Swiss Colonel Says Germany Not Weakened Despite Attrition
Berne April 19 Colonel Wille of the Swiss army reports from the German front that Allied hopes of Germany being worn down by attrition are misplaced. He cites German manpower, with 1.6 million killed or captured but over 2.4 million additions from 1914 1915 and 1917 recruits, and reserves approaching four million. He notes Germany may be strong enough to resist economic pressure but offers no firm forecast. The Baltimore American note adds a quip about a former cash officer.
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Congress Readies Railroad Legislation Slowdown
Washington April 19 Congress delays railroad reforms as Newlands resolution forms a joint commission to study federal ownership and regulation of railroads telecoms and other utilities. The ICC is eyed to regulate securities and mail pay while broader expansion and water power bills linger amid crowded agenda and partisan critiques.
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Women become omnibus conductors in London in wartime
London reports shows 70 women in training to operate buses as the L G O C replaces male staff lost to war. Applicants run 300 to 500 daily. training lasts about a fortnight then tested on active routes. Wages match men from 10 to 11.25 weekly with long shifts.
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London
London General Omnibus Company
Rother
Bill Aims Blow at Big Pork Barrel
A proposed measure before the House committee targets the pork barrel public buildings program. It would force Treasury investigations of new government buildings including population, postal receipts, rental costs, and maintenance, with a final Treasury verdict on necessity and lowest justifiable cost.
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Main
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House
Congress
Wilson
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Michigan
Secretary of the Treasury
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Women on Metropolitan and London Trams and Buses
The piece notes about 150 conductors on Metropolitan electric trains and nearly 100 on London united trams with North metropolitan trams totaling one third of conductors. It discusses initial doubts about employing women on large heavy cars but inquiries show women handle trolley poles, handbrakes, and fare collection well. It adds no current prospect of women driving omnibuses or trams and notes licensing women as taxicab drivers remains unresolved in London.
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London United Trams
North Metropolitan Trams
London
Letter Not Delivered From German Father to POW in France
A Hanover father wrote to his son, then a prisoner in a French camp near Bordeaux, saying conditions at home were improving. The French camp commander replied the German nation is starving, bread riots occur, women are shot for food, and that letters containing lies are not delivered to prisoners.
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Berlin
Hanover
Bordeaux
War papers printed by German authorities in occupied lands
Berlin reports the distribution of military controlled newspapers abroad. Ten papers issued in Russia, seven in German, two in Polish and one in Russian. In France the army runs thirteen weeklies and dailies, eleven German and two French. Belgium has forty five war papers, fourteen in French, twelve in German and French, thirteen in Flemish, eleven in German and two in German and Flemish.
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Berlin
Russia
France
Army
Belgium
Prices and hardships hit Warsaw residents hard
The report notes Warsaw rents rival German housing while bread and cake cost dear amounts. Bread runs on rationed cards, with white bread priced high and many people, including Jews, unable to afford meals. a Warsaw restaurant menu lists modest prices for soups, meats, beer, and desserts as prices press on residents already ruined by war.
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Warsaw
Germany
Coast Guard Considers Aero Corps Plan
Congress weighs creating an auxiliary aero plane corps for the Coast Guard to enhance search and rescue along the nation’s coastline. The service, with cutters and the Life Saving Service, would gain air patrols to reduce wrecks and speed relief to vessels in distress.
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United States Coast Guard
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Gulf
Great Lakes
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