Food Shortages Threaten Allies During Critical War Months
Raleigh reports Dr. R L Wilbur warns the next few months are a critical period as food shortages loom for France and England and neutrals. The United States and Canada must export food while conserving beef pork fats sugar and wheat. American households urged to cut consumption to aid allies and save neutral Europeans from starvation.
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Raleigh
R. L. Wilbur
Herbert Hoover
State Food Administration
France
England
Italy
United States
Canada
America
Europe
Food Administration
Wilbur
Humanity
Golf Tourney Set at Lakewood Country Club
A large high class field is promised for Lakewood New Jersey as the annual fall golf tournament of the Country Club opens tomorrow. The event runs three days ending Saturday with a special 18 hole handicap. An entrance fee of $10 goes to the YMCA entertainment fund for soldiers.
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Lakewood
N. J
Country Club of
Y. M. C. A. Entertainment Fund
Credit to Belgium Reaches 7.5 Million Amid Allies Aid
Secretary McAdoo authorized another credit to Belgium totaling 7.5 million dollars increasing Belgium’s credits to 65.9 million and allied credits to 3.8839 billion dollars.
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Belgium
Washington
McAdoo
Pneumonia Claims Four More Soldiers at Camp Wheeler
Macon reports four more soldiers died of pneumonia yesterday at Camp Wheeler. The base hospital announced the deaths, noting the fatalities occurred among the list division troops.
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Macon
Camp Wheeler
Minor leagues buy 211 majors players in past year
Sports chatter notes minor leagues bought 211 major league players over the past year for 116,050 dollars. Yale freshmen page lists famous football names Dinos, Shevlin, Heffelfinger, Scully and Neville among its ranks.
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Yale
Dinos
Shevlin
Heffelfinger
Scully
Neville
Ironized Paw-Paw promising quick relief for indigestion
An advertisement claims Ironized Paw-Paw restores strength and digestion for the overworked or run down. It touts a 1 tablespoonful dose three times daily, notes it is sold by the Mann Drug Co and Interstate Drug Co., with price and mail order service from New York.
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Mann Drug Co
Interstate Drug Co., Inc
New York
New Experience for Jesse Pomeroy on Thanksgiving Day
Jesse Pomeroy, a longtime Charlestown State Prison inmate, is about to turn sixty and will share a Thanksgiving dinner at the same table with other inmates for the first time since his boyhood. He has spent forty years in solitary confinement.
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Jesse Pomeroy
Boston
Mass
Charlestown
Pomeroy
Governor’s order grants Pomeroy paroled privileges
After years of public agitation the solitary clause for Pomeroy’s sentence is removed. He is allowed to enjoy all privileges of other prisoners subject to good behavior. Tomorrow marks his first Thanksgiving under the new conditions.
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Wently
Pomeroy
Increase in Unfilled Cars Over Date Last Year
Fairfax Harrison, chairman of the Railroads War Board, reports from the American Railway Association that on November 1 unfilled car orders totaled 140012, up 25104 from last year. About 97000 orders are outside the congested region east of Chicago and north of the Potomac. remedies seek release of cars delayed in those regions.
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Washington
Fairfax Harrison
American Railway Association
Chicago
Potomac River
Railroads’ War Board
Fights Tonight Featuring Leonard Kirke in Denver
Benny Leonard meets Sailor Kirke in a 10 round bout in Denver. Jack Perry faces Vincent Pokorni in a 10 round match in Cleveland.
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Benny Leonard
Sailor Kirke
Denver
Jack Perry
Vincent Pokorni
Cleveland
Rail Schedule For Carolin And Yadkin R R Co
The 1917 timetable notes arrival and departure times at listed stations but warns that actual times are not guaranteed. The schedule is in effect July 10 1917 and applies to periodic train movements and station stops.
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Carolin & Yadkin R. R. CO
High Point
Thomasville
Cid
Denton High Rock
Broadway
A. Sherrod
Ed. L. Ragan
Bell
Centennial Avenue
Ad St
Union Furniture Company
Tate Street
Smith Street
West End Heights
J. M. Millikan
Gen
Mer
Penny Brothers
Nerican Land Company
Greensboro, N. C
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