Wilson Scored By Presbyterians Over Prohibition Act
In St Louis on May 21 the 181st general assembly of the Presbyterian church U S A arraigned President Wilson for urging Congress to repeal or amend wartime prohibition. A resolution urging Congress to sustain and enforce the law was adopted and cabled to the president. The resolution emphasizes feeding the world and preserving American morale.
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St. Louis
Wilson
181St General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
U.S. A
Congress
United States
Doughboys Critique Versailles and Paris Monuments
American doughboys on leave in Paris tour Versailles and sites like the Invalides and the Statue of Liberty statue presented to Paris. They mix praise with frank critique, noting the grand past and the city’s monuments while comparing to New York harbor.
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Paris
France
Versailles
Young Men's Christian Association
War Work Council
Empire
Louis XIV
Hotel Des Invalides
Napoleon
the Invalides
Court Des Invalides
Guynemer
Vérsailles
Seine
New York Harbor
Wilson Thanks for Notice Sent Him of Senate Convening
President Wilson acknowledged from Paris the senate committee notification that the senate had convened in extraordinary session. He asked Secretary Tumulty to transmit a copy of the cablegram to the special house committee and expressed hope to soon be in Washington to discuss international affairs.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Paris
Senate
Senate Committee
Congress
Washington
Tumulty
Special House Committee
White House
Grundy Center to graduate class of eighteen
Grundy Center high school will hold commencement on May 29 with a baccalaureate sermon on May 25. Chas Flint will speak on Growing Eyes and Ears. The class play Stop Thief debuts May 28 with Mrs. H. H. Thomas of Des Moines preparing the cast. An 18 member class includes Bertram Allison and Elizabeth Dickson among others, with officers led by President Bertram Allison and Secretary Henrietta Engelkes.
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Grundy Center
Grundy Center High School
Chas
Flint
HH. S. Thomas
Des Moines
Joan Carr
Tillian Erickson
Carr
Henrietta Engelkes
Caroline Carr
Estelle Dickson
Madge Carr
Esther Drake Nell
Elizabeth Dickson Wit Carr
John Heddens
James Clunes
Hubbert Haren
Jamison
oChas
Stevens
Willoughby
Harold Boughman
Spelain
Horace Brown
Jack Dowran
Bertram Allison
Toe Thompson
Walter Fonken
Olice
LeRoy Meyer
O'Malley
Meyer Olice
Clancy
Slice
O'Brien
Harrd Baughman
Mary Connell
Teresa Tonnell
Irene
Waterloo widow leaves estate to church funds and children
The Waterloo will of Amanda Edwards, who died recently, admits probate. Executor A J Edwards receives a life estate in one third of realty, a farm in East Waterloo township, and personal effects. One tenth to religious funds, nine tenths to surviving children, with $200 held in trust for Ruth Graham. Religious gifts include First Baptist Waterloo, Des Moines College endowment, and several Baptist societies and homes.
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Amanda Edwards
A. J. Edwards
Waterloo
Edwards
Ruth Graham
Ethel Edwards Graham
First Baptist Church Building Fund
Des Moines College
Woman's
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
American Baptist Home Mission Society
Baptist Old People’s Home
Oak Park
April Exports Top January Record by Nearly 100 Million
Washington May 21 Exports from the United States in April exceeded the prior high set in January by about 100 million dollars. The Commerce Department reported a total of 715 million for April, up from 623 million in January. Imports in April stood at 273 million, about 6 million less than April 1918. The monthly trade balance favored the U S at 442 million, with 10 months ending April showing 3 231 million in surplus.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States
Department of Commerce
Mrs Hiram Poisall Dies After Long Illness in Clarksville
Clarksville Iowa May 21 Mrs Almeda Van Gundy Poisall wife of Hiram Poisall died at home after a long paralysis illness Surviving are her husband a daughter Mary and a son George She was born in Ohio January 22 1862 and came to Clarksville as a child Funeral services will be at 2 pm Friday at the home with interment at Lowell Cemetery Rev Mr Sheckler of the M E Church in charge
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Clarksville
Almeda
van Gundy
Poisall
Hiram Poisall
Mary
George
Ohio
Lowell
Sheckler
M. E. Church
Last Night's News in Brief
Omsk reports Bolsheviks claim peasant uprising as rule tightens across Russia. Aerial freight link launches between the United States and Cuba. Premier Lloyd resigns Newfoundland ministry. Inventors provide over 2,000 devices for destroying Germany. Redfield says federal control of railroads and lines not ideal for the United States. Paris votes to grant women voting rights in local elections. Clemency board recommends remitting 1 percent of 2,857 soldier cases. Milwaukee elevator explosion kills three, injures four.
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Omsk
Leon Trotzky
Russia
Key West
United States
Cuba
St. Johns
N. F
Lloyd
Newfoundata
Washington
D. C
Germany
New York
Redfield
Uni
Paris
Chamber of Deputios
Special Clemency Board of the War Department
Milwaukee
Kerensky Pleads to World to Help Russia From Chaos
Paris May 21 A F Kerensky former premier of Russia and six other members of the Russian constituent assembly and Parisian Union for the Regeneration of Russia issued an appeal to democracies for prompt action to aid Russia. They propose a mission of delegates from all powers and organized labor to explain democratic aims to the people and Russian governments while denying any intervention that would infringe Russia’s sovereign rights.
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Associated Press
Paris
A. F. Kerensky
Russia
Russian Constituent Assembly
Parisian Union For the Regeneration of
Mother in Law versus Son in Law Trial in Court
Mrs Mae Templeton sues Edwin Schuler in municipal court over a board bill of 600 dollars alleging the defendant, her son in law, owed for living at the maternal home. The defendant counters for 900 dollars denying any agreed arrangement or upkeep duties.
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Mae Templeton
Edwin Schuler
City in Brief to Care for Optical Needs Ad
Local item notes YMCA youths six to eleven will join a bicycle hike Saturday led by Lieut Van Arn and Mrs John Schnell. Visitors include Madison 8 D and New England 8 D. linking social stops with La Porte City motor-trade talks. Several local residents and officials attend lodge events, Masonic rites, and church rosary society. Divorce decrees issued for Folkers Eastman and Kastan, while Shimer dissolves after cross-petition. A jury awards $50 in a Waterloo for delay in livestock transport cars.
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Henry Melangs
Janet
New England
Anus Parrott-Smith
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
la Porte City
Black Hawkounty Motor Trades Association
H. E. Colby
Davenport
AL Jo Shimer
C. M. Christensen
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway
Sacred Heart Hall
British airmen seek better Atlantic weather reports
St Johns May 21 The Marilynside plane skeleton is in a repair shop to be assembled Captain Morgan will not fly with Raynham in the attempt to gain fame. He plans a future independent flight for the British Isles Weather reports are sought from expeditioners to improve forecasts. Meteorologists met to discuss transmission delays and will request more detailed reports from the British air ministry.
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Associated Press
St. Johns
N. J
Frederick P. Rayphant
OG. Wo
RL Morgan
Raynham
British Isles
British Air Ministry
Sherman proposes separate vote on league covenant in senate
Senator Sherman of Republican, in Washington, announced plans to introduce a resolution in the senate to separate the covenant of the league of nations from the peace treaty. Senator Reed, a Missouri Democrat opposing the league, is expected to speak as well during the extraordinary session.
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Associated Press
Washington
Sherman
Naois
Senate
League of Nations
Reed, Demourtt
Missouri
Reed
Plumbers End Street Strike With New Pay Agreement
Journeymen plumbers return to work after a strike that began May 1 as an agreement was reached. Wages set at 82 cents per hour, with shops closing Saturday afternoons as requested by employers. The long interruption paused operations until the accord applied.
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Jlumbers
Plumbers Lured Back as City Faces Work Boom
A surge in municipal plumbing demand keeps journeymen busy while several plumbers left the city. Officials sent appeals urging them to return to their former posts to meet the heavy workload.
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Srams
Roto Club Hosts Memorial Hall Training Camp Night
Members of the Roto club plan a camp life night in Memorial Hall with an exhibition boxing bout by two overseas lads. All discharged soldiers will be welcome, whether Botos or not, at the meeting opposite Rainbow Day.
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BUG LN
Mits
Champion Steer Meat Accepted for Clemenceau Feast
An event note reports the grand champion steer Fyvie Knight from the 1923 International Livestock Exposition being accepted for Clemenceau’s banquet. The steer, a Purdue agricultural college product, was bought by Wilson & Co. at $2.50 a pound last December and offered to President Poincare of France in a cable from Paris.
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Chicago
Fyvie Knight
Poincare
France
Thomas Bk. Wilson
Wilson & Co
Paris
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