German Food Shortage Deepens Across Occupied Europe
AP report from Amsterdam notes November as the blackest period for German food supply with shrinking breadstuffs and faring milk butter and meat. Officials fear spring rations will fall, while potato flour and illicit trade emerge as stopgap, amid labor coal and labor shortages and a worsening potato harvest.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Germany
Russia
Italy
Berlin
Cologne Volkszeitung
Romania
Belgium
France
Brunswick Volksfreund
American Locomotive and Baldwin Build Russia’s Heavy Locos
Russia greatly needs transport facilities and orders from American builders. Since 1914 Baldwin and American Locomotive Co have delivered 1,231 heavy freight locomotives to Russian railways, 725 from Baldwin and 506 from ALCo, a notable export of heavy power.
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Russia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
American Locomotive Company
Americans Urged to Ignore Rumors About Troop Drunkenness
A public appeal urged Americans not to repeat tales of drunkenness among troops overseas, labeling the stories unfounded and aimed at diverting support from the war effort.
Draft men in class one denied commissions in noncombant arms
Washington January 10 draft men placed in class one of selective service will not receive commissions in noncombatant arms under a resolution passed by the war council and approved by Secretary Baker.
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Washington
Wir Council
Baker
Swift & Co. reports record net profits for 1917
Chicago January 10 Swift and Co packers announce net profits for the fiscal year ended September 1917. The results show profits amounting to 64 65 percent on the company capital stock of 109 million dollars, far surpassing prior records.
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Chicago
Swift & Co. Packers
Death of King Henry IV in Jerusalem Chamber at Westminster
The passage recounts Henry IV fainting and dying on March 20, 1413 in the Jerusalem Chamber at Westminster Abbey. It notes the chamber as the former site of tapestries depicting Jerusalem and cites Shakespeare’s Henry IV as referencing the event in that lodging.
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Jerusalem
Westminster Abbey
Henry IV
Shakespeare
Henry TV
Henry
Warwick
Holy Land
Yuletide Origins and the Yule Log Tradition
The term Yule signifies Christmas in Anglo Saxon tradition and Yuletide marks the season. The yule log symbolized good fortune and its charred embers were kept to start the next year’s fire. Modern furnaces and baseburners ended this custom.
Senator Kenyon Denounces Slander Reports From Front
Senator Kenyon, who recently returned from the battle fronts, denounces reports circulating in Washington on January 10. He rejects claims as false and calls for correction of public statements to protect reputations and uphold wartime unity.
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Washington
Kenyon
Senator Kenyon Warns Against Peace Talks After France Visit
After touring France and England, Senator Kenyon warned the Senate that Germany shows no signs of exhaustion despite reports. He urged rapid, efficient action, urged cutting red tape, and said the nation must mobilize 2,000,000 frontline troops with 1,000,000 in reserve. He called for nonpartisan unity and even floated a coalition cabinet including Root and Roosevelt.
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France
England
Germany
Washington
Kenyon
Senate
London
Western Front
Elihu Root
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Regrets Over French War Aims Trigger Debate
Paris January 10 The government agrees to discuss its conduct of the war in the chamber of deputies tomorrow. Socialist deputy M Mayeras urges a definite declaration and says France was outpaced by Lloyd George and Wilson. He notes France should speak as a victorious nation since the Marne.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Mayeras
Lloyd George
Wilson
United States
France
Marne
Hawaii National Park Proposed With Active Volcanoes
The interior secretary reports on United States action to create Hawaii National Park by August 1 1916. Lands around Kilauea Mauna Loa and Haleakala would be set aside as a permanent tourist attraction. Officials coordinate to finalize plans, noting accessibility will differ from New Yorks Central Park while volcanoes offer unique appeal.
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National Park of Hawaii
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Kilauea
Mauna Loa
Haleakala
Hawaii National Park
Hawaii
National Park Service
Central Park
New York
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Golden West Coffee
Liberty Bonds
Butte
Clark’s Bank
DR. Rinckel
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