Traer Veteran Cited for Gallantry in 1918 Vesle Action
Mil o Shadle of Traer Co operative Creamery receives war department citation for bravery in France. As a first class private with Co G Fifty eighth Infantry he crossed the Vesle river on August 5 1918 with 13 volunteers and captured two enemy machine guns while killing four soldiers and aiding bridge construction. One swimmer drowned during the dangerous crossing.
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Milo Shadte
Traer Co-operative Creamery
War Department
Washington
France
Shadle
Vesle River
Vesle
Swim River
Co. G. Fifty-eighth Infantry
Vision
American Expeditionary Forces
Cook
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Legion officer cited for wartime action in service record
A wounded man and another drowned during an advance. the citation explains the event. Mr. Shadle serves as adju tant of Kubik-Finch post American Legion and is now a compassionate second lieutenant in the officers reserve corps of the army.
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Kubik-Finch Post
American Legion
Officers Reserve Corps
Army
Man Arrests in Ohio for Alleged False Check Case
Lloyd Woodruff is jailed in Jefferson on a charge of falsely issuing a check with intent to defraud connected to the purchase of an automobile. He is about 35, reared in Waverly Iowa. His wife and five children stay with her parents at Bremner, Iowa. An officer will travel to Jefferson to bring him here for trial.
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Jefferson
H. T. Wagner
Oodruff
Wagner
Woodruff
Waverly
Bremner
Urge Road Fund Drive by Political Convention
Des Moines dispatch reports a May 11 convention plan to form committees to urge the national Democratic and Republican conventions to endorse increased highway funding through coordinated at large advocacy. The move targets securing broader support for a road fund drive.
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Des Moines
Good Roads Plan Outlined By National Association Leaders
Federal aid for road construction was announced by the United States Good Roads association. Governor Panten of Kansas will head the Republican delegation while Governor Branden of Georgia leads the Democrats waiting on the party leaders.
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United States Good Roads Association
Panten
Kansas
Branden
Georgia
Bentru de Rein appointed head life guard at beach
A. Bentru de Rein, previously manual training director at East Junior High and head life guard last year, is named head life guard for the coming season. A. C. Sherwood, chair of the park commission, announced the plan to open the beach June 1.
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East Junior High School
Bathing
A. C. Sherwood
Lue Park Commission
Behktrude
William Hoffman
Park Commission
Dives Into Submerged Wire Rescue In River
Oskaloosa Iowa May 11 Archie Stice is recovering from severe lacerations after diving into a submerged tangle of barbed wire in the Chiquaqua river Wednesday He nearly drowned before freeing himself and being helped to safety by bystanders or rescuers.
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U.P
Archie Stice
Chiquaqua River
Stice
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