War Fever Amid Iron Shortage Drives Public Warning
Washington reports railcars and steel shortages threaten WWI output. Production slumps from September to December 1917 fall 668,000 tons versus last year, with January down sharply. Calls for drastic action to restore supply chains and shift rail and steel policy to aid war effort.
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Basie
Wastington
D.C
Eers
Tornee
Garield Onder
Steel Corporation
Farnkoes
Plant to Produce Potato Flour Supply Wheat Flour Demand
A plant for making potato flour has been built to help supply demand for wheat flour. Bereehieh will assist in meeting needs. KR. F. sicknell tomb aeministeator for Slahe reports the project ready to begin operations.
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Ioan Pals
Itaho
Bereehieh
KR. F. Sicknell
Slahe
Phan
Fragmentary OCR note hints at stray words and odd phrasing
The readable fragment shows jumbled phrases and misspelled terms. It appears to be an unfinished or damaged text with no clear event, person, or place to report.
Hungarian Editor Sees Bolshevik Hand in Revolt
New York report quotes Jador Szabadors,Hungarian socialist editor, linking AustrianHungarian turmoil to Bolshevik success in Russia. He predicts revolution across AustriaHungary, ending the war, and spreading to Germany and Europe, citing hunger, peace demand, and universal male suffrage as drivers. Note warns the piece may be Prussian propaganda.
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New York
Austria-Hungary
Bolshevki Auccess
Russia
Jador Szabadors
Leon Trotoky
Lore
Houngerian Socialiet
Sava
Troteky
Rosaian Socialiet
Novy Mir
Seabaders
Stabadors
Vienna
Austria
Germany
Europe
Hungary
America
Why the War Must Be Won pamphlet for Labor Loyalty week
The League to Enforce Peace distributes a pamphlet urging labor support to win the war for world peace through a League of Nations. It cites Wilson’s program, AF of L endorsements, and the aim to secure the war aims of organized labor.
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League of Nations
League
American Alliance For Labor and Democracy
Organized Labor
Lincoln
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
American Trade Union Movement
America
Wilson
Congress
Buffalo
Red Cross Opens Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men
The American Red Cross in New York establishes the Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men funded by a $50,000 gift from Jeremiah Milbank. The center offers an employment bureau, industrial training, scientific research, and education for cripples and disabled soldiers with government access for rehabilitation. Douglas McMurtrie is director, under a committee led by Lieut.-Col. C. H. Connor.
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American Red Cross
New York City
Red Cross Institute
Jeremiah Milbank
New York
Fourth Avenue
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Douglas (. McMurtrie
Red Cross Institute For
C. H. Connor
Washington
Capt
Sidney Burnap
Richard M. Pearce
Philadelphia
German fortunes rise on wartime profits in Germany
Private fortunes in Germany grew by more than 5 billion marks over three years, boosted by war profits. A Danish report notes further gains expected with last year’s profits. A law blocks foreign transfers without tax authority knowledge and requires corporations to reserve 60 percent of war profits.
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Copenhagen
Germany
Sweater Gift Brings Soldier To Tears Of Gratitude
A Red Cross field director visits a warehouse with a wounded motorcyclist from the American forces. He selects a sweater with a handwritten card from an elderly donor that reads God bless you, boy, prompting the soldier to write thanks. The scene highlights civilian generosity and wartime morale efforts.
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San Francisco
Cal Pen
Red Cross
Selfish travel delaying trains
In a special dispatch from the state, reporters note passengers flood routes to Washington for personal aims. Many travel to see relatives or pursue prospects with the war department, lumber prices, or government contracts, crowding Union Station and blocking service. Reservations to New York fill weeks ahead as travel becomes a selfish rush.
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Washington
War Department
Cleveland
Baker
Daniels
Minnesota
Florida
Newport News
Pittsburg
Union
New York
Baltimore
Philadelpha
Hallmore
Old Duye
Mobilization of 9 Million Workers Behind WWI Front
A Wilson era piece explains the need to mobilize 9,000,000 workers behind U S troops to sustain wartime production. It outlines seven workers per soldier, with six behind the lines in factories and shipyards, plus the Public Service Reserve to supply trained manpower for war needs. It urges manpower enrollment and details the reserve's purpose and enrollment steps.
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Washington, D. C
General Staff
Department of Labor
Britain
United States
America
France
Hun
Germany
Labor Organization
Wilson
Secretary of
William H. Wilson
John Jind
Minnesota
Public Service Reserve
Pershing
Pinto and Ballo Beans Clash for Army Ration
In Santa Fe New Mexico on February 15 the Pinto bean pledged for army rations faces a rival Ballo bean praised for table use and arid-region farming. The Ballo name, pronounced bi-yo, mirrors its buckskin color. Additionally, Buffalo coal mine sends first shipment to eastern state.
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Santa PE
N. M
Buffalo Coal Mine
Eastern State
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Special-state Dispatch
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Cheyenne, Wyoming
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