Crosby chosen to head inter-allied council in London
Washington reports that Assistant Secretary Crosby of the U S Treasury has been chosen president of the inter-allied council formed in London. The move advances Secretary McAdoo and aims to bind allies into an economic unit for war needs. Crosby will likely be based in London or Paris during the war and has impressed officials in London and Paris with his finance and engineering knowledge.
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United Treasury
United States
Inter-Allied Council
United Es
Paris
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Council
House
Col. E. M. House
Europe
Military Academy
Army Engineers
Peace talks advance amid war fronts and naval losses
German officials say a draft treaty has been prepared and talks moved to Saturday as Russians seek further instructions. Italy’s front remains most active with heavy Austrian German casualties, while Franco Belgian fronts are largely quiet. British forces advance in Palestine near Jerusalem. Norwegian sailors total 6,009 losses. two airships vanish. a British destroyer sinks in a collision with survivors largely saved.
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Berlin
Palestine
Jerusalem
North Sea
British Admiralty
Charities Directory for Quincy Aid Network Listed
Judge McCarl compiles a Charities Directory to help Quincy residents access relief. The document names Associated Charities, Cheerful Home, Children’s Aid Society, Humane Society, Probation and Truant Officers, Police Matron, Overseer of the Poor, and City Physician with contact details and roles in aiding the needy and enforcing welfare provisions.
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Associated Charities
Gay Braxton
Cheerful Home
Children’s Aid Society
Frank Whitney
Thomas Nolan
Joel Smith
Mary A. White
White
Carl Hofmeister
Vermont St. Tel
Board of Supervisors
Quincy
H. O. Collins
Hampshire St. Tel
Former minister James Flonn Stutsmann dies in Washington
James Flonn Stutsmann, former minister to Bolivia, died in Washington on Saturday from heart disease. He was born in Peru Indiana and spent years in diplomacy.
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Washington
James Flonn Stutsmann
Bolivia
Peru
Ind
RIGHT TO USE SCOUTS NAME IN NEW YORK COURT
December 16 a commission will hear Lit General Robert Baden Powell head of the Boy Scouts England in the trial of Boy Scouts of America v United States Boy Scouts. The appellate division reverses a lower court ruling. Plaintiffs allege the US Boy Scouts falsely claimed approval by General Baden-Powell.
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New York
Robert B. Baden Powell
Boy Scouts
England
Supreme Court
Boy Scouts of America
United States
Scouts
Baden-Powell
Knight of the Thistle Crew Rescued After Ocean Disaster
Eighty four survivors were brought into port after the British steamer Knight of the Thistle foundered 200 miles southeast of Cape Race. The rescued crew, 64 members, included 23 English and the rest Chinese, were saved by an American naval collier late Saturday as a severe storm battered the vessel.
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Atlantic
Cape Race
Army Aiding Allies To Beat Submarine In France
The American Expeditionary Force reports vast purchases in France through the General Pershing board. In the first half of November the board bought 26 000 tons of tools and equipment 4000 tons of railway ties and 160 tons of cars, spending 18 060 000 francs. This freed cargo space on ships and supported French industry with allied war effort.
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France
General Pershing Board
Atlantic
United States
Purchacie Service
Pershing
Ife
Hood's Sarsaparilla: a trusted blood purifier tonic
Hood's Sarsaparilla has been a safe, reliable medicine for over 40 years and is known nationwide as a standard blood purifier. It is described as a general tonic and appetitemaker for all ages, pleasing to take, aiding digestion, and supplying rich red blood to maintain health. Get Hood's Sarsaparilla today and start taking it at once.
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