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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1917
Page
5
In France on a frosty night, 106 men of a first battalion crawled across no man’s land to ambush German patrols. No Germans appeared, but a cough exposed an American ambush. bullets followed as the enemy retreated. An officer’s shell scare and a French commander’s noted flag pledge framed the day’s perilous luck.
An organization of Iowa electrical contractors and dealers under the national association rules was perfected at Hotel Russell-Lamson yesterday with 70 members from across the state. J. E. Sweeney of Waterloo was named state chairman and Mark T. Humphrey of Waterloo became secretary and treasurer, while the executive committee includes C. H. Keller Dubuque G. A. Chandier Muscatine F. J. Bernick Oskaloosa M. F. Gustafson Boone J. J. Ryan Sioux City. The first business session is planned for January. location to be selected by the committee. The National Electrical Association counts more than 1200 members nationwide.
Paris reports Signor Cavallinie an Italian associate of Bolo Pasha has been arrested in Italy along with a woman friend. Cavallinie allegedly linked Abbas Hilmi former khedive of Egypt to Bob Pasha. Chicago fund tallies show MCA war drive near 42.1 million with potential add ons. Cards of Thanks note heartfelt gratitude for support after deaths of husband, father and veteran comrades.
Black Hawk county ends its food pledge drive with over 80 percent of homes represented by signed cards. Mrs. Marquis says more than $500 cards have reached state food administrator J. F. Deems and final Iowa report is due Friday. Unsigned residents may sign at the Red Cross desk before then.
Copenhagen November 21 reports that Berlin extended its regulation requiring property reports by enemy citizens to include American citizens. The filings are designed to serve as a basis for financial reprisals and appear aimed at curbing enemy influence.
The Red Cross sale of Christmas seals in Waterloo Iowa and nationwide funds anti tuberculosis work. Plans include a health week and seals on statements, letters, packages, pay envelopes, milk bottles, and other items. Officials urge business and citizens to buy and display seals to aid soldiers and civilians from infection and poverty.
Cedar Rapids Iowa area November 21 Frank Ker jen a rural school student is dying from burns after another pupil tossed a burning kerosene can from the door as he entered the classroom The flames caught his clothing burning his face and abdomen before classmates could extinguish them The accident appears to have been an attempted fire by kerosene which caused the blast
J. F. Deeows of Burlington, the state food administrator, bans combination sales that price a food cheaper if a buyer purchases extra items. A single exception allows one pound of sugar with two pounds of cornmeal, with all other ratios and combinations disallowed to conserve wheat.
In Cedar Rapids Iowa this week W Shapley aged 62, roommate of Knights of Pythias founder Justin Rathbone, was initiated by the order. The lodge used the bible Rathbone employed in founding the group to initiate a large class of candidates. More than 600 knights attended the degree work from various towns, as part of a six meeting state series this week, with several hundred more expected to be initiated.
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