Continent Viewpoints on League and Wilson Share Spotlight
The INTER MOUNTAIN GLOBE reports a London editorial debate on including the League of Nations in the peace treaty and Wilson's role. It notes opposition in Britain and America, plus comments from Senator Lenroot and reactions from Paris and Buenos Aires about public interest, and covers a Peking monument ceremony and various brief foreign and domestic items.
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London
League of Nations
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Peace Conference
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England
Wilson
America
Amer
Paris
la Prenca
Buenos Aires
France
Lenroot
Germany
Senate
Seven Year Itch Under Civil War Veterans Debunked
The Kentucky Medical Journal debunks rumors of widespread seven year itch or camp itch linked to Civil War veterans. It explains two Army methods for cure, the seven day scrub and a one day method with skin treatment, then notes all clothes and bed linens must be sterilized by heat.
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Kentucky Medical Journal
Newport News
Cranston
Pledge to Help Pay WWI Debt Ends With Urging Solidarity
The verse appeals to readers to continue supporting Uncle Sam after the war by funding government loans. It recalls wartime sacrifice and urges not to be a piker at the end, promising that bonds and loans will finance postwar needs and national rebuilding.
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Kaiser Bill
Wilhelm
Sam
George Matthew Adams
Time to Fight in Camp Funston Tale of Objector Talk
Maj. Frank S. White Jr recalls a Nebraska lieutenant who tried to turn a Black soldier into a conscientious objector. The exchange centers on race religion and military duty as the man from Alabama weighs his duties and rest versus returning to his unit. The narrative blends wartime discipline with personal confrontation and faith.
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Robert Big Thunder
Wittenberg
Wis
Birmingham Age Herald
Camp Funston
Frank S. White, Jr
Nebraska
Alabama
Marah
Dhe South
Daffney
Ala
Kansas
Middle class in England forms Union to protect interests
A preliminary meeting in London under Maj. J. R. Pretyman Newman leads to creation of the Middle Class Union. The group aims to remove undue living costs, guard against bureaucratic and industrial tyranny, and defend members who lack organized representation.
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Associated Press
London
England
Maj
J. R. Pretyman Newman
Perpetual motion claim from Ollie Ray in Milroy Indiana
Ollie Ray a young mechanic in Milroy Indiana claims to have solved perpetual motion and offers a demonstration to authorities. He describes a wheel that powered a bicycle at high speed for six weeks with only lubricating oil and could run spools from a line shaft. He tore down the model to prevent theft and says he could rebuild it in hours after mustering out of the army as a coast guard defense guns mechanic at Fort Hamilton New York.
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Ray
Army
Coast Guard
Fort Hamilton
N. Y
CHANGE STREET NAMES
The Strasbourg city council works to rename streets from German to French designations. New names honor French battles and generals such as Rue Marechal Joffre Rue Foch Rue Gouraud and Rue Petain. Old names like Rue Gambetta and Rue Turenne are kept in memory alongside others like Avenue de la Marseillaise and Boulevard de la Marne.
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United Press
Strassbourg
Marechal Joffre
J. J. Rousseau
Rue Vauban
Avenue de la Marceillaise
Avenue de la Victoire
Boulevard de la Marne
Age de Verdun
Rue de Rheims
Rue de l'Argonne
Rue de Liege
Rue de l'Yser
Rue du Cercle
Hun
Isaac Walton Creel and the Walton Authorship Record
Letter to the London Times discusses a 191¢ catalogue entry for The fishing creel of Isaac Walton a leather creel with inscription to J D Anderson from Isaac Walton 1646 and notes Walton spelling and lack of pedigrees plus a fragmentary reference to unrelated divorce and German patents in the same text.
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Isaac Walton
London Times
America
Times
Messrs. Rotheby
J. D. Anderson
Isac Walton
Messrs. Sotheby
Walton
James Koeetham
Isaak Walton
Teach Soldiers Use of Artificial Limbs
London report from United Press notes England sees many schools teaching artificial arms and legs for mutilated war heroes. The pensions ministry started Charterhouse hospital training and backs private testing of better limbs. Sir Charles Hendersonine says most men persevere after a month of training though initial discomfort delays progress.
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United Press
London
England
Pensions Ministry
Charterhouse Military Hospital
Charles Henderdine
Charles
Literature and Trade in South America Insight
The Indianapolis News cites concern over U S ignorance of South American culture to boost trade. It notes that understanding Chinese culture and Belgium exports show broader lessons, but stresses that price and quality win the South American market in the long run.
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Indianapolis News
United States
South America
Boston Transcript
China
Belgium
As Mme. Roland Might Have Said
A reflection from the New York Evening Sun condemns internationalists and wartime propagandists. Bays Cottin is cited as a crude example of a mindset that disguises cruelty as humanity while criticizing those who oppose the Kaiser.
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Mme
Roland
New York Evening Sun
Bays Cottin
Premier Clemenceau
Belgium
France
Russia
United States
Cottin
Persian diplomat hops on carpet in green rose joke
A Persian diplomat visiting the United States on a special mission is entertained at a country home. The host finds the guest hopping across a green carpet with pink roses and learns the color is sacred to him. He explains the exercise is tiring but serves as a cultural ritual.
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Los Angeles Times
James Boggs the Loyal Booster and Story Listener
The narrator praises James Boggs for keen attention to a tale and constant laughter. It lauds his widespread local support, loyal friends in every ward, and active campaigning for county clerk sheriff or surveyor, portraying him as a steadfast community booster who “carries home the bacon.”
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Jim Boggs
Jim
James
Mexico Faces Threats From Internal Strife and Guerrilla Tactics
Fragmented text describes unrest in Mexico with references to guerrilla warfare and rising destructive forces. Mentions a Hessian government committee and questions about political support and money, signaling instability and potential reactions to ongoing conflict.
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Mexico
Winter Epidemics Ravage Northern Labrador Settlements
Dispatches report half the population of northern Labrador perished in a winter wave of influenza smallpox and measles. Nain and nearby settlements including Gak Hebron Groosewater Bay to Nain are nearly wiped out with few survivors and medical aid is scarce. The full extent awaits summer navigation.
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Labrador
Associated Press
Montreal
Montreal Btar
To &J. Johns
Nain
Gkak
Hebron
Grooswater Bay
Britto Labor Inquiry Recommends 48 Hour Week
London reports that a 60 member industrial conference committee urges a 48 hour work week with variations, discourages overtime, and fixes universal legal wage rates. It calls for employer and union recognition, unemployment plans, higher child employment ages, sick benefits, and new state Industries. A 400 member national industrial council is proposed with a 50 member standing committee. Government action requested for April 4.
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Associated Press
London
Lloyd George
PLAN NEW BARS TO IMMIGRATION
Boston March 26 A Warren Parker of the United States bureau of immigration outlined a draft immigration law with three main points. It calls for universal registration of current and prospective aliens, provisional or prohibitory status for entrants, and shifting the proof burden to aliens to show fitness for admission. Parker said the proposals result from months of study and will be presented to Congress next session.
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A. Warren Parker
United States Bureau of Immigration
Washington
Bureau of Immigration
United States
Boston Chamber of Commerce
A. Caminetti
Commissioner General of Immigration
Parker
Congress
Americans Reported Killed in Tien Tsin Incident
Two American men are dead in what appears to be a confrontation near Tien Tsin. The dispatch notes a British minister has traveled to Tien Tsin to investigate the killings.
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Tien Tsin
United Press
Tien Tein
Predicts Polish Attack by Soviet Government
A Paris dispatch reports a planned major campaign against Moland to be opened by the Haselan soviet government. The claim comes from M. Joffre once Bolshevist ambassador at Berlin, speaking at a Vilas meeting, via a word woven through party committees.
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Associated Press
Paris
M. Joffre
Berlin
Vilas
Paltz
Rhe
Export Boom Sends US Trade Surging in 1918- World Market Rise
Washington reports American exports averaging over 20 million dollars daily as 1918 figures show continued surge from 2 billion in 1914 to 7.6 billion annually. Plans for a united government fighting organization back exports, with a foreign trade advisory group and support from the War Finance Corporation to aid exporters. A national committee will coordinate all department efforts and aggressive measures against German under selling follow the Allied blockade.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce
America
United States
Gallin
Commerce Department
War Finance Corporation
Kimball bill removes memorials in Des Moines appropriation
In Des Moines on March 28 the Kimball bill allocating 750000 for a judiciary and library building passed the senate and was amended to drop all memorial features. The surplus Capitol Extension Fund will fund it without tax increases. The House defeated two memorial proposals for soldiers, yet Kimball bill may reach the lower house.
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Des Moines
Kimball
Senate
Iown
House
Assembly
Wilhelm Plans to Move from Holland to Switzerland
Geneve Switzerland March 31 Associated Press reports former German Emperor William, alarmed by threats, intends to leave Holland and seek refuge in Switzerland. La Blade newspaper ads show German and Austrian nobility seeking houses at moderate prices.
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Geneve
Switzerland
William of
Germany
Holland
la Bwinee Gwise
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