Air Mail Route Nears Reality With 24 Cent Rate
Washington reports a regular plane mail service between New York and Washington is experimental as a new transport mode. The war department supplied 12 training planes, with pilots from combat ranks to gain experience. Initial postage is 24 cents an ounce or fraction, with emergency landings at several cities and rapid handoffs to rail if needed. Special stamp features an airplane design, with Burleson and Wilson connected to the launch. Plans call for expansion to Boston next spring.
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Washington, D.C
Washington
New York
Post Office
War Department
Fiers
Baltimore
Havre de Grace
Wilmington
Del
Weither
Princeton
New Brumswick
Philadelphia
Post- Thaster
Burleson
Patten
Wilson
Otto Praeger
Praeger
More Members for the Service League
The Service League opens its membership drive to recruit patriotic men and women. Sergeants will canvass neighborhoods tomorrow with pledge cards and bronze buttons as receipts for the $1 membership fee, aiming to expand the roster by week’s end.
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Service League
League
Tomorrey
President Opens Red Cross Drive in New York
President Wilson opened the Red Cross drive in New York at the Metropolitan Opera House on May 10, announcing a goal of 200 million dollars. The president and Mrs. Wilson were accompanied by the former president on the trip to the city.
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Red Cross
N. Y
Wilson
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
In Our Street by Waterloo Streets in Wartime
A reflective sketch of a Waterloo block, contrasting a peaceful street with the wartime sacrifice etched in red service flags. It notes families, quiet homes, and the glow of windows while two of five nearby households send sons to the war effort, symbolized by stars and Red Cross pledges. The piece honors local patriotism and collective endurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
France
U S Officer Takes German Breastplate in Raid
In a trench raid on German lines, an American officer fled and later returned wearing a breastplate captured from a German. The photograph copy can be obtained by sending 10 cents to the division of pictures in Washington D C.
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Washington, D. C
Registration of All Men to Register June 5 Plan
A local exemption board met to arrange the selective service registration for men who turn 21 by June 5 1918 or who have just turned 21. Chief registrant C A Pierre. registration spots listed at Chamber of Commerce rooms Fourth Street West and Waterloo Commercial Club First National Building. H B Kelly and A J Knapp oversee east and west sections. Young men must register between 7 am and 5 pm June 5 1918 and those at home or in jail will be registered at their locations.
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C. A. Pierre
Chamber of Commerce Club
Sam H. Pinkerton
Fourth Street
Waterloo Commercial Club
First National
H. B. Kelly
Chamber of Commerce
A. J. Knapp
Commercial Club
Iocal Board
Promising Life Out Short Today
John Robertson Macartney Jr., son of Dr. and Mrs. J R Macartney, died at Presbyterian hospital after mastoid trouble and complications. He was 15 and had been ill about five weeks, a 1918 East High graduate with strong academic record. He planned Carnegie Tech study, aviation service, church work, and nature study. Survived by parents, sister Helen, brother Arthur, relatives across several states. Funeral Thursday at First Presbyterian church.
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John Robertson Macartney, Jr
J. R. Macartney
Presbyterian Hospital
Robertson
Robertson Macartney
Oconta
Wis
Bellingham
Wash
Washerloo
East High School
Robertsan
Carnegie School of Technology
Ralph Rush
Carnegian Institute
Sumer
Yelviwstone Park
Robertson Macarthey
First Presbyterian Church
Fred
YMC
Helen
Arthur
J. Crowe
Dr Frank Willerd Court to Speak at Memorial Service
Dr Frank Willerd Court will deliver the Memorial day sermon at First Methodist Episcopal church with the theme In Retrospect and Prospect. Patriotic groups attend the service as Grand Army of the Republic and Womens Relief Corps join in the observance.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Women's Relief Corps
First Methodist Episcopal Ehurch
Frank Willerd Court
Court Fetover
Jesup High School
Jesup
Jesup. May 30 Dr. Court Will Give An Address At Iowa Falls
Plymouth
Freezone Corn Remedy Promises Instant Relief
An advertisement touts Freezone as a fast, painless corn treatment discovered by a Cincinnati man. A few drops allegedly dissolve sore corns and let them lift out with no irritation to surrounding skin. It claims to work on hard or soft corns and calluses, shrinking them and freeing the skin.
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Cincinnati
Dr Carrel Promoted to Commander of Legion of Honor
Dr Alexia Carrel of the Rockefeller Institute is promoted by the French government to commander of the Legion of Honor. Mourtar, secretary of state, presented the decoration and praised Carrel’s medical science including blood transfusion tissue conservation bone grafting and wound treatment developed at Compiègne hospital.
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Alexia Carrel
Rockefeler Istitute
MM. Mourtar
M. Mourier
Fr drift Stamps to Be Part of Cash Awards at Cattle Congress
Thrift stamps will be given as a portion of prize money to exhibitors at the Cairy Cattle Congress this year. EB. 5. Estel, manager, announced. The policy aims to show patriotism and convert money into war channels. Size of the stamp allotment not decided, but said to be substantial and limited to contests with boys and girls. The state dairy and food department has not tied confirmation to stamps for the butterfly exhibit. Plans advance with Mr. Wstel and assistants. Show expected to match last year with growing cattle entries and interest from horse breeders and farm implement manufacturers.
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Cairy Cattle Congress
Estel
Hstel
Dey
State Dairy and Food Department
Wstel
Sugar dispute at Lafayette street restaurant sparks debate
Patrons at Acme restaurant Lafayette street witnessed a middle aged man refuse to accept one spoonful of sugar allowed by government regulation for coffee. Proprietor Humphrey Stevens and staff, including B C Stevens, confronted him and asked for his name, Carlton of Spirit Lake, who claimed loyalty through two sons in service. Carlton argued the rule was misapplied and called the government criticized, while Stevens defended the regulation and noted Carlton’s temper and profanity.
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Acme
Lafayette Street
Humphrey& Stevens
Bly
B.C. Stevens
Carlton
Spirit Lake
Stevens
Stavans
Rose Faurants
Mr. Carlton
Mr. Stevens
Carton
al- Jawad
Five more Waterlog registrants enroll for induction
Eyecial Induction: five more Waterlog registrants have enrolled for special induction by the local board. They are Upton Werner conductor B K Walsh brakeman Pearcy Bantroth locomotive engineer Manuel J Hurd brakeman Archie EF Cameron brakeman. These registrants will leave June 1 for Camp Dix Wrightstown N J for training.
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Upton
Werner
B. K. Walsh
Pearcy Bantroth
Manuel J. Hurd
Archie EF
Cameron
Comp Dix
Wrightstown
N. J
City Asked to Pray and Fast on May 30
Waterloo Ministerial association urged residents to join a city wide day of prayer and fasting in line with President Wilson s request. People to gather at noon for prayer and begin fasting from 6 p m May 20 until 6 p m May 20. American flier Mortimer Crane of Philadelphia, in the British flying corps, was killed over Britain and buried the following day.
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Waterloo
London
Mortimer Crane
British Flying Corps
TF. J. Grane
Philadelphia
Great
Britain
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