Food Conservation in Wartime Economy Stresses Wheat and Sugar
A government report argues the world faces a wheat and sugar shortage in 1917 18 and outlines U S and Canada effort to raise production fix high prices buy crops and conserve supplies. It cites tables of production and consumption and urges meat fat and corn substitute use to aid allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
India
Australia
Argentina
Canada
United States
France
United Kindom
Italy
Belgium
Yankees
North America
England
Cuba
Hawaii
Phillipines
United Kingdom
South America
America
Liberty Oil and Gas Near Elk Basin With 724 Acre Holdings
Liberty Oil and Gas reports strong oil indications at Well No 2 in Elk Basin. The company holds 724 acres with four rigs, aims to drill forty to fifty wells in 1918, and plans stock raises from 15 to 20 cents per share to fund development while touting low management costs and war support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elk Basin
Liberty Oil and Gas Company
Liberty
Liberty Company
George C. Chrisman
Treasury
Chrisman
Wal
Billings
Montana
Northwest
Tuscania sinking claims 166 lives of US troops
London reports the torpedoing of the British transport Tuscania off the Irish coast. Of 2401 aboard, 166 are reported dead and 2285 rescued. The ship carried Michigan and Wisconsin guardsmen plus engineers, MPs, aero units, and replacements. Rescue efforts followed by destroyers and patrol boats as survivors were landed at Irish and Scottish ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Atlantic
United States Army Foresters
Ireland
Tuscania
Collins
War Department
Adjutant General’s Office
Twentieth Engineers
107Th Military Police
82Nd Division
Michigan
Wisconsin
Aero Squadron
Ment
Lner
Europe
United States
France
Naval Armed Guard
Navy Department
Finland Revolutionists Murder Hundreds Across Helsinki and Tammerfors
Stockholm reports fierce actions by red guards in Helsingfors and Tammerfors with hundreds feared dead. Swedish relief aid travels to aid Finns as Lenine and Trotzky’s revolution spreads, and the Politiken frames Finland as a rehearsal for Europe's Bolshevik drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Petrograd
Ira Nelson Morris
Tornea
Mahty-Ludo
Minster Morris
Helsingfors
Red Guards
Tammerforg
Tokio
Finland
Lenine
Trotzky
Russia
the Politiken
Ford Mobilizes Detroit Plant for Liberty Motors
Washington reports all idle Ford Detroit plant capacity will be redirected to mass production of Liberty aircraft engines for US air fleets. The factory has been making cylinders and parts, now shifting to complete engines. Liberty tests indicate engines rated at least 400 horsepower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Liberty Motors
Washington
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Liberty Motor
Federal Board Recommends Revoking Baff and Sinn License
New York Feb 18 The federal food board moved to revoke the license of Baff and Sinn Inc wholesale poultry and egg dealers for the war period. The firm bought eggs from Iowa Producing at 38 18 cents a dozen last April and sold them to jobbers at 81 cents while government price fixed at 46 cents. The case recalls Barnet Baff who was shot years ago by agents of the poultry trust. several men were imprisoned for that crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal Food Board
National Food Administration
B. Baff and Sinn, Inc
Baff
Iowa
Barnet Baff
Poultry Trust
Schools to Boost Red Cross Auxiliary Campaign
A nationwide drive aims to make every school in the United States a Red Cross auxiliary by Washington's Birthday. The plan, started yesterday, seeks to expand junior Red Cross membership and received the endorsement of the national Red Cross. originated by Dr. H N McCracken of Vassar College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Washington
United States
H. N. McCracken
Vassar College
National Red Cross Organization
Spy Says He Was Driven Out
Paul C. H. Hennig, on trial for treason in Brooklyn Federal Court, testified as a witness in his own defense that he left Germany after an address in Leipzig in 1916 where he spoke against the German government. He is charged with tampering with torpedo gyroscopic parts at the E. W. Bliss munition factory where he once worked as a foreman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paul C. H. Hennig
Brooklyn
Germany
United States
Hennig
E. W. Bliss
Also Mentioned on This Page
Contervavion
Department of Agriculture
Austria-Hungary
Java
Denmark
Switzerland
Ee Ee
Austria
Este Eee
Singlk
The
Politiken
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!