Public Highway Shipping Board Towar Sought
Washington action begins as 11 regional highway directors of the council of national defense meet with Roy D. Chapin and heads of the railroad and food administrations the shipping board and the War industries board to plan winterly distribution of war transport duties across public highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Highway Transport Committee
The
Council of National Defense
Roy D. Chapin
Railroad and Food Administrations
Shipping Board
War Industries Board
Sugar Regulations Trigger Permits Rush for Canning
Miss Genevieve Gardiner begins as Black Hawk county food administrator amid sugar restriction rules. From 2 p m yesterday grocers sent customers seeking canning sugar, limited to five pounds per bushel of fruit on hand and two and a half pounds per half bushel. Jellies and jams require no sugar permits. certificates must be used for straight fruit canning.
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Genevieve Gardiner
Black Hawk County
McElroy
Sugar Vision
Towa
eaThe
Influenza tolls and wartime updates in brief
Reports from Boston New York Harbin and Washington outline influenza deaths and cases, troop movements and organization of Polish officers in Siberia. Steffansson returns from the Arctic as U S and Allied actions unfold, while ships and armaments are recorded. Governor Philipp calls an extraordinary session in Wisconsin for barracks funding, and a grain embargo affects Duluth to Chicago routes. Camp Upton closes to visitors to curb Spanish influenza spread.
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Boston
Camp Devens
New York
Harbin
Siberia
Vancouver
B. C
Vilhjalmar Stefansson
Great
Britain
France
Italy
Madison
Wis
Philipp
State University
Chicago
Crain
Duluth
Minnex
St. Paul
Peoria
Kan- Louis
St. .Joseph
Bluffs
Milwaukeen
Washington, D. C
War Industries Board
National Petroleum War Service Committee
Camp Upton
N. Vi
Enemy shells fail to burst during German retreat in France
American artillery officers report 60 to 75 percent of German shells failed to explode at stages of the Marne retreat north of the river Vesle. One night after crossing Vesle, 72 shells landed in a wood where Americans bivouacked and only four exploded. Rain blamed for dampness. some officers think Germans used old shells to keep morale.
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France
Associated Press
Marne
Vesle
Major Allied Offensives Across Fronts Reported
Allied forces push toward major German positions from Metz to Verdun as American units strengthen at St Mihiel and Eupen. Western front activity includes attacks west of Verdun, near Reims, and near Armentieres with potential momentum. In Macedonia, successes suggest a shift in the Near East, while Siberian actions threaten Bolshevik control and Czecho-Slovak gains challenge eastern Russia.
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France
Austria
Marshal Joch
Metz
Pershing
St. Mihiel
Trent
Vosges
Rhine
Germany
Lne
Verdun
Foch
Reims
Picardy
Santerre
Flanders
Armentieres
Imacedonia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Siberia
I I
Lake Baikal
Altho
European
Russia
Director Savings Plan Aims War Savings Societies
H M Gaines state director of war savings work will present to the Central Labor union in Waterloo on Wednesday night. He has organized SAVINGS societies among Cedar Rapids laborers and plans an organized national campaign to boost war savings stamps. M L Bowman endorses the plan for the Waterloo Service League, while noting no duplication of effort. Gaines will address organized bodies and give noonday talks in factories, organizing a society at each meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Central Labor Union
H. M. Gaines
War Savings
Gaines
Cedar Rapids
M.L. Bowman
Waterloo Service League
Savings Society
Service League
Bowman
Derailment Delays Freight on WC F N Railway
Freight traffic on the Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern line was tied up from 7 30 yesterday until noon today after a freight train derailed near Independence Avenue. The 12 car train was heavily loaded. two cars jumped the track and rolled. No injuries occurred. Gangs from Waterloo Denver and La Porte City worked until 7 a m, then Cedar Rapids crews cleared the line.
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Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern
Independence Avenue
Waterloo
Denver
la Porte City
Cedar Rapids
Monocle Swap by Negro Soldier Near Chateau Thierry
Paris reporting during the French push after Chateau Thierry, a Med Cross captain seeking hospital sites encountered an American Black soldier marching behind a German major. The Black serviceman allegedly swapped the monocle from the German officer to his own eye and swaggered along, joking about the sight near the Red Cross detail.
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Paris
Associated Press
Chateau Thierry
Dano
Rotary Club Plans to Bring Gibbons Here for Address
Loyd Gibbons war correspondent for the Chicago Tribune narrowly escaped death after Allied forces in France. He toured the West sharing his front line experiences and reportedly met Gen Fioc h who urged emphasis of his message. Gibbons lost an eye and was severely wounded by machine gun fire during the World War. The Rotary club plans to discuss bringing him to Waterloo soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyd Gibbons
Chicago Tribune
Nel
France
Waterloo
Rotary Club
Gibbons
West
United States
Foch
British Closing In Near St Quentin and Hulluch
British lines near St Quentin show further closing in northwest of St Quentin with progress toward Le Verguier. Haig reports slight advances northwest of Hulluch between Lens and la Bassee and northeast of Neuve Chapelle.
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London
St .Quentin
Haig
le Verguier
le Varguier
St. Quentin
Hulluch
Lens
la Bassee
Supt Kline May Enter War Work
Supt. Kline may leave for war work after receiving two offers. One via Prof George W Strayer would place him in educational work with the Y M C A in France, under Dr Frank E Spaulding. The other would assign him to hospital education for wounded soldiers in the United States, focusing on trade readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. W. Kline
Public Schools East
France
Frank E. Spaulding
Kline
Arrest Speen ers on Falls Avenue Crash Charge
Three speeners were brought in by the motorcycle traffic notceman yesterday, among them Reedy Carl Tipton. The officer alleged Tipton sped around the bend on Falls avenue near Mutlan, struck the curb on the opposite side, posted a $10 bond, but failed to appear this morning, bond forfeited.
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Speeners
Notceman
Reedy Carl
Tipton
Falls Avenue
Mutlan
Ball
Vienna Reports Italian and Balkan Front Actions
Vienna via London reports Italian patrols repulsed in the Mori and Montecimonse sectors with some gains by the enemy in the Brenta valley. Bulgarian authorities claim repulsed attacks north of Gradeshnitsa with heavy losses and French prisoners. Serbian offensive success expands front beyond Gradeshnitsa, seizing Sokol ridge and surrounding areas, with over 3,000 prisoners and 24 guns captured and low Serbian casualties.
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Vienna
London
Mori
Montecimones
Setti Communi
Brenta
Albania
Bulgaria
Sofia
O Gradeshnitsa
Bulgarian War Office
Gradeshnita
Gradeshnitsa
Sokol
Trnaviska
Rovovska
Braziasta
Kozlak
Mrs Klein Recommends Chamberlain's Liniment
Mrs N M Klein of Chillicothe Missouri endorses Chamberlain's Liniment as a reliable reliever of rheumatic pains. She keeps a bottle in her home at all times and has used it for years, recommending it to neighbors and friends who report success.
Prices of Butter and Eggs Promise to Go Much Higher
Grocers of Was terigg forecast sharp price hikes for butter and eggs as government commandeering of supply drives costs up. Eggs at 47 to 49 cents a dozen and butter around 70 to 75 cents a pound are expected to push consumer prices higher soon. Inflation pressures attributed to federal seizures of butter cheese and milk stocks.
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Wasterigg
Rovernient
Red Ball route move eyed by Cedar Falls residents
Community voices in Cedar Falls discuss efforts to realign the Red Ball route by renting the Whitney road to Falls avenue or old south road. Ongoing complaints about the Cedar Heights road condition persist as seasonal and tourist use continues.
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Cedar Falls
Whitney Road
Falls Avenue
Old South Road
Cedar Heights Road
Oswego man praises Chamberlain's Colic and Cholera Remedy
The reader recalls severe stomach cramps and bowels pain, stating that four seats ago he used Chamberlain's Colic and Cholera Remedy and found it by far the best medicine of its kind he has ever used.
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Charles Henry
Oswego
N.Y
Contested Route Promoter Cites Markings Delays
A discussion notes a Worst route between twin cities hindered by high material and lane barrier costs. Plans in spring to pave the highway were postponed. The current road is deteriorating with corduroy stretches, while promoter Mr. Carson controls the markings and would push for action despite delays.
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Twin Cities
Carson
Fruit Pits Rally Aids War Gas Mask Supply
Waterloo Commercial Club urges public participation in the food administration drive to save fruit pits and related seeds for gas mask production. Charcoal from peach stones, date seeds, cherry pits and other pit shells are valued for treating mask gauze. Public schools, shopkeepers, and retailers are urged to collect and preserve these materials to help meet monthly demand.
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Waterloo Commercial Club
Pas
Flame Division
United States Army
RES IN EACH STORE AND SCHOOL WHERE SEEDS MAY BE DEPOSITED
In the dried seeds, residues may be found at various stores and schools where seeds are deposited. The text notes locations for seed deposits and hints at oversight by local authorities.
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Public Highway Shipping Board
Towar Sought
Harly Morning
A. P
Goming
War Stamp
Society
W.C. F.& N. Railway
Black
Officer
Official War News
Supt
Chdar Valley
Lectri Electric
Lawrence Grant
the _ Kaiser
Glive Tell
Pathe News
Iid
Island of
Varadise
Honolulu
Quartette Vriows
Anteony
Majestic
George Everett Nate
Mr. Everett
Adelle Jason
Patsy Shelly
Bobby Henshaw
Pan Cac Ebshetal Bball Sa of Dean
Guerra
Carmen
Harvey Holt Tho
Teles Cen Eet
Universal News
Current Vents
Sk Heart
Bystal
WM. Fox
Cardinal Gibbons
Catholic Church of America
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