Iowa to Entrain 6081 Men for October Call to Camp Dodge
Adjutant General Lasher reports local boards must speed up reporting on Class 1 registrants to fill the October call of 6081 men. Some boards have not submitted counts, delaying quotas. urgency rises as Sept 23 allotments approach and Sept 20 reports determine state quotas. Waterloo Board reports 481 men, the largest Waterloo quota to date.
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Lasher
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Des Moines
Dallas
Dickinson
Nubuque County
Emmet
Jossuth
Lee
Marshall
Monroe
Page
Palo Alto
Plymouth
Pottawattamie
Seot
Sioux
Washington and
Worth
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Lieut Bown Reveals France Trip and Sea Voyage
Lieut Glenn Bown writes home from France with details of the 214th supply train unit. He describes eight day voyage with white and colored troops and 100 Red Cross nurses aboard. Weather caused seasickness and derogatory language about Black soldiers is noted. he, however, did not suffer and is now anchored in a harbor resembling San Francisco.
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J. A. Bown
Glenn. Bown
France
Red Cross
Bown
Ontogkar
Port of Embarkation
San Francisco
Parrott to Promote Food Conservation at Dairy Show
W F Parrott food administrator announces a booth at the Cattle Congress to educate the public on conserving food. He cites 1917 exports of 10 million tons and 13 million tons needed in 1918 to stock emergency reserves and avert famine amid possible crop failures.
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W. F. Parrott
eCommy
Cattle Congress
United States
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Hell
Peerless Quartette
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