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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1917
Page
5
Government Tightens War Controls Across Nation
President Wilson signs a proclamation to round up German nationals aiding sabotage and propaganda. Attorney General Gregory plans drastic surveillance rules while Secretary Baker lowers the minimum age for the third officers training camp to twenty-one for January enlistment. No shipments to Russia are allowed until the Bolshevik threat subsides, and the United States will screen exports to ensure safe hands. If Bolsheviks seize power and seek peace with Germany, the embargo could become permanent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Department of Justice
United States
Baker
Gregory
Russia
Germany
Nebraska Victors A 13 to 3 Over Kansas In Big 12 Clash
Nebraska sealed the Missouri Valley title by beating Kansas 13 3 in Lawrence. The game featured a rapid Cornhusker surge in the second half and a bitterly fought battle at Memorial Stadium, Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Lawrence
Kansas
State House Notes Open Questions on Library Funds
State Treasurer Hall seeks a board ruling on using a $7000 library appropriation for the current biennium, avoiding warrants until a decision. State Auditor supports guidance by the same authority. Land Commissioner Shumway declares no deeds to state land for aliens, citing an obsolete alien land law and prompting possible disputes. Special agricultural courses to run Dec 8 with expanded offerings at the State Farm and university departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Nebraska’ Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Smith
State
G. L. Shumway
Nebraska
Congress
Commissioner Shumway
Shumway
California
State Farm
College of Agriculture
Nebraska 1917 Crop Report Shows Large Wheat Drop and Corn Rise
Secretary E. R. Danielson reports 1917 Nebraska crops totaling 7,932,650 acres of corn producing 223,488,778 bushels, 597,277 acres of winter wheat yielding 7,676,357 bushels, 304,978 acres of spring wheat yielding 4,925,640 bushels, and 2,978,949 acres of oats producing 116,551,989 bushels. Overall acreage reaches 17,350,998 with wheat down 2,466,479 compared with 1916 but corn and oats offset the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
E. R. Danielson
Finnish Autonomy Agreement Reported by Russian and Finnish Delegates
Reports from Moscow indicate an autonomy agreement for Finland reached among socialist parties forming a coalition government including some bolsheviks. The British House of Commons announced 8000 prisoners captured in operations around Hindeburg. Villa followers seized Ojinaga plaza after two hours of fighting with federal forces. Protests and mob violence against Jews spread in Kiev and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Andrew Bonar
Law
House of Commons
Hindeburg
Stockholm
Kiev
Ojinaga
Mex
Villa
Juan Espinosa Y Cordova
Cordova
Major Severson Reviews Seventh Regiment at Lincoln Armory
Federal inspection officers reviewed the Seventh regiment’s regimental staff headquarters sanitary detachment and Company H at the National Guard Armory in Lincoln last Tuesday. More than two hundred Nebraska Seventh members passed before inspectors, including 124 from Company H in Lincoln. Major Severson commended the staff and Lincoln Company H for their showing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Severson
National Guard
Lincoln
Nebraska Seventh
Lincoln Company
Ashton Named Second in Command of Seventh Nebraska Regiment
Fred W. Ashton of Grand Island, chairman of the South Platte exemption board, was chosen as second in command of the Seventh Nebraska regiment of the national guard under Governor Keith Neville. His appointment was announced at the governor’s office with other changes. Ashton will resign from the draft board due to the conscription act prohibiting military service members from serving on exemption or appeal boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Ashton
Fred W. Ashton
Grand Island
South Platte
Seventh
Nebraska Regiment
National Guard
Keith Neville
Ashton
Draft
Syracuse Football Tourney Set Turns Toward Lincoln
Syracuse University travels west to face Dr. Stewart's Cornhuskers in Lincoln as the team builds a name by routing Bucknell Rutgers and Forty-seventh United States Infantry. Net profits from the big game go to the Red Cross. Warden Fenton reports 185 prisoners at the penitentiary down from 300, with 198 on parole or furlough and 391 on rolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse University
Stewart
Cornhuskers
Lincoln
Syracuse
Quigate
Bucknell
Rutgers
Forty-seventh
United States Infantry
Red Cross Society
Fenton
Nebraska
Wright charged in padded meal claims case against Lincoln restaurateur
After filing criminal charges against Ernest EB Wright a Lincoln restaurant keeper the attorney general sues in district court for 1019.65 claiming he overcharged the state for meals supplied to national guardsmen. Wright is jailed unable to post 1400 bail awaiting federal grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest EB. Wright
Lincoln
Willis EB. Reed
Wright
Federal Grand Jury
State Auditor Clarifies County Treasurer Commission Scale
In response to A. J. Staples inquiry, State Auditor Smith outlines commissions treasurers may keep from state tax collections. Miscellaneous funds pay 10 percent on the first 6000 dollars, 4 percent on the next 4000, and 2 percent above 10000. School funds carry a uniform 1 percent. After meeting fixed salary, remaining commissions go to the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Staples
Arthur County
Smith
State Superintendent Receives Replies on Food Card Pledges
W H Clem mons reports parents answered requests to sign government food cards. He will forward responses to the state council of defense for action as deemed advisable. Cards serve as pledges to conserve food and are circulated via county superintendents through teachers to homes. Children are to return the cards to teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Clemmons
State Council of Defense
Cannot Collect for Care of Patients in State Hospitals
The attorney general's office is preparing a ruling that the state board of control cannot levy charges on relatives for patient support in state hospitals for the insane except for special services. It argues that state funding covers these institutions and relatives should not pay extra unless for additional services. Nebraska ranks high in draft implementation costs, Oklahoma and North Dakota having similar shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attorney General's Office
State Board of Control
Seed corn of 1916 crop called low germination quality
Nebraska farmers face poor germination in seed corn from the 1916 harvest. The state council of defense urges careful selection now and immediate drying of ears to prevent further deterioration. Farmers with good 1916 seed should reserve it for next year's planting rather than rely on 1917 crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
State Council of Defense
University of Nebraska seeks alumni war records
The University of Nebraska asks former students and alumni with war service to send their names and current addresses to Prof. G. R. Chatburn at the state university in Lincoln. The Records department seeks complete rosters for accurate archival listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Nebraska
G. R. Chatburn
State University
Lincoln
Navy calls for two hundred firemen engines from Nebraska district
Navy Recruiting Officer Brady in Lincoln announces two hundred firemen or enginemen aged 21 to 35 are to be trained immediately for operating oil burning electric propelled warships and merchantmen. Congress opens opportunities October 6 with pay from 55.50 to 145.70 monthly. experience not required. Rating decided at Omaha station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Nebraska” District
Brady
Lincoln
Congress
Omaha
Nebraska University
Kansas
Cornhuskers
Jayhawkers
Cosgrove
Washington
R.H. Enley
Wisner
Columbia Stock Powder ’Company
Bloomfield’ ‘Home Guard Company
Gordon
Nebraska War Work Boost Near 500000 Mark
Nebraska’s wartime fund drive for the Y M C A war work has reached 500000, two times the state’s $250000 apportionment. The nationwide total approaches 50000000, with Nebraska among leading states. Reports cover towns and groups, from Ulysses to Beatrice, Dawson to Lincoln, detailing fundraising, training, new units, and local war efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Young Men’s Christian Association
New York
Henry
Scottsbluft County
Ulysses Chapter
American ‘Red Cross
Butler County
Lincoln Home Guards
Aurora
Nebraska Knights of Columbus
Fort Omaha
Fort Grook
Fort Robinson
Odell
Gage County
Dawson
Knights of Columbus
Ole Vikeren
Arapahoe
Holdrege High School
Ashton C. Love
Army
Hansen
Wymore
Hemingford
Alliance
Box Butte
Trend
O'Neill
Iikhorn Valley Poultry Association
Hooper
Lancaster County
Roca
Saltillo
North Platte
Knights of Columbus of
Sons of Veterans
Seward
Dunbar
Olsen
Weeping Water
Omaha
Lincoln
Sidney
Y. M. C. A. War Fund
Red Cloud
War Mission Now in Paris Meeting With French Officials
Oklahoma coal operators face potential government seizure under Fuel Administrator Garfield if they halt production while demanding higher prices. Miners refuse wage increases retroactive to November 1 and seek more than 45 cents per ton, with a strike penalty clause contentious in the new agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oklahoma Coal
Garfield
Fuel Administration
Russia Rejects Separate Peace Offer, Vows Continued War
Petrograd reports that the council of peoples commissaries of the All Russian Congress rejects any separate peace. The move states the armistice proposal is not a peace forecast and would prompt renewed vigor by the revolutionary army against German imperialism until the German people overthrow their rulers and seek peace.
War Mission Now in Paris for Immediate Talks with French Heads
Col. H. M. House leads the American mission that arrived in Paris from England. French cabinet members and Ambassador Sharp welcomed the party with General Pershing. House said the mission came for work not a frolic and will confer with departmental heads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
H. M. House
England
M. Picton
Klotz
Clementele
William G. Sharp
General Pershing
House
Transports Reach French Port After Submarine Zone Run
French port reached after a perilous voyage as American transports in the submarine zone collided on the first night. One ship sustained a small bow hole and damaged guns but proceeded after temporary repairs. A torpedo wake was seen next night, yet all vessels reached port safely for repairs.
Kerensky Retreats as Fugitive Sailor Vanishes in Russia
Reports place Alexander Kerensky as a friendless fugitive near Petrograd and Moscow after disguising himself as a sailor during a mutinous Cossack incident. In London, Lloyd George urged rapid US troop deployment to aid Allied effort. In Iowa, constitutional prohibition failed by 932 votes in October 15 canvass showing 214,693 for and 215,625 against.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerensky
Petrograd
Alexander Kerensky
Russia
Moscow
Des Moines
Iowa
State Executive Council
Federal rounds up I W W agitators in Midwest
Federal authorities begin a roundup of I W W agitators in the middle west. Reports from Augusta Kansas say twenty two were arrested with unofficial word of many more in El Dorado and Augusta oil districts. Armed guards are about oil properties as the arrests may total hundreds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
W. W
Middle ‘West
Augusta
Kas
el Dorado
Rioting in Berlin Marks Fierce Clash with Police
Dispatches report serious rioting in Berlin on Sunday with heavy casualties as police used firearms. The Exchange Telegraph notes the German press was barred from publishing details and Amsterdam has not received Berlin papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Wireless Press
Exchange Telegraph Company
Amsterdam
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