Harding Responds to Mumaw
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Draft; German Influence
Harding passes on Mumaw's info to secret service.
W. L. Harding
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
7/23/1918
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-07-23; Clinton County; Clinton, Iowa
Suspicious Exemptions
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Draft; Business; Informants
Plea to investigate suspicious draft exemptions
Unknown
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
9/10/1918
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-09-10; O'Brien County; Sheldon, Iowa
Draft the Priest
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Draft; Disloyalty; Catholicism; Babel Defiance; Lutherans
Harrington has idea for intransigent Catholic priest: draft him.
T. P. Harrington
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
7/19/1918
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-07-19; Kossuth County; Algona, Iowa
Metcalf's Business
World War I; Council of Defense; Herbert J. Metcalf; Draft Boards
Metcalf's man does his business and talks about his draft status.
P. A. Fosselmann
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
12/12/1917
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1917-12-12; Waverly, Iowa; Bremer County; Davenport, Iowa;
On Draft Dodgers
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Draft; Disloyalty;
Author notes that prominent town member is getting his son deferrals from service.
Mrs. Isa Bellmaker
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
9/1/1918
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-09-01; Floyd County; Rockford, Iowa
German Collusion in Avoiding Draft
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Draft; German Influence
Influential Germans are gaming draft system, drawing deferments for community members.
J. E. Mumaw
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
7/20/1918
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-07-20; Clilnton County; Clinton, Iowa
Metcalf to Stanley, 1918
WWI; Work Force; Industry; Draft
This letter is in response to an inquiry to a job position at a ship building plant also explains how this service will not exempt him from military service
Herbert Metcalf
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
2/17/1918
Federal State Director
Letter
English
Metcalf Letters, Box 2, Folder 9, State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Tintor, Iowa;
Regarding Babel
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Liberty Bonds; German Americans; Draft
Regarding Babel, as church member whose notes need for "old gray people" in congregation to worship in German
Henry Hoppe
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
5/31/1918
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Box #13, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1918-05-31; La Porte City, Iowa; Black Hawk County
Resistance
World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Draft; Disloyalty;
A Mr. Keasling "is making threats a gainst the government by threatening to resist the draft of his sons, threatening bodily injury in case his sons are called."
George S. Griffin
State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
8/7/1917
Letter
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
1917-08-07; Keokuk County; Hayesville, Iowa
Draft registration in different cities in Iowa
Iowa Cities; Draft Registration; Folders
The 4 Minute Men refusing to get intelligence courses for men who were just drafted. The letter later states the numbers in cities for registration of the Service. And a request more 500 more folders to be registered were asked for from Metcalf.
Edwin Shortess
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1/13/1918
Letter
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Box #6, Herbert J. Metcalf
Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Linn County