Navy to Release Large Portion of Reservists
Washington Feb 6 Rear Admiral Victor Blue chief of the bureau of navigation wrote to Congressman Padgett that the navy directs release of 40 percent of reserves 40 percent of war enlistments and 20 percent of regulars since the war began. Orders also discharge 20 000 shore duty and training camp men seeking release. Commanding officers to favor those with dependents and those seeking education. Detailed agency plans aim to demobilize shore personnel by Feb 20 with further releases through March 1. New enlistments run about 1600 weekly but effects on demobilization come later due to training requirements.
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Bolshevik Morale Shaken by Defeat Halted Offensive
Archangel report says American and Scottish forces in the Tulgas region disrupt Bolshevik morale after a costly January 31 attack. Deserters reach allied lines, meetings debate desertion. Bolsheviks planned multi-point push. Dvina front activity includes burning Upper Tulgas village and shelling Vaga line near Bolshnie Ozera.
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Exchange Views On Reparation Topics
Paris February 56 The peace conference committee on reparations met and exchanged views on principles for damages caused by the enemy. Memoranda from affected countries will be discussed at the next committee meeting on February 10. Louis Klotz, France’s finance minister, presided.
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Bolshevik Take Town Copenhagen Iveb Havasy Zhitomir
Report from this city states the Bolsheviks have captured the town of Zhitomir in Volhyna. Journal adds Havasy Iveb and Copenhagen are noted in the dispatches, indicating a broader Bolshevik advance. The information arrives amid ongoing conflict reports from the region.
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Taft Opposes Mandatory of Paris Parley
Taft predicts the mandatories plan from the peace conference will be unsatisfactory for a league of nations. He calls for legislative executive and judicial branches plus a court of arbitration and an executive council to implement decrees. The talk urges universal representation and warns against isolationism as entangling alliances loom. Bainbridge Colby Henry Van Dyke and Gifford Pinchot attended the Atlantic congress opening session in New York.
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Packer Influence Alleged in Meat Policy Control
Edward C. Lasater testifies before the House Interstate Commerce Committee that five large packing firms dictated meat policies and that Packers’ employees served the food administration for $1 a year. He contends Hoover yielded to packers, who then took sole charge of the meat end of the industry.
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Wilson
Federal Trade Commission
Hoover
House Committee
Herbert C. Hoover
J. P. Cotton
New York
Bromo Quinine Ad Claims Fast Cold Cure
An old advertisement touts Orly One brom quinine tablets for a rapid cold cure. It urges readers to call for the full product name Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab Iets and implies a signature by E. W. Grove. A 30 cent price is listed with the claim of curing a cold in one day.
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