New Time Zones Move Boundaries Slightly West Across U S
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced unified time zone boundaries set to take effect at 2 a.m. January 1. Eastern Central boundary runs from the Great Lakes through Ohio and Georgia to the Gulf. Central Mountain line follows the Canadian border to Nebraska and North Dakota. Mountain Pacific line follows the Montana Oregon Idaho and Utah borders to the Mexican boundary. Alaska remains in a single zone. the Flannagan Islands are excluded from daylight saving terms.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Lakes
Michigan
Toledo
Fremont
Clyde
Bellevue
Monroeville
Willard
Shelby Junction
Mansfield
Galion
Marion
Columbus
Lancaster
Dundas
Gallipolis
Ohio
Huntington
Kenova and
Williamson
W. Va
Dungannon
Bristol
Telford
Missouri River
Pierre
5. D
Murdo
MacKenzie
Long Pine
North
Platts, McCook
Republican Junction
Neb
Phillipsburg
Plainville
Ellis
Dodge City
Liberal
Kan
Waynoka
Clinton
Sayre
Okla
Sweetwater
Big Springs
San Angelo
Texas
190Th Meridian
Rio Grande River
Blackfeet
Frences Mirth Clark dies after pneumonia in Cedar Falls
Frances Mirth Clark longtime Cedar Falls teacher dies at home after a brief illness of pneumonia. Born Independence June 14 1852 she lived in Canada and Iowa and taught in Cedar Falls for three years Mrs E L Nelson Waterloo and Donald D Clark in the U S marine service survive along with a nephew Harrison A Nelson Funeral services in O Keefe Towne chapel then burial to Independence Rev C J Askins presiding Norma Louise Hughes dies at 6 35 pm from diphtheria at Cedar Falls home born August 4 1906 she attended Mr Kinley school and won a war poetry contest two brothers and four sisters survive burial Greenwood Cedar Falls Rev Horton and Rev Tate to conduct prayers Cedar Falls Mrs Stowell C Palmer 19 dies of pneumonia at Cedar Falls home husband in motor corps service survives by H R Burnell and others final arrangements pending
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Frances Mirth Clark
E. L. Nelson
Newton Street
Independence
Cedar Falls
College Training School
Iowa State Teachers College
Shel
Canada
Iowa
Hudson
MTS
Robert Fox
Waterloo
Donald D. Clark
U. S. Marine Service
Dominican Republic
Harrison A. Nelson
O’keefe & Towne
C. J. Askins
Norma Louise Hughes
George W. Hughes
Linren Avenue
Norma
Parens
Greenwood
Cedar Walls
Thomas Horton
M. L. Tate
GC. Palmer
Cedar _ Falls
Stowell C. Palmer
Motor Corps
H. R. Burnell
Good automobile thief receives thanks of its owner
A. F. Gates of 739 Mullan avenue did not resent the theft of his locked 2 Ford car. The Cadillac green vehicle was found Sunday at Vaughn implement warehouse area with an overflowing gasoline tank. A fine trace was left in the car.
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A. F. Gates
Mr. Gates
Mullan Avenue
Vaughn Implement Warehouse
Washington Street
Afternoon Tea Held at Mrs Balliett Home
About fifty women attended a four o'clock tea at the home of Mrs. C Balliett on Saturday hosted by Mrs. H W Plumb and Miss Helene Balliett. Guests included Mrs. Warren Smith of Chicago and Mrs. Charles Stewart of San Francisco visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs. George Lichty. Out of town guest Mrs. John Scheffel of Marshalltown joined the event hosted by Mrs. Calvin L. Kingsley. Yellow pink and white chrysanthemums decorated the gathering as tea was served by Mrs. Clarence Robertson and Mrs. Robert Knox.
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C. ©. Balliett
H. W. Plumb
Helene Balliett
Warren Smith
Chicago
Plumb
Charles Stewart
San Francisco
George Lichty
John Scheffel
Marshalltown
Calvin L
Lincoln Circle Hosts State Meeting At Wateros
The Past Department Presidents association plans its annual state gathering in Wateroos on December 19 and 20 hosted by Lincoln Circle. Members in Fr iday activities include a thimble bingo at Mrs C D Becker s home and a flag sale postponed a week due to late delivery. Various clubs and church groups meet this week for Red Cross work, social events, and officer elections.
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Lincoln Circle
Department Presidents
Wateroos
C. D. Becker
Lula Crosby
Paul Davis
Iowa
Among the Churches Walnut Street Baptist Meeting Notice
The general committee for the enlistment campaign will meet in the pastor's study this evening at 8 Tuesday evening at 7 45 the yis
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U. of Walnut Street Baptist
Ehurch
Eldred Lamb
Francis Clark
Mildrad Parker
Ella Guostead
Walnut Street Baptist Church
General Committee For
Yis
Red Cross Notes Meeting Notice for Macabees Aux No 22
The Red Cross auxiliary of Macabees No 22 will meet Tuesday at 2 p.m. with Mrs H G Phinney at 205 Baltimore street.
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Red Cross Auxiliary of Maccabees
H. G. Phinney
Baltimore Street
Popcorn King of Black Hawk County Sets Record
W F Parrott reports on farmer F B Harmon near Buckingh am who grew four acres of popcorn and harvested 12 600 pounds sold in Chicago at 16 cents per pound. The yield averaged 63 bushels per acre. His brother G Harmon, farming 820 acres in Geneseo township, sold 11 carloads of cattle for 42 000 and plans to farm his own 160 acres at 231 per acre totaling 336 900.
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W. F. Parrott
F. B. Harmon
Black Hawk County
Buckingham
Chicago
G. Harmon
R. M. Junn
Geneseo Township
Jama County
Harmon
Beautiful deer shot in Cedar River Park sparks city action
The park’s finest female deer, valued at 75 dollars, was found with a bullet wound. O C McClinton, park commissioner, blames roaming youths with rifles seeking targets, and police will pursue the culprits and ban shooting within city limits.
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Cedar River Park
O. C. McClinton
Picture of Niece in Paper Shocks Waterloo Reader
J Sharp of the Hummel hotel found a photograph of his niece Miss Marguerite Sharp in the pictorial section of a Chicago newspaper yesterday. She is the daughter of the United States ambassador to France and is in Paris aiding war work campaigns. The Waterloo man is the ambassador’s brother and represents a local automatic burglar alarm firm.
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J. ©. Sharp
Hummel Hotel
Peddler’s Silverware Believed Stolen Goods
H W Smith of Bloomington Indiana is jailed here awaiting results of special investigations into ownership of silverware he tried to sell Saturday. Police arrested him for peddling without license but suspect theft. The silverware was traced to the C G W railway bag from Chicago, shipped from Clarksville Iowa. Chief FF A Sporie has wired the shipment owner to identify the goods if the theory is correct.
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H. W. Smith
Bloomington
Smith
Chicago
Clarksville
Towa
A. Sporie
Young Woman Receives Y Appointment for Overseas Work
Miss Harriet MacBachron daughter of Mr and Mrs A MacBachron has received a canteen service appointment with the Y M C A for overseas work and can sail at her upcoming birthday December 25 after passport arrangements. A Grinnell Iowa college graduate she completed emergency nurse training and is the second local woman accepted after Miss Vernona Weller left earlier.
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Harriet MacBachron
A. MacBachron
MacEachron
Iowa College
Grinnell
Vernona Weller
Baptist Enlistment Week at Burton Avenue Church
Enlistment week organized by lay members with teams visiting church and congregation households. Sunday marks the start of evangelistic services led by Rev. V. C. Kelford with W. B. Howell as chorus director. Cottage prayer meetings begin daily at 10 a.m. for the next three weeks.
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Baptist
Burton Avenue Baptist Church
V. C. Kelford
W. B. Howell
Ghent Delirious At King Albert Entry In City
King Albert Queen Elizabeth and Prince Leopold entered Ghent amid cheering crowds as roses and chrysanthemums showered down. The royal party rode through Bruges gate at 11 o'clock, the king on a bay horse and Leopold on a white Arabian. The Queen kissed a thrilled girl in lancers uniform, while troops, bearing banners honoring Clarken, received a warm city welcome.
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Preas
Ghent
Albert
Elizabeth
Prince Leopold
Belgium
Bruges
Clarckem
Houlthulst Forest
Place D'Armes
Simone van der Leyne
Mnelof Lancers
Araide
van Artevelde
Muthausen
Havas
Hirschauer
Multhausen
France
Drunken Soldiers Pillage Metz Crisis Paris Dispatch
Paris dispatch reports Metz fell into revolt amid mutiny by socialist workers and soldiers. Gov von Lequis attempted a cavalry assault at Place des Arms. troops briefly fraternized with rebels before authorities sided with revolutionaries. Military stores were looted as chaos spread through the city.
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Associated Press
Paris
Louis Forest
The
Matin
Metz
Ton Socialist
Gov. von Lequis
Place Des Arms
Free Labor Bureau Keeps Men Employed After Armistice
After the armistice the state and federal employment bureaus report a reduced labor demand and rising job inquiries. B Barnes says there are no calls for government workers, while private skilled labor remains scarce. Common laborers and a few farmers can be placed now, with mechanics likely needed once orders resume. The bureaus will help returning soldiers find work alongside those displaced by munition cancellations, acting as a clearinghouse for employment.
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Federal Employment Bureau
B. BE. Barnes
Free Employment
Barnes
Moulins
Metz
M. Forest
Pater M. Forest
MM. Houpert
Lorraine de
Tebam
Ministers Entertained by W C T U Gathering
Tuesday afternoon November 26 members of the W C T U meet at Willard hall for a complimentary supper served to members of the Ministerial association and their wives. The invitation was accepted at a morning meeting of the Ministerial association.
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Willard Hall
Ministerial Association
Waterloo Boy Shot in Battle Is Recovering
Clarence D. Stevens of Rainbow division reports from a hospital on Oct 20 that he was wounded in action, shot through the chest by a machine gun, but is getting along fine. he lists his parents Mr and Mrs Carl B Stevens of Front Street and notes he was in Co RL 168th Infantry.
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Clarence
Stevens
Rainbow Division
Carl B. Stevens
Front Street
Co. RL 168Th Infantry
Welfare Meeting Thursday Among Waterloo Social Workers
The annual meeting of the Social Welfare league will be Thursday at 8 p.m. at the W. M. G. C. A. Trained social workers of the city will give a report on their findings regarding conditions in Waterloo and consider solutions to local social problems.
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Civel Im
Waterloo
Spinn Engeestinos
Feeding of Destitute Masses Is British Duty
London dispatch reports British food controller John I. Clynes writes in the Sunday Times that Britain and its allies must feed destitute and starving populations on the continent of Europe. He notes famine in enemy countries and some neutrals, urges careful assessment of German conditions before aid, and says victory imposes obligations.
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London
British Wireless Service
John I. Clynes
Sunday Times
Bayot
Belgium
France
Italy
Balkans
Ruth Reed to sail for France for Red Cross work
Aliss Ruth Reed, former superintendent of the Social Welfare Teague in Waterloo, will sail November 21 for France to undertake reconstruction work for the American Red Cross. She recently resigned here and went to New York to study social service, then served as field secretary for the National League of Women Workers. She organized women workers in Connecticut and Massachusetts before receiving orders.
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Aliss Ruth Reed
Social Welfare Teague
Waterloo
France
American Red Cross
Herbert M. Reed
Miss Reed
United States
New York
National League of Women’s Workers
Connecticut
Europe
Women Workers
Massachusetts
Cut Penrose Power in GOP Senate Becomes Round Robin
Ten progressive Republican senators warned W H Hays they would oppose restoring Penrose to the finance committee chair. They argue keeping Penrose out of power is essential to curb tax and money legislation control, or risk a revolt that shifts Senate control to Democrats.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Boles Penrose
Pennsylvania
W. H. Hays
Republican National Committee
Penrose
Senator Penrose
Finance Committee
Not Ready to Give Up War Fund Drive Yet
In Waterloo the united war work campaign remains $74,000 short with per capita allotment under $2. M L Bowman of the Service league summoned lieutenants to uncover causes and collect outstanding cards at once. First payments on pledges will start in a few days as buttons symbols for subscribers are distributed. Officials refuse to concede defeat and insist the situation is still encouraging.
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United War
Waterloo
M. L. Bowman
Service League
Train derailment injures 21 near St James Missouri
Springfield Mo November 18 Twenty one persons were injured when passenger train No 3 of the St Louis and San Francisco derailed near St James Mo The list of injured includes Joseph Geordano Chicago A Galli jeahio Chicago and Mrs C T Miller St Louis
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Springfield
St. Louis & San Franciso
St. James
Joseph Geordano
Chicago
A. Gallijeahio
C. T. Miller
St. Louis
Thrift Committee Appeals for Clothing at Welfare League Store
The Home and Education department of the Woman's club seeks aid to replenish supplies at the Social Welfare League co operative store. Skirts, petticoats, stockings are requested to be made into garments for children, though any clothing is welcome. Four bundles will be collected if notified.
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Home and Education Department
Woman's Club
Social Welfare League
Waterloo poised for prosperity as war ends
Business view predicts strong, extended growth in Waterloo after hostilities end. Analysts cite increased buying power, higher demand for quality goods, and demand for agricultural implements. Prospects point to 1 to 5 years of steady expansion, with farmers and wine trade contributing to overall prosperity.
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Waterloo
Leavestown
Central Powers Outlook Bright for Waterloo and Vicinity
The passage notes Waterloo and vicinity have a bright outlook as 10 opes expect normal conditions soon. City business men say Waterloo is more fortunate than many communities and can return to peaceful ways with minimal effort and limited impact on conditions.
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Central Powers
Waterloo
Cedar Falls Boy Dies of Influenza at Ames Hospital
Everett Clark, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Clark, died at 30 a.m. today at the Town State College hospital in Ames after contracting influenza while serving with a Cedar Falls county contingent sent to Ames. Survived by two brothers, one in the Navy. Body to be brought to Cedar Falls for burial tomorrow. The same day, Iowa Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows opens its seventy-first annual session in Mason City as weather may impede travel. sessions of the Hese Kahs begin tomorrow.
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Cedar Falls
Everett Clark
A. J Chark
Town State College
Ames
Clark
Amas
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Ray Dunham
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Entre Nous
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Charles Altstadt
Ada Webster
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Red Cross
Young Woman's, Club
Young Woman's Club
First Congregational Church
Nellie Newton
Fourth Street West
Nina Wilcox
Elk Home
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Ancillae Society
Sacred Heart
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A. J. Reber
F.B. Harmon
Black Hawk
Free Labor Bureau
Milso
Ruth Reeg
Hays
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England
John C. Rudnice
White
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Leavitt & Johnson Building
S.altman
Morris Motor Car CO
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