Internationalizing colonies and the League plan debate
The piece explains Wilson's open covenants idea for colonies to be administered under a League of Nations. It notes competitors like Britain Japan Australia and New Zealand seeking German possessions, plus concerns about funding development and loan repayment amid postwar debts, with Russia's unknown stance.
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Wilson
League of Nations
League
Great Britain
Japan
America
Caroline and
Marshall Islands
Australia
New Zealand
Equator
German New Guinea
Union of South Africa
Africa
India
Germany
Sam Hughes
Samoa
Congo
Belgium
Evidence of Quincey Taylor road bid and winter weather chatter
Montana quitoes appear while Maryland apples ripen as blossoms, pansies bloom and bees toil. Minnesota hosts houseboats and lawn tennis as Yellowstone winter moves and Jack Prophet counties shift. the piece notes uncertain forecasts, welcomes Chamber of Commerce cheer, and jokes about Coin Harvey shaping a bi metallic road surface.
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Montana
Maryland
Minnesota
St. Paul
Canada
Yellowstone Park
Jackson Hole
Wyoming
Red Desert
Colorado
Chamber of Commerce
Quincey
Taylor
Harvey
Illinois
What We Can Do If We Try by Dr Frank Crane
Dr Crane argues wartime economic feats show national energy and unity can drive peacetime growth. He warns losses exceed gains but urges applying wartime vigor to daily business for higher output profits and wages, citing national effort and Twain’s pilot analogy.
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Frank Crane
United States
France
Mark Twain
Aple
America
Closing the Gate to Immigration After the War
Washington argues Congress should bar immigration for four years with Cuba Canada and Newfoundland excluded. The plan targets Europe and aims to protect American employment and living standards amid postwar burdens, while the President may weigh in when a bill reaches his desk. Paris report notes no American troops will be sent to Turkey despite garrisoning needs.
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Washington Star
Congress
Cuba
Canada
Newfoundland
Europe
America
Turkey
Paris
United States
Food Relief Plan Devised by War Council and Hoover
Correspondence from Colonel E. M. House and foreign ministers outlines the world food relief commission with Herbert C. Hoover as director general. The plan, altered by French recommendations, assigns direct purchasing to national food administrations and sets loans to paying neutrals, with charity in select cases.
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House and War Council
Washington
E. M. House
Supreme War Council
Great Britain
France
Italy
Commission For World Food Relief
Herbert C. Hoover
State Department
Wilson
War Council
Associated Nations
New Mileage Books Go On Sale For 3060 Miles
Washington Feb 1 mileage script books good for 3060 miles cost 90 dollars plus 7.20 war tax will be placed on sale Feb 19 by the railroad administration. They apply on all government controlled roads with terms same as the 30 and 15 books. All the gold coin in circulation would weigh about 187 tons.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Reddy Fox Makes a Narrow Henhouse Escape
In a tense morning scene, Reddy Fox hides in a henhouse as Farmer Brown s Boy feeds the hens. A sudden dash by a red-coated fox slips by Roy, who spills corn and catches only a glimpse of the escape.
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Reddy Fox
Farmer Brown
Reddy
Roy
British transport Minnekahda lands 2736 troops in New York
The British transport Minnekahda arrived Friday with 2 736 troops from France. Most are from the 83rd division including eight companies of the 329th Infantry. The men are national army troops from Ohio and West Virginia.
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Howe
New York
Minnekahda
France
83Rd Division
329Th Infantry
National Army
Ohio
West Virginia
Germany Granted Large Grain Imports Under Allied Food Plan
The Hoover cable to Julius Barnes outlines Germany may import about 6 million bushels of breadstuffs monthly, largely from the United States, contingent on payment. France, Italy, and neutrals would take tens of millions more, with pork imports also approved to 130 million pounds monthly as payment and shipping are arranged.
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New York
Germany
United States
Herbert C. Hoover
Julius Barnes
United States Grain Corporation
France
Italy
Grain Corporation
Wt Supreme Food Council
President Wilson Eyes Brussels Visit Before Return
Paris February 1 The President still hopes to visit Brussels before sailing for home, delaying only for peace conference duties. If plans hold he would leave Paris around February 8 or 9 and reach Brest between February 12 and 15, with possible stops at Belgian battlefields.
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Paris
Wilson
Brussels
Belgium
Brest
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claim
Claim for $100 for incurable catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Medicine promises internal action on mucous surfaces. Ad cites forty years in business, price unknown, testimonials offered, I J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
I. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ghiloa
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