Selective Service Machinery Urged for Taking Census
Washington February 5 The second annual report on the selective service system notes plans to use draft machinery to take the decennial census and to extend wartime controls. It details proposals for industrial deferments and labor furloughs, and cites enrollment of over 24 million and 2.8 million mobilized in ninety days as proof of the system’s reach and efficiency.
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Senoch HH. C.owder
Baker
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Crowder
General Crowder
United States
Lkazland
Oklahoma
Public draft statistics show regional exemption and work shift
The report notes Arkansas and Rhode Island and Arizona having the highest and lowest ratios of men meeting physical requirements. Religious creed exemptions total 568 860 versus census estimates. Work or fight rules moved at least 197 255 men to production roles. Aliens listed 3877 OSS men, with co-belligerents neutrals and enemies breaking down the share. Married registrants rarely faced duty. most deferments stem from dependency.
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Arkansas
Rhode Island
Arizona
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Big Five Powers Tackle Postwar Claims At Paris Talks
Paris feb 5 avenue reports the Big Five allied powers advancing peacemaking through commissions to handle delicate territorial disputes. Greece, Italy, and Jugoslav claims to former Austrian lands are reviewed with expert panels ahead of a broader society of nations. Italy and Jugoslavia present memoranda on Adriatic fate as plans evolve before the conference.
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Associated Press
Paris
Upreme Council
Society of Nations
Greece
Italy
Hala Trredenta
Dalimarian
Supreme Council
Supreme Court of Nations
Peace Conference
Adriatic
Beloging
Austria
Wheat sales abroad hinge on credit payments, says Barnes
Julius Barnes of the Food Administration's Grain Corporation tells Congress that allied purchases of U S wheat this year must be on credit. He urges Congress to appropriate a large sum to finance marketing and to grant the president broad export powers, noting allies lack cash and Treasury loans may be needed to sustain grain sales. The testimony warns of possible Treasury overreach and a risk of a “bacle” if guarantee laws fail. Continued on page six.
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Washington
United States
Julius Barnes
Food Administrations Grain Corporation
Howe Agriculture Committee
Leaettey
Congress
Treasury
Barnes
Treasury Bavine
Erail
Caltas
Labor Conference Anticipates Permanent International Body
The text notes talks on the eastern Jetrian peninsula and Dalmatia with Zara excluded, while Italy opts to present its view to major powers. George Nicholl Parnes and M. Collard were elected vice-presidents of the peace conference on international labor as discussions consider a British plan for a permanent organization to handle labor questions.
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Jetrian
Fiume
Dalmatia
Zara
George Nicholl Parnes
M. Collard
Peace Conference On International Labor
Building Trades Tie Up in New York by Lockout
Raboul by Building Trades Employers Association halts almost all construction in New York. William J Bowen of Indianapolis leads the International Union of Bricklayers Masons and Plasterers in efforts to stop a nationwide lockout. Congressional funding questions arise in Washington for war risk insurance and service discharge costs. The British sloop Penarth is sunk by a mine near the Tyne with forty crew members rescued.
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New York
Building Trades Employers Association
William J. Bowen
Indianapolis
International Union of Uricklayers, Masons and Vlasterers
Owen
South Shields
Kus
Penarth
Tyne
Mines Sink Two Ships. Loss of Twenty-Five Feared
Copenhagen Fei reports two sailing vessels, a Norwegian fishing steamer and a Swedish steamer, have been sunk by mines. The incidents cost twenty five lives, according to received reports.
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Copenhagen
Fei
Havas
Zhitomir
Volhynia
Tolaheviki
Ity
Germany's waning strength cited in war department chart
The War Department released a graphic history of Germany's World War I assault showing April to November rifle strength on the Western Front. German forces peaked in June at about 1.64 million, while Allied strength rose to 1.406 million by June 1 and reached 1.682 million on September 1, with American numbers growing to roughly 250,000 by mid-October. The report attributes Germany's decline to drawing reserves into the line and increased Allied counterattacks denting their capacity.
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Washington
General Staff
France
Germany
America
Geremany
TA Sdopp
Nations rivers and harbors congress opens with hopes of expansion
Secretaries Baker and Daniels urged ending the competitive warfare between water and land transport at the National Rivers and Harbors Congress opening. They predicted an era of industrial expansion and discounted Bolshevik fears, stressing waterways' role in national prosperity and postwar readjustment.
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Washington, Bel
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Congress
Baker
Daniels
Naval
America
Kaiser
Washington
Naval bill stirs Senate over President Wilson’s push
Debate centers on the naval appropriation as Representative Graham questions a three year expansion he says is not necessary for security and fears presidential pressure. Representative Little argues the plan would burden finances while defending a big navy amid concerns of covert threats and open covenants.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Evens
Paris
Padgett
Naval Committee
Representative Little
Kansas
Representative Graham
Hingis
Graham
Packers Fix Policy Food Administration Hearings
Hearings before the House Interstate Commerce Committee disclose that the five big packers controlled federal meat policy and that Packers served the government for a year at one dollar. Latsater, once head of the livestock and meat division, testifies alongside other executives about influence on policy and the federal trade commission probe.
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Edward
Lacater
National Livestock A
Mmnoya AtioOneXeodeive Committee
House
Interstate Etmemerce
Food Administration
Latsater
Adiaitetration
Senate Agriculture Cone
Wilson
Federal Trade Commission
Oi Pats Ink Companies
House Committee
Lasater
Herbert Hooverfret
J. P. Cotton
New
Herry A. Wheeler
Chicago
Lanater
Ure Packers
Henry Veeder
Swift & Co
Senate Committee
Federal Trace Commission
Wiere
Tumulty
Veeder
Drouguat
Francis J. Heney
Nackers
Weedey
Legislature tackles a broad WV to-do list amid bills and reforms
West Virginia lawmakers pass fourteen measures including Hinton charter limits, coal hoisting machinery, and state depository reforms while rejecting a constitutional equal suffrage amendment. The session includes scrutiny of Sturgiss investigation testimony and calls for further recommendations from the Virginie det commission.
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W. Va
Connate
Hinton
Building and Loan Association
DML
Corporation Directors
York Public Health
Marion County Law Library
Cobun
Pleasants County
McMéehen
Benwood
Senate
Hamer
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Luther
Sanders
Lewis
W. 8
Johnson
J. 3
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Lather
Harter
Duty
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Maryland
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Department of Mines
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McPherson
Parsons
Hall
House Judiciary Committee
Sturgiss
Dr. S. & Wade
P.M. Lucas
Frank P. Corbin
Albert Shuman
James EB. McGraw
L. BE. Friend
Morgantown
Dr. Wade
Morgantown and Wheeling Railroad
Judge Sturges
Partnershp
Lucas
Sturgiss & Corbin
Aloert Shuman
L. EK. Friend
Brand
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