City Overrun With Thieves Warns Vienna
A Swiss traveler reports public insecurity in Vienna due to the war with nightly thefts focused on clothing. He notes man suits cost 1500 to 2000 crowns, shoes 300 crowns, bread 12 to 16 crowns a loaf, while workers earn 400 to 500 crowns weekly. Iron workers and coal carriers are seen drinking champagne in fashionable bars as coopers are sought for the wine district harvest. Hungarian vineyard owners offer 80 00 crowns per year for master coopers.
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Berne
Switzerland
Vienna
Oswald Kunhardt Heading to Fort Oglethorpe Camp
Oswald Kunhardt former consul general of Germany in Boston travels in custody of Deputy U S Marshal Scully to the internment camp at Fort Oglethorpe Ga He was arrested six weeks ago and moved from Providence to join companions for Hartford and New York Other enemy aliens will join the journey south under guard.
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Oswald Kunhardt
Germany
Boston
Fort Oglethorpe
United States
Scully
Kunhardt
Providence
Hartford
New York
Not guilty pleas in Boston fish industry conspiracy case
Late yesterday Willard R. Cox Ephraim N. Cook William T. McKeon Alvin G. Baker Samuel McIntyre Jr Walter R. Smith and William E. Curran were arraigned before Judge Hitchcock on indictments charging conspiracy to monopolize Boston's fish trade. They pleaded not guilty and posted $2000 bail each with Treacher Ernest E. James as surety.
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Willard R. Cox
Ephraim N. Cook
William T. McKeon
Alvin G. Baker
Samuel McIntyre, Jr
Walter R. Smith
William E. Curran
Hitchcock
Boston
Treacher
Ernest E. James
The
Bay State Fishing Company
Grand Army Veterans Open National Encampment in Portland
Thousands of delegates attend the 52d annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Portland Oregon with an open air meeting at a shipyard. Ladies of the G A R Daughters of Veterans Civil War Nurses and the Women's Relief Corps begin sessions.
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Portland
Ore
Grand Army of the Republic
Daughters of Veterans
Women’s Relief Corps
Food shortages and rigid controls in wartime Berlin
The account describes Berlin under wartime controls, detailing scarce fats and nutritious food, widespread hunger, and the impact on health. It notes the poor quality of available goods, the use of paper-like clothing materials, limited shopping, and harsh administration rules for obtaining basic items. The writer recalls personal experiences with Bezugschein permits and inadequate shelter from disease amid deteriorating living conditions.
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Germany
Romania
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William Stoddard
Byron H. McGrath
John Newburg
Charles Foley
Harvey C. Daley
Edward J. Cosgrove
Robert Campbell
Herbert A. Rich
Winfield
Kendrick
Joseph A. Rich
Herbert F. Phillips
Simeon Atwood, Jr
Fred G. Phillips
Galen L. Stone
Frederick Co. Dumaine
Grand Army Veterans
Portland, Oregon
R.h.white Co
Regal Mattress
Xuewet
New England
Willam and Mary &Back
Sip
Quan
Tity Limited
Mons
Weer
Macontecti
Kaiser
Arthur N. Davis
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Berlin
Davis
Thor
McClure Newspaper
Post
Tient Markets
United States Food Administration
Meadowbrook Creamery
Bacon
Herbert Tareyton London
White
Axminster
Beauvais Axminster
Royal Wilton
Valance
Mame R. He White Co
Cretonnes
R. H. White CO
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