Pardons Given in Hughes Aircraft Report Cases
Washington Dec 4 Lieut Col J G Vincent and George W Mixter named by Charles E Hughes in his report on aircraft production as having transacted with private interests were pardoned by President Wilson. Justice Dept action none. Gregory notes both acted in good faith and their services to the government were high value. Vincent, Packard Motor Car vice president, helped design the Liberty motor and supervised testing. Mixter owned stock in Curtiss Aircraft before selling. pardon recommended as unwitting.
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Washington
J. G. Vincent
George W. Mixter
Army
Charles E. Hughes
Wilson
White House
George Vincent
Ile
Col. Mixter
Col. Vincent
Department of Justice
Gregory
Signal Corps
Packard Company
Liberty
Vincent
Mixter
Hughes
Curtiss Airplane and Motor Corpora
Reception For Boys Home For Holidays
Plans for a Christmas week celebration for Adams county boys returning home from service are underway. Mrs E F Black has secured permission to use the courthouse and grounds. A Christmas tree on the lawn, movies, orchestra, dancing and refreshment booths are being arranged with wide representation from clubs and societies. County and city support is invited and every returning soldier is expected to attend.
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Adams County
E. F. Black
Court House
Hayseed Hop and influenza haunt Quincy scene
Local notices list Hayseed Hop by S. S. B. C. tonight and O'Farrell's orchestra. Virgil Johnston heads the Quincy exemption board but is home ill. Board of Education to meet Thursday in Musselman building. Multiple illness cases including Mrs Bates and Dr Bates. Ambulance calls log. Community updates cover hospitalizations, visits, and travel for ill residents.
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Hayseed Hop
O'Farrell
Virgil Johnston
Quincy
Green
Occidental
Board of Education
Board
Musselman
B.C
A. D. Bates
Dr. Bates
Camp Point
Bates
H. P. Lafler
State Bank
James Walker
Brookfield
St. Louis
Coens
James Simmons
Floyd Balzer
B. Balzer
Lindstreet
St. Mary Hospital
Mary Louise
George Berblinger
John Detize
Newtown
Camp Grant
H. E. Scarborough
Payson
J. D. Ross
la Prairie
Carl Weisenberger
Camp Dodge
J. B. Harvey
Browning
James Neet
Mary Terwell
Elm Street
Homer Hobson
St. Joseph
Edward Milton
North Tenth Street
Raymond Lutz
Dick Schuhart
Lutz
Julia Kendall
Contaburg
Gary Hamilton
J. Ln Myers
Mt. Sterling
Arthur C. Boger
John T. Spence
Charles Shults
Rello Booth
California
Frank MacFarland
Edith McFarland
Red Crees Society
Fraternity Temple
People's Bank
Marionates
Is. Hatthe Corkins
Elisabeth Grimea
W. R. Anderson
Lester Anderson
Lorena Simmonds
Altona
Julia Simmonds
Killa Slade
William Hunsaker
Ernest Spears
W. W. McHatton
Chester Foleckemer
Dorothy
J. A. Dorsey
Wilbur Dickhut
Clayton
Brewster
Violet Vering
Lloyd Curry
Galesburg
Mark Curry
Leora Mason
May
Boone Riley
Hannibal
Mordecai Riley
Mary Zeh
Leonard Zeh
Rankin Castle
The
Christian Church
William Grove
Lloyd Kirtley
Barnet Cummings
Roy Adams
George McCarty
Zula Little
Everett Miller
Ralph Warren
Llewellyn Frazier
Sam Curry
Bowen
St Antonius W C U Elected New Officers
New officers were elected at the St Antonius branch W C U No 1 monthly meeting in St Johns school hall Tuesday night. Elected were President Ben Engels Vice President Anton Winking Financial Secretary Gus Dierkes Recording Secretary George Olps Treasurer Herman Winking Trustees George Hoffman and Henry Street. Installation planned with St Ritas branch in January.
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St. Antonius
St. John's School Hall
Ben Engels
Anton Winking
Gus Dierkes
George Olps
Herman Winking
George Hoffman
Henry Street
St. Rita's
Spy trial testimony in Devens private Stringfellow
Ayer Dec 4 Mans Pressly 4 says Private Stringfellow of a field battalion at Camp Devens testified in his espionage trial. He described being approached by two men who offered to secure his release in exchange for information. He claimed he resisted their coercion and provided no valuable information.
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Ayer
Mans
Stringfellow
Camp Devens
Camp Point Boy Dies as Influenza Epidemic Spreads
At Camp Point Newton C Booth mourns as his 11 year old son Christopher dies from pneumonia amid a flu outbreak. Several relatives and neighbors ill with influenza, with doctors advising hospital transfer for many. Local notices report hospital trips, funerals, and community health concerns as illness sweeps the area.
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Camp Point
Newton C. Booth
Christopher
Yerra
Maplewood
N. C. Booth
William
Florence
Helen
Betty
Quincy
Caddick
Miller
Columbus
Bates
Maplewood School
Lillian Myers
Everett Stabler
William Turner
Clayton
Edith
Judith
Hielen
J. H. Rice
R. A. Omer
Evergreen Cemetery
Yanks Meet Cold Stares From German Workers in Towns
Associated Press reports in the American zone that German towns show indifference as U S Army advances toward the Rhine. Farmers and residents resume work while some Germans stare and small children display little emotion. Treves merchants note rising prices and interest in American dollars as Pershing calls for normal life. Returning soldiers seek civilian clothing, preferring to shed uniforms.
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Associated Press
Rhine
Treves
Pershing
Allies demand Kaiser and son handed to them
London dec 4 allies in conference at the foreign ministry agreed unanimously that Holland should deliver the former German emperor to the allies. The report notes strong support for extradition and heightens tension as wartime alignment continues.
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Associated Press
London
Foreign Ministry
Holland
World War I Peace Conference Debates Support Ration Reform
London and Paris reports say Allied leaders met with war cabinet members and premiers Clemenceau and Orlando to discuss the German emperor and reparations. Delegates considered Allied control of German railways coal and potash industries while no decisions were made without President Wilson present.
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Cosif de Esse
EB. M. Howse
London
Dontreet
Yarmttet
War Cabinet
Dominions
M. Clemenceau
Signor Orlando
France
Italy
Germany
Wilson
Quinine Laxative Brand Promoted in Ad Copy
An advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as safe for everyone without causing nervousness or ringing in the head. It notes only one Bromo Quinine product and includes E. W. Grove’s signature on the box.
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E. W. Grove
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