Blood clashes in Berlin as strikers clash with police
Berlin saw street fighting as demonstrators tried to disrupt streetcar traffic. One policeman died and about a dozen strikers were hurt in the northwestern sector, with smaller disturbances elsewhere. Reports say the strike lacks centralized control and support, while police reportedly seized the trade union building and arrested leaders.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Germany
London
Copenhagen
Koersten
Germans Poorly Nourished Warn Over Substitutes
Amsterdam reports German scientists demand government control of substitute foods to avert famine. Prof Juckenack warns that without intervention a third of Germany could perish and two thirds be too weak for postwar recovery. He cites unsafe substitutes like kerosene oil and goose dripping, with deaths from contaminated products.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Juckenack
University of Berlin
Vorsische Zeitung
Mareover
Berlin
Attempt to Kill Premier Lenine in Bolshevik HQ
London reports an unsuccessful attempt on Premier Lenine's life last night. A man in a student uniform entered the Bolshevik headquarters and fired a revolver shot, but did not hit the premier.
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London
Petrograd
The
Daily News
Lenine
Bolsheviks
Paris Casualties Rise From German Raid
Paris reports revised casualty figures from the German raid on Wednesday night. Injured total 1,000 with 75 in the suburbs. deaths remain at 25. Unknown source date given as February 1.
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Paris
Lim
Franklin County Farm Bureau elects officers at St Albans meet
Lively meet at St Albans as Franklin County Farm Bureau officers are elected. H K Brooks becomes secretary with W Senith and G M Bliss named vice presidents and J K Montague treasurer. Speakers include E H Forbush and J J Cartigan. County Agent Elliott presented the treasurer’s report and funds for 1918. A Denmark farmer spoke on War and the Dairy Cow. Discussion planned on moving bureau headquarters from St Albans to Dansville, with a spirited contest anticipated.
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St. Albans
Franklin County Farm Bureau Association
Abet
H. K. Brooks
W. Senith
East Berkshire
Viosburg
Bliss
J. K. Montague
Rikersfield
KE. Hy Forbush
Federal Land Bank
Springfield
Muse
J. J. Cartigan
Vollege of Agriculture
Buryington
Elliott
Denmark
Dans Te Hnesbure
President calls two party conference in Washington DC
President Willen summoned senior party leaders to the White House for a conference on party unity amid protests and ignored dissent within the party.
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Washington, DC
Willen
Cmaifereice Bf Membeer
Open Homes to Americans Plan by Liverpool Rotary Club
Liverpool February 1 The Liverpool Rotary Club started a drive to open British homes to American soldiers fighting in France. Several homes have already volunteered to host one or two men and the scheme will be sent to British and Irish clubs seeking their cooperation.
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Liverpool
Liverpool Rotary Club
France
Wholesale Tea Prices Capped by London Ballot Plan
London merchants prepare a ballot apportionment among wholesale tea dressers to avert price rises at Mincing Lane. The Sun’s Vera Cruz observer reports Mexico’s turmoil. Carranza leads a bankrupt treasury, widespread looting, unpaid troops, and a collapse in silver value. Banditry and food shortages worsen production and trade as Russia and the Bolsheviks influence broader instability.
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London
Mincing Lane
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Turkey
Russia
Carranza
Payea
Tee
Collers
Messen
Bereneky
Ressia
Hursle
Sugar shortages and a shattered door in Bethel panic
In Bethel on February 1 residents receive sugar via a local card system, half a pound per person weekly amid continuing shortages. Mrs. Mark Cham berl in, angered by sugar absence for her family, smashed the Brooks & Waal store glass with a rolling pin after failing to locate sugar, warning more glass would break if supply did not arrive.
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Bethel
Mark C. Chamberlin
Brooks & Waal‘burn
Washburn
Propose to Cage American Prisoners in France
American officers in France report prisoners may be kept in caps and cages for four days with minimal food to force disclosure of military information. The claim suggests German documents taken from prisoners are used to justify such measures.
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France
Associated Preas
Young burglar sentenced as another pleads guilty in theft case
In Bellows Falls Joseph Moran and Albert Hassett faced municipal court before Judge T B O Brien for the Jan 21 burglary of J J Fontan & Co. Hassett pleaded guilty to burglary and Moran to receiving stolen property. They received four to five years in the Windsor state prison and bail was set at 1000 each on a jail break charge. Hassett, age 17, marked his third burglary after a prior theft from a baker.
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Bellows Falls
Joseph Moran
Albert Hassett
J. J. Fontan & Co
Munich
T. B. O'Brien
Whitney
Brattleboro
Hassett
Moran
Windsor
Pratt Accepts Boston Position With Red Cross Campaign
Lt Col H C Pratt, Red Cross chief in Vermont, conferred with Prof Douglass on the junior Red Cross drive to be led in the state. Douglass to run the campaign. Pratt to work from Boston within the Red Cross office, leaving Saturday, with Vermont duties guiding his efforts locally.
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H.C. Pratt
Red Cross
Vermont
Bennett
Commissioner of Education
Montpelier
Secon
Washington
Douglass
Impaign
I Nair
Huse
Pratt
Col. Pratt
Boston
Beet
Vermont Marite Company
Bern
Former Allies Near War Amid Black Sea Port Tensions
Tensions rise as former allies drift toward conflict with a potential war scenario. Reports indicate about 40 steamships gathering or blocked around Black Sea ports, signaling a shift in maritime movements and strategic postures.
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Black Sea
Coal Delivery Ban Extended and Heat Shuts Off
London reports the Bolshevik-Rumanian split leading to seizure of 40 Rumantan steamships and several warships. Boston notes a two day extension of a coal delivery ban, with restrictions on heat to offices, stores, and factories and reduced elevator service as temperatures rise.
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London
Black Sa
Wus
Black Sea
Rumevia
Jan Exchange
Petrogead
Boston
Turks Propose Separate Peace Reported in Moscow
London reports in Moscow that the Turks have proposed a separate peace to the trans Caucasian council of workmen and soldiers delegates. Mussolini’s forces in southern Russia are said to have formed a government opposing the Bolsheviks and cooperating with Ukraine.
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Mussulmen
South
Russia
London
Moscow
Uniform Working Hours Adopted In State Offices
Geo ff F Graham and Maj Harvey Cowdell returned from Burlington after a board meeting on uniform hours to start at six in the morning and end at five in the afternoon with a one hour and a quarter for dinner. Saturday afternoon work is not addressed. State institutions chief John E Weeks was authorized to cut lumber for a new prison barn using state farm help and prison teams. Pending building projects at Bran don and Vergennes schools and a women's dorm at the prison remain unsettled due to high material costs and labor uncertainties. Additional fire extinguishers will be bought for State House protection.
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Geo.ff
F. Graham
Maj
Harvey Cowdell
Montpelier
Burlington
Board of Central
State House
John E. Weeks
Brandon
Vergenes
Vermont Regiment Filling Drives in Washington County
Recruiting for the 1st Vermont Infantry progresses in Washington County. Captain R. Gibson traveled from Montpelier to Burlington and Morrisvalle to organize drives and inspect registrants. Robert Foster leads efforts in Chittenden County with one recruit named and others in line pending medical review. Local registrants include TL. I. Hathaway, Richard A Bailey, A. H Gary, J Arsenault, WW. North, CN. Saphern, FF Hancroft, J. Jingras, R. Willard, and 7. E Hersey.
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Vermont I
Washington County
R. Gibson
Montpelier
Burlington
Chittenden County
Morriesville
St. Johnsbury
News
Toca
Registrante
de Crect
Robert Foster
Food Rationing Report Shows Mixed Hotel Compliance
A ministry press summary notes fluctuating compliance with rationing. Hotels report lower meat allowance usage while many diners show reduced consumption, with figures indicating a drop to about half the allotted rations in some cases. Further details remain unclear.
Tugs Leave Vineyard Haven With Coal Tow for Boston
Four tugs towing eleven barges loaded with twenty thousand tons of coal set sail from Vineyard Haven Massachusetts on February 1 after stay since Sunday. They are expected to reach Boston and nearby points the following day.
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Russia
Vineyard Haven
Boston
Mass
Tee
Montpelier Board Qualifies 47 Men For Service From 79 Examined
From Montpelier examinations 47 men were found eligible for service, 10 disqualified, and 13 held for special service. The list names many individuals including Fred Donald and John Colombe, with several sent to the medical advisory board for further exam.
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Montpelier
Medical Advisory Board
Fred ©. Donald
Ronnie Pelkey
Alexander Anthony Moore
Ralph Converse Mayo
Valentine John Colombe
Napolen Taxbelle
Nicholas J. Chressanthes
Ralph Olena Arnolt
Louis Sassorossi
William Alfred McLeod
Arthur Nicoln
Guerino Pietra
Olin A. Joslyn
Roy J. Neill
Harry Russell Miller
Eugene Manera
Louis Frattini
Peter Mauti
George Henry Silloway
Sante Crozoli
Vito Serrane
Alexander Coutts
Unie Moroli
Ju‘seeph Arthur Wil
Oliver Carl Henkel
Worley William North
Albert Joseph Iby
Andrew Burton Armington
Preston E. Hawsley
Her
Elmer EB. Bancroft
Edward Hersey
Chester Scribner
Frank Patrick Gin
Charles Ralpha
Lan
Auto Truck Sinks in Snow Amid City Fire Alarms
Regulars at the central ration began on a term today with two small res and an exams rating. A motor truck sank into soft snow and founder ed helplessly while a chimney fire at 22 Pinin Street drew fire units. Firemen arrived after abandoning the auto truck and extinguished a furnace blaze before damage occurred. A broken gear chain halted the truck as fire crews responded across Prospect street. Italian resident Bethel Derussi dies.
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PepersMnTe
Brooklyn Street
Chase
Pinin Street
Howe
Brokly
Aoe
F Bruev
Bapet
Bence
Sem
Barre fund drive grows to two thousand seven hundred
XK. OFC fundraising in Barre shows cash gifts totalling 2474.80 with more expected as belated returns come in. Campaign workers note the closing order affected some donors but report generally strong community response and anticipate near 2700 by tomorrow. Outstanding subscriptions must be filed at headquarters by Saturday night before the week’s end.
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Barre
Wate
British recruits tour Barre to urge enlistments
Two officers from the British and Canadian recruiting mission arrived in Barre to plead for voluntary enlistments among British subjects. Lieut. P. Chevalier and Sergt. T. Maguire will speak at an opera house rally organized with Clan Gordon, detailing front-line experiences at Ypres and the Somme, and discuss draft law impacts on British aliens. The event begins at 7:30 PM with local officials and the Barre Pipe and Drum band in attendance.
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United States
Barre
Thin City
Ity
P. Chevalier
Mth
Sergt
T. Maguire
D. C.M
Sth
Clanfiordon
No. 12
Lieut
Chevalier
Sergt. Maguire
Western Front
Ypres
Sanctuary Wood
Looe
Somme
Glyseon
Sapsein
John W. Gordon
United
France
Serpt
Maguire
Empire
Springfield
Park Theatre
Maxe
Hotel Barre
Clan Gordon
Velar
Rae Oaede
Kre- Inn
Antil
Festibert
Hoth Chevalier
Sanetancy Weed
Mervation Wood
Big Conference Of Vermont Teachers Opens In Montpelier
About 450 teachers attend the fourth annual Winooski Valley Teachers Association conference in Montpelier. Gov. Graham and Prof. Talcott Williams speak at the city hall this evening. Program opens with prayer and student selections. State leaders urge wartime cooperation and teacher leadership in conservation and war efforts.
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Winooski Valley
Montpelier
Aetwors
Jessie Wharton
AL J. M. Jones
Vermont
Hye
Mary Bresnahan
TL. F. Graham
Fred A. Howland
War Savings Movement
Machere
Hillegas
Mabel Carney
Teachers College of
Columbia’ University
Miss Carney
New England Telephone Company
George K. Putnam
The
National Life Insurance Company
Children Sell Christmas Seals to Benefit Local Charities
School children in the city and tech schools organized a Christmas seal sale raising funds. Totals by school include Voldard Commercial Department 344.47, Linwolt 70, Brook Street 22.12, North Barre 278, East Barre 278, and others bringing the citywide sum to over 200. The effort involved retailers and local firms contributing credit and support to boost sales and community aid.
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Fehildren
Olaland
Voldard Commercial Department
Linwolt Sebiet Ae
Mme Mathiwson
Brook Street
Sehoal
St Ayer Streat
North Barre
South Barre
East Hare
Whhoods
Mareley Heros
Abbe
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Sammies
Col
H. C. Pratt
Tovbok
Vermont Regiment
Capt. Gibson
Leodeon
Ome
Raymond Rawson Wells
Hlaine W. Martin
Guy Thomas Vitaliano
William McRitchie
Leon
Henry Spaulding
Kenneth Willian
Stimson
James K .A. Philip
Warren James Cummings
Samuel Alexander Chandler
Hallie Laden
Edmnand Edgar Colby
Robert Blaine Wallace
Murdo Hugh Angus
Murray
Russell Joseph Coughlin
Orlando_ Ambrosini
Frank Nelson Hutchinson
Harlie Ladeau
Joseph Jasper Couillard
Raymond Ellsworth Norton
Frank Herbert King
Francis Patrick Havey
Edward Peter
Archie Leonson
Frank Angel Abbi
Andrew Davidson Paleoner
Tad J Arthur Leon Gorton
Ray Clarence Perry
Albert Edward Goldsmith
Ralph Alroy White
Ralph Ea’ Onind Boyce
George Frederic Smith
Robert Lae Wark
Sporial
Stuuce
Lerenta Derussi
Moreleen
Aheraiberama
W. BR Ble
Barlington
A Newworth
Perini
Charles HW Farsham
On Colfime
Rachewer
Whey
Albany
Dawbels
Witte Civerne
Crewanthes Deters
Winooski Valley Association
Gov. Graham
Cam'r Hillegas
Fred Awland
Northfield
Sheree
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Uber
Charles A. Scoli
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