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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1918
Page
4
East St. Louis report says Garfield’s order freed coal and freight movement after railroad chaos. Railroads sped up by at least ten percent moving hundreds of loaded coal cars stalled between East St. Louis and the mines, aiding fuel and perishable shipments nationwide.
President Wilson remains distant from interfering with fuel orders as war industries face shortages. The fuel administration lists exemptions for steel mills and munition plants while enforcing Monday curbs on fuel use for heating and production across the eastern United States east of the Mississippi.
An oval dispatch reports the Danish ship Muldumanersk was torpedoed by a German Uboat on January 10. The crew reached Las Palmas, Canary Islands, after the vessel sank 26 miles northwest of Cape Bogador, about 400 miles outside the blockade zone.
Serious strikes and rioting have occurred in Vienna and other Austrian cities, according to news agency telegrams received in Zurich and across Switzerland.
Artifact description shows a head emblem bearing the initials S. E. G on the back. It was a present from a son before leaving for France. The notice asks the finder to leave it at the Journal office to receive a reward.
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