War's effects in England and France observed
War years reshape Britain as workers gain wage power and women enter jobs, while France leans on thrift and industrial efficiency to sustain production. Reports note rising living costs, social shifts, and growing female labor in munition and industry, with lasting impact on postwar recovery.
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France
Ribot
London
National War Savings Committee
England
Germany
Gov
Great Britain
War's Effects in Russia
Petrograd reports two years of war have strengthened Russia. She faced battle bravely, paid blood price, and is better off than two years ago. The first victory was abolishing vodka and ending drunkenness. The second was an economic industrial awakening as Russia learns to walk alone. The war's cost is weighed against social miracles achieved.
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England
L. Keen
London
Great Britain
Jutland
McKenna
Zemstvo Union
Russia
Ema
Plavn
Inghout
Germany
Kokovt Sow
Bervius Shidlovsky
Ussia
Tiga
Bleet Street
Strand
United Press Office
Embankment
Board of Trade Gazette
Paris
France
United States
Limoges
Dijon
Lyons
Thor Briey
Sieirney
William Philip Simms
Petrograd
Nen
Shidlovsky
Duma
Italy
Bank of Italy
Tiery
Austria
Yar
New
Frey
Mans
Floren
Arrnans
Italy Rebuilds Industry After War and Sanctions
Rome July 3 Italy seeks economic self sufficiency after war and German imports collapse. Russian peasants thrive as vodka bans lift distress. Municipal shops curb prices while inflation hits staples. bread milk coal and clothing rise. War toll shifts labor and industry toward home production under Italy First.
Germany's food problem near solution as war ends
Berlin reports that after a hard summer, Germany faces a gradually easing food crisis with substitutes common, abuses addressed, and prices high. Helfferich named interior minister aims to secure raw materials postwar and expand government control to stabilize industry and tax revenue.
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Berlin
Germany
Hamburg
Reichstag
Bavaria
Prussia
Batocki
Helfferich
University of Berlin
Deutsche Bank
Treasury
Interior
Spree
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Paign
Marchant
Fey
Wilson
America
A. Hart Drug Co
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Terminal Station
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Transfor
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Ashebbro
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Ashey
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Burkhead
Avent
Auro
Kyle
Leard
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