Government Control Favored by Reconstruction Conference
Rochester results show nonpolitical platform urging retention of war era reforms and federal ownership or strong control of railroads telegraphs and telephones. It backs federal incorporation to supersede conflicting state regulation and calls to preserve key wartime agencies and expand federal housing and public health efforts.
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U. S
National Municipal League
Lawson Purdy
New York
Congress
Fuel and Food Administrations
War Industries Board
War Labor Board
War Trade Board
Merchant Marine
Reconstruction Plan Outlined by National Municipal League
A Rochester conference proposes a postwar program with a reconstruction commission as in France and Britain. Federal controls persist on railroads and communications, expand labor and employment cooperation, and keep war boards. Emphasis on housing reform, garden cities, health, and home rule alongside federal guidance for municipalities.
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Federal Bureau of Municipalities
Department of the Interior
America
Rochester
National Municipal League
Wilson
France
Great Britain
Federal Employment Service
War Labor Policies Board
War Trade Board Organization
Shipping Board
Merchant Marine
Food and Fuel
War Industries Board
Labor Department
Bureau of Industrial Housing
England
Lister Proposes Reclamation of Washington Lands
Spokane reports Gov. Ernest Lister proposes reclaiming 3,000,000 acres in central Washington through logging land disposal laws and federal irrigation financing while Kaleer Hill celebrations mark the Mardi Gras season with a bonfire and city events.
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Lister
Washington Lands
Spokane
Kaleer Hill
Gov
Alexander
Idaho
Ernest Lister
Washington
Washington Second in Low Fish Prices
Florida leads the nation in the lowest fish prices with California third. Washington ranks second in average prices per the state Fish Commissioner Darwin.
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Washington
Florida
Darwin
Caliifornia
Mountaineers Plan New Year Outing at Rai nier Park
The Mountaineers of Seattle organize a New Year's outing at Rai nier National Park beginning December 28 and running through January 1, 1919.
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Mountaineers
Seattle
Rainier National Park
Lloyd George Opposed to Old Political Ideas
Premier Lloyd George urged in Newcastle that the country should choose a principle over a party and warned against reverting to the old party system. He contrasted his coalition with Asquith's, noting Lansdowne was included in the former but not in his.
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Lloyd George
Aaquith
Coalition
Lansdowne
Salmon Condemned Worth $100000 Seized by Federal Agents
Federal agents seized 11 229 cases of salmon at the quartermaster pier intended for army consumption. An additional 73 cases at a local warehouse were seized Friday. The decomposed cans totaling 667 496 will be destroyed after treatment with acid and other methods.
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Quartermaster Pier
UltraAustria May Become Nation Amid Wilson Note
War Editor A EK Geldhof reports UltraAustria as a proposed new European nation forming from Hungary’s Ruthenian and Slavic groups. Ukro Kusinians, related to Ruthenians, debate self determination and potential union with Czecho Slovakia or Ukraine, with a three member committee drafting national aspirations for UltraRusinia.
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Carpathian Mountains
Czecho Slovakia
Ukrania
A. EK. Geldhof
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Washington, D. C
Europe
Wilson
Austria
Hungary
Galicia
Ukraine
Ukra Basinian National Council
Valentine Gorzo
Enlightenment
McKeesport
Michael J. Manchin
Homestead
Traction Men Signal Tacoma Line Sale
Tacoma officials were told that Stone Webster interests are ready to sell Tacoma Railway & Power Co and Pacific Traction Co properties. Manager Laula Bean stated a definite offer of sale will come when negotiations begin.
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Tacoma
Laula Bean
Tacoma Hallway & Vower Co
Stone Webster
Tacoma Railway & Power Co
Pacific Traction Co
Iceland Learns of Spanish Influenza Epidemic
Winnipeg reports Icelanders suffer a severe influenza outbreak with 66 percent of Reykjavik’s population, about 10 000 people, infected. Cables dated Nov 25 request aid from Prime Minister Magnusson in Reykjavik as Iceland endures a crisis unseen since the Black Ice of the sixteenth century.
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Winnipeg
Man
Magunason
Reykjavik
Iceland
Relatives Barred From Eastern Landings For Troop Returns
Brig. Gen. G. H. McManus announced that permits will not be issued to relatives and friends of soldiers for eastern landings. Relatives are asked to stay away from the piers to prevent congestion and speed troop movements to camps.
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New York
G. H. McManus
County Examinations Set for Early December
Burrows the county superintendent of schools announced December 5 6 and 7 as the state examination days for teachers to be held in room 507 of the county city building.
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Burrows
Boundaries debated as peace congress plans discuss self rule
The report outlines options for delineating national borders and proposes offering the country to the highest bidder between Ukraina and Czecho-Slovakia. It notes both nations seek influence and predicts public support leaning toward union with the Czecho-Slovaks once self determination is settled.
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Ukraina
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N. Y
Rochester Conference On American Reconstruction
United States
Federal
Dr. J. Brown
Orfheam
Third and
Medina
Newcastle
Eng
Eave
Madison
Eugene Levy
Poland
JUGO
Bulgaria
Gregory Zaeatkovich
Uhra Rusinia Ad
Czecho-Slovakia
Silesian
Carpathians
Slovaria
Landtop
Lavota
Eurapest
Slavia
Rumania
Tacoma Lines
Icelanders
PISO
Viretaris
Pike
G. E. Ricketts
Marmager
First Ave
Washington GT
Right Drug CO
Marjorie Lake
Broadway
Musical Comedy Company
Geo. M. Cohan
Johnnie Jones
Keystore
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