Fuel Administration Drops Coal Price Controls In Victory Move
Washington Feb 1 All price control over anthracite and bituminous coal and coke ceases under a blanket order signed by Fuel Administrator Garfield. Most Lever act food and oil gas rules are rescinded while Fuel administration remains in operation to monitor the fuel situation and restore rules if needed.
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Washington
Fuel Administration
Garfield
Tidewater
Tidewater Coal Exchange
Spartacans Surrender After Wilhelmshaven Collapse
Reports from Berlin say the Spartacans completely surrendered after days of control in Wilhelmshaven with street fighting in Wilhelmshaven Cuxhaven and Bremerhaven leading to capitulation in Cuxhaven and Bremerhaven.
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Wilhelmshaven
Cuxhaven
Bremerhaven
Berlin
Spartacans
Food Administration Lifts Most License Rules on Foodstuffs
Washington February 1 the Food administration announced removal of margins of profit restrictions on foodstuffs with exceptions for cottonseed products and eggs and cancellations of most import license requirements for importers and distributors under a presidential proclamation signed in Paris by President Wilson.
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Food Administration
Washington
The
Wigon
Paris
Noted French Ace Fouck to Represent France at Aero Club Banquet
Paris reports Lieut Rene Fouck the leading French ace has government permission to attend the Aero Club of America banquet February 19. He plans to depart for the United States at once.
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Lieut
Fouck
France
Paris
Rene Fouck
Aero Club of America
Lieut. Fouck
United States
Nitrate Workers Strike Sparks Government Intervention
In Antofagasta Chile workers idle at the nitrate mines prompt the government to dispatch a cruiser and Tacna garrison troops to restore order. The unrest centers on nitrate labor protests and government response amid broader wartime tensions.
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Santiago
Chile
Antofagasta
Tacna
Mystery Killings In Mount Pleasant District Washington
Washington police probe the slayings of Dr. T T Wong head of the Chinese educational mission and two George Washington University students C H Hsie and Ben Sen Wu Their bodies were found in their Mount Pleasant home last Wednesday after being last seen alive Tuesday The pistol near Dr Wong and signs of a struggle are noted with a lamp broken and a garter elastic on the floor The two students were found head to head in the furnace room and appeared dragged there
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Washington
T. T. Wong
United States
C. H. Hsie
Ben Sen Wu
George Washington University
Mount Pleasant
First German and Austrian naturalizations in war era
In Chicago circuit court Judge George F. Barrett granted first papers to about 60 former enemy aliens. Each applicant was asked if they would be willing to die for the United States in war, and all answered yes.
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Chicago
United States
George F. Barrett
Bill for universal training in Senate proposal
Senator H S New of Indiana introduces a bill in the U S Senate for universal compulsory military training for American youths as a permanent national policy. He says the plan provides the only guarantee against maintaining a large Regular Army.
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U. S. Senate
Indiana Solon
Washington
Senate
H. S. New
Indiana
Bandit in Army Uniform Holds Up Indianapolis Office
A robber dressed in an army officer uniform with wound and overseas service emblems robbed the office of H. F. Campbell, former secretary treasurer of a motor car firm, on the 13th floor of a downtown building and escaped with $5,000.
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Indianapolis
United States Army
H. F. Campbell
War Trade Board Declines Retaliatory Measures
Washington February 1 The War Trade Board will not protest British import restrictions. The decision was authorized by a board member and noted as addressing economic policy amid wartime trade controls.
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War Trade Board
Washington
Monument to American Womanhood proposed in Washington
The Third American army launches a drive to erect a monument in Washington D C honoring American womanhood and loyalty to the expeditionary forces. Col E St J Greble Jr of the Seventy sixth field commands letters to all Third army officers seeking support.
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Washington, D. C
Third Army
E. St. J. Greble, Jr
Seventy-sixth Field
Big Loans to Allies Drive Four Year War Cost to Britain
Unofficial figures estimate total Allied war support and UK costs exceed 40.6 billion dollars over four years, with January outlays near 1.6 billion for ordinary expenses. The report notes continued high government spending funded by short term borrowing and looming needs for a new five to six billion dollar loan in April.
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Great Britain
Washington
Treasury
Germany
Hindenburg Raises Army Corps Reported
Paris reports on February 1 that Field Marshal von Hindenburg plans to raise four army corps for Germany's eastern frontier. If confirmed, this would alter calculations of Germany's armed strength and affect the size of the Allied occupation army.
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Hun
Paris
Berlin
von Hindenburg
Germany
Masculine Styles Decreed By National Tailors
Atlantic City February 1 The National Association of Merchant Tailors decreed masculine styles for 1919 as sprightly without conspicuousness and dashing without inspiration. Men who wore flapnels as recreational raiment must give them up.
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Atlantic City
N. J
National Association of Merchant Tailors
Yankees Are Cleared In Paris Crime Wave Report
Paris dispatch reports Apaches of various nationalities in American Army uniforms were blamed for violence fueling sensational talk of an American crime wave. Police data show December crimes misattributed: murders charged to Americans dropped from 34 to two. hold-ups and assaults down 80 percent.
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Paris
Ukrainians Refuse Conference With Bolsheviks
Ukrainian government declines to attend the Princes' Islands peace conference. In Paris M Sederenko minister of internal communications says Ukraine seeks recognition only and has been negotiating with France for entry to the peace talks.
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Paris
The
Princes’ Islands
Petit Journal
M. Sederenko
Ukraine
Endurance Sinks Off Yarmouth With Ten Perished
The exploration ship Endurance once the Nimrod and used by Shackleton in Antarctic exploration was driven ashore and crushed on the sands off Yarmouth. Ten crewmen perished, twelve were lost.
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Endurance
Yarmouth
England
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Antartic
France
No U. S. Troops To Turkey For Garrison Duties
Paris reports no American soldiers will be sent to Turkey for garrisoning. The move is deemed inappropriate since the United States has never been at war with Turkey. In New York, Whistler painting "Lady Meax" sold for $200,000 to English dealers.
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Paris
Turkey
United States
Whistler
New York
Lady Meax
England
Mission Is Instructed for Poland Pacification
Paris February 1 a peace bureau allied commission to Poland has received its instructions. The aim is to push Poles into action as they fight and to begin pacifying Poles and Bohemians and other nationalities as they travel via Germany toward Poland.
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Paris
Allied Commission
Poland
Peace Bureau
Germany
Allies Outline Food Program for Postwar Trade
A cable from Herbert C. Hoover to Julius H. Barnes details a broad Allied food program. Germany could purchase about 6 million bushels of breadstuffs monthly, mostly from the United States, if payment is arranged. France and Italy will take 80 million bushels of wheat and flour, with Allies adding 75 million bushels of oats, plus neutrals’ imports to restore bread consumption.
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New York
Germany
United States
Pena
Herbert C. Hoover
Julius H. Barnes
United States Grain Corporation
France
Italy
Grain Corporation
Restore Order in Turkey Supreme Council Seeks Allied Plan
Paris February 1 The Supreme Council announced provisional arrangements on German colonies and occupied Turkish territories in Asia. It directed military representatives at Versailles to meet and report on fair burden sharing to maintain order in Turkey until the conference decides on Turkish government.
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Supreme Council
Paris
Turkey
Asia
Versailles
Poor Quality of Horses in European Cavalry
Major Henry Leonard told the New York State Breeders Association in Buffalo that the American remount in Europe had been a failure. He said the War Department reports confirm that while artillery remounts were well maintained the cavalry was not properly mounted after the war.
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Europe
Buffalo
N. Y
Henry Leonard
New York State Breeders’ Association
Quartermaster’s Department
Fate of German colonies debated by Senator Lodge
Senator Lodge urged in the Senate that German colonies be handed to the victors to dispose as they wish, questioning why the United States should administer them during the peace debate.
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Senator Lodge
Washington
Senate
Army aviation plans seek use of one fifth of planes
Army aviation officials told the House Military Committee that starting next July about one fifth of War Department airplanes would be active this year. Major Lyon of the aircraft service said about 1,003 planes would be in service with an equal number in reserve for replacements.
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Washington
Army Aviation
House Military Committee
War Department
Lyon
Aircraft Service
Opportunity Beckons Settlers of Ald Kinds
War's end frees Western Canada to push agricultural and industrial growth. Farmers boosted by higher crop production and livestock, but labor shortages and halted rail and building activity slowed progress. Prospective settlers and new industries promise renewed prosperity and urban expansion.
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Canada
Prairie Provinces
Western
Great West
Prairie
It Is With Life as With Men We Make Friends
A reflective line on friendship noting that friendships arise from acting as a friend. It emphasizes reciprocity and mutual care as foundations of lasting bonds.
Recipe for gray hair remedy from Barbo Compound
An old advertisement describes a hair stain mix using water rum glycerine and Barbo Compound to darken faded hair. It promises a non sticky non greasy finish that won’t rub off and notes opportunity as the only “knocker” that finds a welcome.
Eye specialist Dr J H Rindlaub listed in Fargo
A brief notice identifies Dr J H Rindlaub as a specialist in eye ear nose and throat care located in Fargo North Dakota. The entry notes his practice in the Fargo area with basic contact reference.
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J. H. Rindlaub
Fargo, WN. D
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