Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-11-07
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interesting Items Of New. Xxx
Gathered rom all Parts oflowa

The following Iowans have been
killed in action or died of wounds or
disease during the past week: Paul
Delinger Henderson; Edward Romel-
fanger, Arlington; Sanford Severson.
Kanawha; Victor First, Viilisca; Bob
Tribby, Mount Pleasant: Clarence
Nesheim, Clear Lake; Thomas a.
White. Linden Edwin T.. Hites, Des
Moines; Ben Adkins, Fairfield; James
r. Goggin, Bernard; Micheai Wolfe,
North Buena Vista Jose E. kilmartin,
Malvern; George G. sheppleman,
Clear Lake; Joseph H. Wyatt. Des
Moines; Noah f. Pebbles, West Bend:
Alvin Schroeder, Bellevue; John j.
Oak, Lyons; John Halverson, Cal
mar: lvanC. Walker, Rockford; Max
A. Weiss, Woodbine; Kenneth L.
Mueller, Waterloo John r. 1homp-
son, Princeton: Albert T. Fransen,
st. Ansgar: Olaf Fl. Olsen, Rem
brandt: John w Thompson. Foris ;.
Chester r. Perkins, Des Moines;
Charles Christianson, Graettinger;
Alfred NJ Kant, Neville; George L.
Foulk, Merican; Ernest Richardson.
Burlington; John r. Winga1e. Water
loo; Charles S. Brown. Robertson.
Cornelius Fl. Bents, Parkersburg;
Herman H.Lesline. Logan, David G.
Lydell, Aurelia; Homer J. Price,
Eagle Grove: Harry w. Swanson,
Chilicothe.
Iowa flags designed by Mrs. Dixie
Cornell Gebhardt OF Knoxville, former
state regent of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, and replicas OF
those presented to each of the eight
regiments from this state now III SER
vice, will be placed on sale for the
first time on Iowa day. November ~.
This sale, which has cooperation OF
leading merchants OF Des Moines and
in other parts of the state, is being
conducted under the auspices of the
local chapters Of the d. A. r. for the
benefit of the Red Cross and war re-
lief fund OF the D. A. r.
Fifteen hundred women corn husk-
ers will be recruited in Iowa to guard
against farm labor shortage Mrs.
F.. W. Grimwood, Miss Laura Pattep
son and Miss Elizabeth Neale. of the
farm serice section Of the u. S. En-
ployment service arrived in Des
Moines recently to take charge OF
recruiting. The women's committee
| OF the Counsel OF Defense will coop
| crate.
The Des Moiaes Studebaker cor
I poration has been entirely discontin.
| ued until after the war. The fact
I that the Studebaker corporation has
| gone OH a 100 per cent war production
basis is given as the cause. e. j
1 Brechtel. manager, will go To kan
sas City as manager OF the branch
there, and the assistant manager,
Walter j. McGraw. goes to- Boston as
assistant manager.
Failure TO purchase Liberty Rnnds
during the last drive may cost A. C
| Woodruff of Storm Lake his election
Us county recorder. 1t is alleged thai
Woodruff refused to purchase ans
bonds, and that ne abused the wal
service hoard when called upon fol
an explanation. Now the board ano
several political organizations ar.
ruff
Because the court refused TO reccg
nize his plea and did not give him al
opportunity to present his evidence
Private Carl Erickson of Camp Dodge
sentenced by general court martha
to twenty-five years at hard tabor TO
refusing to obey orders, had his sen
tence disapproved by the reviewing
authorities and has Eeen released AM
, returned to duty.
| Labor unions OF Waterloo hav
: come out in public stand for two pol
cal candidates, j. J. Rainbow, reput
lican candidate for state senator, an
]. H. Rigdon,- democratic candidat
for the legislature. They state tina
these men are the friends Of the faru
err and workingman.
The federal authorities Mt Wash;n:
ton and the state officials at De
:Moines are still at cuts over the wa
labor situation. Several visits b
Governor Harding to Washington an
by Washington men to Des Nome
have failed to settle disputes.
j. Fl. Alfred of the Successful Farm
ing magazine has purchased the Re-
| field Review. Alfred is we'll know
| newspaper man, having published
| newspaper at Morayia for over seve
| years. He has spent twenty veal
] in the publishing and printing bus
4 ness.
/ Mrs. Francis T. Whitley, chairma
of the women's organizations OF til
state and member Of the State Cou
Gil Of Defense has been commence
in her work by the other membe
OF the council and urged to continu
l The loss of the big New Jerse
/ shell plant has so crippled the al
munition supply in this country TIL
large increase in workers in tt
| munition plants is absolutely nece
saly. State Labor Commissioner
/ L. Urick announced. Commission,
/ Trick is sending blanks TO communi
labor boards outlining plan for
monthly census of man power in Ii
| factories and setting forth that til
Il monthly census must be made al
men combed from non-essential
u dustries in order to furnish the &C