Hoover Seeks Rest After World Food Mission
In an interview Hoover stresses the need to sustain relief in Europe after the war. He notes more than ten million tons of food shipped from the United States have aided central and eastern Europe, with coal and goods relief continuing under allied cooperation. He warns recovery will take time and coordination among governments.
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Baltic States
Europe
Mr. Hoover Devteg
United States
Europa
Central
Ope
Eteeo Bay
Benen
Russia
Pelahovidta
Petrograd
Alled Directors of
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Goode
Ajor Filleus
France
Otonio
Italy
Europé
Wilson plans Pacific coast trip for peace treaty tour
Washington August 26 President Wilson’s proposed Pacific coast journey to push the peace treaty is seen as more imminent. Officials say a speech making tour may take priority over meeting General Pershing or reviewing the First Division. The president is expected to depart Washington to review the Pacific fleet in San Francisco mid September, with the fleet review date postponed twice to align with his arrival.
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Washington
Wilson
Pacific Coast
New York
General Pershing
Tumulty
Meral Pershing
Tal
Ttma
Francisco
Macon Wholesalers Agree on Sugar Price Sale Pact
Ten of Macon’s leading wholesale dealers reached a cooperative pact to sell sugar to retailers at 9.80 cents per pound, delivered in barrels and 100 pound sacks with no extra cost to retailers. Retailers will sell to consumers at eleven cents per pound.
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Macon
United States District
Donaldson
Charges of propaganda bureau to undermine military justice
Former acting judge advocate general Samuel Angell testified before a Senate subcommittee accusing Secretary Baker Major General Crowder and Colonel Wigmore of creating a propaganda bureau to discredit the military justice system and defend it. He described disciplinary actions against officers who criticized the system and promotion for its defenders, with Angell recounting his own demotion after testifying. He will resume testimony tomorrow.
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Hater
Enoch H. Crowder
John H. Wigmore
Senate
Samuel T.an
Ansell
Congress
Chamberlain
Graggn
Dudge Advocate General's Office
Beker
Angell
Mr. Angell
Weeka
Morgan Weer
Charleston
Geansell
Trial of Georges Quien in Edith Cavell betrayal case
Paris reports reveal Georges Quien faced questioning after a plea for delay was denied. He denied aiding enemies and admitted posing as a reserves officer to Prince Croy, claiming he arrived in Brussels June 7, 1916, with plans to escape to Holland but stayed two weeks due to illness and Cavell nurse care.
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Georges Gaston Quien
Edith Cavell
Prince Croy
Wermana
Quien
St. Quentin
Brussels
Holland
Miss Cavell
Tere
Sho
Pa pension leaders removed from steamship before Europe trip
In New York August 2, James H. Maurer of Reading and A. Epstein of Harrisburg, heads of the Pennsylvania old-age pension commission, said customs agents seized them from the Lapland minutes before its sailing to Europe. Agents reported acting on state department orders as Maurer and Epstein, traveling to study European pension systems, proceed with their plans to push congressional action.
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New York
James H. Maurer
Reading
A. Epstein
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Old-Age Pension Commission
Customs House Intelligence Department
Jand
Europe
State Department
Mosars Maurer
Epstein
Pennsylvania
Maurer
Washington
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Lansing
James A. Mourer
Lapland
Kurone
Russell and Johnston Running a Close Race
Complete returns from 23 and incomplete returns from 80 Mississippi counties reported Lee M. Russell for lieutenant governor and Oscar Johnston for governor leading in the second Democratic primary. Russell 38,251 votes Johnston 38,016 votes as 29 counties remained. returns were scattered.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Lee M. Russell
Leutenant
Oscar Johnston
Troops Deemed Ill-Fed and Poorly Clothed in Dalmatia
Representative McCulloch of Ohio charged in the House that American troops sent to the Dalmatian peninsula after the armistice were ill-fed and badly clothed. He cited letters from parents describing thefts of food due to hunger and insufficient rations.
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Washington
Dalmatian Peninsula
McCulloch
Ohio
Sr Ren
Profit Boost Seen In Defective Wheat Market
New York August 6 defective wheat shows unusually high profits this season prompting the United States Grain Corporation to fix a price schedule for lower grades. Julius Barnes, U S Wheat director, announced after talks with corporation officials and farmer representatives that minimum prices would likely be published tomorrow.
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New York
United States ‘Grain Corporation
Julius Barnes
United States
Farmera
National Guard Enlistments in Calhoun County
Anniston and Oxford in Calhoun County mobilize for a rebuilt National Guard company. Colonel William Screws of Montgomery conferred with local leaders to form a full-strength unit, with former World War soldiers assisting. A county-wide campaign aims to secure enlistments and establish the company promptly.
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National Guard
Anniston
Ala
Calhoun
Oxford
William 2. Screws
Montgomery
Screws
Cann
Peru Elections Quiet as Reform Proposals Discussed
Washington dispatch reports from Lima stating Peru’s elections proceeded without incident. The embassy received advices noting quiet voting and consideration of proposed institutional reforms amid the political hush.
Post-ad Service Faces Strain After Burleson Policy
Washington reports a hearing by the House committee on postoffice expenditures where postal employees allege a breakdown in service due to Postmaster General Burleson's policy. They claim understaffing, inexperienced carriers, part-time sorting workers, and slow mail transmission, with witnesses noting widespread overtime nationwide.
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Washington
Burleson
House
Zikilman
Maryland
Spurleson
Washington Post Office
Thomas F. Winherty
National Federation of Postal Employees
Langdon Heflin Criticizes Gillett Sealing Chaplain's Lips
Rep Heflin of Alabama denounces Speaker Gillett for telling the blind chaplain to avoid controversial topics in prayers after the chaplain asked for adoption of the League of Nations. Heflin, with 24 years in the House, says free religion is at stake.
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Washington
Gillett
House
League of Nations
Heflin
Alabama
Giflete
Withdrawal urged for drafted troops in Siberian expedition
President Wilson voiced support for withdrawing drafted men from the Siberian expedition. He told the 27th and 81st Infantry Auxiliary that the War Department plans substantial relief before winter, with about 3,000 total in Siberia and 6,500 emergency men, while 3,411 recruits have been chosen and over 2,000 sent to Vladivostok to relieve emergency forces.
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Washington
Wilson
Fred McAver
Chicago
War Department
Publc
Siberia
Nore
Siberian
Vladivostok
Second Primaries In South Carolina Announced
South Carolina to hold second primaries on September 9 after today’s vote left two districts open. In the seventh, Timmerman led with 2,319 and Mann had 1,841. other names include Fulmer 1,467 and Monteith 1,231. In the sixth, Sherwood led with 2,094 while Stoll and McInnes trailed. other totals include Stackhouse 1,212 and LeGrande 290. Vacancies followed the deaths and resignations of Ragsdale and Lever.
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Columbia
South Carolina
George Mell Timmerman
Lexington
Ed ‘Co. Mann
St. Matthews
Timmerman
Mann
H.P. Fulmer
Colin
Monteith
John Hughes Cooper
John T. Duncan
B. J. Sherwood
Conway
FP. H. Stoll
Kingstree
Tulius.s. McInnes
Darlington
Sherwood
Stoll
McTnnes
W. B Stackhouse
J. W. LeGrande
Ragsdsie
Lever
Farmers Advised To Produce Grain And Livestock
Washington August 20 Farmers nationwide were told by the department of agriculture to maintain grain and livestock production as demand for staples likely remains strong. The statement responded to an Indiana food committee inquiry urging normal acreages of fall wheat and rye on midwest lands and emphasized prudent, non speculative farming based on experience and existing conditions.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Indiana
Middle West
Pitts
Russians Appeal to United States in Crisis Message
A cablegram from northern Russian zemstvos and municipalities appeals to the United States and Allied democracies, urging not to withdraw troops. It portrays the Bolshevik regime as brutal and asks for continued aid to prevent massacre, famine, and ruin, warning of disintegration and renewed Soviet strength without allied help. The message is signed by MM Skomoromogi and other regional officials.
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Russia
Wilson
Preas
Zemstvos
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Rlasia
Goremin
Mesgage
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Germany
Angutsah
MM Skomoromogi
Conference of
Colonel James Little Named Military Science Professor
Superintendent W F Dykes announced on Tuesday that the War Department has detailed Colonel James M Little of infantry to Atlanta public schools as professor of military science and tactics with First Lieutenant Thomas N Williams of Camp Dix named as assistant in the program.
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W. F. Dykes
War Department
James M.’ Little
Infantry
Atlanta
Thomas N. Williams
Camp Dix
Mondell Measure Opposed In Congress
In Washington on August 26 Republicans on the public land committee debated Representative Mondell's soldiers land settlement bill. Rep Nichole Michigan said few soldiers would be attracted by an outlay of 1200 dollars. Rep White Kansas called the project largely experimental in buying and reclaiming land. Rep Scott Michigan charged landowners had gathered in Washington to flatter passage, opposing the measure as helping only a small number of soldiers.
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Washington
Mondell
Public Land’ Committee
Nich‘ole
Michigan
White
Kansas
Scott
Federal board chief defends vocational training program
Washington August 26 The federal board of vocational education directed by Dr Chartes A Prosser replies to charges by the Association of Disabled Soldiers Sailers and Marines claiming inefficiency. Prosser says payments and training align with the rehabilitation act and bureau of war risk insurance authority. He denies deductions from training pay for incidental earnings and notes 61 applicants, 27 approved for civil service, 42 of 119 trainees placed in jobs, with 25 to seek further training and 12 awaiting placement. The association’s statements on placements are declared untrue, and Prosser asserts U S and Canada lead in rehabilitation administration and science.
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Federal For
Chartes A. Proscher
Congress
Association of Disabled Soldiers
Sadora and
Marines
Charity of Friends
Prosser
Bureau of ‘War
Board
Civil Service
Civil Service Compission
Prosser Grid
United States
Canada
Armed bandits terrorize northeastern Jefferson County
Birmingham officials and residents patrol the northeast Jefferson County area this afternoon seeking two armed bandits believed to have robbed numerous locals earlier today. Deputy sheriffs and Sheriff Hartsfield led two automobile loads of volunteers after a telephone tip for help.
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Birmingham
Jefferson
Ted Leeds
Hartsfield
Bolshevist Offensive Near Pakoff Front Reported
From Helsingfors August, a clearest report notes a great concentration of red forces 170 miles south west of Petrograd as authorities expect a Bolshevist offensive to break through the Pakoff front. The dispatch cites hourly expectations and heightened activity along the line.
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Son
Landon
Tines
Oc Pr Hla
Helsingfors
Solohovist
Petrograd
Kodak investments promise higher returns than rivals
Jno. ie Moore & Sons, the Opticians, advertise Kodak and Brownie cameras with finish services at 42 North Broad Street. The note claims the investment in Kodak products yields more than similar sums invested elsewhere, indicating a promotional focus on camera sales and finishing offered by the shop.
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Jno
Ie’ Moore & Sons
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