Republicans split over party future and reorganization
The article argues that progressives will not accept old guard leadership as Republicans seek to reorganize for 1920. It notes tensions between Penrose supporters and progressive voices like Borah La Follette and Kenyon, predicting a hard path to unity and a slim chance to regain power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Senate
Penrose
Borah
Kenyon
la Follette
Othay
Will H. Hays
National Committee
Republican Party
Hays
Taxing Liberty and Corporate Tax Proposals in Congress
The article debates federal taxes on corporations, contrasting an out-ytax system with the 80 percent war profits tax. It argues the impact would fall on "close" corporations and favors preserving power for a few influential owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Debate Over War Profits Tax Effects on Corporations
The argument contends the 80 percent war profits tax falls on corporations only, not individuals, risking disincentives for corporate investment and potential shifts toward fragmented competing units. It warns a broad shift could destabilize business and reduce revenue.
Germany Faces Billions in Postwar Debts and Ruin
The article surveys Allied demands for war reparations, noting Britain may seek around 40 billion dollars and France, Italy, Serbia, and the United States add more. It argues the U.S. may reject a giant indemnity while Germany is headed toward financial ruin, with debts and interest crippling the empire for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Svar
France
Italy
Serbia
United States
Belgium
Spain
Philippines
Edine
Uncertain fragmentary text on financial collapse and piracy
Fragmentary OCR notes describe repudiation and a large expedition's settlement leading to utter financial collapse. Mentions a transgressor bound by gases and ongoing judgment.
Depth bombs and U boat warfare in world war origins
A wartime reflection on the invention of the depth charge and its impact. It notes British use of Q boats to lure U boats and the depth bomb as the decisive weapon, with emphasis on secrecy and later wide adoption in peacetime education and research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Botto
Aosi
Great Britain
Earthquake Coming Report From a Telegraph Dispatch
A fragmented telegraphic dispatch satirically mocks wartime scenes with mock seismograph readings from Georgetown noting a distant quake. It jokes about indemnities, food relief, and Allied attitudes toward Germany while lampooning British behavior in Cologne and impressions of occupation.
Recessional at P. A. The tops of desks unrolled
A chaotic clocking out scene as workers hurry down and depart. One typist lingers over a dictation note while bosses vanish toward suburb and saloon. A final plea warns against overreaching the office romance as another day ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
At& P. A
How Great Wars Were Ended
This excerpt surveys Napoleon Bonaparte’s campaigns against Prussia and Russia, detailing his 1806 victories at Jena and Auerstadt, the 1807 triumph at Friedland, and the harsh terms imposed on Prussia, the rise of Westphalia, and the long-term consequences for European power dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prussia
I'redevick the Great
Frederick
Napoleon Bonaparte
France
Russia
Napoleon
Ind
Jena
Auerstadt
Berlin
Sriedland
Sjune
Nisit
Pheu
Mlle
Hohenzollern
Europe
Neneldon
Wilelas
Frederick the Ieat
Movies to be used on broad scale to educate soldiers
Paris reports the Y M C A will expand war era cinema education for American Expeditionary Force members. A $50,000 request backs broader programs covering biographies literature botany architecture and more. The overseas cinema department already runs 1400 weekly showings for troops in France England Scotland Italy and Gibraltar. Shows also reach the Italian and French armies and may extend to unteached Allied soldiers in Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Cinemma Department
Overseas Department
7. C. Lowe
Chicago
M. A
Switzerland
The Largest Volcano Crater of Haleakala Described
An article extols Haleakala as the world’s largest volcano crater claiming it spans twenty miles across and reaches two thousand feet deep in places. It imagines New York City dropped into the crater with its skyscrapers intact hidden from outside the rim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haleakala
New York City
Fish culture opens to women in outdoor hatcheries
The Conservation Commission of New York State reports fish culture as an occupation now open to women after the war. Women can work eight hours daily in hatcheries, with egg picking in winter and outdoor duties at jars. The chief fish culturist says women can advance and may even lead hatchery work given initiative and training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Conservation Commission of
New York State
United States Employment Service
Bernstorff
Montreal by law targets glass globules sales in city
The city hall drafts a by law to prohibit manufacturing and selling glass globules containing noxious gases for use in motion picture theaters. Complaints say the globules are broken in theaters and serve no purpose beyond causing a nuisance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forry
Montreal Star
Christmas Era Snippets and Satirical Snaps Across Marihuana Gazette
A collage of quips on war costs inflation and daily life from the Marihuana Gazette. Items lampoon Kaiser Holland rumors Christmas shopping woes and a drift of local humor about politics, manners, and odd anecdotes.
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Taxing Liberty
Corporation
Coblenz
Washington, D. C
Georgetown
Ward
Britain
Holland
Cologne
Bowe
Laat
Bert Payson Terhun
Rhe 'Pret Publishing Co
the Roy
Evening World
Rilbe
Westphalia
Jeromé Bonaparte
Poland
Dantzig
Bamanthy
Sharp
Kaiser
Louisville
Narrous Base
Henry Ford
Texas
Weha
Missouri
Flint Locke
Marihuana
Baya
Acre
Kansas
Cobb Webb
Marihuana; Gazette
Ann Arbor
Misa
Minnie + Sota
Miss I. Bippl
Marihugos
Ste Bae
Maude Mae Lozey
Marihuana Gazette
Peru
Chile
T. Bacle
Marthusna
Marihuaon Gazette
Mae Sacoon
Real Sport
By Briggs
Huta
Smnetys
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