Food dictator improves German food supply and daily meals
Berlin reports Von Batocki as food dictator has stabilized distribution with higher bread rations and abundant vegetables. Central kitchens feed 100000 daily in Hamburg for five cents a head, while working families gain meals for 25 cents. Despite shortages, the poor live better than in peace.
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Berne
Berlin
Bund
von Batocki
Germany
Hamburg
England
Two and a Half Year Old to Star in twenty Year Film Contract
The New York Telegram reports a Hollywood plan where two and a half year old Lillian Read signs a twenty year contract with Thomas H Ince through her father. The agreement ties her to Inces projects with escalating weekly salaries and a clause voiding the deal if she marries, aiming to produce a Lillian Read film series and a child company led by Beulah Livingstone and Mrs Read at Blue Point and New York.
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New York Telegram
Lillian Read
J. Parker Read
Miss Read
Blue Point
L. A
Read
Thomas H. Ince
Lillian
Ince
New York
Beulah Livingstone
New US Russia Treaty Sought by Moscow Paper
Moscow based Ruskoe Slovo urges a new treaty with the United States arguing postwar imports place America first in Russia and that a new accord would free Russia from German economic control despite opposition from the Black Hundred.
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Moscow
Ruskoe Slovo
United States
Russia
Germany
America
XK Practical Sweetheart Makes a Frugal Plea
A couple in a study plan a future together. The bride asks for practical gifts noting violets cost more next to mutton chops and bread. He agrees to any expense but she suggests cheaper, heartwarming offerings to please her parents amid rising living costs.
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Chicago Herald
Protopopoff Voices Allied War Efforts and Russia Plans
Russian Duma vice president M. Protopopoff praises Allied wartime efforts in England France and Italy. He predicts a long war, calls for Allied economic cooperation and greater Russian exports while noting industrial setbacks and barriers from bureaucracy. He urges American settlement to help rebuild postwar Russia.
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London
Russia
M. Protopopoff
Duma
America
Portsmouth
England
France
Italy
Great Britain
Germany
Petrograd
Riga
Asia
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