Ship Disaster Analyzed In Transatlantic Channel
The FPiorize owned by the New York New Foundland Halifax Steamship company, part of the Red Cross line, carried the first Newfoundland regiment to the Atlantic in October 1914. A brewing of unrest escalated near midnight and abated by morning as wireless messages described destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, New Foundland
Hmalifax Steamship Company
Red Cross Line
Poundland Regiment
Atlantic
British Capture and Regional Control Reported
Reports from London indicate British forces have advanced and seized key positions in the valley of the Jordan, with resistance from Turkish forces noted. The article also mentions a US grain priority policy affecting farm implements and Worthweet farmers favored by the modification.
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London
Inet
Valley of the Jordan
United States
Paul
Washington Signs Treaty Drafting Age Provisions
The report notes Britain and the United States formalize a treaty in Washington with签署 official acts by Ambassador Reading. The pact specifies ages for potential drafts and residency rules affecting Americans between 20 and 45, and Britons aged 18 to 41. A separate note mentions three parties announcing a summer treaty with Canada.
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Washington
Mari
United States
Canata
Liberty Bonds to Bear 4 Percent Interest for Third Loan
Treasury Secretary McAdoo announces Liberty bonds for the third Liberty loan will pay 4 percent interest, higher than prior issues. A $500 million block closed last week was fully subscribed, with New York banks and financial centers absorbing excess demand. About $2.5 billion remains to be priced at the higher rate, signaling Treasury views on money markets and future loan terms.
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Liberty Bonds
Warhington
Treasury
Coerced Treaty Signing Report from London
An official Russian statement reports Premier Lenine and Leon Trotzky signing a peace demanded by Germany. It protests the war's resumption and declares readiness to sign as dictated by Brest-Litovsk delegation. The message was sent via wireless to the German government in Berlin.
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London
Russia
Germany
Sys
Lenine
Leon Trotzky
Council of People’s Commissioners
Ee Alliance
Brest_itovek
Valen
Berlin
Flour Mill Ordered to Close Down in Kansas City
An order from A J Hunt chairman of the southwestern milling division of the federal administration directs four mills that ground 75 percent of normal output in the past three years to suspend operations immediately. About seventy of the mills are expected to follow in due course.
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Kansas City
A. J. Hunt
Southwestern Milling Division
Federal Administration
Ex President Jeeves Warns Sailors at Great Lakes
Former president Jeeves warned Navy recruits at the Great Lakes training station against whispering pro German and pacifier influences. He urged discipline and loyalty and condemned neutralist pressures shaping opinion among the sailors.
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Chicago
Wiliam H. Taft
Jackies
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Hesino
London Bight British craft raid enemy flotilla
A fragment notes British craft in the London Bight conducting a raid against an enemy flotilla. Details are incomplete but indicate Royal Navy action in wartime coastal waters.
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London Bight
Wheatless Week Considered by U S Officials
The article reports that Director General McAdoo and Food Administrator Hoover may implement a nationwide wheatless week to aid allies. If approved, Americans would abstain from wheat for seven days, grocers would stop sales, and traders would halt supply to conserve wheat for export to Europe.
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Wharhington
Raliroede McAdoo
Hoover
Hee
al Patriotte Americane
Seaboard
Europe
Alee
Hoover Warns of Severe United States Food Shortage
In Washington the Food Administrator Hoover declares the eastern United States faces a sixty day food shortage as reserves in large consuming areas near exhaustion. He blames railroad congestion for the crisis and calls for greatly increased rail movement of food to feed the allies, potentially at the expense of other commerce.
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Washington
United
Hoover
Food Administration
Foot Administration
New Pree Association Officers Named in Lincoln
The Nebraska Press reports new officers and executive committee members for the association. Scott and Edgecombe were reelected, with four new members elected to two year and one year terms, including Adam Breede of County and ER Percett of Broken Bow as chief.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Press
Soott
Edgecombe
Adam Breede
County
ER. Percett
Broken Bow
Untitled fragment reports unclear Rigaeie food remark
Fragmentary text from a Riga area report mentions food, a principle, and references to bread. Details are garbled and many terms are unreadable, leaving a vague note on local conditions or opinions.
Nebraska War and Farm Programs Dominant in State
Statewide farm exchanges and county agent plans expand amid war needs. Nebraska extends labor drives for shipbuilding and potato crop shifts, while Red Cross campaigns and thrift stamps drive mobilize communities. Speeches note shortages, auctions fund defense, and public debates touch on prohibition and governance.
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Nebraska
Avery
Tate
Th Hee
University Farm
Jincoin
Murechel
Corpment
Netitnka
Neville
Lincolin
Hino
Charles Moore
Gexro
Omaha
Bergent
Red Cross
War Savings Committees
Alliance
Granville J. Wade
Pinood
Gowper County
Toscania
Ireland
Nebraska Department of the Grand Army of the Republie
Seward
Ullenerhoots
Miller
Tincoin
Nebraska Conference of Charities
Wheat shortage warnings prompt May draft shift in 1919
Charles D Hyde warns that wheat production will not meet demand without expansion and calls for rationed quantities and price support. He cites government limits at two dollars a bushel and predicts a need to sacrifice wheat stocks for the wartime effort. Washington reports a plan to draft 600,000 more soldiers starting May 1, with 10,000 in weekly increments from Class 1 registrants to France as capacity grows.
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Senate Committee of Agriculture
Charles D. Hyde
Oklahoma Cooncl
Cal Hyde
Hyde
France
War-Torn Europe Faces New German Threats Across Ukraine
Descriptions of Civil War devastation spread through Raseta provinces as Central Powers push for food supplies. Kiev reportedly falls to Bolsheviks after heavy combat with thousands dead and wounded. Odessa battles rage with bombardment as civilians suffer in the Black Sea port city.
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London
Raseta
Germany
Ukraine
Kiev
Ukrainian Republic
Anetria
Offeesa
Blackeen
Train Derailment Kills Mrs Howe and Boy Near Curtis
A Burlington train traveling east from Holdrege to Sterling derailed four miles east of Curtis. Mrs Nettle Howe of Pustin and her 8 year old Gordon were killed and twenty five passengers were injured. The locomotive stayed upright as five cars toppled from a fifteen foot embankment and fire quickly spread destroying nearby cars.
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Holtrege
Nettle Howe
Pustin
Gordon
Burlington
Curtis
Holdrege
Sterling
Colo
Asl
Pigeons Targeted as Army Moves to Curb Carrier Flights
Widespread complaints report carrier pigeons used by racing clubs interference with military signaling. The army seeks to halt pigeon trains and improve service amid disruptions to messages and communications.
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Washington
Army
Signa Senna
Cemunines
French Forces Penetrate German Front Northeast of Coercy
French troops again crossed the German line northeast of Coercy on the Aisne front and returned with prisoners. A heavy artillery duel continued near Butte du Mesnil where American forces held the position against German fire.
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Paria
Coercy
Alene
Witt
Butte du Mesnil
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