British Remove Many War Bans
London reports the end of a year of peace while many wartime restrictions remain. Only sugar and butter are fully rationed for food, coal, gas and electricity still face controls, and prices have risen toward pre armistice levels. The butter ration stands at one and a half ounces per person per week for imported butter, with homemade butter unrestricted and reliance on margarine and foreign butter.
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London
United Kingdom
Ministry of Food
Board of Trade
Muses
Will Seek German Shipping in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro reports that Alexandre Conty, France's first ambassador to Brazil, will push to secure or extend use of German ships seized in Brazilian ports for France. Brazilian press debates whether seized ships are owned by Brazil or divided among Allies per Versailles terms.
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Rio de Janeiro
Alexandre Conty
Brazil
France
Lloyd Brasileiro
Hundreds Seek Refuge in Holland Internment Camp
In Harderwijk, Netherlands hundreds of men and women from many nations are confined behind barbed wire at a large war internment camp. Refugees include war refugees from Germany and Belgium and Russians with Bolshevik leanings, deemed undesirable. Dutch soldiers have faced mutiny as measures to control inmates provoke unrest.
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Harderwijik
Holland
Der 10
Netherlands
Germany
Belgium
Duitch
German Dye Firm to Increase Capital
The Analine Dye Corporation at a general conference voted unanimously to raise its capitalization from 33,000,000 marks to 8,000,000 marks. The administration cited synthetic ammonia advances and war related explosive plant growth at Merseberg as justification. Explosives production totals seven hundred million marks, with over a billion required for future needs.
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Berlin
Analine Dye Corporation
Baden Analine Soda Corporation
Merseberg
U S Mennonites Center in Brazil
Johann P. Wall and five U S Mennonite representatives meet with state officials in Porto Alegre Rio Grande do Sul to discuss establishing a Mennonite settlement in southern Brazil. If favorable conditions are found, large land tracts may be purchased.
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Rio de Janeiro
Johann P. Wall
United States
Porto Alegre
Rio Grande Do Sul
Brazil
Urge Bicycle Makers to Trade in Denmark
London reports a trade analysis urges bicycle manufacturers to target Denmark. Copenhagen hosts 700,000 residents with over 400,000 bicycles, signaling a sizable market for more exports.
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Denmark
London
Copenhagen
Treasury and Fed Board Ready 70 Million Silver Trade
New York Dec 10 a large untapped silver stock has been released for export via Treasury and Federal Reserve Board agreement. Free standard silver dollars will be delivered to the Foreign Exchange for exchange with other currencies and used in exchanges with silver standard nations through American bank branches in the Orient. About 70 million dollars in free silver remains available, with no effect on redemption of silver certificates. Bankers say the move aims to stabilize the silver market and curb price surges that could threaten subsidiary coin supplies.
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New York
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Foreign Exchange
Orient
Inis
50 Page Brief Argues Fo Women on Juries
New York December 10 Julia V Grill argued before Judge Bugusnsky in Brooklyn Supreme Court that women should sit in jury boxes and help decide all jury cases including divorce murder arson or other crime. She submitted a 56 page brief instead of arguing the motion personally.
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New York
Julia V. Grill
Ugzunsky
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Miss Grill
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Oxford
Children’s
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Silvertip
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Poplin
Jersey
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