Atrocities in Korea Face Western Protest and Details
Letters from Korean missionaries detail brutal Japanese actions against Christians in Korea during March and April. Koreans suffer beatings and imprisonment. churches wrecked. priests and pastors imprisoned. civilians beaten, shot, or dragged by hair.Observers warn of a growing race tension and call for nonviolent resistance and international attention.
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New York
Korea
China
United States
Christian Mission Board
Sidney JL. Gulick
Commission On Relations With the Orient
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Dim
É¢ Ma
Jaueenmas Busse
North Korea
Japan
America
Tokyo
Poland
Seoul
Ito
Independence Movement
Armenia
Poincare backs creation of the League of Red Cross Societies
President Poincare of France congratulates Henry Davison on forming the League of Red Cross Societies. He notes the five allied powers join in the humanitarian effort and trusts the league will improve health conditions worldwide. He extends best wishes to the five member Red Cross societies.
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Washington
Poincare
France
Henry F. Davison
League of Red Cross Societies
League
Red Cross
Association of the League
International Committee of the Red Cross
Board of Governors
Red Cross Society
Red Cross Societies
Typhoid Cases Drop Statewide Despite Ironton Wellsville Clusters
Ohio reports typhoid fever at a lower level than any previous year yet cites significant clusters in Ironton and Wellsville. From January to May 31, Ironton had 28 cases and Wellsville 23, while the 80 cities total reached 180. Impure water supplies plague both cities, with Wellsville using untreated river water and Ironton awaiting filtration completion. Health officials urge purification to reduce cases. statewide trends show a slight year over year decline and hope for continued improvement.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ironton
Wellsville
State Department of Health
East Liverpool
Zanesville
Springfield
Latest husband of Mrs Astor ranks as peer
Ava Willing of Philadelphia, widow of John Jacob Astor, marries Lord Ribblesdale of England in London. The aristocrat is famed as a sportsman and former Master of the Buckhounds, with long service in the House of Lords and strong English society ties.
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New York
Ava Willing
Philadelphia
John Jacob Astor
United States
Lord Ribblesdale
England
London
John Astor
Ribblesdale
Bucks
Prince Regent
Thackeray
Cavendish Hotel
Gisburne Park
Christie’s
Thomas Lister
Tenth
Hussars
Charles Lister
Gallipoli
Lord Ribbiesdale
Sargent
National Gallery
Queen Victoria
House of Lords
Galipoli
Prices and hardship in Romania noted in letter
Bellaire Ohio on June 21 reports a letter from Samuel Weizer's mother in Romania describing tea at 45 a pound coffee at 216 and sugar at 12, clothing scarce and once wealthy people now in bread lines daily.
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Bellaire
Romania
Samuel Weizer
Cotton Crop In Large In 1918 Report
Mexico City reports the 1918 cotton crop at 78 392 700 kilos. The Agriculture and Development Department notes the yield equals about 2.20 pounds per unit.
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Mexico City
Department of Agriculture and Development
Crowell Reports Postwar Food Aid Gains and France Recovery
Frank G. Crowell vice president of the Food Administration Grain Corporation returned from Europe and praised rapid postwar recovery in France and Belgium. He cited active farming restoration, planned removal of shell scars, and rising harvest hopes while noting ongoing aid to Romania Serbia Poland Finland Syria and 500000 Armenians. He described large food shipments under a 100 million dollar appropriation and expected return of Herbert Hoover by mid July.
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New York
Frank G. Crowell
The
Food Administration Grain Corporation
Europe
Russia
Mr. Crowell
France
Herbert Hoover
Relief
Mr. Hoover
England
Crowell
Relief Commission
Romania
Serbia
Poland
Finland
Syria
Balkans
Vienna
American Relief Association
Congress
Hoover
United States
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CUEL
Diogenes
Underwood & Underwood
Letterman General
Presidio
Cal
RED Cross League
Old School
New
Tion
George V
Edward
Ancestor
King
Howard
AJL
the City Ice Delivery CO
the Press Publishing Co
Maurice Ketten
Camouflag
Mi Ey Sekine
Way
de Luxe
Belgium
Germany
Turkey
Asia
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