Hoover Names Aids for Serbian Relief Mission
Herbert Hoover announced Colonel Wood as director of relief for Serbian and Jugoslovia relief in the United States food administration. Wood and six aides depart for Belgrade while Colonel McIntosh goes to Trieste to lead supply bases. A mission led by Grove Kellogg and Gibson heads to Poland with French and British support as Roumania investigations continue.
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Paris
Herbert Hoevez
Wood
U.S. A
Jugo-Slavia
United States Food Administration
Belgrade
McIntosh
Trieste
United States
Serbian
Herzegovina
Montenegro
Colonel Grove
U. S
Vernon Kellogg
Hugh Gibson
Poland
Roumania
Army transport Henry Mallory brings 600 wounded to New York
Arrival in New York of the Henry Mallory with 1,400 American soldiers from Bordeaux includes 600 wounded. Also noted is the Megan tic’s arrival and the Manchuria from Brest carrying 158 officers and 4,008 men with various units and 57 naval men and 49 civilians aboard.
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Henry R. Mallory
New York
U. S
Megantic
United States Army
Bordeaux
Manchuria
Brest
Fifty-sixth Field Artillery
One Hundred and Sixteenth Field Artillery
One Hundred and Seventeenth Field Artillery
Votes Beat German Reds in First National Assembly
A Berne dispatch to Le Journal reports the first elections to Germany’s new national assembly show the Bolshevik faction fading. The bourgeois majority appears dominant in Mecklenberg and Anhalt, signaling decisive outcomes for the final results.
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Paris
National Assembly
Berne
le Journal
Duchy of
Upronswieck
Mecklenberg
Anhalt
Cango
Italian King and Son Visit Paris to Meet U S President
King Victor Emmanuel and his son the Prince of Piedmont arrived in Paris on December 20 and were welcomed by President Poincare, Prime Minister Clemenceau, and ministers. They rode to the Elysee Palace where a luncheon was hosted in their honor amid windy, unsettled weather.
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Paris
Victor Emmmanuel
Italy
Poincare
Clemenceny
Prince of
Meadmont
Bale de Boulogne
Pothenre
the Kiysee
Railroad wages will stand after war, says McAdoo
Washington reports that increased railroad wages granted during the war will not be rolled back even if railroads return to private ownership. Director General McAdoo stated that wage raises were not wartime measures but a permanent policy.
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Washington
McAdoo De.lared
Food Control and Voluntary Sacrifice in America
The passage praises voluntary food saving in the United States arguing it kept bread prices steady and blocked profiteering. It extols abstinence from wheat to aid allied needs, claiming Americans endured hardships without complaint and that shared food policy linked nations in goodwill rather than fear.
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America
Iowa to fight high express rates under zone system
Iowa along with Nebraska and South Dakota railroad commissioners met in Omaha with legal staffs to challenge the U S federal railroad administration order imposing uniform express rates under the zone system. They argue government control over rail express is not a war measure and favor a block rate approach to lower intrastate shorthauls.
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Des Moines
Railroad Commissioners
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Omaha
United States Federal Railroad Administration
Middle West
Iowa Commission
Public health rule targets spitting in city areas
The ordinance restricts spitting on sidewalks and in public buildings as a health measure during influenza. City police are told to enforce the law, warning residents to comply. Ralph H. Munro is identified as mayor and John Vogelsang as a piano tuner contact.
For Sale Classified Listing Highlights
Multiple small ads list farm and household items for sale including fence posts ducks and wood. Contacts include Ed Blakeway 519 23 and Wm L Long 512 11 along with various phone numbers and addresses in the city.
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Ed Blakeway
East Hempstead
W. W. James
Wm. L. Long
East Burlington St
Red Cross reports tuberculosis crisis in France after war
The Red Cross war council states France remains highly affected by tuberculosis after three years of conflict. Underfeeding and overcrowding foster spread, an opportunity not seen since 1870. In cooperation with the Rockefeller Foundation, the Red Cross spent 1,442,200 dollars fighting the disease and supplied beds and canteen services.
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Washington
France
American
Red Cross
War Council of the Red Cross
Rockefeller Foundation
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Herbert Hoover
Victor Emmanuel
Son
McAdoo
New World
Ralph H. Munro
John Vogelsang
Jacob Scheffel
East Adams St
R. N. Slimmer
Libertyville
West Washington St
W. Hempstead St
Suare
W. D. Garmoe & Son
W. Hempstead
People's
H. C. Ferguson
South Second ST
Boas
Health Board
Aehabavad
Modern Business College
United States Railroad Administration
W. G. McAboo
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Colorado
Wyoming
TM Hun
T, B. Howard
Farnam Street
Daily Journal
Fairfield
Journal
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