Lowden for Better Highways
In Bloomington Illinois Governor Frank Lowden urged approval of a proposed 60 million dollar bond issue for permanent road improvements. The Illinois Highway Improvement association elected officers including W G Edens as president and Thomas Sudduth as treasurer. Lowden stressed bonds and war-financing, noting highways would aid postwar employment and national security.
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Bloomington
Ill
Illinois Highway Improvement Association
W. G. Edens
Chicago
Thomas Sudduth
Robert W.dunn
Frank Lowden
Ilinois
Lowden
Stovall Sees No Immediate Peace Prospects From Germany
Pleasant A. Stovall, minister to Switzerland, returns to Washington after four years and tells President Wilson that Germany’s morale is waning. He predicts possible revolution as the war is called a total failure, cites worsening food and economic conditions, and notes Switzerland will maintain genuine neutrality.
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Washington
Germany
Pleasant A. Stovall
Switzerland
Wilson
Stovall
Baron’s Papers May Unfold Plot In Sinn Fein Case
Secret service agents continued probing the Sinn Fein plot linked to Gen Mellowes. Pending arrests were hinted at as papers seized from Baron Max Von Recklinghausen were examined for links to Irish revolutionary activity. Flynn said the documents are valuable to the American government. Mellowes remains in custody unable to post bail of $7,500.
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New York
Secret Service
Sinn Fein
Iam Mellowes
Max von Recklinghausen
Mellowes
von Recklinghausen
William J. Flynn
Wrist watches baffling enemy in France front line
Yankee ingenuity cited by Robert Redfield Jr of Chicago who returned from months as a Red Cross ambulance driver. He reports illuminated wrists from American watches being used behind trenches to guide ambulance drivers toward field hospitals. Lights forbidden, but watch-lit hands aid navigation for wounded and evacuations.
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Chicago
France
Robert Redfield, Jr
Red Cross
Redfield
Wheatless Day Brings New Flour Make-Up
Chicago observed wheatless day with hotel and restaurant compliance and many households adopting alternatives like corn and rice cakes and alfalfa bread and muffins. Alfalfa-based pastries were noted as modestly successful, with flour-saving themes highlighted at a Chicago Association of Commerce banquet and by Lord Northcliffe who praised American mobilization and urged shipbuilding to complement effects of conscription and production.
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Chicago
Lord Northcliffe
Chicago Association of Commerce
Uncle Sam
Northcliffe
Illinois women prove loyal to nation’s need
Springfield Illinois October 25 Women of Illinois under the leadership of the women s liberty loan committee of the milan? council of defense sold 2 801 759 in bonds up to Wednesday night reports to Mrs Howard T Wilson of Virden chairman of the committee 1 500 000 subscribed in Cook county 501 750 in the seventh federal reserve district outside Chicago and 500 000 downstate in counties in the eighth district In Springfield the women s committee was responsible for 165 000 in subscriptions Princeton High school led in the state race selling 154 bonds totaling 18 050
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Springfield
Ill
Ilinois
Women's Liberty Loan Committee
Minais Council of Defense
Howard T. Wilson
Virden
Cook County
Federal Reserve
Chicago
Princeton High School
Sugar at Right Price Aims to Curb Retail Profits
Washington October 25 1920 two hundred million pounds of Louisiana sugar contracted by American Sugar Refining will move next week to ease eastern shortages. Price paid about 13 million dollars averaging 6 12 cents a pound and wholesalers expected to pay 8 35 cents on the seaboard with prices dropping to 7 25 by year end. The food administration sets consumer targets near nine cents now and not more than eight by year end. refiners and distributors told to withhold supplies from price gougers. Organizations will publish state price data to aid enforcement and expose profiteers.
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Washington
Louisiana
American Sugar Refining Company
Eastern Seaboard
Seaboard
Food Administration
Northeast
Freighter Survives Torpedo Pass Under its Keel
An American freighter escaping a Teuton submarine off an Atlantic port on Oct 25 reported that a torpedo aimed at its bows passed beneath the keel because the vessel was riding high in ballast. No explosion occurred, and the torpedo continued harmlessly away.
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Atlantic
Mediterranean
Genoa
Illinois milk men arouse anger of Mayor Mollman
East St Louis October 25 Mayor Mollman ordered thirty five members of the Southern Illinois Milk Producers association from City Hall after they refused to allow Mrs E M Grossman representing the legislative committee of the women's food conservation committee news papermen and others to attend a meeting on milk prices for St Louis distributors The exchange included a vow to “throw eggs” if necessary to obtain information as 100000 women in St Louis are keenly interested in the milk issue
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East ST. Louis
Hil
Mollman
Southern Illinois Milk Producers’ Association
E. M. Grossman
Women's Food Conservation Committee
St. Louis
City Hall
Decline in Intoxication Cases Ties to War Economy
New York on October 25 reports a marked decrease in intoxication cases over the last three months. The municipal board of inebriety attributes the drop to higher liquor costs and more extensive wartime employment. The city hospital alcoholic ward has unusually few patients, and police courts report similar conditions.
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New York
Municipal Board
Loyal men hold town sell bonds in German Manilla
In Manilla Indiana on October 25 a German community acts to meet Liberty Loan quotas after Aspinwall hall denial and Brus arrest. A 15 car delegation led by Mayor Roscoe Saunders orders stores closed and bonds sold, with investigations ongoing for those who refused.
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Manilla
Aspinwall
John Brus
United States
State Defense Council
Brus
Liberty Loan
Roscoe Saunders
Mr. Saunders
Germany Will Be Beaten Message From Pershing Quoted
Bishop Luther B. Wilson of New York relayed Gen. Pershing’s message at a Liberty Loan rally in Baltimore. He said Germany is not invincible and will be conquered, praising American efforts in France and urging greater loan support to erode the Kaiser’s power.
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Lord Northcliffe
United States
Dusseldorf
Atlantic
Baltimore
Luther B. Wilson
Methodist Episcopal Church of New York
France
Gen. Pershing
Germany
Wilson
Roosevelt Calls for Libe r ty Joan Support at Oyster Bay
Col Theodore Roosevelt urged citizens to fund Liberty Loan drives during a Liberty Day gathering in Oyster Bay on Wednesday afternoon. He argued American volunteers fight abroad with allies to avoid fighting at home without them. He urged action over empty patriotism, saying people should "shoot the way he shouts."
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Oyster Bay
N.Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Liberty Day Drives Across The Nation Endorsed
Boston reports Liberty day subscriptions reaching 237 875 000 in the district while California and the Pacific coast tallies near 47 000 000. Missouri and Kansas City note large parades and rallies with speakers urging swift action. Pittsburgh exceeds its quota with about 95 000 000 subscribed to the second liberty loan.
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Fairbanks
Kansas City
Charles W. Fairbanks
James A. Reed
Missouri
France
Liberty Loan Subscriptions Surpass Quotas Despite Storm
Philadelphia workers total Liberty loan sales 16 million dollars on Liberty Day, narrowing district shortfall to 9 million of 250 million. In New York district subscriptions reach 935 million, up 120 million, surpassing minimum by 33 million.
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Philadelphia
Liberty Loan
New York
Federal Reserve District
Treasury Department
Bluejackets to Operate All Transports
Washington news reports that naval officers will command all transports in wartime service to improve efficiency and reduce submarine risk. The shift follows the sinking of the civilian manned Antilles and emphasizes navy strength in engine room operations and overall ship performance.
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Washington
Antilles
Michaelis Ready to Resign as German Chancellor
London Oct 25 Dr Georg Michaelis the German imperial chancellor has placed his portfolio in the hands of Emperor William according to an Amsterdam dispatch via wireless press.
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London
Georg Michaelis
William
Amsterdam
Old Secret Service Man Dies in Waterbury
Levy W. Richardson a former Secret Service member who helped search for Lincoln's assassin died at his Waterbury home on Wednesday.
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Secret Service
Waterbury
Conn
Levy W. Richardson
Lincoln
Liberty Loan Subscriptions Near 3 Billion Mark
A flood of Liberty day subscriptions pushed the second Liberty loan toward its $5 billion goal. Treasury officials estimated near $3,000,000,000 with returns still incomplete due to weather and telegram outages. Districts reported strong progress from Boston to San Francisco with President Wilson contributing $13,500 in part payment.
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Washington
Liberty Day
Liberty Loan
Banner Day
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve
McAdoo
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
Ceceee Caae
St. Louis
Parry Err
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Nak Wind
Dallas
Shes Eld Ag
San Francisco
Treasury
Wilson
Publicity Bureau
Galveston
Texas
Gerard
Ohio
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Toledo
Youngstown
Chicago
Michigan
Ilinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Indiana
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Kaiser
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Roosevelt
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Bluejackets
Michaelis
Los Angeles
San Diego
Oregon
Nevada
Arizona
Hawaii
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Maryland
District of Columbia
Alexandria
Potomac
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