Nation Faces Food Crisis As Hoover Urges Aid
Washington on February 23 Herbert Hoover warned the next five months will be the most critical period for U S food supplies since entering the war. He cited delays in moving farm products including potatoes and meat due to railway congestion and called for public cooperation to conserve and speed loading of cars to aid the allies.
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Washington
United States
Herbert Hoover
al- Mes
Iarga
Seaboard
Chicago
U S Takes 17 1N War Fraud Indictments
High ranking clothing manufacturers and several army quartermaster staffers were indicted in New York for involvement in extensive army uniform cloth frauds. The case centers on about five million dollars in cloth and supplies tied to the Universal Cloth Shrinking and Refinishing works led by Laura Davidson, with multiple named defendants including Horwitz, Tietz, Weinstein, Pursch, Levine, Robingon, Alewicz, and Janowsky.
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New York
Quartermaster's Department of the Army
Federal Grand Jury
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George D. Bernitz
New York Police Fore
Federal District Attorney's Office
Laula Davidson
Universal
Davidson
Hyman Horwitz
Benjamin
Barnet Tietz
Jacob Weinstein
Abraham Pursch
Leon Levine
Barney Rob‘Ingon
Morris Alewicz
Ira I. Janowsky
Quartermaster’s
Army Eligibles Abroad Under Anglo American Draft
About six hundred Americans resident in the United Kingdom are subject to the draft under the Anglo American treaty, announced by American consul general Robert P. Skinner. Winter fined $600 in London for a censored Morning Post article. Howell Gwynne and representative editor Repington faced fines for publishing the censored piece.
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U. 8
London, Isle
United Kingdom
Robert P. Skinner
London
A. Repington
Morning Poat
Howell A. Gwynne
Russia Forced to Sign Peace as German Terms Stand
An official Russian statement signed by Premier Lenin and Leon Trotsky says Russia must sign a peace dictated by the quadruple alliance at Brest-Litovsk. It protests Germany’s resumption of war after occupying Dvinsk and Lutak and cites a $4 billion indemnity and territory retention.
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London
Russia
Germany
Lenine
Leon Trotzky
Councils of Peoples Commissioners
Brest-Litoysk
Dvinsk
Lutak
Times
Petrograd
Brest-Litovsk
Poland
Lithuania
Riga
Moon Island
Council of People's Commissaries
Krylenko
Vasa
M. Tchernoff
Politiken
Copenhagen
Saya
Exchange Telegraph Company
Nikolai Lenine
Leon Protaky
Tiga
Lloyd George Calls Vote on War Policy at Westminster
London February 21 Premier Lloyd George demanded an immediate vote on whether the house and country support the current war policy. He warned he would quit if the vote of confidence was not granted. He blamed American delegates at Versailles for pushing a centralized Allied war plan and announced General Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson as British representative there.
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London
Lloyd George
Versailles
Chicago gunner killed aboard cruiser Montana blast
One man was killed and two fatally injured in an explosion on the armored cruiser Montana last Monday. Charles W. Paully, 221 Thirty third Place Chicago, died en route to the hospital.
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Chicago
Washington
Montana
Charles W. Paully
Rate Raise Refused by Kansas Utilities Board
Topeka announces the Kansas Utilities Commission refused an application for a 20 percent rate increase. Rathronda In Kansas must continue hauling freight at current rates as the commission declines the request.
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Topeka
Kan
Rathronda
Kansas
Public Utiities Commission
First US Battle Planes To France Reach France Early
The first American built battleplanes have left for France nearly five months ahead of schedule. Secretary Baker warned the mass production requires vast ground crews and skilled mechanics. He noted engine development, Liberty motors, and the need for training planes, with 115,000 ground workers for 2,500 planes at peak.
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Washington
Belt
France
Baler
Baker
Western Front
Shipyard Strike Ends After Presidential Appeal
The shipyard strike that threatened U S Atlantic coast shipbuilding ended, at least temporarily, after President Wilson and Brotherhood of Carpenters officials urged locals to recall workers. Wilson also told William Hutcheson that no party should strike before all adjustment options are explored, and he indicated a quick solution if Hutcheson can present the issue to him.
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New York
United States
Wilson
William Hutcheson
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Baltimore
Washington
William L Hutcheson
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Lmit
Hutcheson
Shipping Board
Pershing At Front Observes American Sector In France
General Pershing spent two days inspecting the American sector northwest of Toul in muddy trenches and dugouts. He questioned soldiers on rations and conditions, noting general satisfaction with life at the front while limping slightly from a recent ankle injury. American and French units share the line east of St Mihiel and in Champagne as shells fall and casualties rise, including six wounded when a shell hit a cook tent.
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France
Pershing
Toul
Enemmy
St. Mihiel
Labor Policy Board Named
Secretary of Labor Wilson appointed a 12 member commission to craft a nationwide labor war policy covering all industries. The evenly divided panels include five employers and five labor reps, plus public members to be chosen. Meetings set for February 25 to cover all aspects of ending strikes.
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Washington
Wilson
Louan A. Osborne
New York
Charles I’. Brooker
Ansonia
Conn
W. H. Vandervoort
East Moline
L. F. Loree
Odwin Michael
Roanoke
British Smash the Germans In Major Flanders Raid
London reports a large British raid on the Flanders front near Houtholst wood with two additional strikes south of Lens and near Epehy. Prisoners were captured in all raids. The Pinders raid caused heavy German casualties. Washington notes gas mask protection for carrier pigeons. Fort Smith reports McAdoo orders cancellation of railroad phuses except for railroad commission and employees.
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London
Flanders Front
Houtholst Wood
War Office
Lens
Arran
Epehy
Pinnders
McAdoo
Fort Smith
Ark
Railroad Commission
Praises Dodd s Kidney Pills to Friends
Mrs Jola Browning of Mulberry Grove Ik writes that eight months of rheumatism bladder inflammation swelling limbs stiffness and cramps improved after using Dodd s Kidney Pills. She took three boxes and says they helped greatly and she has told friends about them.
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Jola Browning
Mulberry Grove
Dodd
Where He Was Struck in a Street Car Incident
A judge questions a colored complainant about an automobile strike between Fifty-six and Fifty-seven streets. The man says the car did not strike his body, yet the judge presses for clarification on how the impact occurred. The exchange emphasizes humorous miscommunication over a traffic incident.
U S Bone Day Act Voided by House Vote Debate
Washington reports a challenge to the national prohibition amendment. Rep McLenmore of Texas seeks a judiciary committee inquiry into the house vote, arguing two thirds of all members were not present and a full house tally was required. The record shows 282 to 128, eight short of a total two thirds. The Senate had two thirds in favor.
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Washington
McLenmore
Texas
House
Judiciary Committee
Senate
British ships sunk in past week report
London reports 15 British merchant ships sunk by mine or submarine in the last week per admiralty. Twelve over 1,600 tons and three under that tonnage. one fishing craft also lost. Other items note a missing RAF flyer from Chicago and a Texas sheriff killed in a suicide shooting involving two ranchers.
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London
Admiralty
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