War Budget Estimates Hit 13 Billion for 1919
Treasury figures presented to Congress total 13.018 billion dollars for 1919 spending with 11.0 billion for the war. The army and navy receive the largest shares, including 1.138 billion for signal services and 892 million for field operations. Several smaller programs and park needs are listed, with net sinking fund adjustments.
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Washington
Congress
Treasury Department
Treasury
Ceees Aisiessier
Ccccecsees
Panama Canal
Postal Service
Army
Navy
Signal Service
Quartermaster Corps
Committee On Public Information
Allied Ministers Seek Passports for Russia as Peace Talks Loom
Vienna reports ministers ready to request passports for travel as allied powers weigh peace options. London cautions England over peace terms while Russia signals no separate settlement. Oslo and Stockholm carry updates on German and Russian positions and recent conferences in Kristiania.
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Russia
Vienna Neue Freie Presse
England
Dukhonin
London
von Kuehlmann
Amsterdam
Germany
Stockholm
Berlin
New Fatherland Party
Reichstag
London Morning Post
Tatiana
American Army and Navy Young Men's Christian Association
Paris
Aviator Cadet Killed at Fort Worth and Racetrack Fatalities
E. B. Hundley a Camp Taliaferro cadet in the signal corps aviation section died at Fort Worth when his plane plunged 2,500 feet. J. H. Cohan, mechanic for T. B. Haynes, was killed in Casper as Haynes car struck a plank and crashed. Haynes was unharmed. Nelson H. Norgren resigns as University of Utah athletic coach to undergo Army aviation corps physical at Berkeley.
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E. B. Hundley
Signal Corps
United States Army
Camp Taliaferro
Fort Worth
Tex
J. H. Cohan
T. B. Haynes
Haynes
Casper
Wyo
Cohan
Denver
Nelson H. Norgren
University of Utah
Berkeley
Cal
Aviation Corps of the Army
Fragmented Classified Ad Snippets From Early 20th Century Paper
Mixed fragments report patent remedies for liver bowels and stomach with references to Dr. Pierce pellets. Notes mention women in a coal mine at Henrietta Oklahoma and a Toledo Ohio business matter involving F J Cheney Co. Also cites Chicago auto thefts tally and a corrupt phrase about catarrh cures.
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Toledo
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F. J. Cheney & Co
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