Dynamite Used to Force Open Office in Portland
Police investigate a break in Portland where dynamite forced open the office of D. M. at the Tank building. Cash and valuable papers including deeds notes bonds and policies were stolen. Two $50 Liberty bonds were also reported stolen from a trunk. Inspectors Snow and Tackaberry lead the case with suspicion on railroad or transfer company employees.
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Rgt
Portland
D. M. Bua
Cta
San Francisco
W. G. Chandler
Southern Pacific
San Francinco
J. N. Dyer
Navy plans to man German ships after war ends
Washington Jan 26 Naval demobilization plans are in abstance and recruiting for permanent service is being pressed now so the navy may be prepared to man big German merchant ships allotted by the allied war council to aid in bringing the American army home from France.
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Washington
Alled War Council
France
Oriole Pioneers Lead to Big League Managers
History recalls the Orio les as fearless scrappers now five of their members reached the majors and managerial ranks. Arene McGraw Hughie Jennings Wilbert Robinson Joe Kelley and Kid Gleason are named as successors and leaders in early baseball lore. The piece notes McGraw and Jennings as standout successes and Gleason’s appointment to guide the Chicago White Sox.
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Arene McGrawnox
Joe Kelley
Oriole
Boston Braves
Cincinnati Reds
Orioles
Kid Gleason
Han Jue
Chicago White Sox
France trains mutilated men to earn livings in France
Bernard J. Shoninger, former president of the American Chamber of Commerce In Paris, describes French programs aiding crippled WWI veterans. He cites about 1.7 million severely crippled, schools across the country training in tailoring, carpentry, cabinet making, typewriting, stenography, and language, plus an American-style farm near Paris. More than 4,000 graduated with work placements, funded largely by American assistance led by Mrs. Baylies and others.
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New York
France
Bernard J. Shoninger
American Chamber of Commerce
Paris
America
Shoninger
Union of Foreign Colonies of
Algiers
Americ
Mra
Edmund Li. Haylie
Mra. Baylies
Edward T. Stotestory
Philadelphia
Parin
Ruth Law to attempt world flight from Japan voyage
Ruth Law plans to fly around the world as the first woman to attempt the feat. She sails for Japan to begin the grand circuit, intending the longest ocean voyages aboard steamers, and she was among Amar’s early female aviators who served in the American aviation services during the war.
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Ruth Law
Japan
Old Earth
Amar Fea
Breadlines by May First Predict Industrial Unemployment Rise
Labor figures and Morrison warn of breadlines in every industrial center by May 1 as building activity hoped to absorb task force workers. Surveys of unemployment in Chicago, Boston, New York, Cleveland, Portland, and other cities cited high counts. door-to-door drafts and immigration limits discussed to curb excess labor.
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Cald Frank
Morthon
Chicago
Boston
Kanes Chey
New York City
Cleveland
Portland
Ore
Aberdorm Wash
Milwauker
Morrison
Steel Companion and Packers
Morticon urges jobs and land plans in congress push
A fragment notes Mr. Morticon urging Congress to pay soldiers until they attain work, fund public building projects, and advance Secretary Lane’s land development plans immediately.
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Morticon
Congress
Lane
Son Named Robert Pershing Ingalls Through Hero Father
The newborn son of Mrs. Robert Ingalls of 607 Gordon Street has been given the name Robert Pershing Ingalls in honor of her soldier husband who died in France and of the United States leader. Private Hubert Ingalls, of Company H, 154th Infantry, was killed in action.
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France
United States
Robert Ingalls
Gordon Street
Robert Pershing Ingalla
Ingalls
Hubert Ingails
154Th Infantry
Woupdes
Over 36,000 Medals Conferred for Valor by Italy
Rome dispatch reports that in a single day the Italian army awarded 36,715 medals for valor to soldiers. About 7,000 were to the memory of fallen heroes, with medals presented to their families, while 30,408 went to living recipients. Of the total, 130 were gold medals.
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Italy
Henry Wood
United
Rome
Sol- Merz
Philadelphia Woman Praises Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Mrs Margaret from Hazzard Street Philadelphia reports seven years of pain and weakness ending after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She states others in her circle also benefited and urges sufferers of displacement irregularities and related pains to try the remedy.
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Philadelphia
Ge Pinkham
Margaret Am Hazzard
Anah Cnet
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Decorations Granted to Italian Soldiers in War Effort
A fragment notes that 13 090 medals were iron or bronze with most awards going to the elite units and special troops such as grenade throwers, guerrieri, sharp shooters and Alpini. It says decorations on that day represent only a portion of overall recognitions won during the war.
Record for longest accident-free flight time in service
Riverside California December 21 report notes Maj. Chas G. Richer medical corps at March Field highlights student aviators totaling 31,890 hours of flying time without a fatality. The claim emphasizes safety milestones in army aviation training during March field operations.
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Cal
March Aviation Fiet
Chas G. Richer
March Field
Han
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