Future of Serbian Children Assured by French Aid
Athens dispatch reports that France acts as guardian for every Serbian child in need and will fund upbringing and education to age 15. Hundreds of orphans are in France with host families while a fund in Athens supports descendants of Serbian officials and refugees.
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Serbia
French Republic
Theself
Saloniki
France
Madame Grouitch
Constantine Mela
Athens
Associated Press
Nish
Sophie
Greece
Independence for Filipinos by 1920 gains senate approval
The Philippine bill granting self government and independence within four years passed the Senate 62 to 24. Debates over expansion provisions failed, with support from Democrats and six Progressive Republicans. The measure awaits House action with President Wilson’s backing.
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Phillippine
Senate
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
House
Wilson
Borah
Clapp
Kenyon
Lafollette
Norris
Works
Clarke
Congress
Hitchcock
Philippine Committee
Philippines
United States
Transportation system breaking down under private ownership
Senator Oscar W. Underwood warned at a Chicago dinner that the U.S. transportation network is breaking down in its core duties. He cited rail handicaps and said without reform the public may demand government ownership, but favored a Golden Mean of private ownership with government regulation.
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Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
American Electric Railway Association
American Electric Railway Manufacturers’ Association
America
United States
Congress
Interstate Commerce
Council of Many
Underwood
Preparations for Leipzig Spring Fair Begin
Leipzig February 4 opening of the annual spring Messe is set for March 6. Exhibitors from glass and metal ware wood paper leather and toys are expected with Germans replacing Russia France and England buyers. Officials aim to ease travel passes and minimize privileges for exhibitors and attendees amid postwar conditions.
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Leipzig
Peb
Europe
Russia
France
England
Ouxeres
Germany
Fire at Ottawa plant halts war order production
Fire broke out at the Grant Holden Graham Ltd plant in Ottawa on February 5. The blaze is contained to a factory building storing tarpaulins woolens and military uniforms for Entente allies.
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Grant, Holden, Graham, Ltd
Sentiment in North Carolina for Burton as GOP nominee
Fred B. Rhodes says there is growing sentiment in North Carolina for Theodore Burton of Ohio as the Republican presidential candidate. He reports talking with Republican leaders and ranks and finds Burton favored, seen as level headed and experienced, able to attract both conservative and Progressive wings.
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Washington
North Carolina
Theodore Burton
Ohio
Fred B. Rhodes
Melton Rhodes
Greensboro
Rhodes
Burton
State Reception at White House Hosts Supreme Court Justices
The President and Mrs. Wilson hosted the second state reception of the White House social season in Washington on February 5 with justices of the Supreme Court and other federal judges as guests of honor.
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Wilsom
White House
Supreme Court
Federal Judiciary
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