Transport Olympic Brings Soldiers Home
The transport Olympic arrived in New York from Brest with 2 officers, 5261 enlisted men and 282 sick and wounded. The ship carried 48 officers and 175 enlisted men, six nurses, two field clerks and a civilian. On board were the 817th Sanitary Train, complete and colored, plus 50 casual officers and medical detachments for duty and various convalescent detachments in Brest and Liverpool.
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New York
Olympic
Brest
Liverpool
Murder of the Amir of Afghanistan Announced
London reports Habibullah Khan Amir of Afghanistan was murdered on February 20. He ascended the throne in October 1901 and ruled under British protection after tribal suppression. He had four wives, six sons, and once met the Duke and Duchess of Manchester in Calcutta.
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London
Habibullah Khan
Afghanistan
Great Britain
Calcutta
Duke and Duchess
Manchester
Helen Zimmerman
Cincinnati
Aviation training and royal praise spark public interest in flying
Theodore E Hedlund notes multiple aviation schools opening in Massachusetts. He cites rising enrollments at Whittemore-Hamm field in Saugus and a motor trade offer for pleasure planes in Boston. He discusses youth eagerness, safety, and the evolution from motor vehicle apprenticeship to aviation. He highlights the Royal Air Force training of Prince Albert and the armistice timing.
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Whittemore-Hamm
Saugus
Commonwealth
Boston
Bay State
Prince Albert
Royal Air Force
Britain
Aircraft on battleships and upcoming aeronautical exhibition
Many battleships carry airplanes ready for instant flight. A platform is built over the guns to provide a runway. The Aeronautical Exhibition will be from March 1 to 15. Plane speed depends on type weight and engine power.
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State Guards Bar Press From lines in Massachu setts incident
Officers of the 12th Infantry Massachusetts State Guard refused to honor official blue press passes issued by Police Superintendent Crowley after a conference with General Edwards and Admiral Wood. Reporters and photographers were barred from passage along the patrol lines, despite passes signed by each holder and recorded by the police. Colonel Pfaff ordered the ban, later allowing his wife inside the restricted area with special seating after protests from police and a staff officer.
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12Th Infantry
Massachusetts State Guard
Michael H. Crowley
Edwards
Admiral Wood
Charles Pfaff
Secret Service
Pfaff
Colonel Pfaff
Sumner S. Foster
Mattapan
Britain and France Leave U S to Settle Mexico Fight
Paris papers publish notice of an international bankers committee to safeguard holders of Mexican securities. Britain and France indicate willingness for the United States to adjust all questions involving nationals. No official conference plan, but bankers begin joint discussions.
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Paris
Great Britain
France
United States
Mexico
Steamer Sagamore Loses Rudder in Gale
The Sagamore, which left Halifax Feb 18 for Boston, is anchored in Portland harbor after a gale 50 miles west of Cape Sable carried away its rudder. For much of the voyage the vessel steered by engine maneuvering and will be towed to Boston.
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Portland
Sagamore
Halifax
Boston
Forrensen
Cape Sable
Labor chief urges steady wage stance to sustain business
Secretary of Labor Wilson urged the nation to keep business steady and resist wage cuts. He said labor unions are better positioned to resist reductions, warned against destroying industry for temporary low wages, and predicted a brief postwar lull before prices fall. He noted workers have bonds and reserves to resist cuts and cautioned that unemployment could trigger unrest with uncertain outcomes.
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Washington
Wilson
Business leaders urged to restore prewar scale after war
Mr. Wilson argued demobilization and returning to normal industry would be easy if every business man aimed to run his establishment as large and effective as before the war. He warned many employers doubt it is wise to revert fully.
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Wilson
Timber supply crisis cited by forest chief at New England congress
Colonel Henry S. Graves head of the United States Forest Service warned at the New England Forestry congress banquet that private ownership dominates four fifths of U S standing timber and lumber supplies could dwindle in ten years. He said southern pine reserves may exhaust in a decade and as many as 3000 mills could close in five years while Pacific Coast timber entering eastern markets pushes up prices and raises competition with home grown timber.
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United States
South
Pacific Coast
Henry S. Graves
United States Forest Service
New England Forestry Congress
Copley-Plaza Hotel
Rushing Work of Reparations Committees in Paris
The reparations commission at the peace conference in Paris advances work on two sub committees studying damages valuation and payment capacity of enemy nations. A third sub committee will supervise control and guarantees. William M Hughes of Australia was elected president with B M Baruch of the United States as vice president. Delegates from Portugal Stnors Montz Freie and Doudrade attended.
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Paris
Peace Conference Commission of Reparations
William M. Hughes
B. M. Baruch
United States
Portugal
Stnors Montz
Freie and
Doudrade
British Lift Ban on Imports
London reports restrictions on imports are being removed as quickly as possible while safeguarding British interests and allied blockade policy. Mr. Richmond of the Board of Trade stated this in the House of Commons in response to a question.
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London
Richmond
Board of Trade
House of Commons
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