War Department Expenditure Total Over 1917 19
The War Department reports total outlays from April 6, 1917, to June 1, 1919, reaching 14 544 610 228 dollars, including quartermasters supplies services and transportation. Costs are broken down by U S and abroad for ordnance engineers signal adjutant and other departments. The inquiry by Representative Graham's committee will span several months.
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Washington
War Department
War Baker
Special House Committee
Baker
W. J. Graham
Ilinois
House
United States
Ordnance
Engineers Corps
Signal Corps
American Expeditionary Force
Adjutant General's Department
Germany Accepts Terms in Unconditional Peace Note
The National Assembly voted to sign the peace terms after overcoming opposition. Germany’s government sends a note to M Clemenceau through Dr Haniel von Haimhausen stating readiness to accept and sign the terms despite perceived injustice and German honor concerns.
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National Assembly
German Republic
M. Clemenceau
Haniel von Haimhausen
Germany
British Retain Food Grip Over Winter
George H. Roberts the food controller announced at the labor conference that food control will continue through the coming winter in the interest of consumers. He noted the average weekly food cost is about 4s 9d lower than in November and saw no reason for a further drop soon.
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London
George H. Roberts
De Valera Tours America as Sinn Fein Figure
Eamon De Valera, head of Sinn Fein Republic of Ireland, arrives in New York and announces he will serve as official American representative for Sinn Fein. He greets a massive crowd at the Waldorf Astoria and later appears at a Friends of Irish Freedom meeting amid enthusiastic cheers and Sinn Fein banners.
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Sinn Fein
Waldorf- Astoria
New York
Eamonn de Valera
Republic of Ireland
America
Ireland
Waldorf Astoria
Trish
The
Waldorf
de Valera
France
England
Astor Gullery
Friends of Irish Freedom
Weimar hears sailors scuttle ships after Scapa Flow sinking
The Weimar crowd learns German sailors scuttled ships to keep them from Allied hands after the Scapa Flow surrender. Italian cities erupt against the cabinet with Nitti’s policy seen as surrendering claims. Austrian treaty changes loom with a proposed customs union to ease empire dissolution. British officers call the Scapa Flow action a sharp ruse. Elihu Root presents Senate a League of Nations plan with reservations.
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Weimar
Scapa Flow
Nitti
Italy
Elihu Root
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
League of Nations
Germans Split Over Treaty As Allies Readiness Grows
World reaction splits as Scheidemann cabinet falls and Noske takes power. Allied plans for invasion from three sides advance while German rail and air limits threaten resistance. Turbulent debates reach Weimar as Italy’s Orlando resigns and Turkish fate looms.
Markets Freeze 1918 Poultry Prices West
In the West the market for turkeys and chickens shows firm prices for select young hens and various broiler categories. Milk fed and corn fed birds across weights from 18 to 50 pounds are listed with wholesale quotes per dozen.
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D. P
Long Island
Bermuda
Eastern Shore
Southern
Vanes
Jersey
Pena
Lady Washington
Cal
Idaho
Ben Davis
Lotssasceeres
Delaware
Wayne
Formosa
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Albert B. Cummins
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Red Guard
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Bavaria
Lieut
George Horowitz
Passaic
N. J
United States Military Academy
Scheidemann
Foch
Edward W. Pickard
Paris
Gustav Noske
Noske
Bernstorff
Brockdorff-Rantznau
Atlantic
Baltic
Kiel Canal
Marshal Foch
Essen
Ruhr
Minden
Munin
Bohemian
Ulm
Nordlingen
Rheen
Orlando
Council of Four
Chamber of Deputies
Versailles
Ebert
Council of Ten
Quai d'Orsay
Turkey
Russia
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Smyrna
Renner
Austria
Europe
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Fall
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Alcock
Brown
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Burleson
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