U S War Board in Paris Council to coordinate Allied War Efforts
Washington reports the American commission arrives in Europe to join the Paris allied war council. Colonel House leads a delegation from multiple war departments with key aides, signaling a push for unified strategy, loans, shipbuilding, and food control policy to speed victory. The conference is described as a war council aiming to align military, naval, economic, and diplomatic efforts.
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Washington
Europe
Allied War Council
Paris
Commission
United States
Council of the Allies
America
Col. E. NM. House
Wilson
War Board
Inurope
Army
Navy
Treasury
War Trade Board
Shipping Board
Food Comptroller
Priority
Li. A. Slouse
William S. Benson
U. S.N
Tusker H. Bliss
Oscar T. Crosby
Vance GC. McCormick
Bainbridge Colby
Alonzyn &. Taylor
Lifeover
Thomas Nelson Verkins
Gordon Auchincloss
Colonel House
Polk
Edward M. House
Germany
House
Congress
Italy
Cadorna
Austria
Teutons
Stone Houses of Aleppo Preserve Trade Heritage
Aleppo's stone houses stand imposing and well kept, contrasting with eastern towns. Bazaars and khans in fortress like buildings reveal centuries of trading, with iron doors resisting mob battering and shops stocking goods from around the world. The city has been a commercial hub for two millennia.
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Aleppo
Europe
Notable Innovations and Global Patents Rise in 1916
The article highlights a toe pedal tire pump for cars with ignition lock features to deter thieves, a folding lazy tong carrier for long spans, and claims vast ocean lava and pumice beds. It notes England's coal traffic rearrangement saving 700 million ton miles, 882 patent applications in New Zealand in 1916, led by milking machinery improvements.
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England
New Zealand
Great Britain
Australia
United States
Marksman on Western Front Conceals Head in Foliage
A posed image caption describes a marksman on the western front occupying a dangerous rifle post and covering his head with leaves to blend into the surroundings for concealment.
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Western Front
Naturalist’s odd war tale of a sea menagerie
A naturalist recounts a strange war episode aboard a steamship carrying elephants parrots monkeys leopards and antelopes. A gun fired as torpedoes missed and the ship’s crew claim the U boat vanished amid the roaring menagerie. The animals reportedly reacted wildly as the vessel seemed to go mad.
Nehemiah Moves As Cupbearer To Request Jerusalem Reform
Four months after learning Jerusalem desolation Nehemiah seeks royal approval to rebuild. He speaks tactfully to King Artaxerxes earning letters for safe passage and timber. The journey to Jerusalem follows with military escort. Sanballat and Tobiah react with grief as Nehemiah surveys the city at night.
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Nehemiah
Jerusaem
Judah
Jerusalem
Artaxerxes
Babylon
Egypt
Palestine
Esther
Ezra
Tempe
Jérusaem
Shushan
Sanballat
Tobiah
God
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Council
Col. E. M
Lansing
W. H B. Carton
Camp Kearney
California
Meningorad
S. I. Evans
Baltimore
Food Administration
Stone
France
New York Red Cross
Red Cross
Menin Road
Flanders
Royal Naval Air Service
Calshot
P. B. Fitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
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