McAdoo presses for revenue legislation before adjournment
Secretary McAdoo delayed a final decision on Congress's revenue bill to study the treasury situation. He planned to inform Senator Simmons and other leaders and then report to the White House. Majority Leader Kitchin said the president must decide if a revenue bill is needed this session.
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Washington, DC
Sec
McAdoo
Wilton
Washington, D. C
Congress
Altho
Simmons
North Carolina
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Treasury Department
White House
Kitchin
Heavy Browning Guns Ready for Division and Training Camps
Washington May 24. The War Department announced that enough heavy Browning machine guns have been manufactured to equip a complete division and are being shipped to Camp Meade Maryland. Sufficient light Browning rifles for four and a half divisions have been produced with half overseas and half for U.S. divisions. Light and heavy Browning shipments also include National Guard camps and cantonments nationwide with arrivals at Camp Lewis and other training sites.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Camp Meade
National’ Guard
National Guard
National Army
Camp Lewis
American Lake
Washington
Belgian Veterans Visit Des Moines In Cross-Country Tour
More than 300 Belgian veterans and representatives from the French Italian British and United States governments were guests in Des Moines as they travel from Russia to France. Maj. Lean Osterrieth heads the Belgian mission and Col. W C Short oversees the cross-country trip aboard a special train. An informal forenoon program preceded a downtown parade planned for late today.
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Des Moines
United States
France
Russia
Lean Osterrieth
W. C. Short
U.S. AL
Women trampled at free plant distribution in Chicago
In Chicago on May 24 at Washington park barns South Park commissioners offered free tomato and cabbage plants. About two thousand gathered while only 600 could be served. Policemen restored order as several women were trampled and injured, fathers fainted, and baskets were crushed in the crowd.
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Chicago
Washington Park
South Park
Mequiescat Doughnut but Sandwich Gets Reprieve
Chicago May 24 The lunchroom sandwich once doomed to the war discard along with the doughnut has won a reprieve from the Illinois division of the US food administration An original limit capped victory bread at two ounces but now four ounces of quick bread or an equivalent substitute are allowed, amounting to two thirds.
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Chicago
Hiinois Division
United States Food Administration
Want Ad Page Prompts Reader To Check Classifieds
The note directs readers to consult the Want Ad page for further listings and opportunities. It highlights the continued usefulness of classifieds in locating goods, services, and job notices.
City in Brief: Local Notes and Appointments Update
Sun protectors for auto driving and fishing at Buchanan's advertisement. Dr J. 5. Moore returns from Des Moines after attending a state osteopath convention. Tom Wren joins the police force temporarily during summer leave. Grant Miller of Orange township ill with blood poisoning from a nail injury. Mrs Ei H Headford departs for Nashville to attend Ward Belmont College graduation with niece Herne Way. Dr John M Tracy from St Joseph visits cousin W H Marquis. returns each year. Lieut Lewis Cobb reports 600 troops transferred from Camp Grant to Camp Logen. Alfred Zimmerman ill on Linden street car and treated in municipal building. Miss Maria Brace granted leave to work at Camp Dodge library starting June 1. Army authority for 31st engineers company revokes acceptance. re-enlistment possible. Miss Indig Goodman returns to spend summer with parents. Plymouth Congregational Church Ladies serve cafeteria supper tonight, 26c.
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J. 5. Moore
Des Moines
Tom Wren
Grant Miller
Orange Township
Ei. H. Headford
Nashville
Ward Bellmont College
Herne Way
John M. Tracy
St. Joseph
W. H. Marquis
Tracy
Waterloo
Camp Grant
Camp Logen
Houston
Tex
Alfred Zimmerman
Maria Brace
Camp Dodge
31St Engineers Company
G. I. Brown
Indig Goodman
Huron
S. C
W. A. Goodman
Ninth Street
Garden Hose Restores Vision in San Rafael Fall
A man named Charles Brown, after a 40 foot tumble from his home in San Rafael California, reportedly had his sight restored by high pressure garden hose applied by neighbors. Brown’s doctors deemed his sight better after the incident, though he questions whether the fall or the hose caused the cure.
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San Rafael
Cal
Charles Brown
Brown
Police custody sweep nets nine men on Saxon Street
At 2 19 p m police moved to a cleanup in Waterloo taking nine Black men into custody from a house on Saxon street. The men showed no visible means of support.
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Waterloo
Saxon Street
Arizona House Ratifies Prohibition Amendments
The Arizona lower house today passed a joint resolution to ratify the federal prohibition amendments by 64 to 8. The measure earlier passed the Senate unanimously.
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Arizona
Phoenix
Ariz
Bubble Dreams Spark a Wardrobe of Fortune
Deane Waring, a hesitant inventor, disrupts a young bubble blower Ted and ends up befriending Blanche Tyndall. After a moment of shame he apologizes and gifts pipes, then the pair’s kindness inspires a spiral pipe idea that revitalizes his work. Waring declares newfound love for Blanche as his invention nears success.
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Waring
Ted
Hager
Blanche Tyndall
Desne Waring
Miss Tyndall
Tisus
Wattog
Blanche
Ourliche
The Classics and Two Town Couples in Harmony
In a town hotel a pair of friends Burgess and Mills are discussed as contrasting types Heraclites and Democritus. Burgess marries Janet Wilder while Mills weds Mary Wilder prompting a double wedding and a quiet, balanced life as the two couples settle into happiness.
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Deroocritus
Heraclites
Democritus
Burgess Nor
Mills
Burgess
Alster
Janet
Alius
Boniface
Mary
Tanet
Lfe
Hodges Receives British Distinguished Service Order
Washington May 24 engineer units in auction with British army against Germany included companies B and D of the Sixth United States Engineers commanded by Colonel John N Hodges. Hodges awarded the British Distinguished Service Order for his services. Zeppelin down claims from Esbjerg refugees say no Zeppelin down in North Sea. a German ship crew rescued by a British destroyer.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
United States Engineers
John N. Hodges
War Department
Gol. Hodges
Zeppelin
London
Esbjerg
North Sea
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
New Song to Be Sung at Plymouth Church Sunday
A patriotic service at Plymouth Congregational Church will feature a new song titled The Battle Cry For Liberty. The piece, by C. S. Grinnell, drew praise at a recent Ames state convention. Rev. W. A. Peterson will lead the service with the sermon The Government's Latest Call to Patriotism. Ladies of the G A R plan wreaths for soldiers' graves and will gather at Grace M E Wednesday and Fairview the next day to decorate cemeteries. Temperature data supplied by Buchanan Optical Co notes midnight 62, 57 at 6am, 63 at noon, with yesterday's 12 to 70.
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C. S. Grinnell
Lonia
Congregational Churches
Ames
W. A. Peterson
Union Chapel
Plymouth Church
Fairview
Buchanan Optical Co
Red Cross War Fund Nears Quota as New York Totals Rise
New York reports Red Cross war fund contributions reaching 23.6 million dollars by early afternoon, nearing the national quota within a million and a half. Other items include a plane crash incident in Hinghamton, a failed Chicago to New York flight, sugar’s role in diets, and various anecdotes from mythology and daily life.
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New York
Red Cross War Fund
Bia
Aviataoy
Hinghamton
N. Y
Misa Katharina Strogan
Chicago
Saturday Special Prices At Local Store
The ad lists special prices for Saturday with telephone orders encouraged and a delivery policy to any city area for orders of at least one dollar.
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