American future depends on ships in wartime era
Washington Feb 9 the fate of the American merchant marine occupied lawmakers and industry leaders. Senate commerce committee hearings on shipping policy continued as ship owners and labor unions meeting with 600 000 members pressed for preserving American flags in commerce. Secretary Daniels urged securing merchant tonnage built during the war and restoring the American fleet to prewar strength noting national prosperity rests on goods moved in American bottoms.
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Naval building programs urged to continue by shipowners head
Raymond TJ president of the American Steamship Owners Association told a Senate committee that government sale prices for built craft must not exceed 100 dollars a ton. He warned that without excess profit tax exemptions for four years, competition with foreign ships at seven dollars a ton would be impossible.
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New Jersey Wet Laws Move Before Committee
A New Jersey hearing examines multiple wet bills including a 4 percent Barrett beer measure and a 4 percent Tlaines bill. A referendum is proposed alongside these, while two dry measures from Runyon are reviewed, aimed at ratifying the federal prohibition amendment and state enforcement modeled after the Volstead Act.
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Frenchman Sentenced for Killing American Soldier
A French man convicted last week of killing an American soldier was given a two year prison term. The court noted the motive as jealousy and cited circumstances where a French jury might acquit.
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Inter Allied Board Off For Silesia
The Inter Allied commission led by General Larond will govern Upper Silesia and organize the plebiscite there. Allied troops began occupation of Upper Silesia on January 31 and will complete it tomorrow.
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Canadian Research Council Form Air Cooperation Panel
The Canadian research council announced a four member air research committee to cooperate with the Dominion Air Board in developing aeronautics nationwide. Details on membership and procedures were provided at a recent Ottawa briefing.
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Bettwea Admiral Wokeart I Feary Arctic Explorer Patient
The text appears garbled with many misspellings and unclear segments. It mentions Admiral Wokeart I Feary, an Arctic explorer, listed as a patient at the naval hospital suffering from pernicious premia and referencing a Saturday blood event. The article’s coherent facts are minimal due to the garbling.
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Germans Leave Danzig as British Move In
The advance guard of a British battalion destined for Danzig has arrived, signaling the departure of the last German troops on Sunday. In Indiana, a fire at the Barnett hotel in Logansport killed one and seriously injured three, with damages around $500,000.
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Population wiped out in Galician villages
Avarsa February item reports Polish authorities asking American Red Cross to rush doctors to Southeastern Galicia where typhoid fever is raging. RI Danvosy says eastern Galicia is literarily dying out with towns devoid of survivors as the epidemic claims about 100000 deaths and a high fatality rate among the ill.
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New York Mobilizes Snow War Force
New York declares war on snow and ice with 13,700 shovelers 1,000 emergency trucks and a steam shovel aiding a retreat of snow that has clogged streets for a week. Two flamethrowers tested snow removal on 60th Street and Central Park but with little success in the ongoing snow battle.
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Central Park
Land of Desolation Describes Hungarian War Prisoners
Budapest Feb 96 Hungarian soldiers who escaped from Siberia report 100000 Hungarian prisoners of war in Russia and describe their pitiable condition Some have been away from home three to six years Another released prisoner depicts Russia as desolate with famine in many districts and says brigbery is the only way across Russia.
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Memorial to Yale men to cost 150000 on campus
A tribute to 200 Yale men who died in World War I will be built on the campus once students raise 150000. The Fairfield County district has an allotted sum of 4400.
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Yale
Fairfield County
Balfour Will Act as British Representative on League Council
At Lloyd George request Arthur J Balfour elder statesman and former foreign secretary agreed to serve as British representative on the League of Nations executive council. The move signals continued British leadership in international diplomacy amid global tensions.
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Lloyd George
Arthur J. Balfour
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