Whittock's Depor tations Chronicle Horror and Policy
A public information summary recounts Belgian deportations and forced labor by German forces, with Minister Whittock and U.S. officials detailing brutality from 1914 to 1916. It covers relief efforts, Belgian unemployment schemes, German coercion, arrests, deportations to Germany, and fines against towns, plus U.S. railroad nationalization measures.
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Committee On Public Information
Belgium
Vernon Kellogg
Atlantic Monthly
Whittock
State Department
United States of America
Brussels
Secretary of State
Washington
Whitlock
Scots Claim Von Mackensen Birthplace Mystery
Rumor claims the famed German general Von Mackensen was born in a country north of the Tweed. Many in England and Scotland believe a Scottish lad named Mackenzie fled years ago to join and rise in the German army, changing his name to Von Mackensen.
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Tweed
England
Scotland
von Mackensen
Russia
Roumania
Serbia
Italy
Mackenzie
President Wilson Announces Transfer of Railway Control
President Wilson declares war-time transport control and unified administration under federal authority led by William G. McAdoo. He argues private management cannot overcome wartime needs and promises protections for railway investors and property.
McAdoo to Run Railroads as War Department Powers Expand
The administration eyes no wage increase and a potential take over of all U S railways under McAdoo. Private road control ends as war needs push government operation with federal authority beyond the Interstate Commerce Commission. The move reflects a wartime plan to mobilize transport and draft labor if necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sil Ronda
Railroad War Board
Adoo
Uncle Sam
Citieeney
U. S
United States
Pullman Company
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Jare
William G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdon
Newton D. Baker
War Department
McAdoo
Mer. McAdoo
Sternship
Interstate Commerce Commission
Value of sense of smell and odor dangers
Edwin E. Slosaon notes in the New York Independent that smell can detect minuscule quantities, far more sensitive than taste. He explains the role of odor in flavor, cites mercaptan as an extreme example, and lists four main tastes: acid sour salty bitter and sweet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin E. Slosaon
New York Independent
Four Reasons for Prohibition from Dempcrance Notes
I K Griffith owner of North Dakota's largest department store argues for prohibition. He claims it improves homes and morals, reduces crime, boosts thrift and earning power, and supports local options, preferring state or national prohibition to local measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. K. Griffith
North Dakota
Bigunor
Iquor
West Virginia Educes Growth After Prohibition Era
The document notes West Virginia built seventy two high schools costing about 2.8 million dollars, with a 131 percent rise in high school enrollment and nine colored high schools. It cites more banks, higher salaries for pastors and teachers, and a stronger Industrial base since prohibition.
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Samuel LB. Montgoomery
West Virginia
Fayette County
IMS
Wallington official warns prison labor decline after prohibition
Wallington state highway commissioner Janes Allen says prohibition cuts prison road work and city jail prisoner labor. The Salt Lake Tribune notes Ogden prohibition reduces prisoner board costs, while streets official says too few prisoners can weed public property. The piece includes moral quips on alcohol and a Shakespeare quatrain.
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Wallington
Janes Allen
Salt Lake Tribune Enya
Ogden
Barley Used For Bread Not Beer Under Pressure
A historical note argues American bakers should use more barley in wheat bread following English example. It cites Mr. Hoover’s concern over barley in beer production and proposes government requisition of three barley stocks held by brewers to reduce bread costs.
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Mark
Isaiah
Christ
Israel
Jesus
John
Lfe
Tenus
Nazareth
Jesus Christ Himslf
Euphe Aize
Jobn
Hoover
State tax rate in prohibition lowest in US
Aquor interests claimed license money from saloons helps meet state expenses and cuts taxes. The state tax rate in prohibition is £1.20 per £1,000, the lowest in the United States with two exceptions.
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Aquor
United States
Your Vote and the Kaiser in Prohibition Politics
A short pamphlet style line urges readers to cast votes against liquor to curb the Kaiser. It frames prohibition as a moral fight influencing governance and national morale.
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Hquor
Prohibition
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Gratnstone
Comite Navional
Commission For Relief In
Sts
Relgian Committee
Comite National
America
von Bisaing
Worthitess
Antwerp
Cardinal Mercier
Baron von Hotningen
General von Huene
Snd
Germany
Luttre
Nivelles
Mons
Charleroi
Mailnes
Arsenal
Menin
Harlebekeler-Courtrai
Bisseghem
Lokeren
Harlebeke
Monana M. Lenoir
MM. Lenoir
Ital Cross
Ita
Wil
Mpadoc
Wilson
Dempcrance
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
ASTON
John VI
International Sunday School Association
Pias
Jeena
Niagara
Q Wan
B. O Sellers
Mostly Bible Institute
Chicago
Unies
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