Budget reform and wartime employment drive emerge in first postwar plan
The article outlines a push by Republican leaders Frederick H. Gillett and Simeon Fou to convene Congress after March 4 with a budget system, abolition of executive control over Congress, and a plan to boost employment through federal works. It notes Rome plans to spend 32 million on public works and calls for cooperation with the administration on essential legislation. It also highlights efforts to develop foreign markets and an immediate program of government economy.
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Congress
Frederick Nh.gillett
Massachusetts
Simeon Tt Fou
Ohio
Washington
National Housecleaning Calls to Set Order After War
A fragmented national call to clean up postwar society urges ending corruption and snobbery, with a vow to maintain a revived standard of industry and health. The piece notes wartime losses, ongoing casualty reporting questions, and factory job cuts after a price control measure, urging vigilance and reform in governance and economy.
Press Comment on League of Nations as Practical Solution
The World War taught that urgent duty is to devise nonwar methods for settling disputes. Without such methods, generations of preaching could be wasted in war. A league of nations is now a concrete issue in practical statesmanship, not mere vision.
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League of Nations
Christian Herald
Public works to absorb labor after conflict ends
The Engineering News-Record argues that daily unemployment causes economic loss to communities. Public works should absorb labor quickly, even if costly, to prevent idle manpower and public charges, and to avoid paying for soldiers' maintenance after demobilization.
Tobacco released aids supply in Greek coast towns
Saoniki reports that Allied action released 6,000,000 dollars worth of American tobacco in Seres Drama and Kavalla along the Aegean Greek coast near Turkey. The shift boosts European tobacco supply as Greek Macedonia expands production during the war, with labor from escaped Turkish workers.
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Itp
Seres
Drama
Kavalla
Aegean Sea
Turkey
Greek Macedonia
Europe
Smyrna
European
Greece
Newport News Briefs From Friday Lodge and Local Societies
City of Newport Mornix Star Lodge No 2 of Rebekahs meets Friday night with initiation and refreshments. Misses Dane and Eastman hosted the Teachers club at Miss Dane's Second Street home. Mrs J C Stevens ill. W R C annual election held with officers elected. Grand officers Jewell of Proctorsville attended district encampment. Ladies Social Union served supper to 100 plus at Congregational church. netted $50.00.
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Dane
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G. A. RB
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Lizzie Sargent
Nancy Higgins
Mar Morrill
Nora Ouimette
Sophia Gray
Martha Jewell
J. M. Jewell
Proctorsville
BE. Jens
Congregational Church
Suriety
Vermont News Highlights From West Brattleboro to Rutland
A Dorchester Mass owner and a street car collided near the cement bridge in West Brattleboro with minor damage and no injuries. Funeral notices report Harry D. Dodge of Bellows Falls died after influenza progressed to pneumonia, leaving a wife and six children. Hotel Vermont bell boy Homer Ward injured in an elevator accident. University of Vermont S A T C muster plans underway with 849 men. steps to release cadets outlined. Rutland Fire at Charles Davis foundry causes about 20000 damage, half saved. Vermon t Life Underwriters meet Dec 1 in Burlington. Mr Corse to speak. Winooski new high school building badly damaged by fire. Influenza cases rise in Shelburne and Stowe. schools Cancelled. Rev R W Magoun begins rectorate at Immanuel Bellows Falls. parish to host reception.
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Middlebury
Hotel
Vermont
R. W. Magoun
Fair Haven
Immanuel Episcopal Church
Bellows Falls
A. C. Wilson
Messages from a World War I YMCA Worker
The account recalls bedside acts of care for wounded soldiers in France. A YMCA volunteer describes hospital huts, convalescents, and routines, singing, ice cream treats, and longed-for letters from home. The piece honors mothers and fallen comrades, with vivid scenes of wartime mercy.
Ten Cent Christmas Trees
A brief reminiscence on ten cent Christmas trees from the Christian Herald describing how crude store versions can become charming with tinsel candles and small decorations. It highlights giving these simple trees to lonely invalids as joyful, Christmasy gifts when lit.
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Christian Herald
Henry Ford retires from active work to publish weekly paper
Henry Ford announces retirement from the Ford Motor Company and plans a national weekly newspaper. The note recalls the end of the well known weekly Puck and suggests the gap in light journalism remains.
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Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Puck
The Debt to England How She Has Told Civilization in War
F D L Smith editor of The Toronto Daily News argues England bears the main war burden. He cites Grand Fleet strength, British manpower, and naval output, noting Britain's aid to allies from Siberia to the Dvina, and the high human cost with over a million British soldiers dead or missing in four years.
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England
F. D. L. Smith
Toronto Daily News
Smith
Germany
Wheat recovery aids end of war victory claim
New York reports that over 127 500 acres of wheat were recovered from German occupied territory in France by British and French armies during the great offensive. Food officials credit this harvest with helping curb flood prices and contributing to Germany’s downfall. About 17 000 men worked the harvest using binding and threshing machines supplied by the French office of agricultural reconstruction, later sold at reduced prices to affected farmers.
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New York
France
New York Federal Food Board
Germany
French
Office of Agricultural Reconstruction
No Place to Sleep for US Troops in London
American soldiers and sailors in London face lodging shortages as the city government offers space in public buildings such as the law courts and Parliament. The American Red Cross supplies beds for the men, with nearly six hundred sailors arriving today and being housed at the law courts.
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London
American Red Cross
Protect Your Chickent and the Rat SNAP product ad
A quirky ad promotes RAT SNAP as an effective rat and pest killer. It claims the chemical bait is strong, can be used without mixing, and won’t blow away or decay. It lists four sizes from 26 cents to three dollars and notes selling outlets A. Searles & Co. and Arthur E. etc.
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Ae A. Searles & Co
Arthur E. Ei
Sement, J. H. Goonet
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