Packers Charged With Food Combinations in Antitrust Case
A government commission charges five major meat packers including Swift & Co and Armour & Co with collusion to control live stock markets and meat prices. It details centralized buying, information exchange, price fixing, and efforts to drive independent businesses out of the market.
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Swift & Co
Armour & Co
Morris & Co
Wilson Company, Inc
South America
United States
Commission
Nearly All German Warships Surrendered
Report from Berlin notes armistice terms fulfilled with exceptions for Koenig Dresden and a torpedo boat to be taken to England. Last submarines left Helgoland November 29, bringing 122 U boats to the Allies as Baltic mines are cleared and Baltic Sea lanes reopen.
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Koenig
Dresden
England
Helgoland
Baltic Sea
Little Belt
Great Belt
Junker Gang Still At Work In Berlin Says Bavarian Leader
Munich Bavarian premier Kurt Eisner reports Berlin’s old governmental machine remains active. He accuses the old system of blocking peace talks and calls for the dissolution of German and world armies, proposing a military police to maintain order. He cites Bavarian documents as proof of Germany’s responsibility for the war.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Kurt Eisner
Pavarian Legation
Alfred Zimmerman
von Jagow
Bavaria
Germany
Demobilization Plans Outlined by War Department
Brigadier General lord of the Quartermasters' Corps testified to the House appropriations subcommittee on wartime spending. Discharges are already under way and December may see about 150,000 releases, rising by 50,000 or 14,000 monthly to 550,000 by June. He estimated savings of at least 2.6 billion dollars from the twelve billion war-appropriated Quartermasters funds.
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Washington
War Department
Lord
Quartermasters’ Corps
House
Treasury
U. S. Has Big Opportunity for Overseas Reconstruction
Henry Morgenthau urged use of technical units in rebuilding war devastated areas in eastern Europe and western Asia. He told the Economic Club that the United States has an unprecedented chance for world leadership if the public supports a policy of unselfish sacrifice.
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New York
Europe
Asia
Henry Morgenthau
Turkey
Economic Club
Man Found Dead After Street Incident in Brockton
A 40 year old man of 104 Warren Avenue Brockton was found lying on Forest and Belmont streets and died at Brockton Hospital at 10 36 pm. A motorman reported seeing Wright's prostrate body near a Brockton Pund car from Taunton and police found broken glass from a head light and skid marks on the roadway as clues.
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Warren Avenue
Forest Avenue
Belmont Street
Brockton Hospital
Wright
Brockton
Taunton
Medal Winning Aloft Guynemer First Fight Against Huns
The Boston Post Sunday Magazine by Henry Bordeaux recounts Guynemer’s initial aerial combat against the Huns in vivid, admiring prose. The feature frames his courage, skill, and impact on early air warfare through a focused portrait of the famed aviator.
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Guynemer
Hus Plares
Boston Post
Henry Bordeaux
Boy Killed Playing War In Clinton Household
In Clinton, John Ellam, 7, shot and killed his 10-year-old brother George while playing war. Earlier, Joseph, 14, failed to unload a .22 rifle. the gun was loaded when the younger boys began play, causing a fatal chest wound moments later.
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Clinton
John Ellam
Oak Street
George
Joseph
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Aunt Jemima Mills Company
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William and Mary Dining Room
William and Mary
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Cluett
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