This letter is addressed to Guy E. Logan from H. A. Lemmon dated November 23, 1917. The letterhead is from the State Council of Defense in Reno, Nevada. The letter states that the State Council of Defense in Nevada would like to be added to the Iowa…
This letter is addressed to V. O. Bell from Herbert J. Metcalf dated November 26, 1917. This letter begins by stating that in regard to German preachers, Mr. Bell must
This letter is addressed to Herbert Metcalf from F.D. Babcock Jr. dated November 23, 1917. The letterhead is from the North-West Mutual Insurance Association of Ida Grove, Iowa. The letter states that Babcock
This letter is addressed to Herbert J. Metcalf from the Publicity Secretary of the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety dated October 18, 1917. The Minnesota Commission of Public Safety notified Metcalf that they are sending various booklets,…
This letter is addressed to Herbert J. Metcalf from D. J. Murphy, and attorney from Waukon, Iowa. This letter informs Metcalf that there is a $136.00 Check enclosed to raise money for the men from Allamakee at Camp Dodge. It was noted that the…
This letter is from the Office Department Signal Officer to D.W. Morehouse at Drake University in Des Moines Iowa. This letter is regarding the recruitment of college men to become trained telegraphers for the U.S. Army. This letter is in response to…
This letter is in response to a letter from the Chairman of the Iowa Council of National Defense, Lafayette Young, dated November 9, 1917. Jacob Russ is responding to the accusation that he does not whole-heartedly support the United States…
This letter is addressed to Jacob Russ from the Chairman of the Iowa Council of National Defense dated November 8, 1917. This letter states that the Iowa Council of Defense has received information stating that Russ has displayed disloyalty towards…
This letter describes why the authority to ban German would be useless without further demonstration that the preacher in question is making disloyal statements. It also tells of the same problem in regard to schools teaching in German- that is to…
A letter detailing the possible disloyalty of pastors in Lutheran Churches, asking for the authority to stop the speaking of German in church services.
