League of Nations and the American Constitution
In the Washington Star, Jas. Hugh Keeley argues the League of Nations aligns with the American constitutional spirit. He cites Jefferson, Texas, emancipation, and manifest destiny to show written law adapts to progress and urges embracing the League to safeguard global democracy.
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League OF Nations
Jefferson
Lincoln
McKinley
Seven Seas
Taft
League
Thomas Jefferson
Louisiana
France
New England
Texas
Tennessee
Hoar
Reed
Free Peoples
Great Britain
Republic of North America
Britain
Jas
Hugh Keeley
The
Washington Star
Victory Liberty Loan Funded to Save American Lives
Lewis B. Franklin, head of the U S War Loan Organization, says the Victory Liberty Loan will partly cover costs of saving more than 500000 American lives and thousands of allies. He notes American bravery helped weaken German resolve and that money spent aided the drive on Berlin, potentially shortening the war and bringing boys home safely.
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Lewis B. Franklin
U. S. War Loan Organization
Franklin
America
Berlin
France
War Dead Bodies Kept in France and Belgium
Parents urge the War Department to refrain from disinterring fallen soldiers in France and Belgium where graves are cared for. The scene echoes Colonel Roosevelt's view on Quentin Roosevelt's death that a body should lie where it fell.
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War Department
France
Belgium
Roosevelt
Quentin
Clover Seed Tops Prices Amid Record March Market
Clover seed opened at 830 a bush el at Toledo Ohio on March 27 marking a new high for a record breaking year. Stocks are low due to poor crop last year and even moderate buying keeps prices high. The current price is $10 above the March 1918 fair average. Record prices have marked the season throughout.
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Toledo
Bring the boys home from France with stamps
War savings stamps are urged as the means to finance the return of troops from France. The message emphasizes patriotic duty and national effort to support veterans through a savings program.
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France
Prices to Stay High in Prosperous Era Says Watson
Colonel Clarence W. Watson president of Consolidated Coal argues the United States faces the greatest era of prosperity. He says wages and prices will stay high as farm products and consumer goods rise, boosting farmers, wage earners, merchants and manufacturers alike. He notes farmers’ improved pay leads to greater cultivation and purchasing power.
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United States
Clarence W. Watson
Consolidated Coal Company
Office Rooms Scarce Hints Army Substations Plans
Bluefield suffers from buildings shortage as Colonel P. M. Shaffer reports, delaying sub recruiting offices. A station at Bluefield is planned but no suitable offices exist, Wheeling offices await authorization, with three sub stations already in Parkersburg Clarksburg and Charleston.
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Bluefield
P. M. Shaffer
West Virginia
Norfolk & Western
Shaffer
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Charleston
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
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Raleigh
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