Government Railroads Move to Shortest Routes Under McAdoo
Washington December 31. The railroad war board continues under Director General McAdoo to direct traffic over the most convenient routes. The five executives will pool traffic previously blocked by antitrust laws and orders urge move freight by shortest route and sustain government control. Legislation to guarantee prewar revenues is drafted, while questions linger on railroad employees becoming government workers.
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Washington
Railroad War Board
McAdoo
A. W. Thompson
Baltimore & Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
War Board
Robert S. Lovett
Food and
Quartermasters’ Corps
Congress
Torpedo gyroscope foreman held on treason charge
Paul Hennig a naturalized German foreman at a Brooklyn torpedo plant was ordered detained without bail in federal court on treason charges. He allegedly supervised assembling gyroscopes that control torpedoes and some were found maliciously mutilated, potentially rendering weapons useless or dangerous to the user.
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New York
Paul Hennig
Brooklyn
United States
Hennig
France
CONFIRM SINKING OF SHIP Vinovia Freight Vessel Sunk by Uboat
New York officials of Cunard confirm reports that the steamship Vinovia, a 6500 ton freight carrier, was sunk by a German submarine off the British Isles. The sinking was previously reported and now officially acknowledged.
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Cunard Line
British Isles
New York
Vinovia
Vinowin
Washington
Navy Department
Fanning
Nicholson
French Flyers Bomb Depot Night Raids Reported
Paris dispatch says patrols clashed north of the emin des Dames and near Sagigneul. French aviators bombarded Mailleres-Les-Metz, Thionville, and German sites near Yousieres and Rethel in a night action.
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Paris
Emin Des Dames
Sagigneul
Mailleres-Les-Metz
Consolidation approved at Sunol school meeting
County Superintendent Anna McFadden attended the special meeting at the schoolhouse where every vote favored consolidation. A future meeting will elect a new school board. Teachers and pupils are back to work after a week’s vacation. Local residents and visitors, including the Booth family and area farmers, were noted in routine activity sightings.
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Anna McFadden
Lois
Leah Booth
Lincoln Fter
W. P. Hutchins
John Junker
Guy Lough
Emil Englert
Andrew Nelson
Potter
Ford
Smithberg
Alliance
C. W. Smith
Mons Johnson
North Divide
Lee
France
Aviation Corps
Cr. W. Smith
W. B. Wallace
Sidney
Guy Gilbert
Engiert and
Pavlat
Oscar Fenske
Albert Fenske
L. EB. Allington
Joe Demers
Esther Booth
Sidney residents share news of health, travel, and land deals
Rude Eschleman reports his wife's better condition as friends celebrate. Mrs. Wm Jeudas and Mrs. Henry Ehmke of Sidney travel to Cheyenne to seek specialist advice for health concerns and plan another visit. Ray Frame visits Sidney for business while Lewis Shulenberg and wife return for a picture show.
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Rude Eschleman
Wm. Jeudas
Henry Ehmke
Sidney
Cheyenne
Wyo
Ray Frame
Lewis Shulenberg
A. B. McCann
Huntsman
T. C. Spiker
Clyde Kinton
Farmers’ Cooperative Union
Dalton
Messrs
Tom and
Geo. Dodds
Belgrade
Nance County
Pete Beyer
Frank Portrey
J. M. White
Edison
David Jones
Jones
Chas
Milt Stanley
Shubert
Gurley
Richardson County
Cheyenne County
Fred Bartells
John Weimer
Glenda
Eggs in storage rise in December report
United States Department of Agriculture bureau of markets notes 1,662,343 cases of eggs in storage across 328 storage houses. Reports from 381 companies show 1,487,274 cases on hand December 15, up from 1,808,454 a year ago, a 21.3 percent increase. Companies reporting both December 1 and 15 totaled 411 with a 641,543 case decrease, or 28.4 percent.
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Washington
Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Italian Town Raided By Huns Near Padua
A large enemy air fleet attacked Padua and surrounding towns Friday night. Thirteen people died and 60 were wounded, mostly women. Bombs struck public squares hotels clubs and churches showing brutal, personal hostility.
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Italy
Padua
Tn Pdua
How to Remove a Rusted Nail or Screw
Heat the head with a soldering iron candle flame or blow torch until the head expands and loosens. Then twist and pull the fastener free with pliers or a screwdriver for easier removal.
Christmas Gatherings In Sidney Iowa District 27
Social notes from Sidney show families sharing meals and visits during Christmas. The Sprenger Reed and Chowins groups hosted dinners with relatives at multiple homes, including the W. E. Chambers and C. O. Wells households, while Agnes and Helen Chambers contracted measles. Frank Klentz Jr. assists J. A. Selover with field work.
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Sidney
Sprenger
C. O. Wells
Ells
Woman's Club
W. W. Chowins
H. R. Reed
WW. J. Elsen
H. J Mammond
Ed Root
Wm. Westphalen
Clarence Chambers
Agnes
Helen
Frank Klentz Jr
J. A. Selover
Co. Union Convention Attendees Near Dalton
Attendees from the area include Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Osborn Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Jones Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Kinton Mr. and Mrs. L Barham Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Spiker Homer Haskins Geo Jones and Misses Opal Barham Lucile Sparks Irene Sweeet and Bessie Hornby. Isaac Jones enjoys good weather harvesting corn. Campbell and Irene Sweet celebrated their twenty fourth wedding anniversary with an oyster supper at the T Jones home. A surprise on Ray Frame last Saturday brought a jolly evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. Union
Dalton
Aroud
C. J. Osborn
Isaac Jones
Clyde Kinton
Barham
T. C. Spiker
Homer Haskins
Geo, Jones
Opal Barham
Lucile Sparks
Irene Sweeet
Bessie Hornby
Mr. Campbell
Irene Sweet
T Jones
Ray Frame
Vacation notes from Bayard and area families
The Misses Georgie Martin and Vera Hand spend nearly a week in Bayard with Mrs. Emma Cassidy and visit the sugar factory. Miss Maude Wood plans Christmas with her Clay Center parents while Miss Winfred keeps house. Herman Hietz buys and blocks up a vacant Tobin farm house. Warl Wood adds a new wind shield to his racer. Frank Treinen returns home from Wyoming for a couple of weeks and Nellie Armstrong will finish school in District 99.
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Georgie Martin
Vera Hand
Bayard
Emma Cassidy
Maude Wood
Clay Center
Miss Winfred
Herman Hietz
Nellie Armstrong
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J. M. Swenson
LeRoy V. Ley
L.R Rudd
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W. E. Anderson
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H. A. Stover
O. F. Ridg
W. H. Weeden
Osborn
Sidney, Nebraska
City Meat Market
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Chappell
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Deuel County
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Kimball Observer
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British Army
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England
Palestine Front
J. H. Patterson
East Africa
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