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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 28, 1919

Page

7

Restricted AP Content Notice and Bureau Credits

The article notes that Associated Press dispatches are exclusive for republication in this paper and local news are included. It lists FRANKLIN P. ALCORN COMPANY as foreign advertising representative with addresses in New York and Chicago and notes entry as second class matter in Quincy, Indiana. It also mentions membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

Associated Press Franklin P. Alcorn Company Marbridge Building New York Peoples Gas Building Chicago

Price Fixing In Wheat Would Not Have Helped Farmers

The discussion argues that without a price guarantee wheat could have risen to extreme levels but would not have improved farmers' finances. Acknowledging possible higher costs for farm labor and equipment, it notes a wheat bubble could harm many farmers. Government actions like export control or buying and selling wheat to mills are debated, with taxation used to recoup losses on the 1919 crop. There is no essential difference in outcome.

Army muckraking meets mixed public mood over Pershing

Critics who planned to reveal army politics have quieted amid a wary public. The piece argues that public anger over Gen Pershing’s actions would be out of place as the nation contends with war fatigue and questions of local pride in military leadership.

Reddy Fox Trapped By Night Breeze In Hen Yard

Reddy Fox slips into a hen yard eager to reach the hens but leaves the gate half open. Old Man Coyote watches from hiding as a mischievous Night Breeze blows the gate shut. Reddy becomes a prisoner, unable to reach the hen house.

Reddy Fox Eddy Fox Old Man Coyote Reddy Old Man Coyote

New Jersey Mystery Puzzles Authorities

Authorities probing the discovery of a richly clad young woman’s body on the Palisades near Tenafly say the unidentified victim was likely murdered. Taxicab driver George White testified that six weeks earlier a tall man asked him to help lift a woman into the stranger’s car after an accident.

Tenafly N. J Palisades George White Englewood Lemoine

Missing Woman Sighting Tied to Stranger Car Trip

White testified that two men placed the woman in a car while a stranger drove off toward the location where a body was later found. The testimony links a car incident to the fatal discovery site.

Automobile White

March lays out plan to keep 500000 Army and rapid demobilization

Gen. March told the house military committee that a standing army of 500000 should be retained and ships including Allied and German tonnage will ship 300000 men monthly. With 1800000 overseas, demobilization could finish in six months, leaving 10 divisions in occupation if the President agrees. Most home camps will release 700000 personnel within a month, except overhead duty.

Washington House Military Committee March Army of Occupation Pershing

French Ambassador Named to Poland Commission

Paris January 28 Joseph Noulens French ambassador to Russia is chosen by the government as one of the French members of the commission appointed by the supreme council to visit Poland.

Paris Joseph Noulens Russia Bee Supreme Council Poland

British Grand Fleets Dispersed After Edinburgh Honor

Admiral Sir David Beatty announced that the British grand fleets have been dispersed and they received the freedom of the city of Edinburgh on Saturday.

London Montreal David Beatty Edinburgh

Troops Committee Reports Progress on Western Front garrison needs

Paris January 27 The supreme council committee reviewing allied and American troop numbers on the western front heard expert reports on the Rhine and Germany. Progress is reported though decisions remain to set exact garrison levels and frontier safeguards. The American troop return plan remains unaffected by committee decisions.

Paris Supreme Council Western Rhine Germany American War Department Europe Russia United States

Kaiser Morose Now Has Few Visitors

London report says former German emperor Wilhelm II at Amerongen has grown surly and rarely speaks to staff. He reportedly told friends his time there was nearly up while his wife remains cheerful and engaged with locals as visitors fade and correspondence dwindles.

London William Hohenzollern Amerongen

Admiral Chadwick Dies After Long Illness in New York

Rear Admiral French Ensor Chadwick U S N retired who served as chief of staff to Admiral Sampson in the Spanish American War died Monday at his winter home in New York after more than a year of illness Pneumonia followed a move from Newport Rhode Island to the city Mrs Chadwick was at his side during his final hours

New York French Ensor Chadwick Sampson Newport R. I Chadwick

Sloan's Liniment Ad Claims Quick Pain Relief

Sloan's Liniment relieves external pains soreness and stiffness without rubbing. It penetrates and is useful after exposure over exercise or unusual exertion. A large bottle lasts long and pays for itself with first application. Available at drug stores 30c 60c and 1 20.

Sloan

Smaller Nations Name Members of Four Committees

Representatives of powers with special interests met at the French foreign office to appoint members of missions based on Saturday's plenary decisions. Appointees include Belgium, Brazil, China, Serbia, Portugal, Greece, Poland, and Czecho Slovakia, with others yet unnamed and positions in several committees listed.

Paris Foreign Office Quai D’ Orsay Jules Cambon League of Nations Paul Fymans Belgium Epitacio Pessoa Brazil Wellington N, Koo China M. R. Vesnitch Serbia Janine Batalkha Rees Portugal Slobodan Yonovonitch Rumania Mr. Rosenthal Greece M. Politis Poland M. Vandervelde Mr. Mahaim Cuba A. S. Bustamante Czecho-Slovak Republic M. Benes H. E. Thomas C. T. Wang M. Coromilas Trumbitch Uruguay Carlos Banco

Swiss bar keeps socialist delegates from Berne conference

Swiss authorities bar socialist delegates from entering Switzerland for the Berne conference. Friederich Adler, the Austrian who killed Count Stuergkh, is refused admittance despite a visaed passport.

Adler Geneva Switzerland Berne Friederich Adler Count Stuergkh

Flour Mills Shut Down At Pillsbury Plant

Minneapolis jan 28 the entire Pillsbury flour milling system was shut down for a day after months of overproduction. president C A Loring said they produced more flour than they could sell and noted the government had not bought flour for several weeks.

Minneapolis Minn Pillsbury C. A. Loring

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