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The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-01

City was among those of the first
wave to cross the river. They i'm.
mediately went after the machine
guns on a hill on the north bank Of
the Ourcq. The fire which they open.
ed on the enemy nest at this point
was so intense that the Germans
raised a white flag.
Anticipating a nice bag of prisoners
the Americans rushed up. only to be
fired upon again by the enemy ma
chine guns as they approached. Then
the Americans let loose with the full
weight of their fire against the Ger
mans who again raised the white flag
Twelve Germans were killed and nine
captured in this operation.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-01
One Effect II Has Had.

Really, that proverb. People that
live in glass houses shouldn't throw
stones is remarkably sensible one.
isn't it?" Possibly. but 1t seems to
have had more effect in keeping peo-
pie out Of glass houses than In stop
ping their throwing stones"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-01
Knew His Business.

George" she asked, as they round
ed the bend, lis your watch correct?"
Yes" replied George, with merry
laugh. 1T is keeping better time
since put your picture inside the
case" ION. you fiatterer! How could
that be-" well, you see. when l
placed your picture inside the case /
added another jewell"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-01
DOUGHNUT GIRLS
GET SOUVENIRS
IN RETURN FOR FRIED CAKES
THEY MADE THE YANks.
THE DOUGHBOYS ARE GRATEFUL
Sammies to Get Girls Boehe Helmet
Have Captured Signal Balloons
and coIors.-officers Like the
tx. p" Duty.
(By Miss Irene MIntyre.)

With the American Troops at the
Front, July 2. (By Mail > American
boys have the incest ways of showing
appreciation of any one in the world
we have decided. We can't do any,
thing out here for them without being
thanked, and thanked in the most sur
prising and unusual ways-you would
never guess what some of them are.
We have had a keen recollection OF
notes from the trenches, most OF
them in answer to patches of dough,
nuts we sent out to boys on duty. They
are written on scraps of paper, backs
of envelopes, or anything, though some
of them are very carefully written on
the incest paper. We are surprised TO
get the latter from the trenches.
We will have TO get up book OF
notes from the trenches after the war
for gems come in among them. Some
are. in poetry. Imagine boys out there
under shell fire writing to thank us
for doughnuts. but they do. One note
said we girls were just as necessary to
the regiment as the holes were to the
doughnuts"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-01
DaiIv THOUGHT

What does your anxiety do? 1t does
not empty tomorrow of its grief but
il empties today of its strength. II
does not make you escape the evil,
it makes you unfit to cope with it L
it comes.-Ian Maclaren.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-01
Wearisome IdIeness.

An aversion to labor creates a con-
slant WEAKNESS and one would think
should make existence itself a burden,
The indolent man descends from the
dignity of his nature and makes that
being which was rational merely vege-
tative.-Sir Richard Steele.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-01
Growth n HIoher rhlno,.

The truer self evolves itself in and
through the exercise of the higher fac
ulties. The only escape from mar
row and stunted selfconsciousness is
by the way OF growth into larger
freedom and a nobler ambition Tho
Christian Register.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-01
Corning Captain Leads.

During one of the Iulls in the Ger
man firing Captain Allen T. Hupp of
Corning, Iowa, worked his men up to
the center of field. the slopes of
which led to the Ourcq. Just then the
Germans resumed their fire in full
force. Immediately Hupp and his men
dug in and held on where they were
until daylight. Meanwhile the Ger.
man artillery had been quieted some.
what BY the heavier artillery of the
allies carrying out counter battery
work. Choosing an opportune time,
Hupp's men dashed TO the river. jump.
ed in with splash and waded across,
cheering as they went.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-01
Daring Work at River.

With the American Army on thu
Aisne Marine Front July 31-The cross
ing of the Ourcq river was effected by
the Americans on Sunday in the face
OF great difficulties the Germans hay
ing destroyed the bridges and placed
their artillery and machine guns in
advantageous positions to resist the at
tempts at a passage.
The Franco-American forces had
planned to cross the Ourcq before day
light on Sunday. but the German heavy
artillery held the slopes leading to the
river under fire which continued all
night. The Americans repeatedly
started to advance during The night
but as often were held back by the
fire of the enemy machine guns and
heavier pieces.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-01

Secretary Daniels has commended
II. 4. Allen, chief maehinist's mate.
and Harry Koppel and William II.
Kane. searnen. United States naval
reserve forces. for rescuing from
drowning Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Austin Foss on June 16.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-01

Girls are helping In airplane produc-
ton By splicing cables and In other
ways. according TO III. e. Miles. chair
man OF the section for Industrial
training for war emergency OF the
council Of national defense.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-01
POLICIES OF THE
WAR LABOR BOARD
RIGHT OF uNIoNIzEp WORKERS
TO BARGAIN WITH EMPLOYERS
Is UPHELD BY 1T.
BETTER CONDITIONS SOUGHT
Great Storage Lumber Depot Opened
at Gilmerton, INSTRUMENTATION Of
Kerosene Is Ursed--AIIies' Bombing
Planes Now Work in Squadrons.

CFrom Committee on Public Informationo
WaShington.--The war labor poll
Giles board has made no rulings, II Is
announced, making it impossible to
change rates of wages or working
conditions in industry during the
Standardization of such pay and con-
ditions for war work. The board does
not seek to place restrictions on labor,
but IS striving to better conditions
that will make for satisfaction and
greater efficiency.
Enunciating its principles the war
labor policies board is committed to
the right of workers to organize into
trade unions and to bargain collec-
lively with their employers; continu-
ance of existing union standards with
the right of the workers TO obtain bet
ter conditions, wages and hours under
decisions of the national war labor
board; equal pay for equal work,
whether performed by men or by wom-
en-; recognition of the basic eight-hour
day where law requires it but settle
ment of all questions Of hours Of work
viii uue TeSdEu 10 sOftAuuiSIlL hcNeS-
stiles and the welfare of the workers !;
maintenance of the maximum of pro-
duction; due regard for labor stand
ards, wages and other conditions in
particular localities; the right Of all
workers TO a living wage, insuring
health and reasonable comforts.
Felix Frankfurter. chairman of the
war labor policies board. makes this
further explanation Of the resolution
of the board setting forth its princi-
pies: "Inasmuch as wage stability was
recognized as the essential need by
labor and by the government the pur-
pose of the resolution was TO prevent
changes in the standards which had
been created either through an adjust
ment board such as the labor wage ad-
justment board of the emergency feet
corporation, or the arsenal and navy
yard standards, or the standards which
govern the cantonment adjustment
board, but under no circumstances was
II intended to prevent the lifting of
wage scales in specific instances up TO
the standards"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-01
optlmjstle Tbo,,obt

Optimistic Thought.
Why should man boast OF his
strength; Is not horse stronger than
her
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-01
Lots of Souvenirs.

One of the favorite ways among the
boys of saying thank you is to gather
up souvenirs and send them back to
us. We have a collection of them now
that we will always delight in, and
We wouldn't part with any of them.
We have lots of shells of all sizes,
with the powder removed of course.
Many of them have been made into
vases, and when we get back home
We will have flowers everywhere if
we use all our vases.
One company has promised to get
each of us a Boche helmet the next
time it can make raid. We are going
to see that the members of this COM
rany have doughnuts to eat just be-
fore the raid. and the boys say the
doughnuts will make them get the
Germans. Another company has sent
us some captured signal balloons and
colors.
think the hest present We have
had is "Piddy-dink." He is our little
fox. We had mended clothes and
Taxed doughnuts for one of the boys
in a machine gun company, and he
vas always bashful and got tangled
up when he tried to make little re-
marks of thanks. One day he came in
with the tiniest, cutest little fox ever
"een.
He had found the fox, and said he
wanted to give it to us for a mascot.
We were crazy about it, right away,
and named him after a general. "Pid-
dy-dink" has been with us two months
now, and he is just as tame as little
puppy. We never give him meat, and
he has kept gentle and tame. He plays
around with the two dogs which 9th
or boys have given us, and seems to
have forgotten entirely that he is a
fox.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-01

The army needs straw, says the bu-
reau OF markets. department OF agri-
culture Farmers are urged to bale
the straw Immediately after thrash
ing. and the bureau or markets Will
hnloaso market IL II asked. %
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-01

There were no aerial bombing or
during the first year of the war. Prac-
tically all the work IN the air was in
the nature Of observation. No pilots
could be spared for anything else. To-
day probably 25 per cent of the aerial
arms are bombing squadrons Of Il
machines per squadron.
The first bombing was done by vol
unteer pilots who flew over the Ger
man lines and dropped three or four
bombs, made from artillery shells. on
concentration camps and environments.
Showers Of small steel arrows were
spilled sometimes on conveys, troop
trains and bodies Of massed men. The
Germans began day bombing OF cities
IN 1915, and the allies bOmbarded
Karlsruhe In reprisal later In the same
year. Since then evolution in organ
lied bombing developed rapidly and
the French began night bombing, but
this was not undertaken by the Ger
mans until August, 1916.
At the present time large groups,
including several squadrons of bomb
ing machines, 90 over the lines from
time TO time and completely destroy
their objective, be II a city or a camp,
column OF troops or a trench system.
Unfortunately the allies air forces
have TO travel for many miles over
hostile territory defended by anti
aircraft guns 20 attack Germa ncities,
while the enemy can attack French
cities by flying only a short distance
beyond the allied lines.
The allies are developing large
bombing planes which carry sufficient
fuel for long excursions and armament
20 protect them when they are at
tackled by fighting alrplanes. Bombing
squadrons are escorted usually over
ths lines by fast fighting squadrons
Of is planes to squadron, and then
left to their own devices, for the fight
ers seldom carry sufficient fuel to per
NIT them to accompany the bombers
on the round trip.
The dropping Of the bomb is SINH
lar TO shooting a rifle. First you set
your sights and wind gauge, you hold
the rife properly, and finally you pull
the trigger at the proper moment. If
your ammunition is standard your
sights correct you hit the target. SO
with bombing. II you set your sights
correctly, fly your plane correctly over
the objective and drop the bomb at the
proper time you will hit the target. II
the ammunition manufacturers gave
you good bombs the objective win be
destroyed.
shi q 49,
The United States VIII be short Of
potash next year. Estimates for 1918
show an available supply of about
10000 tons Of potash salts, or only
about half Of the normal imports be-
fore the war. Commercial fertilizer
concerns must bear the brunt Of the
shortage.
The army needs straw, says the bu-
reau OF markets. department OF agri-
culture. Farmers are urged to bale
the straw Immediately after thrash
Rng ana fIaa hYxreau m foartafs x.-flI
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-01

The need OF platinum In war indus.
tries and In the sciences Is explained
by DR.. Charles L. Parsons. chief chem
list. bureau Of mines, department of the
interior, In an argument for discontinue
ance of the use Of platinum In jewelry.
'The war cannot be won without
platinum" says Doctor Parsons. "and
ii Is equally essential in times of peace
if our country is to excel Germany in
the development of chemical science
and Industry. With the aid of plati-
mum from one ordinary wedding ring
about 100 pounds of nitric acid can be
made every "a hours. This 100 pounds
of nitric acid converted into high ex-
plosives win send a number of three
inch shells against the Germans and
help to bring the boys back home.
Platinum rings. pins, cigarette
cases, and mesh bags are not factors
in winning this war-explOsives are. ]
wonder if the purchasers and wearers
of platinum iewelry know that explo-
sives cannot be manufactured without
the use of sulphuric and nitric acids !;
that the manufacture of these acids re-
quires the use of supplies of platinum :
that airplanes must have platinum 70"
important instruments they need: that
platinum is absolutely necessary in the
manufacture of special promoters
that promoters are necessary in all
steel treatments; and that no guns can
be made without the use of promoters.
There is shortage in the supply Of
platinum. Russia has corner on the
worlds supply, and Germany is in Rus
STA. Our domestic production of plati-
mum is negligible. while our military
requirements are increasing at a rapid
rate"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-01

The supply Of kerosene win run
short next winter and the government
is urging every user 10 do his part
toward making every gallon TO do full
war duty by giving forth its full
measure of light and heat. Saving can
be accomplished, II is said, only If
care is given lamps, lanterns, heaters
and stoves.
The director Of oil conservation Of
the United States fuel administration
issues these rules for fuel-on saving {:
Keep all lamps and lanterns clean.
Let the light out; don't confine II be-
hind smoked and dirty chimneys.
See that burners and wicks of all
oIl-burning devices are clean. Clean
burners require less oil and give bet
ter lights. 4 f4i
Don't allow lamp. lantern, heater
or stove to burn a minute longer than
is necessary. Don't light one you can
do without.
Don't use coal OIL for cleaning pur-
poses. Hot water win do the work.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-01
Other Iowans Engaged.

Only yesterday a cablegram was re
ceived in Corning. signed by fOrty-One
members of the local company. reuOrt.
ing them safe and all well" Until
today's dispatches carried the name of
the Corning captain it has been taken
for granted that all the Iowa regiment
with the remainder of the Rainbow
division, was on the Champagne front
east Of Rheims.
To-day's news may mean that Cap
tain Hupp or part Of the regiment
has been detached from the remain
der of the Rainbow division. or on the
other hand, it may indicate that Tn"
entire Iowa unit has taken part in the
brilliant battle which is regarded a
the turning of the tide in the war
against the Huns.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-01
Iowan in First RanI

Corporal Chris Berthelsen of Sioux
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-01

Many housewives have learned from
sad experiences in loss of perishable
foods that next to the ice Is not the
coolest place in the home refrigerator.
To the housewife who has not had this
experience the food administration
gives this advice:
MANY put their butter and milk
right next to the fee because they
think this Is the coolest place, but, as
a matter of fact, the coolest place Is
at the bottom of the refrigerator. Hot
air rises and air that Is not being con-
stantly purified by circulation around
the blocks of ice soon is unfit to
When the warm air in the refrigera-
tor rises it carries with It impurities
and moisture which are absorbed from
the surface of the food and which If
allowed to remain In the air spoil
the food. The air which is warmed by
passing over the food comes in con-
tact with the ice, where the moisture
is condensed upon the surface and the
impurities are carried off by the melt
ing ice. The air is thus dried. cooled
and purified. The cooled air immedi-
ately descends to gather up more mois-
ture and impurities and thus the
process is repeated continually.
''It is advisable to allow heated food
to cool off before placing IT in the re-
frigerator. II put in when warm II
raises the temperature of the refriger-
ator higher than ii should go and
melts ice unnecessarily. The trapdoor
through which the meltage passes out
at the bottom of the refrigerator
should be kept in place. because If IT
IS broken or lost a constant stream Of
warm air is allowed to flow into the
Refrigerator"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-01

The war department has opened a
great storage lumber depot at Gtlmer-
ton, Va, TO meet emergency demands
of the army for lumber. Through it's
operation it is estimated that a yearly
saving of approximately S2JO,0OO will
be effected.
Whenever army constructors in the
past were required to buy additional
lumber the purchases were made at
yards in the immediate vicinity. The
average increase in price for this ma
terial over the lumber originally pur-
chased for the Job would run from 50
TO SO per 1000 feet. BY purchasing
in large quantities and charging only
for yard maintenance the greater part
of this excess price is expected TO be
saved TO the government.
A stock OF from twelve to fifteen
million feet Of lumber will be carried.
and II is estimated that the yearly
turnover will amount to between fifty
and sixty million feet. A fund OF
100000 has been set aside by the war
department for use by the construc-
ton division of the army as necessary
working capital for the yard.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-08-01
IOWA MEN IN THE
BIC OURCQ FIGHT
LEADING A UNIT.
SIOUX CITY BOY IS FIRST over
Corporal 6erthelsen Swan the River
and Helped Silence the Enemy
Machine Guns-Old Third Iowa
in Thick of Things.

Corning. July 31.-Local pride
famed high in Corning today when il
became known that Captain Allen T
Iupp. commander of the Corning com
any in the old Third Iowa regiment
was mentioned in the dispatches as
having lead his men across the Ourcq
river in the face of terrific German
gunfire.
Although General March, chief oil
staff of the war department, has an
lighting as portion of General Gou
raud's army east of Rheims, the story
LOT Captain Hupps exploit may indi,
rate that at least a part of the Iowa
regiment if not all of it is in the great
battle in the scissors Rheims salient
where the Germans have suffered
their greatest reverse since the early
days of the world war.
Corning Joyous over News.
Captain Hupp left Corning last year
at the head of his company and has
been heard from at intervals since his
arrival in France. He has been with
his command all the time and there
has been no indication in any of his
letters of transfer to any other unit
His friends in Corning and they are
as numerous as the inhabitants of the
thriving town regard the dispatch of
today as an indication that their COM
pany of former national guardsmen
followed Captain Hump in his dash
across the Ourcq, leading the way in
a vital step in the progress of the al
New Britain herald., 1918-05-07
LEE-STAPLETON
MILITARY WEDDING
Cardinal Farley VIII OHiciatc at
Wedding Of Niece to Lieutenant
of 3O1St Field Artillery.

The marriage of Miss Lucille Dor
othy Stapleton, daughter Of Judge
and Mrs. Luke Daniel Stapleton of
SO4 Garfield Place. Brooklyn. n. Y,
and Lieutenant Robert Edward Lee,
son Of the late Mr. and Mrs. Patrick
L. Lee of this city, will take place
Saturday morning at st. Francis
Xavier Catholic church, Brooklyn, at
1870 o'clock. Cardinal Farley, uncle
CT the bride, will officiate. 1t will be
g military wedding, the men attend
ants appearing i'll military uniform.
Lieutenant Gerald Coholan of Wash
ington, D. c., formerly of this city
viii be best man.
Lieutenant Lee who is a graduate
Of the First Officers Training Camp
1T Plattsburg, was assigned as second
lieutenant in the 301st Field Artillery
at Camp Devens. He gave up studies
Ct Harvard to go into the army. Lieu
tenant Lee Is a brother of Lieutenant
Commander John Lee of the hospital
ship Z. S. S. Comfort and T. Frank
Lee of this city. Lieutenant Lee will
probably go overseas before the sum-
mer is ended.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-07

Somewhere! everywhere
Rises d question that harroWs'
Ahe answer seems ll1e oi Ncd'u "
those who care.
After I'm gone you Will De PROUD Oh
me.
There! Don't cry. You know l
l am not one; there is crowd OF
me
Fellows like me that mustn't say
NO
TO the need Of their land, your own
Deep down IN your heafl you unoeE-
STAND,
Don't cry: i, hufts me So
w nile m away, SHAN w ht'A II otli
you.
Come, dear! oh'1lc' A'oh 'ooA 81
New Britain herald., 1918-05-07

/ to 90 might DC the score the day
after tcmorroW whom Judge Man2an
takes his baseball team to Hartford
to play The ST. Thomas Seminary
nine but then there would be no rea-
son for advertising the face before
hand. Again, there may be | person
in 80 in this city who has not bought
a Liberty Bond but the results do not
prove it. Maybe school children are
holding a contest as to a teachers
age, but they don't usually 60 about II
that way.
Our telephone has been busy all the
day with inquirers who want to know
what the mysterious handful means
Frankly. we do not know. still. as
long us everybody else is guessing
| about it, we may be pardoned Tor
! opining that [ to so is just the hall
way mark when YOU count from to
/ 100
New Britain herald., 1918-05-07
OPPOSITION EXPECTED.
Prospect Street Property Owners
Object to Taking of Land.

The board of public works will
meet this evening and transact sew
eral important matters. One Of these
is the hearing on the proposed estab-
lishment Of new street lines on Pros
pect street which will mean taking
land from the property owners. 1t Is
said that the latter will oppose stren-
uously this move, and, if necessary.
the board will abandon the project.
Under the plan OF the board, the pro-
lection of School street will be
Strengthened out. IT is claimed by
city officials that Prospect street
never had any adopted street lines.
Tt is expected that every property
owner, from Grand street to Walnut
street, will either appear in person or
enter protest. Owing to the regular
meeting room Of tho board being
utilized by the second district exemp o.
ton board, the meeting tonight may
be held in the lobby of City hall.