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Governors plea seeks $200 per county for Iowa soldiers care
Des Moines May 28. Gov. Harding launches a statewide drive to raise 200 per county to fund care and diversion for Iowa soldiers in New York hospitals or awaiting discharge. Counties would provide about 20,000 each, to be handled by the Iowa Society of New York and sent to Adj. Gen. Louis G. Lasher. The governor praised the Iowa Society of New York for housing registering reading newspapers and providing meals and entertainment for troops on leave.
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Des Moines
Iowa
New York
Harding
Iowa Society of New York
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Louis G. Lasher
Statehouse
County Defense Council
New York City
Thirty-eighth General Assembly
Towa
Jerry B. Sullivan