Germany uses secret service in business to expand trade
The article outlines how Germany links military aims with economic penetration through a state-supported spy network in trade. It cites incidents of German agents inspecting American, Italian, and other firms, collecting market data, and aiding German exporters. It notes officials view commercial travel as a front for espionage and warns that postwar trade warfare could rival military conflict.
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Germany
France
Italy
Europe
Milan
Basel
Switzerland
Berlin
Rhine
German Basel
Strassburg
Customs Department
America
Ger
Empire
M. Lucien Descaves
M. Descaves
Missouri Assessor Conference Opens Amid Tax Board Rift
Missouri assessors convened in Jefferson City as the state tax commission faced rejection from the state board of equalization. Gov Gardner and officials spoke on Red Cross fundraising while reports highlighted Missouri industry output including boots and shoes and packing houses leading the 1918 economy.
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Jefferson City
Frank W. McAllister
George Middlekamp
John L. Sullivan
Missouri
State Tax Commission
State Board of ‘Equalization
Cornelius Roach
Roach
McAllister
Sullivan
Middle
Missouri Bureau of Lab Statistics
William H. Lewis
Considera
Boots
Mouri
North Appointed to State Health Board in Missouri
Gov Gardner names Dr Emmet P North of St Louis to the state board of health to replace Dr Marc R Hughes who resigned to accept a U S medical corps captaincy. J F Glenn named presiding judge of Ripley county to succeed James K Langford who resigned. Jasper county files initiative petitions for a constitutional amendment creating a homestead loan fund with 3 percent interest and 20 year loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. North
Gov
Gardner
Emmet P. North
St. Louis
State Board of Health
Marc R. Hughes
United States Medical Corps
J. F. Glenn
Ripley County
James K. Langford
Jasper County
Secretary of State
Governor to call special election for Senate vacancy
Attorney General McAllister holds Gardner lacks power to appoint beyond the next regular election. Gardner plans a special election on the same date as the general election to fill the Stone vacancy. Missouri convicts donate $100 to the Red Cross fund after games and a sack race on the prison field. Gardner spoke to inmates and observed baseball before the fundraiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. McAllister
Gardner
X. P. Wilfley
United States
Missouri
Missouri Penitentiary
American Red Cross War Fund
Priam
Red Cross
Kansas City Hold Up Ends in Homicide and Wounding
Two men attempted a robbery at the Theatrical Mechanics' Association clubrooms in Kansas City, fatally shooting D. J. Hargreaves of Chanute and seriously wounding James Blake, with about thirty witnesses present and robbers escaping with cash from several attendees. No arrests reported.
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Kansas City
Theatrical Mechanics’ Association
D. J. Hargreaves
Chanute
Kan
James Blake
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Tate Rsgessag
Capital
Hackmann
Tax Commission
Battlefield
Angel of Mercy
Frederick D. Gardner
American Red Cross
Wilfley
Lamar
Barton County
Nina B. Schulte
John C.brown
Missouri Supreme Court
Anton F. Schulte
Fredericktown
Maplewood
Charles P. Seeger
Charles A. Seeger
Meramec River
Valley Park
Marthasville
A. C. Ritter
Holsteim
Martha Welge
Here
Anita Engel
Warrenton
Col. J. Heae
Pean T Wilson
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