Reduced Wheat Consumption Under New Food Rules
The food administration in Washington orders a 50 percent cut in the average American wheat ration to 1.5 pounds weekly. Far at retail will be limited to one-eighth of a barrel for city customers and one-quarter for country customers to stretch scarce supplies before the next harvest.
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Fargo
North Dakota Agricultural College
Little Country
Havana
Red Cross
Dickinson
J. J. Sweeney
Harbin
Manchuria
Russia
Nagasaki
Japan
Fingal
Valley Farm
Devils Lake
Edgar la Rue
Minot
Ike Goldberg
Grand Forks
Amidon
Goldberg
East Grand Forks
F. E. Kindred
New England
Milwaukee Roundhouse
Bismarck
North Dakota
James P. Kenyon
Secretary of State
Kenyon
Louis Jorgenson
Jorgenson
Thomas Kellogg
Lewis F. Crawford
State Board of Regents
George Hanson
Valley City
Moe
Mandan
Merchants’ National Bank
Lewis & Clark
Washington
Wilson and King Send Haig Messages of Confidence
President Wilson cables Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig congratulating the British stand against the German offensive and predicting Allied victory. King George I sends a London message praising troops fortitude and sacrifice and urging strength for the empire in this time of trial.
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Washington
Wilson
Doustes Haig
George
London
King George
Sir Douglas Haig
Former German Ship Sunk In American Service
The admiralty announces the American steamer Chattahoochee 5088 tons net has been sunk by a German submarine off the English coast. The crew of 78 were landed safely after the submarine fired four torpedoes. The Chattahoochee was formerly the Sachsen of the Hamburg American line and was seized when war began.
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London
Admiralty
Sachsen
Hamburg-American Line
United States
U S Liner Captures U-boat Crew After Submarine Sink
An Atlantic port reports that on March 10 an American liner captured nine survivors from a German U-boat sunk during the voyage. The U-boat commander killed himself with his pistol as his vessel went down, avoiding capture or death.
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Atlantic
Hamburg
Airship sighted over Cairo prompts lighting curbs
Cairo residents were warned of a potential air raid after a hostile airship was spotted off the coast. Authorities ordered the public to observe lighting restrictions to aid defense efforts.
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London
Cairo
Egypt
Reuter
Dutch Decline Grain Offer Rejected by Cabinet
The Dutch cabinet is said to have decided to formally refuse Britain and the Allies grain in exchange for Dutch ships, a Hague dispatch reports. Sweden vows strict neutrality amid Baltic crisis, with Premier Eden citing Finland lands and arms requests as reasons for cautious policy. An X-ray machine demonstration by Carl Young in Linton showcases a 7 kilowatt unit able to image stomachs quickly, promising wider regional medical benefits.
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London
Hague
Mall
Sweden
Stockholm
Eden
Moenkeeping
Baltic
Finland
Aland Islands
Carl Young
Wm. Meyer Co
Chicago
Linton
Meyer Co
Wolverton
New Thermometer Invented by Kentucky Physician
A Kentucky physician invented a thermometer with a scale starting at zero at the freezing point and divided into 100 parts, reaching the normal human body temperature.
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Kentucky
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Fargo Federation
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the Elks
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H. E. Germain
Jamestown
Supreme Court
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Burleigh County
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Halvor P. Halvorson
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George W. Wilkinson
Pembina
Judson la Moure
Stuart
Fla
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Dakota
J. W. Bliss
State Highway Commission
Homer Ganz
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State Auditor
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