Rockefeller Foundation to Aid Belgians in War Crisis
John D Rockefeller Jr announces the foundation will spend millions to aid non-combatants starved by German invasion. A commission will report on relief methods as a ship with 4 000 tons of Belgian provisions sails for Rotterdam. The effort, led by Wickliffe Rose, enlists Standard Oil shipping help and Belgian Relief Committee, aiming neutral, rapid aid.
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Foundation
New York
Rockefeller Foundation
Ic Alands
Ve Semi Commission
Europe
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Massapequa
Rotterdam
Belgian Relief Commission
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Qundon
Commission of Investigation
Wickliffe Rose
International Health Commission
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Vase
London
Lund
Belgium
Commission In Relief
Ergeery
Sh Ping Department
Standard Oil Company of
Lionel Hagenaers
Tran
Fortune Favors Wall Street: Adverting Courage Over 45
J W Ritchie, a New York advertiser, argues that business success after age 45 is possible. He recounts starting as a clothing salesman, losing it on Wall Street, and rebuilding with his wife’s support. He borrowed $1000 to buy a bankrupt Broad Street store and formed a partnership, illustrating perseverance over age barriers.
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Wall Street
Mr. Ritchie
New York
Givenim
Dorrows Thomand Pollars
Cornell
Broad
Public Notice of Free Constitution Bureau Rooming Ads
A bureau of information invites public use free of charge and asks for room for rent listings to be submitted to The Constitution Bureau of Boarding and Rooming House Information. The notice emphasizes accessibility and filing spaces for lodging listings.
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Constitution
Constitution Bureau of Boarding and
Farmers in autos save burning town in Georgia blaze
In Davisboro Georgia at dawn a warehouse fire destroyed 1460 bales of cotton stored by Davisboro Fertilizer Co. and damaged Planters warehouse while bucket brigades in autos sped from surrounding towns to save the town. Insured at about $60,000, residents faced panic but receipts will guide adjustments.
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Davisboro
Fapton
Hasaily
Davishoro
Davisboro Fertilizer Company
Davisoro Fertilizer
Charles Rawlins
Davisborn Fertilizer Company
Russia floats $250 million loan in Petrograd
A Reuters dispatch from London reports a ukase issued in Petrograd ordering the flotation of a loan to Russia totaling 250 million dollars at five percent interest. The loan appears to run for fifty years.
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Russia
London
Reuter
Ukase
Petrograd
Fall of Tsing-Tau Nears as Allies Face Weather
Dispatches report the fall of Tsing-Tau expected momentarily as allies advance amid heavy bombardment from sea and land. Desperate fighting continues with German defenses including fortified positions, guns, barbed wire, and subterranean mines. Casualties rise daily since October 23 as Meyer Waldeckgaard Kaio-Chow is noted.
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Tsing-Tau
Tokio
Kaiser's
Meyer Waldeck
Kaio-Chow
Tsing-Tan
General Adna R. Chaffee Dies in California at 64
Lieutenant General Adna R. Chaffee retired chief of staff of the U S Army died at his Los Angeles home of typhoid pneumonia. He had served as head of the Los Angeles water board and later led an insurance firm before retirement. Survived by his wife and daughter, with other children in the Philippines. Born Orville Ohio April 14 1862, Chaffee rose from private to general in over forty years of service including Cuba and the Santiago campaign.
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Adna BR. Chaffee
United States Army
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Ghatfee
Los Aneles Water Board
Irs Chaffee
John Hastings Howard
George French Hamiltop
Adna R. Chaffee
Philippines
Chaffee Rere
Chaffee Xone
Hanks Washington
Chaffee
Sixth Cavalry
General Staff
Leutenant
Arizona
Texas
Cuba
Santiago
Eighth Cavalry
General Chaffee
Orwell
Ohio
Old General Winter Taking Hand in War
An October dispatch from Berlin notes advancing winter affects on the campaign with frost in East Prussia and snow in Poland. A North Sea storm disrupts life at sea as crews of three German steamers are rescued off Heligoland. A Bremerhaven letter cites flooded trenches and wet conditions for the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha's regiment. General von Bernhardt returns to duty amid limited German anti aircraft progress. Maubeuge French fortress commander held in Halle prison. Red Cross reports detentions of surgeons nurses and service members by the French.
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London
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Poland
North Sea
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Bremerhaven
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von Bernhardt
Maubeuge
Torgau
Halle
Red Cross
31 States 10 Vote for U S Senators in Tuesday Fight
Roosevelt active as 31 states head to Tuesday elections with many governors to be chosen. Democrats eye control of Congress while New York, California and Pennsylvania races draw intense campaign drama amid altered methods and European war overshadowing tariff debate.
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New York
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Soli South
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Congress
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Taft
Alabama
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Arkansas
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Florida
Georgia
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Maryland
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Nevada
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Ohio
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Oregon
South Carolina
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Vermont
Washington
Wisconsin
Staryland
Missouri
Kansas
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Texas
Wyoming
Maine
Phan
Eisha Root
Theodore KE. Burton
Joseph ZL. Bristow
Coe 'T Crawford
Isaac Stevenson
Groves & Perkins
B.S. White
Underwood
Smith
Clarke
Thomas
Bratdesee
Fletcher
Brady
Eleven Powers Fighting And Four More on Verge Of Entering the Strife
London dispatch reports Turkey has aligned with Austria and Germany, with Portugal, Greece, Bulgaria, and Romania poised to enter the war. Britain’s ultimatum to Turkey over the Black Sea fleet received no reply as ambassadors quit Constantinople. Allies prepare to oppose any Turkish invasion while moslem subjects weigh their loyalties amid shifting Balkan alignments.
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Bulgaria
Rumania
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Black Sea
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Breslau
Russia
Egypt
Europe
Cairo
England
Ruasis
Balekan
Romania
Thrace
Enos-Midia
Sergia
Servia
Italy
Germans Press Fierce Attacks Along Allied Positions
The German offensives in Flanders and France continue with mixed progress. Allied lines hold near the coast. heavy fighting persists along the Aisne, Argonne forest, and the Meuse from Verdun to Toul with severe losses reported. Russians claim German defeats before Warsaw and Ivangorod as fronts widen from Plock to Ostrowice while Galicia resists Austro-Hungarian pressure on the San. Neutral ships will face limited inconvenience as German and Austrian reservists are arrested. Official Paris report notes no significant Belgian developments.
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London
Flanders
France
Aisne
Argonne Forest
Warsaw
Ivangorod
Plock
Lodz
Piotrkow
Ostrowicc
Radom
Galicia
Paris
Belgium
Weather Prophecy Forecasts Fair Conditions Across Regions
Forecasts predict fair skies on Monday and Tuesday for Georgia, Florida, and many southern states. Virginia, the Carolinas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Kentucky are also expected to see fair weather with mild temperatures and no precipitation indicated.
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Virginia
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South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
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