Exemption for Elderly
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Elderly
Requests concession for elderly parents.
Vigga A. C. Anderson
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
7/30/1918
N/A
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
TEXT
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-07-30; Pottawattamie County; Council Bluffs, Iowa
Clarification on Babel
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Elderly; Religious Services
May elderly monolingual parishoners gather in each other's house to worship?
C. L. Raune
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
6/3/1918
N/A
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
TEXT
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-06-03; West Burlington, Iowa; Des Moines County
German-American Loyalty
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Banking; Liberty Bonds; Religion; Elderly; Red Cross; German-American Loyalty
Prominent local German appointed to write regarding the loyalty of Arcadia's Germans as well as their difficulty in abiding by Babel.
J. C. Pruter
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
6/24/1918
N/A
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
TEXT
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-06-24; Carroll County; Arcadia, Iowa
Pre-Babel Inquiry
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; Foreign Language; Anti-Germanism; Evangelicalism; Parochial Schools; Education; Liberty Bonds; Elderly
Concerns over elderly in congregation
W. N. Notdorf
N/A
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
5/18/1918
N/A
N/A
N/A
Letter
English
TEXT
Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-05-18; Tripoli, Iowa; Bremer County;