Textile Industry Losses In France War Aftermath
A French textile expert estimates wartime losses may reach several hundred million francs in raw materials and finished goods. He notes German occupation drained woolen and linen centers while rail and credit disruptions threaten postwar restoration. He cites looted mills, heavy material shortages, and delayed machine restoration needing American technical help.
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Indus
France
St Influential Textile Corporation
As Frenes
Germany
Ludwig Granhofer
Fron
Macondine Neueste Nachrichten
Gemany
le Voteau
Roubax
Tourcoing
America
Art treasures moving from Britain to United States
Report by the British National Gallery trustees warns 400 famous works have left England in recent years. It lists 52 Rembrandts 21 Rubenses 27 van Dycks 10 Holbeins 29 Gainsboroughs and 13 Turners now abroad, mainly to America. The committee opposes export bans and taxes on sales but urges increased parliamentary grants and reserve funds for purchases.
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Associated Press
London
Britain
Metropolitan Museum
New York
Friedrich Museum
Berlin
British National Gallery
Lord Curzon
Great Britain
England
America
National Gallery
National Museums and Galleries
Friends of Art
Committee Named to Control Coal Export in Britain
London May 25 The government plans a wartime committee to regulate England s coal export trade. Chairman will be Russell Rea. All ships from British ports except liners must secure licenses for coal cargoes. The aim is conserve coal for British uses as output falls from enlistment of 150 000 miners and Admiralty demand far exceeds peacetime.
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London
England
Russell Rea
Germany
Admiralty
Mrs James A Bryan of New Bern Dies Suddenl
Mrs James A Bryan wife of a prominent banker in eastern North Carolina died suddenly at her New Bern home on Saturday of heart disease. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon.
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James A. Bryan
New Bern
James A. Bryn
North Carolina
Carson and Curzon Named to New British Cabinet
London May 26 The Times reports the new British cabinet will include Lord Curzon of Kedleston and Sir Edward Carson. Lord Lansdowne becomes foreign secretary to relieve Sir Edward Grey who needs a rest. Admiral Lord Fisher may not return to the admiralty and David Lloyd George may move to the war office as minister for munitions.
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Associated Press
London
Times
Lord Curzon
Kedleson
India
Sir Edward Carson
Lord Lansdowne
Sir Edward Grey
Foreign Office
Lord Fisher
Admiralty
David Lloyd-George
Exchequer
War Office
Allied Fleet Continues Operations in Dardanelles
Paris dispatch reports from Athens via Havas says the Allied fleet operates in the interior of the Dardanelles. Turkish batteries harass the moves but are being destroyed. a British submarine reportedly sank three Turkish transports in Marmora, with about 4000 Turkish soldiers drowned.
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Associated Press
Paris
Athens
Havas Alency
Mytilene
Straits of the
Dardanells
Sea of Marmora
No More Weather Forecasts For Newspapers
London reports no further weather forecasts will be issued to newspapers by the British meteorological service. On wartime orders from the war office forecasts were curtailed and only a brief daily forecast remained. Now the brief forecast may be considered useful to Germany if used with local center data.
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London
British Meteorological
PenRu
War Office
Germany
Berlin adopts knapsack rule for schoolgirls
Berlin announces a new education rule directing teachers parents and girls to carry school books in knapsacks on the back rather than handbags. The minister of education says handbags may cause spinal curvature and internal organ derangements.
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Berlin
Italy and Austria clash as Hindenburg plan unfolds
London reports Italy and Austria clash along the Adriatic coast with Italian and Austrian guards firing near Venice and in Tyrol. German forces under von Hindenburg aim quick defeat to discourage Italian advances as Allied fleets press at Gallipoli and Western fronts remain intense.
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London
Italy
Austria
Adriatic
Venice
Tyrol
von Hindenburg
River
Adige
Verona
Germany
England
Paris
Colcs
Rumania
Greece
Bulgaria
Bulgraria
Bulevria
Turkey
Sofia
Galicia
Russia
San
Jaroslav
Przemysl
Turkish Gunboat Palenk- terb sunk by hostile submarine
Official Turkish general staff statement reports the 25 year old gunboat Palenk- terb sunk this afternoon by a hostile submarine near Constantinople. Two crew members were killed while the remaining sailors escaped unharmed.
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Constantinople
Berlin
London
Opening of Wilkesboro Federal Court Postponed
Asheville May 25 Judge Boyd postponed the opening of the district court at Wilkesboro until June 1 due to the unfinished Givert Hopkins lease matter in this locale.
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Wilkesboro
Asheville
Boyd
Emperor William Responds To French Family Clothing Appeal
Bertin May 25. Taegliche Runds reports the German emperor supplied at his headquarters clothes from a French lieutenant and family after an appeal by friends in Luxembourg. A list was sent through General von Plessen and three days later the items were delivered by a high officer.
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Associated Press
Bertin
Taegliche Rundschau
France
Luxembourg
General von Plessen
TIZ promises instant relief for aching feet
An ad touts TIZ as a quick cure for sore feet including corns bunions and swelling. It claims instant relief after a foot soak, removing toxins and odor, and offers a 25 cent box at drug or department stores.
Southern Railway Announces Very Low Round Trip Fares
Southern Railway promotes low round trip fares for California expositions in San Francisco and San Diego with sales dates March 1 to November 30, 1915 and final return by December 31. Tickets offer diverse routing with stopovers, through connections via Memphis, St Louis, Chicago or New Orleans, and special Pullman car parties. Contact local agents or Division Passenger Agent R. H. De Butts in Charlotte, NC for details.
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Seattle
Portland
Southern Railway
Memphis
St. Louis
Chicago
New Orleans
Sunset
R. H. DeButts
Charlotte
N. C
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Allied
Dardanelles
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Teutor
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Poland
Rawka
Arras
Tvermeans
Gallipoli
William
Shelby
Ae, Cee
Standard Oil
Washington, D. C
Norfolk, Va
Richmond, Va
New Jersey
Baltimore
Charlotte, N. C
Charleston, W. Va
Charleston, S. C
Enterprise
North State Telephone Co
High Point
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