What War Has Done to Drama and Art
United Press report from New York on December 13 describes how World War I reshaped English art and theatre. Psychologists note wartime demand for happiness over tragedy, prompting bleaker plays to adapt or fail at the box office while vaudeville and film entertainments rise to help civilians forget the war.
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United Press
New York
Herbert Tree
England
California
London
Arthur Pinero
Sir Arthur
Southern Business Leaders Convene Seventh Annual Southern Congress
Charleston hosts the seventh annual Southern Commercial Congress with delegates from every Southern state and others. The joint gathering includes the House of Southern Governors and sessions by the Southern Cotton Congress and Rural Credits groups. Notables include Senator Fletcher Governor Manning and Secretary Daniels. The program spans five days covering topics from Peace to Public Health and Drainage.
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Charleston
Southern Commercial Congress
South
Commercial Congress
House of Southern Governors
Dixie
Southern Cotton Congress
National Drainage Congress
United States Commission On Rural Credits
Southern Commercial Secretaries’ Association
Duncan A. Fletcher
Florida
Southern Congress
Rivera
Six Men to Be Locked Up For Census Reports
Washington December 14 reports that six Commerce Department employees who prepare census data on cotton and paper are kept in a sealed room for several hours before the release. They receive telegrams at 6 am, finish the report, and store it until the official unveiling time when it is transmitted by wire. The locking cell is designed to prevent leaks amid past scandals of market manipulation.
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League
William Howard Taft
Oscar HK. Straus
Commerce and Labor
Theodore Marburg
Baltimore
United States
Belgium
James Beott
Washington
Commerce Department
Census Bureau
Department
Wall Street
Kaiser War Council Reported Near Front
The German war council led by the Kaiser reportedly convened on the German front with leaders including Hindenburg Mackensen and chiefs of the Bulgarian Turkish general staffs in attendance. The dispatch notes the meeting on the western front and mentions officers named in the telegram.
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Kaiser
Hindenburg
Mackensen
London
Dally Hall
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Phonograph Department
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