Washington Memorial Day in Capital Parley on Washington Farewell
Washington January ceremony in Continental Memorial hall honors George Washington with readings of his farewell address and calls for national preparedness. President Wilson and officials attend as Congress halts business to reflect on neutrality and security.
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Address by Blakslee TQ at the Rotary Club
Memphie Tenn February remarks report Blakslee TQ urging Rotary members to back posterity department efforts and defend the country. Delegates discussed administration and the Rotary's role in national service while urging continued support for youth and veterans programs.
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Woman Charged With Graft In City Social Surveys Case
Charges allege Imra Page Waller paid part of her semi monthly salary to senior official Louise Osborne Rowe. The funds supposedly funded the widowed sister of the mayor’s wife, drawing political scrutiny and prompting calls for independent inquiry.
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Greece explains contraband oil story from Saloniki cache
London reports Greece clarifies a February communique about benzine found in a Chalcis almacenado warehouse tied to Standard Oil and Astra Romina. It notes two firms sourcing from the United States and Romania, with a French seizure and Romanian protest, amid wartime fuel controls.
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German Machine Guns Bristle At Russians In Pinsk Front
The Courier reports from Pinsk in Russia that the German machine gun lines along the Pripet swamps dominate the front. Fortified by barbed wire, star barricades, and buried shelters, German defenses create a near impregnable barrier. Swamp conditions keep the front from freezing, making stationary warfare prevalent and home to patrol docks on swamp islands.
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Rural School Methods in Debate at National Council
Detroit February 22 Rural school and child welfare methods faced both sharp criticism and strong defense at meetings of the National Education Association and the National Council of Education. Speakers cited health and educational outcomes to argue for and against country schools while Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University addressed a joint session on world affairs.
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Training Camps Plea by Gen Wood in Peoria Address
Major General Leonard A Wood urged congressional backing for training camps for college and older men during a Creve Coeur club banquet in Peoria. He noted camps have grown nationally and aim to build a 6000 officer reserve, equaling about a million and a half citizen soldiers, stressing education and non preparedness as threats to national safety. The speech also referenced Barbados sugar crops.
Relief Efforts Expand as Flood Stricken Areas Await Aid
Natchez Mississippi reports brighter prospects for relief of flood marooned inhabitants in northern Louisiana. Army quartermasters headq uarters established at St Joseph with Captain Hunt coordinating food and boats for marooned back country residents in Tongan and Concordia parishes. Newellton area now receiving rations and shelter as efforts to relieve marooned residents in Tensas and Concordia parishes continue. A separate appeal from Cake Grove West Carroll parish urged immediate relief for destitute residents.
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Curse of Prussianism Lifted Says Sergius Savonoff
London February 21 The interview with Sergius Savonoff Russian foreign minister argues Prussian militarism must be destroyed for global peace. He says victory must be complete and disarmament may follow, with England France and Russia responsible for Europe’s fate and peace.
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Spingarn Medal Awarded to Major Charles Young U S A
Major Charles Young US A former military attache to Liberia was awarded the Spingarn medal by the NAACP for high achievement in the past year. The ceremony praised his work in Liberia training a constabulary and building roads, and noted his return to command the Second Squadron of the 10th Cavalry. Governor Mall urged equal civil rights for Black Americans.
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Passover Bread Sent to Palestine Jews by Sterling
Norfolk February 22 The naval collier Sterling sailed today loaded with Passover bread and other provisions for the Jewish war sufferers in Palestine and 200 tons of stores for the cruisers Chester and Des Moines. She will transfer stores to the Chester at Cape Verde and the Des Moines on the West African coast.
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National farmers group formed to seek U S farm marketing supervision
Delegates at the Farmers Association of America meeting in Kansas City formed a temporary national body to press for government supervised farm marketing. I M Wright of Wisconsin was elected secretary and outlined plans to back pending legislation for a township to county to state reporting system and rural credit reforms while aiming to curb speculation in farm products. An aside notes a 7340 foot deep well in a German coal field.
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HelpS Business Men Health Cure by German Scientist R van Walden
Business and professional men with arteriosclerosis symptoms such as high blood pressure chest pain vertigo dizziness shortness of breath and risk of stroke are invited to seek a drug free cure via Dr R van Walden, a German scientist. Free booklet and expert opinion offered, with a scientific consultation chart and location in Cincinnati.
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