Russia breaks with Rumania in sweeping move
Petrograd notes the Bolshevik government will sever diplomatic ties with Rumania after a failed bid to halt its advance. Rumanian gold reserves in Moscow valued at 1.2 billion rubles are to be seized, and Lt General Stcherbatcheff is outlawed. Trotzky announced further reprisals and pursuit of Ukrainian resistance continues amid Brest-Litovsk talks.
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Bolshevik Commissaries’ Council
Kerlin
Brest-Litovsk
Petrograd
Siy
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Bouneil
Rumanian Front
Stcherbatchett
Leon Trotzky
Congress of Workmen and Soldiers
Romania
Steherbatcheff
Trotzky
Stcherbatcheft
Bessarabia
Berlin
Amsterdam
Presto Litovsk
Count Czernin
Dr. von Kuehlmann
M. Trotzky
Vienna
Strugate
Reuter
Ukraine
Kharkov
Nashy Vedomesty
Hoover urges broader Lever Act on food control
Washington Jan 29 Food Administrator Hoover asks Representative Anderson to extend the Lever Act to govern distribution manufacture and preservation of codstuffs to ensure uniform access reduce waste and curb less essential production He also supports wheatless and meatless days while limiting food served in public eating places Liverpool Jan 28 4000 workers in Mersey district call for resistance to manpower calls unless government accepts labor aims and wealth conscription Sir Auckland Geddes faces questioning after attending and receiving an ovation for his remarks
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Hoover
Representative Anderson
House Agricultural Committee
Anderson
Liverpool
Mersey District Federation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades
Traht
Labor Party
International Workers
Auckland Geddes
National Service
Elks member wears 2200 elk teeth coat at conventions
A Manitoba made coat covered with 2200 elk teeth weighs 28 pounds and is valued at 10000 dollars. The coat, sinew sewn by an Indian in Manitoba, is owned by a member of the Order of Elks who wears it at all conventions along with an ornate necklace crafted from the largest elk teeth.
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Manitoba
Canada
Order of Elks
Finland War Turmoil and Swedish Troop Proposals
The London Times reports Finland seeking Swedish aid as the senate weighs intervention. Swedish troops may have landed at Tornea after clashes with Finnish Guards. Stockholm dispatch notes Norway and Denmark may invite Finland to joint legislative questions with the Scandinavian trio. Epidemics in Petrograd worsen with typhus and smallpox spreading amid food shortages and adulteration. Berlin reports partial agreement on exchanging invalids and sending home troops, but prisoner exchange and treatment remain unsettled.
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Finland
Sweden
Tornea
Scandinavia
Stockholm
Norway
Denmark
Times
Berlin
Amsterdam
German Troop Withdrawals From Russia Violates Truce
Washington reports that Germany is breaching the Russian truce by moving troops from the eastern front to the western front. The War Department states Germany evades terms prohibiting eastern withdrawals and uses furloughs to transfer soldiers to recruiting and then to the west. The ruse aims to deceive the Russians and dilute eastern regiments amidst Russian revolutionary influence.
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Washington
Germany
War Department
United States Army
Red Guard Gains Control of Helsingfors in Finland
Copenhagen reports the Red Guard has seized Helsingfors, capital of Finland, as disorder spreads for weeks. The clash pits the Finnish government and White Guard against Bolshevik backed Red Guard, which may support Finland's independence from Russia with aid promised by the Petrograd regime.
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Copenhagen
Red Guard
Helsingfors
Finland
Stockholm
National Tidende
Russia
White Guard
Bolsheviks
Petrograd
North Dakota Adopts Life Sentence Sabotage Bill
Bismarck N D Jan 28 special session closed at midnight and North Dakota can formally record its stance on national prohibition and support for national equal suffrage. Legislature passes sabotage bill imposing life imprisonment on those convicted of burning wrecking or destroying food stores or storage used for food production and transport.
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Bismarck
N. D
North’ Dakota
Arabs Expected to Aid Turks’ Fall in Palestine War
London reports Arab activity against Turks in Palestine is likely to grow in coming months. Arabs raided the Hadjaz railway from Daraa to Mann, but tribal quarrels and uncertain military situat ion limited attacks. Turks held Medina, aided by the Schammar chief until his death. As British forces press, Arab tribes may rally, threatening the Hadjaz line and expanding Turkish losses.
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Ted Press
London
Palestine
Allenby
Hadjaz
Daraa
Mann
Arabia
Medina
Jerusalem
Schammar
Sharmar
Mesopotamia
Brest
Eastern war aims and German view of British strength
The piece notes that German experts recognize Britain's Eastern victories as crucial, arguing Germany pursues peace to break British economic strangulation on Berlin Baghdad routes. It suggests 1918 may see a major eastern campaign, with The Manchester Guardian predicting decisive Western results only by 1919 and continued defense in France and Italy, moving offensives east while American strength peaks in 1919.
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Litovak
Germany
England
America
Berlin- Bagdad
Teig
Manchester Guardian
France
Italy
Service Stars for Summit School Principals Resign in Government Service
The last four principals of Summit School in TIL have resigned to enter government service. Thom O Hara Philip J Carlin Clement T McCarthy and George E Farrell are cited as over age limit. General Flowers of Washington notes the man may be a slacker and is now in the national army at Ihn Dodge. His wife learned from county records that he is 40.
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Summit, Til
Thom
O'Hara
Philip J. Carlin
Clement T. McCarthy
George E. Farrell
Gen. Flowers
Washington
National Army
Ihn Dodge
Quit Meat to Save Kidneys Ad Health Claim Card
A vintage advertisement urges quitting meat to prevent kidney trouble. It claims meat causes uric acid buildup that overworks kidneys and links to rheumatism headaches liver and nerve issues. Instructions praise Jad Salts from pharmacies to flush kidneys, with a lemon grape acid lithia formula for daily use.
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