Red Cross Sold Perishables Only in Europe
Paris reports that only perishables, secondhand equipment and surplus stock were sold by the American Red Cross in Europe. Total sales of surplus material will not exceed 30 million francs, while July and August relief material distributed in Europe exceed 100 million francs. The organization operates in seventeen European countries with over 125 million francs in relief materials distributed since the armistice. The liquidation board handles France sales to fund relief efforts in Poland, the Balkans, and Western and Southern Russia to avert total loss of stocks.
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Paris
Ameriaey Red Cross
Red Cross
France
Europe
American Red Cross
Saya
Poland
Balkan States
Russia
Carranza Rejects American Stories in Mexico Address
Study of President Carranza’s message to Congress on September 1 highlights sections on petroleum and mining. It accuses a group of disgruntled companies of running an office abroad to spread false statements about Mexican policies. The message notes a new banking law and U.S.-Mexico relations, and Mexico’s stance on the League of Nations and Monroe Doctrine.
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Mexico Cutt
Associated ‘Press
Carrange
Congress
Department of Commerce and Industry
Mexico
Cong
Republic
United States
League of Nations
British War Medals Extended to Mercantile Men
London Sept 28 The king orders the British war medal to be awarded for mercantile marine service beyond the armed forces. Silvery medals go to those who served at sea or for at least six months in the war. A bronze mercantile marine war medal is also authorized for service on at least one voyage through a danger zone.
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London
Colonial
Indian Mercantile Marine
What Famous Actors Do for Their Teeth
Features actors Cecil Lean Cleo Mayfield Emmy Wendlen Mac Murray and Eddie Cantor stressing dental care. praises Albedon Dental Cream for cleaning polishing and antiseptic action with calcium carbonate oils of cloves cinnamon and eucalyptus. warns against gritty pastes and potash or carbolic acid formulas. advertisement tone asserts effectiveness and widespread availability.
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Cecil Lean
Cleo Mayfield
Emmy Wendlen
Mac Murray
Eddie Cantor
Father John's Medicine Promotes Winter Strength and Growth
An old fashioned advertisement urges readers to store energy for winter by using Father John's Medicine as a superior food value tonic. It claims 3 percent formulated strength builders help the weak gain flesh and weight, highlighting guaranteed purity and freedom from nicotine and narcotics for all family members.
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Father John
Father Jann
Hawaiians Say Porto Ricans Suffer No Discrimination
R D Mead secretary of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association dismissed charges of oppression and injustice against Porto Rican laborers on Hawaiian plantations as unfounded. He claimed the protest was agitators’ work and that no discrimination exists. An investigation by Attorney General Tarry Iwin and the territorial wealth board is underway, with a report to Governor McCarthy for transmission to Porto Rico.
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Honolulu
Associated Press
Porto Rica
R. D. Mead
Mew
Tarry Iwin
Hawaii
Territorial Wealth Board
Suoh
C. J. McCarthy
Torto Rico
Beveren Rabbit Fur Club Formed for Lavender Blue Hairs
A London report notes a Beveren rabbit fur club formed to breed rabbits for fur on cooperative lines. The blue Beveren and Havana strains are to be raised. Beveren fur is lavender blue, long, lustrous and silky while Havana fur is a rich brownish color, thick and fine. The aim is natural furs with color that does not fade.
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London
Beveren Club
Beveren
Havana
Baveren
Londoners Pay Quarter for Milk in Winter
London reports milk to cost 24 cents per quart this coming winter as per a ministry of food estimate. Producers doubt the price, infant mortality is expected to rise with milk prices, and the measure aims to curb shortages.
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London
Associated Press
Ministry of Food
Milford to Organize American Legion Post
Milford prepares to organize American Legion Post No. 34 next Wednesday night. Edward Brotherton will serve as acting commander and Edwin Munson as acting secretary at the meeting. About 75 names are on the list, and all veterans who served in the armed forces are urged to attend and join.
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Milford
American Legion
Mtilford
Edward Brotherton
Edwin Munson
Milford Man Dies After Short Illness
Wilford, Sept 28, aged 71, died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hyatt where he resided briefly. He was buried Saturday afternoon from Ford parlors on River Street. Born in Milford, he lived here all his life and had been unwell for nearly two years. The service was conducted by Rev G W Sunion of the Methodist. Interment took place in Milford with friends and relatives attending.
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Wilford
Buke Tie
Ernest Hyatt
Ford
River Street
Hine
Milford
G. W. Sunion
Methodist
Caureg
Finent Fasstieg
Beau Ul Anviers
New German Scheme Aims at Reserve Army In Germany
Sept 28 report notes German newspapers expose a plan to form a reserve army in Germany for a future opportunity to bolster German military power. The scheme centers on a regiment and about 80 likely as yet un sanctioned by the war ministry, according to American officers long studying demobilization.
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Germany
Associated Bross
German Army Circulation Urges Pledge From Veterans
The Thirty-yat Reichswehr brigade issued circulars to ex volunteers urging them to pledge to fire on rioters in a potential future revolution. Berlin’s independent socialist paper suspects a broader aim than quelling disorder, quoting the circular: Soon the time will come when the Fatherland will have need of every regulated and proven arm.
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Telohwehr
National Army
Bad temper not a ground for separation says magistrate
In London the Thames court magistrate Lankester ruled bad temper is not a valid ground for separation as two men petitioned for a writ of separation claiming a husband’s violent temper. The court noted if temper were enough, half the world would be separated by now.
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London
Lankester
Thames Court
New French Marshals Adopt Old Uniforms
Paris reports three new French marshals Joffre Foen and Patain still in plain general attire not war shirts. They add gold oak leaves to caps and four extra stars to their general stripes. On July 14 Parisians noted the lack of uniforms. a young onlooker quipped they may not afford them on a 33000 francs salary.
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Paris
France
Joffre
Foen
Patain
Mexico Finds New Gas For Use In War Bombs
Mexico City reports government tests show the plant la sobernadora grows profusely and yields a deadly gas usable as a major ingredient in bombs. The war department has been advised of its stability for bombs, and Excelsior notes manufacturing may be ordered by the government.
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Mexico
Mexico City
la Sobernadora
Republic
Department of War
Excelsior
Producing Crusade Urged by Conference Leaders
Roger W Babson calls a producing crusade to resolve the cost of living, framing it as a moral issue. He urges every individual to maximize production, warning that scorn for nonproducers harms the effort. The message comes from Conference Committee of National Preparedness led by Henry A Wisg Wood with Alan Re Hawley and James E Clare in New York City.
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Roger W. Babson
Conference Committee OF National Preparedness. Inc
Henry A Wisg Wood
Alan RE. Hawley
James E. Clare
Madison Ave
New York City
A Lot of Em It’s a Queer World Phrase Fragment
Fragmentary text appears to discuss friendship and vacations in a quirky exchange. The lines reference a wife, money and regularity, with unclear context and missing details. The piece reads as a stray clipping note rather than a complete report.
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Regula
Scott
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