Switzerland's War Neutrality Shapes Postwar Prosperity
Switzerland kept neutrality amid surrounding belligerents and mobilized early. The 1918 wealth reached 23 billion francs with $1,185 per capita, railways remained profitable, and general debt per capita stood at $51. Industry shifted toward manufacturing and textiles, with electricity boosting future growth and tourism drawing substantial foreign investment.
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Switzerland
Holland
Europe
Massachusetts
Swiss National Bank
Effect of the War On European Neutrals
Francis H. Sisson analyzes Holland’s wartime burden as a neutral nation. He notes half a million mobilized citizens, heavy crisis expenditures of $600 million by 1918, and relief for Belgian refugees. Early profits for shipowners and agriculture gave way to embargoed materials, higher shipping risks, and shortages as Germany pressed for fuel and food.
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Holland
Germany
Belgium
North Sea
Holland in World War I Economic Profile and Colonial Hold
The article surveys Holland's wartime situation noting greater food scarcity and price pressures, Allied cereal restrictions, and heightened shipping risks from unrestricted submarine warfare. It highlights Holland's banking strength, increased gold holdings, record shipping, new industries, and colonial trade, with 1911 wealth, 1918 debt, population, and per capita trade metrics.
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Holland
Spain
Ures
Lloyd's Register
Zuider Zee
Railway wage dispute talks continue with president to decide
Hines reports frequent conferences with railroad labor leaders since February third to settle wage increase claims. Leaders voiced views candidly but no agreement emerged before federal control ends. Lee says cost of living campaign failed. next written reply expected at upcoming meeting with Hines. The attorney general declined to discuss Lever Act action or DOJ involvement.
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Hines
White House
W. G. Lee
Lee
International Convention of the Brotherhoods
Palmer
Department of Justice
Mr. Palmer
Railway union to strike on February seventeenth
Brotherhood of Railway Maintenance of Way and Shop Laborers called a strike for February 17. Union leaders, after presenting a second epitome of their views at yesterday's session, held a separate conference and definite action to close their case was taken.
Wage dispute lingers as union moves toward strike
Detroit leaders say the Wage controversy has been sent to President Wilson for resolution. Allen C. Barker of the Maintenance of Way and Shop Laborers union says the move offers hope to avert a Feb 47 strike by more than 300000 workers. The plan divides the nation into 45 districts with an international officer overseeing each.
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Detroit
Railroad Administration
Wilson
Maintenance of Way and Shop Laborers Union
Allen C. Barker
Barker
International Union
Testimony Ties Printing Bribes to Newberry Campaign
The trial heard William Michel as a Democratic defendant arrange with an associate for printing campaign blanks. Frank Daily, assistant attorney general, read the Newberry committee 1948 report showing about 176000 dollars in receipts and expenditures. A defendant valued the campaign at 800000 dollars and another statement described a pile of money on Paul King’s desk as resembling a million.
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William §. Michel
Frank P. Daily
Newberry Committee
Paul King
Newberry
No 4 Delays Consideration For General Election
The reply released tonight states support for accepting the League of Nations as modified. The document frames the stance as necessary to buy time before formal action or votes on the broader policy.
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League of Nations
U S Opinion on Treaty Reservations and Foreign Policy
The speaker argues reservations safeguard traditional U S policies and freedom of action. He favors the treaty if safeguards are maintained and opposes delaying for a general election. He stresses a long standing goal of world peace and urges instrumentalities aligned with freedom and peaceful momentum among nations.
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America
Carpentier to meet Dempsey after arrival in America
The French pugilist will sign film and vaudeville contracts for four to five months after his arrival, with plans to formalize a title fight with Dempsey. Tex Ricard, promoter of the Willard Dempsey bout, may join to facilitate a match for Carpentier with Dempsey, or alternatives include Ledojix or Papin and, if Dempsey is unavailable, Mike O Dowd in the debut.
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America
Dempsey
Tex Ricard
Willard
Toledo
Carpentier
Bill passes with royalties dispute resolved
The bill advancing through the house agreed on final terms except for the guarantee of future royalties. Both chambers reached a compromise on the royalties provision.
Protest Advance in Grazing Fees
The California Cattle Growers Association telegraphed the California delegation in Congress protesting a proposed increase in grazing fees for national forests. They argue charges should mirror privately owned land, citing abnormal conditions and drought fears in California as making fair pricing difficult.
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San Francisco
Calif
California Cattle Growers Association
California
Congress
Rales
Regents order pay rise to top university levels
Seattle Washington February 14. The board of regents ordered a salary increase for University of Washington faculty ensuring compensation reaches parity with the ten leading universities in the country.
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Seattle
Wash
University of Washington
Board of Regents
Prohibitionists to Aim at Presidency
Sacramento says the Prohibition party notified Secretary of State Frank P. Jordan that it will file a ticket for the presidential preferential primary ballot in California.
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Sacramento
Calif
Frank P. Jordan
Prohibition Party
California
Man Held on Theft Charge Over Fort D. A. Russell Pistols
Lelan F. Walmsley is jailed awaiting federal trial on charges of stealing several automatic pistols from the Fort D. A. Russell quartermaster department. The alleged theft occurred weeks ago.
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Lelan F. Walmsley
Quartermaster Department
Fort D. A. Russell
Denver Struggles with High Death Rate from Flu and Pneumonia
The Denver death rate from influenza and pneumonia remains high with 26 deaths reported to the state board of health today. Doctors work long hours to care for patients as the city confronts the outbreak.
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Denver
State Board of Health
Organize to Combat High Cost of Living Meeting
The newly formed association of railway brotherhoods will meet Monday evening to elect officers and draft by laws. At the first meeting representatives from unions decided to form a permanent group to combat the high cost of living. A G Appelgate was temporary chair and W J Walls temporary secretary.
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Association of the Railway Brotherhoods
A. G. Appelgate
W. J. Walls
Feeble-Minded Indian Maid Seeks Sheriff in Wyoming
A letter addressed to the sheriff of Cheyenne Wyoming from an Illinois school for feebleminded requests removal to the West. The writer asks for cowboys to rescue her to ride her pony on the prairie. Advertisement for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea appears at the end.
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Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Sands-Hays Drug Co
Cheyenne
Wyoming
BE. J. Smalley
Illinois
Wyoming Prairie
Body of Guynn Is. Sent to Nebraska for Burial
The body of Norman Wesley Guynn, who died Monday of pneumonia at the Joseph Griffith ranch north of Cheyenne, was shipped yesterday afternoon by Harry Bricker Brothers to Brownville, Nebraska, for burial. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Guynn, live at Brownville.
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Norman Wesley Guynn
Joseph Griffith
Cheyenne
Harry Bricker Brothers
Brownville, Neb
Elwood Guynn
Brownville
Mistress Haley Dies in Boonville Missouri
Mrs. W. E. Haley died in Boonville Missouri on February 3 after visiting her parents. Funeral services were held there the following Friday. She had lived in Cheyenne since 1946, born Alma Hornbeck, age thirty, survived by her husband and her parents.
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W. E. Haley
Boonville
Mrs Haley
Haley
Cheyenne
Omaha
Allena Hornbeck
For Sale Lots and Homes in Holdridge Area
Real estate notice offering lots in Holdridge Pioneer and Residence Park with houses for sale on easy terms. Auto service available. See properties today. Contact W. O. Benner at 502 21st Street.
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Holdridge
Pioneer
Residence Park
W. O. Benner
21St Street
Marmola Method Promises Quick Weight Loss
Lose Your Fat, Keep Your Health promotes the Marmola Method as a simple way to shed two to four pounds weekly. It advertises Marmola Prescription Tablets, containing the prescription dose, sold by druggists for four dollars per large case or available by mail from the Marmola Company in Detroit. The ad claims the tablets are harmless and do not cause wrinkled flabbiness.
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Woodward Avenue
Detroit
Mich
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Promising Liver and Bowels
An ad touts Dr F M Edwards Olive Tablets as a remedy developed over 17 years for liver and bowel ailments. It claims olive colored tablets cleanse the system, improve skin, eyes and energy, and are a safe substitute for calomel. Available 10 or 25 cents.
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F.m.edwards
Dr. Edwards
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Dutch West Indies
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Geneva
Ary
Sand lHays Drug Co
Guynn
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Peru
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