Reserve Board Endorses Foreign Loans for US Credit
The Federal Reserve Board issued a statement in Washington on March 8 arguing that foreign securities investments can benefit the US balance of trade and credit. It says banks may invest a limited portion of resources in foreign issues, while avoiding excessive use of banking funds and supporting national economic stability amid wartime conditions.
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Federal Beers Board
J. P. Morgan & Co
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United States
Grisabie Foreign Securitien
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Saget
Thair Balerrogsions
Jitney Merchant Fleet May Break U-Boat Blockade
At a meeting in New York leaders of the Automobile Club of America Aero Club of America and Motor Home Club of America discussed a plan by P Huntington Clark to build low profile jitney ships to break a German blockade. The craft would be about 13 by 34 by 18 feet with 1000 ton capacity, costing about 100000 dollars each and offering potential for vast production under Ford standardization.
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Broad Street
Clari
Henry A. Wine Wood
Automobile Club of America
Aero Chup of America
Motor Hon! Club of America
West Pitty-fourth Street
Bradley
Fisker
Clarke
Clark
Wood
Ford
George H. Reeder
Ameri Jbulance Gorpa
30000 Women Enlist To Work At Front In Britain
More than 30000 English women volunteered to form an auxiliary army corps for service in France. Within 48 hours of the scheme’s announcement thousands of applications arrived at St Ermin’s, with groups of 200 to be sent across the Channel. Training will precede any deployment as the movement aims to mobilize women in roles from mechanics to cooks and operators, offering pay and future grants.
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Channel
England
Mra Tennant
Violet Markham
Mackworth
Lord Rhondda
Atorests
Wim Belo
France
Albert Hall
Lord Derby
Mee Tennant
Mian Markham
German Wireless in Mexico Seen as U S Threat
An official source reports a wireless plant in Mexico City linking with Germany, potentially bypassing censorship and enabling direct contact with Berlin. If confirmed, this could threaten U S neutrality at sea, allowing German agents to obtain voyage details and speed up coordination with Berlin.
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Mexico City
Germany
United States
Sayville
Turkerton
Atlantic
Berlin
Zimmermann Note Reached Eckhardt and Washington Told
Washington reported that the Zimmermann note to German Minister Eckhardt in Mexico City arrived. Two transmission methods were cited, wireless telegraph and a submarine delivery, with a second path via wireless transport to Mexico.
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Mexico City
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Mexico
Irish Declare Prussian Food War Against Dictator Warns Lloyd George
London March 8 Lloyd George must mediate as John Redmond and Irish Nationalists declare war on the government to oppose Home Rule and press for aid from British dominions and the United States. The manifesto calls for active nationalist support while warning of famine and German influence in Ireland amid food shortages and rationing crises.
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London
John Redmond
Ireland
British Dominions
United States
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Neville Chambers
Austen Chamberlain
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War Council
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Dardanelles
House of Commons
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Prme
Irish Party
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Dominions
Germany
Frith
Portogeas
Ae Keind
Senate adopts closure rule to limit Senate debate
The Senate approved a two thirds closure rule by a 76 to 3 vote to curb unlimited debate, with La Follette Gronna and Sherman voting no. The move follows pressure over armed neutrality and the question of arming ships without Congress. Amid debate, lawmakers note the rule aims to restore order and speed essential actions.
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Sherman
Congress
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France
Maryland
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Wilson
Laconia
Lewis
Belgium
Germany
Mexico
Mikado Proves He's a Poet Inauguration of Japanese poetry year
The Emperor of Japan sent a verse to the United States, received in Washington. On January 14 at Tokio’s Hall of the Phannix the Emperor and Empress led a ceremony to inaugurate the annual poetry gathering. The Emperor’s poem speaks of Fuji and the pine tree of the Ancestral Throne.
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Maree
Washington
Japan
Imperial Palace
Tokio
Senate Asked to Say President Has the Right To Protect Commerce
Senator Lewis introduced a Senate resolution declaring the President has the power to protect U S commerce with foreign nations as he does interstate trade. The measure states this authority is derived from the presidency to foster commerce with foreign nations, not from war powers.
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Senate
Washington
Lewis
United States Senate
United States
President Wilson Improves but Remains Bedbound
President Wilson, confined to bed with a cold since yesterday morning, is somewhat better tonight. He saw no callers today and will remain in bed for the moment. Dr. Cary T. Grayson said the president had a comfortable day though he still had fever.
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Narce
Wilson
Mnera
Cary T. Grayson
Woman vows Missouri exit if Stone remains in Senate
Miss Har riet Stilton of St Joseph Mo declares she will shift allegiance to New York or Michigan unless Senator William J Stone, part of Wilson's wilful group, resigns at once. Stilton, a suffrage leader, denounces the Missouri senator and vows to leave her native state rather than support him.
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President Wilson
Missouri
Congress
Harriet Stilton
St Joseph
New York
Michigan
Mixa Stilton
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