Red Cross Expends 14 Million in Russia Relief War
The American Red Cross reports fourteen million dollars spent on relief in Russia for distribution of arteles from ambulances to safety pins. Commissions operated in Siberia western and southern Russia and the Baltic states employing 2 667 people including 503 Americans and distributing 106 000 items. Typhus and cholera battles, deadly hospital conditions, and refugee aid defined the effort amid heavy casualties and transport challenges.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Russia
Siberia
Baltic States
Red Cross
Methonia
Reval
George W. Winfield
Clifford Blanton
Aig
South
Crmea
Revision of Japanese textbooks used in US schools
Toratarodes, principal of a Seattle Japanese language school with 270 pupils, has returned to Tokyo to negotiate a revision of Japanese textbooks used for Japanese children abroad. He argues current texts sow misapprehensions about American Japanese relations and hopes revisions will ease anti Japanese sentiment in America.
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Tokio
Seattle
Toratarodes
United States
Takahata
America
Rush of Yank Tourists to France Disappointing
Paris reports a predicted 1,099,000 American tourists did not visit France this year. Hotelkeepers say business was modest, with about 200,000 police permits issued for stays over 15 days. South America contributed the most visitors, the United States a distant second, and other nations trailed. The strong Swiss franc kept traveler spending high while money stretched farther in France.
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Paris
France
South America
United States
Methodist church mobilizes 4.5 million Sunday School members for European relief
The Board of Sunday Schools of the Methodist Episcopal Church urges its 4.5 million members to devote Christmas offerings to food clothing medicine and other aid for suffering European children. Bishop John L. Nelson cites a dark winter outlook as he describes widespread need from Belgium to Russia and Asia Minor.
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Chicago
Board of Sunday Schools
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Europe
John JL. Nuelson
International Committee For the Relief of Children
Zurich
Switzerland
Russia
Australia
America
Belgium
Dalknatia
Albana
Montenegro
Slovakia
Macedonia
Greece
Turkey
Serbia
Bulgaria
Czecho-Slovakia
Hungary
Austria
Rumania
Germany
Poland
Lithuania
Latvia
Esthenia
Siberia
Asia Minor
Syria
Armonia
Mesopotamiia
Tordon Meal in Five Minutes at the Ritz
London reports a new American style service at the Ritz promising a complete meal in five minutes. The announcement claims the same food can be served in five minutes instead of the previous two hours.
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Tordon
London
Ritz
The High Cost of Demanding War Indemnities
A historical review lists major war indemnities from the past two centuries. Nations paid France, Britain, Russia and others sums ranging from millions to billions, with notable totals tied to Paris 1815, Versailles 1837, and other treaties.
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Germany
Paris
France
Great Britain
Austria
Prussia
Russia
Adrianople
Turkey
Nankin
China
Milan
Sardinia
Pekin
Mexico
Prague
Versailles
Constantinople
Shimonoseki
Japan
Greece
Holland
Cape of Good Hope
Demerara
Berbic
Ziron Ad Claims Kitchen Health and Iron Boost
A testimonial from Rev. B K McKenzie of Alabama touts Ziron as a cure for stomach trouble and poor appetite. The ad promises increased appetite, strength, and weight with iron supplementation, plus a money back guarantee if no benefit after the first bottle.
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Ala
Hoyle Named Cornell Rowing Coach After Courtney Death
John Hoyle, after 21 years as Cornell rowing coach, is appointed to fill the vacancy created by the late Charles E. Courtney. The move follows Courtney’s passing and names Hoyle as the new head coach at Ithaca New York.
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Ithaca
WN. Y
John Hoyle
Cornell
Chares E. Courtney
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