Fund 70 Increase Trade Activities Expands Foreign Commerce Aid
Washington reports a 1920 appropriation of 96.3 million dollars to boost American foreign trade. The bill funds 18 435 salaries and expands the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce with agents worldwide. It raises state department trade advisers and renames a position, while census and internal revenue boosts drive the total. Reductions cut wartime payrolls and close several sub treasuries.
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Ign
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State Department
Department
Internal Revenue Bureau
Navy
Baltimore
Toston
Chicago
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Philadelphia
St.Louis
San Francisco
Luisa
Steamship Hit Mine. Few Crew Safe
British prowler or steamship struck a mine on Thursday. It is believed most of the crew were lost. A boat with two survivors and eight others has been washed ashore at Newton Abbot. Four lifeboats bearing survivors are missing.
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Nbria
Newton Abbott
Wilson Signs Bill Sent From Capital
President Wilson approves a bill sent from Congress authorizing payment for transportation home of war workers leaving government service. Secretary Tumulty confirms the measure was among early bills from the current session.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Montana Lad Back With His Comrades
Washington January 10 The war department released a list of prisoners of war and hospitals and prisoners reported returned to France Among the names is Robert Skarsten Turnes Mont
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Montana
Washington
War Department
France
Amore
Robert Skarsten
Turnes
Mont
Portand Bank Robbery Suspect Pleads Guilty in East Side Heist
Portland policewoman Lol Baldwin testified that Arthur Davis pleaded guilty to the East Side bank robbery netting about 40,000 dollars. Bail set at 10,000. Davis to be sentenced soon after.
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Ore
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Santan Mra Lol Baldwin
Tie
Taki
Silver anniversary of Rev Dr and Mrs Ernest M Stires
The Rev Dr and Mrs Ernest M Stires of New York will celebrate 25 years of marriage with two at home cards. They wed January 11, 1894, in the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd Augusta. Mrs Stires was Sarah McK Hardwick, daughter of George W Hardwick of Augusta. Her father served in Cobb’s Legion and died about ten years ago.
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New York
Stires
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
Augusta
Sarah McK. Hardwick
George W. Hardwick
Cobb's
Legion of the Army of Northern Virginia
Mice Hardwick
Mice
Jas A. Stovall
Army
West Point
Soldier Mail Fault 15 Put On War Department
Washington reports testimony before a committee as Sec ond Assistant Postmaster Praeger assigns blame for delays in mail to and from soldiers overseas to the War Department. He cites civilian and military cooperation failures and says thousands of undelivered letters will soon arrive and be processed, with backlogs in France noted by a post inspector.
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Washington
Dame
Praeger
York
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