Whitlocks Story Of Deportations Lifted By Horror Of German Cruelty
A historical digest recounts Belgian deportations and forced labor under German occupation. It cites Minister Whitlock’s 1917 dispatches, detailing Belgian relief failures, German requisitions, prison trains, forced labor orders, and crippling fines imposed on towns to coerce compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Public Information
Belgium
Vernon Kellogg
Atlantic Monthly
Whitlock
State Department
United States of America
Brussels
Secretary of State
Washington
Scots Claim Von Mackensen In German Generalguise
Thousands in England and Scotland believe General von Mackensen, famed German tactician, may secretly be a Scotsman named Mackenzie. The tale says a Scottish youth fled decades ago, joined the German army, changed his name, and rose to general before the war began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Scotland
von Mackensen
Russia
Roumania
Serbia
Italy
Scotchman
Mackenzie
Paroled Elder Brother Plea Aids Younger Offender
Perry Vreeland's plea to New Jersey's Board of Pardons secures parole for Albert Vreeland, ending his 9 to 63 year sentence for robbery and larceny. The confession credit follows Perry's admission of responsibility after their mother's death. The board considers 161 paroles from 380 cases, with Albert due for release before Christmas and other inmates gaining freedom or restoration of citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Board of Pardons
Perry Vreeland
Passaic County
Albert Vreeland
Perry
Albert
Herbert Grigg
Cumberland County
Harry Briehler
William Jackson
George Poulsen
Camden County
Marion Ashbridge
Eli Briggs
George A. Butler
Michael de Luca
Reece Dolge
Robert C. Forman
Howard Gardner
Anthony Valentine
Leroy Fletcher
John Green
Francesco Romano
Harry Schobey
John Tomkins
Wesley Webb
Cape May
Jacob Berry
Robert Turner
State charities oppose costly public buildings plan
New Jersey brief notes the State Charities Aid and Prison Reform Association’s annual report to Governor Edge opposing extravagant state and county buildings for housing dependents, plus various local matters from school changes at Carndy’s Point to disbursement of a millage and appointments in Woodbury and Egg Harbor City schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Charities Aid and Prison Reform Association
Toa
Edge
Carndy’s Point
Upper Penn's Neck
County Board of Taxation
Board of Assessors
Whitaker
Millville
City Commission
State Board
Miller
Charles S. Thomas
Collingswood Home Guards
Ladies’ Aid Society
First ME
Atlantic City
Nicholas Griner
Hannah F. Brown
South
Florida Avenue
Preston Smith
Crawford Foreman
Walter Davis
Audubor
Salem County Almshouse
Mickleton Red Cross
Grange Hall
Marie T. Firth
Mary H. Polhamus
Woodbury
Hunterdon County
Hoffman
Bridgeport
Pitman
Pitman Water Company
Kate Trexler Heckert
Keystone State Normal School
Egg Harbor
Elsie M. Cole
Chamber of Commerce
State Board of Agriculture
Trenton
Red Cross Society
France
John A. Flood
The
Bayonne Times
War Commission
Company E
Three Hundred and Twelfth Regiment
Captains of Industry of
New Jersey
Manufacturers' Council
New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce
Newark
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Maggie MacKenzie
Uncle Sam
Parcel Post
Jamie
Jamie MacKenzie
Maggie
States
Uncle Sam's Land
Dad
Dave
Wallace
Jean
Bobbie
Land of
Heather
Blyly's
Santa Claus
Blylys
Joen Thornton
Hopkins
Mike
Batro
Whitlocks
Comite National
Commission For Relief In
America
von Bissing
Antwerp
Cardinal Mercier
Baron von Holningen
General von Huene
Germany
Luttre
Nivelles
Mons
Charleroi
Marines
Menin
Harlebekeler-Courtrai
Bisseghem
Lokeren
Harlebeke
M. Lenoir
Belgian Red Cross
National Aid and Food Committee
Tweed
Liberty
Board of Education of
Glassboro
Edward Fowler
Marshall Campbell
Academy Strees
Hin
New Jersey State
New Jersey Federation of Women’s Clubs
Camp Dix
Stetson Humphreys
War Department
State Board of Health
Department of Child Hygiene
Allen & Stults Company of
Hightstown
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