Kitchener and Staff Die When Hampshire Sinks
A wartime officer recounts the Hampshire sinking off Scotland in June 1916. Lord Kitchener and most aboard did not reach the deck as a mine exploded, engines failed, and a life raft drifted for hours before washing ashore on a rock reef.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Hampshire
Scotland
Manchester Guardian
Germany
Jutland
Lord “Kitchener
Ager
Fahose
Reconstruction plan aims irrigation in three Mexican valleys
January 28 in Mexico City reports a sweeping irrigation development proposal by Interior Secretary Pastor Reu nixed. The plan seeks funding to establish irrigation systems in three fertile valleys, with one Chihuahua project using water from the Elephant Butte dam on the American side of the border.
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Mexico City
Mexican Republic
Pastor Reunix
Interior Development
Mexico
Chihuahua
Elephant Butte
Anthracite coal now shipable nationwide except stove and nut
Philadelphia dispatch reports the United States fuel administration allows hard coal users nationwide to obtain all sizes except stove and nut. The easing follows coal conservation campaigns and mild weather, with officials noting demand recovery to prewar levels as embargoes on certain sizes remain in place for nut and stove.
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Philadelphia
Anthracite Committee
United States Fuel Administration
Varley States
Portugal Chile and other varied notes in a scattered column
A miscellaneous column summarizes remarks on Portugal and fashion, Chile as the shoestring republic, Eric Fingland celebrating Thomas Lawrence, farming programs in New Jersey, Japanese residents in the United States, Prince Edward Island crime record, port wine trade in Oporto, primitive beliefs, Talmudic Friday links, Swiss presidency, and Verlaine in Paris.
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Portugal
Chile
New York
San Francisco
Eric Fingland
Thomas Lawrence
New Jersey
United States
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
Prince Edward Island
Oporto
Federal Assembly
al Verlaine
Porto Ricans to Receive Wartime Pay in Puerto Rico
A Washington cable informs Captain Harr that Porto Rican workers from a war plant in Little Rock Arkansas who left without collect ing due wages will be paid by the U S government. Captain J N Parrott reports the paymaster will settle the amounts owed.
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San Juan
Lite Rock
Ark
Washington
J. N. Parrott
Harr
Porto Rico
Women to join New York postwar reform commission
Several women will be included to the membership of the reform commission appointed by the New York governor. The panel will tackle social economic and industrial postwar problems.
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Reemsatracton Commission
New York
Allied regulators to shape commercial air traffic soon
Lord Weir, secretary of state for air forces, said eight points guide postwar civil aviation. He urged a six month timetable for an aviation traffic pact and five year goals for safer, fog free piloting, with state and private cooperation to build navigation training, meteorology, wireless systems, and landing marks.
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Manchester
Lord Weir
Air Forces
Alr
Prices Hold Steady in American Occupied Zone
Analysis of price reports across the American occupied area shows prices before the armistice largely unchanged. Isolated overcharge attempts occur but no general rise. some Coblenz shops cite 20 to 40 percent factory price hikes. Coblenz faces food-supply challenges, but overall optimism persists there about the food outlook, unlike interior Germany.
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Coblenz
Berlin
Cobleng
Germany
Losses in Serbia War Viewed by Serbian Official
Milos Savcic of the Serbian reconstruction central committee estimates total losses at 10.59 billion francs, excluding Allied support. Saycie notes Serbia and Montenegro suffered the highest proportional casualties, with about 320,000 Serbian deaths by 1916 and heavy losses from disease and occupation. The article discusses destruction, cultural heritage loss, and the goal of restoration.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Serbia
Milos Savcic
Central Committee For Serbian Reconstruction
M. Saccie
Montenegro
M. Saycie
Germany
Berlin
Bagdad
Serbia faces staggering postwar devastation and requisitions
Estimates by former Serbian minister of public works M. Saveic quantify one year of Austrian invasion losses at 1.6 billion francs, with vast harm to livestock, crops, and private property. He urges reparations, reconstruction of towns, credit to banks, and immediate food, textiles, and medical aid. He calls for allies to force road and rail repairs and return stolen shipping and stock.
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Flres
Serbia
M. Savei
Portland woman first Maine deputy sheriff
Mrs. Mary Burnham of Portland becomes the first woman in Maine to be appointed deputy sheriff. The article notes other women's progress and labor reforms including shorter work hours and civil service participation, with statistics on literacy and earnings for women.
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India
Mary
Burnham
Portland
Maine
Lowal
United States
Hollands
Nna
Pittsburgh
Congress of Women's Clubs
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A. H. Marble
E. S. Johnston
Harry B. Henderson
Abre
Ben Davis
Graham Bread
Qhenstein Bros
Eeen
Saeed Sar Bates
Pri Me
En Dany
Kelley Mercantile Co
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