Hoover names aides for Serbia relief mission
Herbert Hoover named Colonel Wood as director of relief for Serbia and Jugo-Slavia for the U S food administration. Wood and six aides depart for Belgrade with allied representatives. Colonel McIntosh heads supply bases at Trieste. A Grove Kelloge Gibson mission goes to Poland with French and British teams. Romania relief also under review.
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Paris
Herbert Hoover
Wood
Serbia
Jugo-Slavia
United States Food Administration
Belgrade
McIntosh
Trieste
United States
Serbian
Herzegovina
Montenegro
Colonel Grove
U. S
Vernon Kelloge
Hugh Gibson
Poland
Roumania
600 Wounded Reach Port Aboard Mal lory and Manchuria
The Henry Mallory arrived with 1400 American soldiers from Bordeaux, six hundred wounded. The Manchuria from Brest carried 158 officers and 4008 men including detailed unit counts such as Fifty-sixth Field Artillery and One Hundred and Sixteenth and Seventeenth Field Artilleries, plus troops from Thirty-first cavalry and other units, along with 57 naval men and 49 civilians aboard.
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New York
United States Army
Henry R. Mallory
Bordeaux
Megantic
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 Elections
Dispatch from Berne reports the December 23 results signaling the final outcome. In Dvygwaswick the bolshevik minority’s rule ended with a crushing defeat. Mecklenburg and Anhalt swung to the bourgeois majority, sealing a conservative gain.
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Paris
National Assembly
Berne
le Journal
Duchy of
Dlygwaswick
LA Mecklenberg
Anhalt
Italian King Arrives in Paris to See American President
Victor Emmanuel III and his son Prince of Piedmont reached Paris with crowds lining the streets despite unsettled weather. President Poincare and Premier Clemenceau greeted them at Bois de Boulogne station, then hosted a luncheon at the Elysee Palace in honor of the Italian monarch and heir.
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Paris
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Poincare
Clemenceau
Prince
Piedmont
Bois de Boulogne
Palace of the Elysee
Railroad Wages Stand After War Declared by McAdoo
Washington says wage increases granted during the war to railroad employees will not be rolled back after hostilities end and before private ownership resumes. Director General McAdoo asserts the raises were permanent, not a war measure, and should remain in place regardless of future ownership transitions.
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McAdoo
Washington
No One Suffered Here In Food Saving Patriotism
The passage praises voluntary foodsaving in America, claiming no hardship occurred while health and spirit improved. It credits food control for steady bread prices, curbing speculation and keeping domestic calm. It lauds abstinence from wheat and sugar, stating Americans answered the German starvation challenge and that goodwill binds the world.
Iowa Will Fight High Express Rates
Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota railroad commissioners met in Omaha with legal staffs to challenge the federal railroad administration order imposing uniform express rates under the zone system. The order takes effect January 1 and raises intrastate and interstate rates, with the three states preferring a block-rate plan that lowers short-haul intrastate costs.
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Des Moines
Railroad Commissioners
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Omaha
United States Federal Railroad Administration
Middle West
Iowa Commission
Spitting on sidewalks warned by city ordinance
The notice warns the public against spitting on sidewalks or in public buildings as dangerous to health during influenza outbreaks and directs city police to enforce the law. Mayor Ralph H. Munro signs the warning, with practical tuner John Vogel listed, and a contact for piano tuning.
For Sale Classified Ads Gathered From The Column
Several properties and items are offered for sale including 50 white oak fence posts 12 cents each 25 corner posts 8 feet long 60 cents each 14 foot poles 40 cents each and more. Also partly modern houses ducks and hardwood plus five cottages in various city locations. Contact Ed Blakeway Wm L Long W W James or use listed phone numbers 2754 3349 267 7305 512-11 505-26 498-11 283 2441.
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Ed Blakeway
East Hempstead
W. W. James
Wm. L. Long
East
Burlington St
Red Cross Reports French TB Plight After War
Washington reports the American Red Cross found France deeply affected by tuberculosis after three years of war. Underfeeding and overcrowding increased spread. Red Cross, with the Rockefeller Foundation, spent 1,442,200 dollars. Canteen service remained, and thousands of beds were supplied to hospitals.
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Washington
France
American
Red Cross
War Council of the Red Cross
Rockefeller Foundation
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