Hoover Plans Credit System to Feed Starving Europe
Herbert Hoover directs America’s relief effort in Europe with a $100 million congressional appropriation. He rejects a straight gift policy, favoring credit and security to prevent Europe from becoming a bread line. Hoover seizes initial shipments, sets headquarters in Paris, and spots fuel and rail bottlenecks across Austria Hungary Czecho Slovaks Poles and Jugo Slavs while detailing differing outlooks in Vienna and Prague as famine looms.
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Lloyd Allen
Western Newspaper Union Staff
Western Newspaper Union
Paris
Congress
Herbert Hoover
America
Europe
Hoover
Roumanina
Poland
Serbia
Wilson
United States
Mr. Hoover
Hotel de Crillon
American Commission
Austria
Alonzo Taylor
Vienna
Austria-Hungary
Food Commission
Peace Conference
War Dead 17,500,000 Says British Paper
The Manchester Guardian tally places world war deaths at 17,500,000 with 4,000,000 from pneumonia and influenza. Allied losses total 5,500,000 excluding numerous French civilian deaths. Central Powers deaths about 2,900,000. Turkey massacres claimed four million Armenians Syrians Greeks and Jews. Serbian civilian deaths reach about one million. Germans blamed for 7,500 neutrals.
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London
Manchester Guardian
Traly
Hoover policy in Poland hinges on security for aid
The article notes Hoover sent Dr Vernon Kellogg to assess Poland's famine risk amid German looting and war damage. Poland, with four million people, faced daily starvation until American food arrived, prompting a policy that security from beneficiary nations backs future aid. The first aid ship arrived as a small start.
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Vienna
Jugo-Slavia
Czecho-Slovakia
Galicia
Hungary
Roumania
Taylor
German Austria
Austria-Hungary
Supreme Council of Supply and Relief
Hoover
Poland
America
Vernon Kellogg
Kellogg
Warsaw
Ameriica
Private Murray Trumps Out with Cow Bell Over Three Weeks
San Francisco notice describes Private Tim Murray serving three weeks leave with nightly trips. He secured two cow bells and used them to move contentedly away from camp each night in darkness.
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San Francisco
Tim Murray
Milwanker Kalemann Alive After Will Probate Mixup
Gustav Kleemann told the court he is very much alive after his will was probated in error. He says his wife should have filed the surviving spouse's will instead.
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Wiii. Milwanker
Gustav Kleemann
Indiana News Roundup Highlights State Elections and Deployments
Indiana towns report a mix of political and civic moves. A Santa Olivia crew from Indiana sails Brest to New York. Wabash County votes $100000 hospital funding. Elwood backs Debs in socialist lines. Indianapolis notes on taxation and county work rules. Grand jury probes two murder cases. Winona Lake drives funds for a normal school facility.
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Washington, D. C
Indiana
Santa Olivia
Brest
New York
Elwood
Eugene V. Debs
National Socialist Party
Wabash
Wabash County
Frankfort
Cora Adams
DePauw University
Christian Missions
Methodist Hospital
State of
Indianapolis
Henry Mkahn
Meridian Street
Wall Creek Boulevard
Greensburg
Decatur
Bayless
Rush
Shelby
Jennings
Gilbert HI. Hendren
State Board of Accountants
Opinon
Marion
Grant County
Focal Packing Company
LaFontaine
Joseph Davis
Davis
Poland
Andrew J. Smith
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Smith
State Tax Commission
America
Warsaw
Kosciuska County
Riaise
Winona College
Winona Lake
Indiana State Normal School
Terra Haute
Nartford
Insta
Ma-rien
National Military
Terre Haute
Issac Strouse
Goshen
Evansville
The
United Commercial Travelers of America
Order
Gary
Lake County
Jeffersonville
United States Quartermaster’s
Lebanon
Boone County Fair Ground
Boone County Memorial Park Association
City of
Boone County
South Bend
Walkerton
Epworth Hospital
Frank J. Hayes
United Mine Workers of America
General Pons Eles
Franklin
Johnson County
John Stainbreck
Frank Whitaker
Greenwood
Valley Forks Farm
Coshocton
Ohio
Salem
Citvy
Woman's Relief Corps
Hammond
South Chicago
East Chicago
Pullman
West Pullman
Grand Crossing
Burnside
Harvey
Rilue Island
Dalton
Hegewisch
West Hammond
Whiting
Public Service Commission
Enbant
Indiana Independent Telephone Association
Commission
Telephone Mon Wkely
Seymour
Jackson County Grand Jury
Brownstown
Eveansville
Fiveansvilla
Bennett Directory Company
Busi
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helped Illinois Farm Woman
Mrs Alters of Oregon Illinois, who raises six hundred chickens on a small farm, credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after severe organic troubles. She urges other women with similar complaints to gain relief and seeks advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Oregon
Lydia E. Pinkham
D. Mlasters
Edicine Co
Lynn, Mass
Advertising Snippets Prompt Reader Skepticism
A collage of ad lines touts Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills Garfield Tea and other remedies. Vague health claims promise easier digestion and laxative effects, with dismissive social quips about figures in a household setting.
Incredible Blackbird Kill With Double Gun Tale
A hotel party hears boastful claims of bird kills from many shooters. A stranger recalls using a double-barreled gun on a 10 000 blackbird flock and claims only four legs were found, revealing a curious misfire and miscount.
Loss of Life’s Beauty From Overtaxed Nerves
The Outlook notes that failure to express love and admiration stems from impatience and overtaxed nerves, not from the spirit, causing loss of much that makes life beautiful. The message urges clearer expression to preserve beauty in daily life.
Ignorance of Lawyer Not Excusable Says Adage
A proverb notes that a man may be ignorant of the law yet a lawyer's ignorance is inexcusable. The saying underscores the duty of legal counsel to know and apply the law properly.
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