Great Number of Nurses Needed for Army Medical Corps
Washington reports emergency food rations and a push to enroll nurses for the medical department. Estimates show 87,000 nurses needed for an army of 1 million, with waivers to accelerate enlistments. Federal loans to farmers near 30 million fund equipment and supplies for war tasks.
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Washington
Arty Ourse
Medienl
Khomet
Fox Gurses
Food and thrift drive in North Carolina during war time
North Carolina hotels report saving large quantities of flour beef and pork and over 2600 pounds of sugar through Food Administration measures with some opposition. National Underwriters data show rising U S fire losses in 1917, while USDA campaigns highlight women and girls in the South organized for canning poultry and garden work benefiting mills and households under wartime conservation efforts.
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Pood Administration
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Food Administration
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United States
Young
Insurance Department
Washington, D
United States Department of Agriculture
South
Department of Agriculture
Coun
National Defense
McKimmon
Wake County
Jane
Club Uthers
Caraleigh
Raleigh
Else Yarborough
State Normal College
Patterson Mills
Roanoke Rapids
Cone Mills
Greensboro
Herald's Review Of North Carolina Capitol Events
A concise record of notable happenings at the North Carolina Capitol and across the state, detailing significant political, civic, and societal moments reported for Herald readers. Includes key dates, figures, and institutional actions shaping state affairs.
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North Carolina
Herald’s Review of
Capitol
Herald
Cattle Show Opens Amid Snow at North Carolina Meeting
A crowd between 700 and 1,000 attended the sixth annual North Carolina Live Stock Dairy and Poultry meeting with a full exhibit of dairy products meat and cattle. Key talks addressed hog production and a sale of 62 pure bred hogs netting 560 dollars. G A Holderness of Adgebcombe elected Swine Breeders Association president.
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Pinehurst
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Shay
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Holderness
Swine Breeder's Association
G. A Holderness
Adgecombe County
W. W. Shay
Haywood County
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Experiment Station
Aston
Watson and Center
North Carolina
FT. Pettus
Wilton
Clarence Poe
Raleigh
N.C
H H. Page
Swine Breeders’ Association
Stop disloyal talk in Asheville appoints special officer
Asheville Commissioner of Public Safety D Hiden Ramsey appoints Sergeant B M Cherry to lead a disloyal utterance investigation in the city and urges the public to call police headquarters when pro German talk is heard. Cherry returns from an officers training camp where health issues affected his performance.
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Asheville
D. Hiden Ramsey
North Carolina
B. M. Cherry
Ramsey
Move Freight Week 7 at Ivance January 14 to 21
A week 7 freight movement is scheduled from January 14 to 21 at Ivance. The plan outlines shipments and routing for the period with emphasis on timely transfers and load coordination.
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Move Freight
Demurrage Higher After 210 Freight Cars
Demurrage charges rise after 210 freight cars were detained. No further details provided in readable text.
Rail congestion drive faces Capitol criticism and calls for action
The administration bill to regulate railroad management faced early Capitol Hill opposition with proposals to end indefinite wartime government control and return to private ownership after the war. A Senate hearing questioned earnings in 1915, suggesting a 1916 17 period instead, while McAdoo urged a January freight moving week to unload cars and speed up the rail network.
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Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
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House Interstate Commerce Immittee
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Interstate Commerce
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McAdoo
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National Defense
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Tne
Supreme Court Backs Draft Act As Constitutional
Washington reports a unanimous Supreme Court opinion by Chief Justice White upholding Congress power to declare war and raise armies, sustaining the draft law. The decision rejects objections to the draft and indicates pending conspiracy cases, including Berkman Goldman Kramer and Becker, may be addressed separately.
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Congress
Washington
Juation White
Alexander Berkman
Emma Goldman
Louis Kramer
Morris Becker
New York
Army Cantonment at Bevoir Va Authorized
Washington reports approval of a new Army cantonment at Bevoir Virginia near Washington to train 18,000 engineers for overseas duty. Three months needed to complete the camp with troops deployed as accommodations allow for small units. Drafted men with engineering training will be sent to the camp.
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Washington
Bevoir
War Department
British War Office reports 1937 captures and losses
London details show total 114 544 prisoners and 781 guns captured on all fronts in 1937 while losses reached 28 279 prisoners and 166 guns. Western theater accounts for 74 121 prisoners and 531 guns captured, plus 27 200 prisoners and 166 guns lost. Palestine 17 646 prisoners and 108 guns. Mesopotamia 11 944 prisoners.
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London
War Office
Western Theater
Palestine
McAdoo Sets New Demurrage Rules for Domestic Traffic
Washington. Director General McAdoo announces higher railroad demurrage charges to push faster car releases during the national emergency. New rates start January 21 with two days free, then 4 per car for day two, rising to 10 per day later. urged shippers to cooperate and clear terminals despite higher costs. A. H. Smith notes growing accumulation east of Pittsburgh and Battle due to cold weather, illness among crews, and labor shortages, prompting extended service curtailment.
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Washington
McAdoo
A. H. Smith
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rector Sensoral
Peace talks with Russians suspended by German leaders
German leaders at a crown council meeting announced temporary suspension of peace negotiations with the Bolshevik government in Russia. Disputes over venue and neutral soil delayed talks, with Russians seeking Stockholm while Germans insisted on Brest-Litovsk as the sole venue. The decision followed Hindenburg and von unknown attendees at Merlin.
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Stockholm
Brest Litovsk
Brest-Litovsk
Leon Trotsky
Brest-Litovak
Merlin
Jon Hindenburg
von Lin Aondorm
Orst
Ste
Food Situation of Allies Worsens in War Europe
Washington reports the Allied food situation is graver than any time since the war began. Officials cite extreme shortages in England France and Italy with conditions in Germany and Austria offering the only glimmer of optimism amid growing concern.
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Washington
Europe
England
France
Italy
Germany
Austria
Motor Truck Trains From Detroit to Coast To Relieve Rails
Washington reports that after a successful trial of an army motor truck train from Detroit to the coast the quartermaster's department will start daily trains from Detroit for six weeks beginning January 10. The aim is to ease railroad congestion by moving army supplies overland and reduce the need to ship the trains.
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Washington
Detroit
eAtran Ttene
Hard to Please in a Chaotic Stage Review
A clipped dialogue notes the show lacking in substance yet praising the chorus as shapely. The exchange critiques the comedian’s talent and hints at performative bravado, with a rueful jab at legality of violent acts as a punchline.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
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