United States to Take Over Dutch Ships Under Widened War Plan
The United States and Britain will seize and operate Dutch ships held in ports if the Netherlands does not voluntarily transfer them by Monday. The move aims to ease Holland’s shortages by permitting breadstuff and cattle foods export, restore trade with colonies, and place responsibility for food shortages on Germany. The plan follows negotiations with the Hague and reflects Allied pressure amid German threats.
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Congress to Sit in Council on War Efforts Progress
Washington reports the administration moves to keep Congress fully informed on war preparations and European fighting. Senate military committee in session at the War department with the War Council and weekly meetings planned. House committee will join in similar arrangements to secure joint sessions as needed.
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German Brutality Seen in Aland Islands Alarm
Stockholm dispatch reports Swedish press anger over German measures forcing Åland Island Swedish population into the White Guard. Moeller leader of the Swedish Socialist delegation in Finland returns to Stockholm claiming German brutality. English civilians said arrested by the Germans.
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Stockholm
Aland Islands
Moeller
Finland
Grain Division Planned for Ukraine Supplies
An official dispatch from Copenhagen quoted by National Tidende states Germany and Austria will split Ukraine grain 50 50 until July 31. In the first half Austria gets two thirds and Germany one third. in the second half the proportions reverse.
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Copenhagen
National Tidende
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Austria
Ukraine
State News In Brief Highlights Various Local Events
John Miller 26 was killed at camp No. 22 while rigging when a ring fell. Ontario city issues 100000 in water works bonds. Red Cross event at Westlake Hotel raised 86.50 after a wax serving and cake sale. Oregon Dairymen’s League seeks market for condensed milk. senators asked for information. Camp 260000 Boys Working Reserve quotas announced by Labor Dept. Oregon 9600, Washington 15000, Idaho 4000, Wyoming 1500. Crook and Deschutes counties show strong wheat production efforts. Catherine Perkins, Cottage Grove planner, died after short illness. Two barns burned in Benton County inciting possible arson. OAC to unveil new service flag with three gold stars for Gerald Barrett, Norval Carrie, Verte Branland to be honored in April. Public protests over incomplete Pacific Highway work north of Salem. First sheep dip for ticks planned since 1907. Sanitary Livestock Board meeting moved to Portland. Pendleton patriotic celebration planned April 6 for Liberty Loan drive. Northwestern fruit growers urged thinning and irrigation for larger apples. Western Dredging & Exploration Co. formed with 400000 capital. Pacific Potato Starch plant at Beaverton begins grinding. adjustments ongoing. Public utilities hearing on Pacific Telegraph’s rates. Miller seeks appeal rights. St. Helens to Nehalem road project advances toward direct route to Nehalem Valley.
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Portland
Umatilla County War Fund Committee
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Kenneth McKay
Mi South
Northwestern Fruit Exchange
Muskrat Considered for Food by Washburn Opinion
An Minnesota Experiment Station note by F. L. Washburn urges using muskrat meat to lower living costs. He argues muskrats are clean, discriminating eaters and palatable when cooked as roasts or fricassees, with markets in the East and hunt clubs already embracing the dish known as marsh rabbit.
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Raising More Beef Cattle across the country
The article notes thousands of new breeding herds being established nationwide. Farmers and small ranchers increasingly select better helper cows and bulls for expanding herds. Agricultural journals advocate purebred cattle to improve herd quality and productivity.
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Lvestock
Grubs Injurious to Stock Impact Hides and Beef
Grubs under cattle skin from January to April weaken the herd and lower value. If left to grow they drop to the ground and reinfest cattle through spring and summer. Beef near grub areas turns slimy and greenish, butcher calls it lick ed beef. Losses average one third of hide value with beef loss per infected animal from three to five dollars.
Arranging Cattle Rations for Dry Cow Care
The dry cow diet should deliver protein to develop the fetus, provide four surplus for the cow’s body, supply adequate carbohydrates for fat, and include green feed for succulence. Green feed supports digestion by maintaining looser bowels and aiding nutrient assimilation.
Compost Heap Essential on Farms for Waste Use
With high costs of fer tilers the article urges farmers to maintain a compost heap for leaves ashes and other refuse to accumulate and reuse on the land ensuring cash savings and soil enrichment.
Fortunes in Smuggling at Haparanda New Klondike
In the Arctic Lapland frontier city of Haparanda Sweden smugglers thrive as Tornea river crossing grows. Sledges haul tea coffee rubber and sugar from Russia and Finland to Sweden where duty and profit lure frontier town types. Nightlife teems with champagne music officers and foreigners amid a steady stream of illicit commerce.
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Plans to drop bombs near dad's old home
Lloyd A. Lehrbass, a journalism student at the State University, told his father he enlisted in the U S Army Air Service and planned to fly to Berlin to drop a bomb near his father's birthplace in Marizon Wisconsin. The father blessed him and said he was proud. Lehrbass's Berlin-born father came to America as a child.
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Father, Husband and Son Helena Native Keeps War Effort Going
Mrs. W. S. Almon of Fairmont Montana aged seventy three travels to visit her son W S Almon Jr a leading merchant. Her family saw four wars touch their lives with her father marching to fight Mexicans and later killed at Vicksburg. She herself served in the Women’s Relief Corps during the Spanish week and now plans to bid farewell as her son heads to the aviation corps front. She continues knitting as the great struggle endures.
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Illinois
Vicksburg
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Wis & Woman's Relief Corps
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Large Feet Gets Him Off at Camp Travis
Private Ivey Cleveland of the 106th Depot Brigade at Camp Travis, Texas, is returning to Brazos bottoms with an honorable discharge after his feet proved too large for the army. He arrived in No 14 brogans, which soon wore out, and cannot fit into No 12 shoes even with double BH construction. Officers chose discharge to avoid costly custom footwear.
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Chicago makes giant war machines to speed munitions
Chicago engineers build a line of rapid shell turning lathes, gun boring machines, and a record breaking planer of concrete and iron. The first machine will be ready in two months, each unit costs 85000, and shell makers run 24 hours daily for mass production of 6 and 8 inch shells for American and British forces.
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Berkeley UC elects first female yell leader Miss Marlo Sutton
The junior class at the University of California Berkeley elects Marlo Sutton as yell leader, winning with more than twice as many votes than her male opponent J I White. Report mentions strong student support and contest at the polls.
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University of California
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