Two Dollar Bill Transforms Armenian Orphan's Life
A distressed three year old, homeless and hungry, enters Near East Relief orphanage in Armenia after receiving a two dollar bill as aid. A week later he appears well fed and clothed, while advocates urge more two dollar gifts to rescue over a quarter million other Turkish oppression victims and fund care until self sufficiency.
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Woodrow Wilson
Oliver Harriman
Carrie Chapman Catt
America
Vetle
St Relief
Madison Ave
Aug
Armenia
Asia
Besim Bey Alleged City Boss of Aintab Cartel
Major Stephen Trowbridge reports under General Allenby that Besim Bey, a Turk and municipal Chief Accountant of Aintab, used his office to loot Armenians with grafts and cruelties, becoming the most unscrupulous politician observed in the region until Near East Relief intervened.
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Bassa
Alatab
Armenia
Stephen
Trowbridge
Edmund H. H. Allenby
Besim Bey
Nero
Aintab
Relief Agents Target Turkiish Ring in City Terror
Near East Relief agents concluded Armenian relief work was impossible under terror. General MacAndrew ordered the arrest and removal of six Turks considered the worst in the ring that controlled the city, with Best Bey credited as fiscal for first post.
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Near East
MacAndrew
Iscal
Hoover Says Near East Crisis Is World’s Most Desperate
Former President Herbert Hoover, now a member of the Near East Relief Executive Committee, warns the Near East crisis is the most desperate in the world. He urges full support for Colonel Haskell’s administration as millions of Armenians in the Caucasus face destitution amid unresolved political settlement.
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Near East
Hoover
East Relief
Armenia
Caucasus
United States
Turkey
Haskell
Advance church activities and Christmas preparations
The Advance Christian Church reports the Ladies Aid session and officer nominations by Mrs. Lilly Starwalt J T Jones and L H Brown. The Sunday offering funds Armenian Syrian relief. A Christmas program and basement treat for children are planned. The C W E M pageant drew a large crowd in nine scenes. A Grafanol class order is urged for Christmas.
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West Side Square
Iebaron
Arnold Genthe
Woodrow. Wilson
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Herber
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Advance Christian Church
Thos. E. Burrin
S. S. Supt
Mark Wall
Dover
Kuhn
This Place
Mrs. Harve Riddle
Cecil Sparks
Oscar Sparks
Mildred Stottler
Pearl Kepner
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Miller & Hart Milne
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Tenteo
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