Denmark Reships US Goods Doubling Transatlantic Cost
New York article cites Ira Nelson Morris noting postwar Danish overstock and profitable reshipment of American goods to the United States. He explains reduced westbound freights, Copenhagen seeking Nordic port prominence, and ongoing North Sea coal and pulp wood trade developments amid Europe’s import needs.
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New York
Ira Nelson Morris
United States
Sweden
Denmark
America
Morris
Copenhagen
Europe
Bremlin
Hamburg
Daneh
England
Mr. Morris
Gold Flood Strains Swiss Banks Amid War Losses
President Sarafin of the Swiss bank warns Geneva that Switzerland is buried in a golden avalanche as gold stored in banks has no outlet in Europe. He cites halted industries and a near ruin of the hotel trade due to adverse exchange, noting Switzerland lost over six billion francs by the war.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Sarafin
Europe
M. Sarasin
U-Boat Unrestricted War Pushed at Pless Conference
Secret 1917 records reveal discussions among Hindenburg Ludendorff and Holtzendorff at Pless and Press. They pressed unrestricted U boat warfare citing revved up public support and the aim to end the war quickly with U S involvement, while Bethmann Hollweg warned of diplomatic risks.
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Berlin
Pless
von Hindenburg
Ludendorff
von Holtzendorff
von Bethmann-Hollweg
von Bethmann
United States
Foreign Office
South America
Reichstag
Press
Marshal von Vindenburg
Denmark
Holland
Switzerland
Somme
Bethmann-Hollweg
America
England
Square Seven Room House With Clapboard Exterior Appears Larger
William A. Radford explains a standard seven room square house 26 by 30 feet shown with ship lap siding to look broader. The piece argues square homes are economical, saleable, and good investments, urging families to build own homes for savings, stability, and social benefits.
Germany Hit by Mass Forgery of Import Permits
Berlin reports hundreds of millions of marks lost to the German government through forgery and sale of import permits by border gangs. Victims include municipalities and importers of foodstuffs. Police, aided by the Prussian food commissioner, tracked bands behind bars after raids by airplanes and border searches.
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Berlin
Koelnische Zettung
Red Army
Ruhr
Meissinger
Duesseldorf
Schiebertum
Ghostly disturbance unsettles Richmond trio in Ridley Park
Chester police faced a noisy early-morning scene as three burglary suspects from Richmond, Henry Brooks and two companions Walter Moore and Joseph Ford, allegedly screamed after claiming a ghost appeared in their cell. Officers calm them as the jailhouse uproar continued.
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Chester
Ridley Park
Henry Brooks
Richmond
Walter Moore
Joseph Ford
The Gatun Dam Tale From a Golf Swing
A Detroit Free Press clipping recounts a golf anecdote with Bishop Steenthly muttering Gatun as he misreads a fluke. Taft laughs and the bishop explains Gatun is the Panama Canal dam, 8,000 feet long, 2,000 wide, and about 105 feet deep, as mischief and scale collide on the greens.
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League of Nations
Mr. Taft
Chevy Chase
Steenthly
Gatun
Panama Canal
Detroit
Free Press
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