des Moines
Charles EB. Pickett
Kolfe
F. A. Sporle
John E. Kurth
Dentists
Des. Moines
Illinois Central Men to Welcome Thirteenth Engineers in Chicago
Waterloo officials and employees plan to travel to Chicago Sunday night for the Thirteenth engineers welcome celebration. Illinois Central will run a special Dubuque to Chicago train with extra coaches west of Dubuque. About 300 from Waterloo expected. parade on Michigan Avenue at 11.00 and meals planned. W. S. Williams to accompany the train to Camp Grant where the men will be demobilized.
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Ilinois Central Railroad
Waterloo
Chicago
Illinois Central
Bio Player
Dubuque
Norman Beil
Central States
Michigan Avenue
W. S. Willams
Western Fines
Camp Grant
Rockford
Lucky Thirteenth
Black Hawk County Officials Study Good Roads Costs at Ames
County board members and a delegation visited the Iowa Highway Commission in Ames to discuss the good roads program. They reviewed costs per mile for paving 18 feet of roadway, drainage and grading, and legal forms required for bond issues and contracts.
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Iowa Highway Commission
Ames
C. M. Fisher
BE. J. Wenner
Good Roads
Wenger
Mr. Fisher
J. A. Francis
C. A. Morris
Stanley D. Moore
R. M. Gibson
W. C. Logan
C. B. Howard
Waterloo
W. Hughes
L. EB. Bladine
B. Bante
Cedar Falls
Highway Commission
Black Hawk County
The
Wenner
Son Arrested in Mother's Murder at Creston Iowa
Roy Hmer aged 25 was arrested in Creston on a first degree murder charge tied to the death of his mother Mrs Kate Emerson. Her body was found crushed at the bottom of an elevator shaft in the Emerson building, the death likely occurred hours earlier. She was widow of J Charles Emerson, former secretary treasurer of the Iowa State Funeral Directors association.
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Creston
Roy Hmerson
Kate Emerson
Emerson
Roy
Tha ‘Establishment
Deaths and funeral notices in Waterloo region
Elizabeth Moore died at her daughter’s home after illness of cancerous trouble. Born 1848 in Canada, she lived in Waterloo since 1851 and Dakota later. Survived by husband Henry, two daughters, two sons, grandchildren. Funeral at Bender home and St. Paul’s Church. burial Mt. Verd en. Prudy Tarris died in Cushing Minnesota. services held in Waterloo and burial in Denver Iowa. Caroline Hansen’s funeral at home and First Lutheran Church with burial Fairview. Woods Millinery sale advertised.
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Elizabeth Moore
Conrad J. Bender
Edwards Street
Moore
Canada
Waterloo
John Ward
Dakota
Henry Moore
Bender
Frank Burkhardt
Boies
Delbert
Albert
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Rev. C. B. Luce
Mt. Verden Township
Prudy Farris
Prudy Tarris
Cushing
Minn
Parker Street
B. Smith
Denver
Decedent
Mae Thompson
Shawneetown
William Rockwood
Caroline Hansen
Mobile Street
First Lutheran Church
WH. Mueller
Fairview
German Delegate Disputes War Culpability at Versailles Meeting
At Versailles on May 8 the German plenipotentiary Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau defended Germany's stance in the peace talks. He refused sole responsibility for defeat, urged peace under President Wilson’s terms, and pledged to repair Belgium wrongs and support German prisoner liberation. The exchange featured tension as interpreters and leaders pressed for clearer articulation of the controversial points.
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Guy
von Brockdorff- Rantzeu
Clemenceau
Premiera Clemen- Sean
Lloyd George
Von
the Chamber
Versailles
Havas
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzan
Ae Og
Germany
Wilson
Belgium
France
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
League of Nations
Plan to Erect Victory Arch on Fourth Street Bridge
Waterloo plans to build a Victory Arch at the center of the Fourth Street bridge. Joe Currie of Currie Simpson drew sketches approved by the Victory Entertainment committee. The arch will likely be ready for the Rainbow Boys visit and remain for future demonstrations, described as an imposing structure.
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Waterloo
Fourth Street Bridge
Joe Currie
Currie-Simpson Company
Victory Entertainment Committee
Rainbow Boys
Farms Change Hands Near Hudson Iowa
Several farms near Hudson Iowa changed owners in the past week. Mr and Mrs J S Strayer sold their homestead south of town to James Fleming for 300 per acre and it were resold within days at 17 50 per acre. A Pederson farm near Gladbrook sold for 175 per acre. John Anders paid 200 per acre for a tract north of town and 40 acres were sold by John Holmes to George Sergeant.
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Hudson, Ia
J. Strayer
James Fleming
Dinsdale
Pedar Pederson
John Martin
Gladbrook
John Andors
John Holmes
George Sergeant
Bae
Bankers Gather in Waterloo for Iowa group meeting
Group 7 bankers of the Iowa Bankers Association will convene in Waterloo on Saturday with a smoker luncheon Friday evening at the Chamber of Commerce club rooms and a pet acquainted meeting to discuss banking problems. The main convention on Saturday opens at Hotel Hussell-Lamson with speeches by E W Miller Harvey Ingham and Major Edouard Du Pont.
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Iowa Bankers’ Association
Waterloo
Chamber of Commerce Club
Waterloo Commercial Club
Chamber of Commerce
Hussell-Lamson
Waterloo Theatre
J. Erwin Evans
Citizens’’ Savings Bank of
Cedar Falls
E.W. Miller
Waterloo Clearing House’ Association
Harvey Ingham
Des Moines Register
Edouard du Pont
French Republic
America
J- M., Dinwiddie
Merchants’ National Bank
Cedar Rapids
J. B. Smith
Walnut Street Baptist Church
John Deere & Co
Russell- Lamson
Overseas
Pollowing
Waterloo Clearing House Association
American Trust & Savings Bank
Black Hawk National Bank
Commercial National Bank
Farmers Loan & Trust Company
First National Bank
Iowa State Bank
Leavitt & Johnson Natonal Bank
Leavitt& Johnson Trust Company
Lincoln Savings Bank
Waterloo Bank &Trust’company
Waterloo Savings Bank
Russell-Lamson
Illinois Central Victory Loan Special Hits Rail Line
An Illinois Central victory loan special train passed Ithaca Waterloo this morning on a westward run along the Illinois Central lines. The train carried W Williams general superintendent of western lines and division officers to spur interest for the final victory loan drive. Stops planned at every station with interviews of railroad employees. a valid reason for non subscription may be demanded from each worker.
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Illinois Central
Ithra -Waterloo
Illinois Central Lines
Waterios
S.williams
Western Lines
Avery
Washington Sees Economic Lever Possibly Needed
President weighs using an economic lever as Congress remains Republican and nonpartisan rhetoric dominates. The piece notes his travel plans altered to return to Paris and hints at strategic moves tied to fiscal policy amid a divided legislature.
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Washington
Fragmentary report on party support and opposition
Fragmented text notes support from some Republicans and opposition from some Democrats. Mentions Phelps Gisuson for dead or deformation unclear. Content is incomplete and names are garbled.
Plumbers and Steam Fitters Call Public Judgment on Wages
A union note explains journeymen seek fair living and wage scales of 82 cents hourly versus proposed 1.28, arguing higher charges would rob the public. Employers deny price hikes, while the committee claims to protect public interests and invites public scrutiny at Beads Arhe, 518 Jefferson.
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Memorial Hall
A. F. Frahm
New York City
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Ainsworth
Miss Stevens
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Sergt. J. OC. Koeaneke
Iowa Investment Corporation
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Infantry
Seth B. Parker
Morrison
Ala
Louis H. Imig
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