Early Help to Italians Waged by London Press
London papers express satisfaction with Britain and France pledging support for Italy and urge rapid action. Some foresee concrete reinforcements on the Italian front while others stress maintaining pressure on the western front amid German threats. The Chronicle warns of a dangerous, potentially irreversible Isonzo front collapse and warns allies face a risky turn.
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London
Great Britain
France
Tranuner
Morning Post
Italy
Russia
The
Daily Express
Germany
Chronicle
Isonzo
Fifty Ways to End War Found Daily by Inventors
Washington, Oct. 30. Daily submissions to the war department include dozens of new war devices from American inventors. Most are impractical, but the board reviews several promising ideas such as centrifugal gun concepts and explosive ordnance, though many lack rapid adaptability to current needs.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Board of Ordnance and Fortifications
Regulate Canned Goods to Curb Speculation
Washington October 30. Special regulations to prevent speculation in canned goods start November 1 under the food administration. Canners must obtain licenses and are forbidden to make future sales of canned corn peas tomatoes salmon and sardines before February 1, with extension possible. Sellers must set reasonable profit margins.
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Washington, D. C
The
Food Administration
United States
Count Luxburg Granted Safe Conduct By Allies
Washington D C October 30 Lake conduct for Count von Luxburg has been granted by the French and British governments and the former diplomatic representative to Argentina will sail for Germany by way of New York very soon. The Argentine government requested this country to make these arrangements.
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Washington, D. C
Count von Luxburg
Argentina
Germany
New York
W. W. Leader Jailed At Fort Snelling Minnesota
Fort Snelling Minnesota October 30 Ira n Luft a noted I W W member from Bozeman Montana was placed in the guard house after being brought from Superior Wisconsin He registered for the draft but his recent activities drew government charges He will be held for federal authorities.
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Fort Snelling
Minn
Iran
Luft
Bozeman
Superior
Wis
Lichty to Tell of Food Conservation
George E. B. Lichty returns from two weeks in Washington D. C. and will discuss food conservation work with Herbert Hoover. He will address a meeting this week on the government's food pledge campaign and describe actions under the food administration.
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George EB. Lichty
Washington, D. C
Herbert Hoover
Food Administration
Mrs. S. L. Crum Dies in Cedar Falls
Mrs. S. L. Crum died today at her Cedar Falls home after a long illness of pernicious anemia. The body will be moved to Riceville on Thursday morning for interment.
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Cedar Falls
S. L. Crum
Tremont Street
Riceville
Halloween Quiet Forecast by City Police
Tomorrow night is Halloween and the police expect little trouble as the department has perfected plans to cope with any extra labor. Chief J D Caldwell imposed censorship today and kept the exact methods confidential.
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Ale
Hallowe'en
Hallowe’en
J. D. Caldwell
Siorr
Newspapers Quiet Rumor Spook Clears Troop Movement
Des Moines Register notes newspapers avoid publishing troop movements to appease army superstition. The public misreads telegrams about the Third Iowa regiment now known as the One Hundred Sixty eighth Infantry as editors’ silence shields German observers.
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Des Moines Register
Iowa
United States Infantry
Berlin
Register
Long Island
New York Harbor
France
Germany
Bureau of Information
Ten Million More to France Advances in Allied Credits
Washington on October 30 reported the United States advanced ten million dollars to France, increasing allied credits to a total of 2,866,406,000. The move forms part of ongoing government support for Allied war efforts during World War II.
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Washington, D
D. C
France
Towa’s $85 Million Liberty Loan Subscription Seen
The article notes Towa subscribed about 85 million dollars to the Liberty Loan amid a letter to J. O. Trumbauer from Watkin F. Kneath, Chicago Federal Reserve chair, praising the state’s showing and urging banks to share subscriber names for the second Liberty Loan.
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Towa
Liberty Loan
J. O. Trumbauer
Watkin F
Treasury Department
Washington
German Air Raid on England Fails
Providence R I Oct 30 The death at Interlachen Fla of Dr Elishi Benjamin Andrews formerly president of Brown University and later chancellor of the University of Nebraska was announced in telegraph messages received here today. The following were called for jury service 0 report at 9 a m tomorrow Waterloo C M Voorhies Louis Yardho W L Myers S 5 Bragdon George Yarekert Charles Van Vieck E G Oliver Paul B Talbot Guy Lichtz H R McDermott WOW Wyan G Rothweller Union F J Waltman Black Hawk Walter Bell Esgle W C Hook and Charles Weltzine Fox H S Pattee Mt Vernon George Sunderlin Washington Ernest Rousselow Lincoln Cedar Falls City R J Buggy
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Providence
R. I
Interlachen
Fia
Elishi Benjamin Andrews
Brown University
University of Nebraska
Waterloo
C. M. Voorhies
Louis Yardho
W. L. Myers
Bragdon
George Yarekert
Charles van Vieck
E. G. Oliver
Paul B. Talbot
Guy Lichtz
H. R. McDermott
Wow
Wyan
G. Rothweller
Union
F. J. Waltman
Black Hawk
Walter Bell
Esgle
Assists Fuel Chief Takes Post In Des Moines
Des Moines October 30 F W Schneider of West Union assumed the duties of secretary to the state fuel administrator Charles Webster.
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Des Moinés
F. W. Schneider
West Union
Charles Webster
Wounded WWI hero seeks American comfort box
Gunner William G. Clancy, the Texas airman who carried the Stars and Stripes at Vimy Ridge, writes from High Wycombe England asking readers to send an American comfort box with tobacco. He notes his pay is one shilling daily and pleads for the box to ease wartime hardship. He also reveals his injuries and burial ordeal during the Lorraine battle.
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Gunner William G. Clancy
Texas
Vimy Ridge
Gunner Clancy
U. S. Army
Lindsay Avenue
High Wycombe
Bucks
England
Dar
United States
France
Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund Appeal
A reader explains support for the Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund to buy four packages per dollar, each package valued at 40 cents, with a postcard included for messages to the donor from an American soldier in France. The note asks for name and address to participate.
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Our Boys In
France
UDINE 15 TAKEN BY GERMANS IN SWEEPING DRIVE
German forces have captured Udine amid a broad offensive. Italy reports no large prisoner totals as Cadorna claims troops hold Austro German forces. Focus shifts to the Carnic Alps and Tagliamento area with potential Trentino action. British batteries at Italian frontline saved after harsh retreat. details restricted.
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Udine
Berlin
Cadorna
Trentino
Ploecken Pass
Carenic Alps
Valmizza
Carnic
Dolomite Alps
Sonza
Mountains
Tagliamenta
Great Britain
France
Baltisel
Associated Press
ItaHan
Prizes Awarded for Liberty Loan Poster Contest
Prizes were awarded today to students in public school art classes for best liberty loan posters. Walter Lee Hawthorne won first prize of 82 cents, second went to Elsie Erickson, Fiske School, with 41 cents. Third prize 48 cents to Maxine Dunbar, Lafayette building. fourth 40 cents to Eoween Jensen, Grant School. fifth 25 cents to Harvey Collies, McKinley School. Thirty prizes of 15 cents each went to students from Alesta, John Fiske, Grant, Hawthorne, Lafayette, Lincoln, McKinley, Washington schools and buildings, listing numerous names and schools.
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Walter Lee
Hawthorne School
Elsie Erickson
Fiske Sehool
Maxine Dunbar
Lafayette
Efoween Jensen
Grant School
Harvey Collies
McKinley School
Powell Lawless
Katherine Bates
Carl Artus
Carlton Buckley
Merla Heath
Delbert Hansen
Alesta
Edward McGinn
Virgil Thomas
John Fiske
Wlessie Howard
Carlyle Palmer
Charlie Baner
Lewis Stole
Russell Christenson
Lewis Altstadt
Don Gary
Dagney Hathrup
Roger Brunn
Erwin Dunn
Gien Goodwin
Probe Opposition to Liberty Loan in Illinois Districts
The federal government opened an inquiry into pro-German and pacifist propaganda in Illinois districts failing to support the second Liberty Loan. Assistant District Attorney Joseph B. Fleming leads the investigation while noting counties that underperformed despite financial capacity. Apathy blamed on antiwar propaganda and prior Red Cross drive lag.
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Chicago
Fedral
Illinois
Joseph B. Fleming
Red Cross
Private John Allen Dies in Mississippi Home
Jackson Miss October 30 Private John Allen a longtime Mississippi congressman for 16 years until his 1901 retirement and famed figure in that era died at his Tupelo home after about a two week illness.
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John Allen
Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Congress
Tupelo
New York Lawyer Appointed Assistant Secretary to McAdoo
Russell C. Leffingwell a New York lawyer who has served as special counsel to Secretary McAdoo in the liberty loan flotation was named assistant secretary of the treasury. The role is among two new offices created by recent Congress. Courthouse notes include a capital stock authorization for W. A. Bryant & Sons. A Vinton couple obtained a marriage license, and local officials announce travel and staffing changes at Des Moines and Grinnell in school and social welfare offices.
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Washington, D. C
Russell C. Lefingwell
New York
McAdoo
Liberty Loan
W. A. Bryant & Sons Company
Vinton
Philip S. Staller
Effa B. Yerkes
H. C. Moeller
Des Moines
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Ada Palmer
Grinnell
Sociel Welfare League
Dewar
Dorothy L. Emert
J. J. Emert
Commercial Club
K. G. Smith
Washington
City in Brief from Waterloo Iowa News Page
The brief notes many local items: weddings births visits and travel. It lists Mr and Mrs Gallagher awaiting a daughter, F Bowler in New York City on business, Mrs J A Yagey visiting Muscatine, a thief breaking into a dry goods store with nothing stolen, and numerous residents traveling or recovering. It also mentions veterans and civic works, school officials, war work plans, and liberty loan figures, with names like John Haagen Leigh Wade and Marie Dickinson among others.
Philadelphia barber chair opens into child seat
A barber in Philadelphia designs a chair that vents in two parts, with the lower section swinging out horizontally to form a seat for a child. The inventive mechanism allows a child to sit comfortably while the adult portion remains usable for regular seating.
Boats Tax Notice From 1917 War Revenue Law
Lois Murphy, collector for the U S Internal Revenue, warns boat owners of a new tax on pleasure craft not used in trade or defense. The letter explains rates by vessel length and engine type, due from October to June 1928, with penalties and form requirements, urging subscribers to report use timing and preserve copies.
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Weeardine
Leller
Lois Murphy
Internal Revenue Service
Navy Department
Louis Murphy
Britain Seeks 400 Million Pound Vote of Credit
London Oct 30 The House of Commons considers a credit vote of 400 million pounds with Andrew Bonar Law outlining war finances. The sum is hoped to cover costs until year end, bringing the year’s loans to 1.9 billion pounds and total wartime loans to 692,006,000 pounds.
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London
House of Commons
Andrew Bonar Law
Des Moines Faces Sugar Shortage Next Week
Des Moines wholesalers and retailers report near exhaustion of granulated sugar with little relief expected for two weeks. Retailers selling limited amounts from remaining stock. In Athens Ohio Gen Charles H Grosvenor former Ohio congressman dies at home aged 84, survived by Mrs Grosvenor and two daughters.
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Des Moines
Sugar Wamline
H. L. Willis
Iowa
Grosvenor
Athens. O
Charles H. Grosvenor
Ohio
Cogress
New York Faces a Penny Shortage Amid Rising Small Change
New York on October 30 reports a penny famine within the subtreasury on Wall Street. Assistant treasurer Martin Vogel considers appealing to city children to deplete savings banks. Copper stock has run dry for the first time in officials' recollection as pennies disappear from circulation. Bankers attribute the shortage to more prices being set in odd cents for items like cigars cigarettes milk and other goods.
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New York
Martin Vogel
United States
Wall Street
Farmers to Fight Lower Milk Prices in Chicago
In Chicago on October 80, producers reject a proposed $4 per hundredweight price from large milk distributors and a planned drop in retail to 12 cents a quart. J Kittle of the Milk Producers Association says farmers will refuse delivery at $4, while Kee & Chappell report a $3 rate and note a November price of $3.42 per hundredweight. A conference among distributors is expected as they outline potential pricing, with some not yet fixed on a producer price.
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Chicago
J. Kittle
MUK
Kee & Chappell
Itwank
Burns Sues City for 40000 Damages Over Icy Walk
Professional musician Clarley L. Burns sues the city for 40000 claiming injuries from a February 1 fall on an icy walk. The case, delayed by court vent shortages, was to proceed today with jurors summoned and a jury to be empaneled tomorrow. Burns alleges city negligence and describes extreme cold and severe frostbite to his hands.
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Clarley L. Burns
B. Boies
Burns
Mercury
Southern division leads in railway safety gains for Great Western
The Southern division of the Chicago Great Western Railway reports fewer injuries among tel playes and an absence of industrial injuries per million hours. Up to Sept 1 1926 accidental deaths reached 624 versus 523 by Sept 1 1917. Injured employees dropped from 614 in 1916 to 505 by Sept 1 1917.
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Chicago Great Western Railroad
Ostwein
Kansas City
Montreal Stock Exchange Closes Amid Ruin Fears
The Montreal stock exchange failed to open due to brokers facing ruin from heavy holdings and bad markets. It reopened at 11 with minimum prices, recalling wartime reopening rules of 1916. Also notes potential export of Siberian and Manchurian wheat to America and transport constraints due to locomotives and cars.
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Montreal
Montreal Stock Exchange
America
Europe
Asia
European
Russia
Siberia
Manchuria
Rotary Clubs Aid Soldier Boys Recreation Plans
Chicago reports Rotary clubs across the United States mobilize to fund the War Camp Community Recreation Fund via the Playground and Recreation association. Chesley R. Perry of Chicago urges 33,000 members to support wholesome amusement for soldiers near cantonments, stressing the need to foster friendly, decent towns for servicemen and recognizing soldiers as regular youths shaped by service.
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Chicago
Rotary
United Stat
Playground and Recreation Association
Chesley R. Perry
International Association of Rotary Clubs
Perry
Dr Andrews Noted Educator Dies
London Oct 30 Lord French commander of the British home forces today announced that the German airplanes which last night attempted to carry out a raid on the southeast counties of England did no damage and caused no casualties. All the British machines which went up to engage the raiders landed safely.
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London
Lord French
British Home Forces
England
Two Fort Snelling Privates Die By Own Action
Mion Oct 20 two deaths of privates in the Thirty sixth Infantry were reported. Ronald P F Smith poisoned and crawled to a cantoment steps, leaving a note to notify May Smith of St Paul and his Sterning Illinois parents. Fred J Coleman of Chicago shot himself over domestic affairs and died instantly.
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Fort Snelling
Mion
Thirty-sixth Infantry
Ronald PF. Smith
May Smith
St. Paul
Sterning
Fred J. Coleman
Chicago
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Buehnoga
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M. E
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Mey Fowlay
J. Gallagher
F. Bowler
New
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Juay Angeles
Cal
Lathrop
John Haagen
Conger Street
Jefferson Barracks
Jee Pennington
Kansan City
Disciples of Christ
Milford Glasco
Oakland Avenue
Ade Henly
Edna White
Charles City
G. Holden
Nils
R. M. Newey
Livio
Randolph Street
2 Ft. Waller
Town City
Wiltrolinina Mim-Davis
Waterloo & Cadar Falla Union Mit Co
Frances Shepherd
Quisit
J.L. Shepherd
Inge Stiansen
Marinette Beauty
Canada
George John F. W. Schauer
Great Turkes Naval Training Station
Grundy Center
Albert C. Hasbrouck
Claude Elliott
Twenty-Third Engineers
James Richardson
New Castle
Richardson
S. E. Bowman
M. G. Egloff
Titus Lowe
Omaha
Neb
Lowe
A. T. Hakill
West Schools
Educational Council of the State
Marie Dickinson
Black Hawks Abstract Company
Britain
Aid Soldier Boys
Geo. Kiriakou
Ling
Jefferson Street
West 11Th ST
Skcavone
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