Lifting Curtain On Camp Holabird Automotive Center
S ergeant Pearle E Griggs reports from Camp Holabird Baltimore Md detailing the Motor Transport Corps complex. The camp houses about 7000 enlisted men and a vast overhaul facility with a 2 000 000 dollar motor beehive, Warehouses warehouses and crating shops. The article notes the camp’s rapid growth prioritizes maintenance of Packards Whites Pierce-Arrows Liberty Six trucks and thousands of motorcycles with a vast network of tracks dredged Colgate Creek docks and a watertower to protect assets. It highlights the daily overhaul rate of about fifty trucks and the impact of the service on war mobility while contrasting the quieter glory of M T C workers with front line troops.
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Caledonian
Camp Holabird
Pearle E. Griggs
Mot. C
St. Johnsbury
Committee of Public Safety
Baltimore
Maryland
Colgate Creek
United States
Camp Meigs Just i
Washington
Motor ‘Transport Corps
Leisenring
Uncle Sam
Packard Motor Car Co
No. 206
Eries
Jane
General Perashing
France
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Motor Transport Corps
Baltimore Evening Star
Sargeant Pearle E. Griggs
M. T.C
Hoover Speaks Tells German Officials Where They Can Go
Hoover, in Europe arranging relief for war damaged areas, refused to meet German officials Baron von der Lancken and Dr Rieth who sought a conference. A Paris message said they were sent by Berlin to negotiate food supplies with Hoover, who replied that they had shown arrogance toward the Belgians and should go to hell with his compliments.
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Washington
Hoover
Europe
Baron von der Lancken
Rieth
Paris
Belgium
Berlin
Walter Lyman Brown
Commission For Relief
Rotterdam
Mr. Hoover
Hell
Britain Aims Permanent League Of Nations Before Adjournment
London reports Lord Robert Cecil states Britain is determined the Peace Congress create a permanent league of nations with a secretariat fixed meeting place and annual sessions. He warns no war until discussed and supports broader aims beyond war prevention, including administrative powers.
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London
Great Britain
Peace Congress
League of Nations
Robert Cecil
United Press Today
Lord Robert
Robert
League
United Press
Germany
Trade With Brazil Expands US Export Market Significantly
United States manufacturers and exporters have boosted trade with Brazil and other South American nations by over 160 percent since the war began, says J W Sanger Trade Commissioner. He notes America now supplies more than half of South American imports and urges plans to meet soon arriving foreign competition. Also reports Raymond A Walker, son of Burlington residents, injured in a motorcycle accident in New York state breaking his right leg in six places while serving in France, awaiting honorable discharge.
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New York
United States
Brazil
J. W. Sanger
Government Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Mr. Sanger
America
Raymond A. Walker
Burlington
France
New York State
Bordeaux
Rome
Monsignor
Ceretti
Wilson
Vatican
Paris
Italy Used Caproni Planes For Food Aid In War Torn North
Montpelier December 26 The need for food is desperate in northern provinces freed from Austria and Italy has used its Caproni fleet to fly several tons of food per flight to starving people. Armistice ration cuts worsened shortages and more mouths must be fed as districts liberated from Austria face hunger. Italy’s population swelled by millions while war losses reduced food production. wheat and corn crops miss normal yields by tens of millions of bushels and livestock has halved, driving a heavy drain on resources.
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Italy
Austria
Trentino
Trieste
Istria
Dalmatia
Albania
Ttaly
Rome
Essex County Appointees Aid Job Connect in Dover Era
Essex county Public Service Reserve Agents have been named to assist the St Johnsbury office of the United States Employment Service in matching workers to jobs. The list includes F. E. Boyce Brighton George L. Dyer E. A. Bemis Robert S. Marshall Frank Stockwell L. W. Hastings John Folsom £. W. Philbrook Canaan G. L. Bruce Earl Stevens Guildhall Charles W. Matthews Granby George R. Ramsay Lemington Fred W. Wheelock Lunenburg Karl O. Balch Lunenburg W. A. Guptill Maidstone Edward J. Nelson Norton E. A. Jones Victory. A Washington man has invented tackling to pull out a stump from a falling tree felled in a lumbering opera. Edward G Kent of New Jersey Audubon Society designated a nearly 150 acre land area as an Audubon bird refuge. Queen Elizabeth of the Belgians studied medicine and earned an MD at Leipsic before her marriage.
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Public Service Reserve
Essex County
St. Johnsbury
United States Employment Service
F. E. Boyce
Brighton
George L. Dyer
E. A. Bemis
Robert S. Marshall
Bloomfield
Frank Stockwell
Brunswick
L. W. Hastings
Concord
John Folsom
W. Philbrook
Canaan
G. L. Bruce
East Haven
Earl Stevens
Guildhall
Charles W. Matthews
Granby
George R. Ramsay
Lemington
Fred W. Wheelock
Lunenburg
Karl O. Balch
W. A. Guptill
Maidstone
Edward J. Nelson
Norton
E. A. Jones
Victory
Meth church centenary set for Columbus in 100th year drive
Plans are under way for a major Methodist Episcopal centenary celebration in Columbus Ohio to mark 100 years of foreign missionary work. The event aims for 100000 accredited delegates with pageants and a 100 trombone choir. A tented city will host visitors June 22 to July 7, with S Earl Taylor as director general and H B Dickson as organizing secretary.
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Columbus, O
America
Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
Canada
China
India
South Sea Islands
Africa
Asia
General Conference
Methodist Church South
Board of Bishops
S. Earl Taylor
New York
H. B. Dickson
Philadelphia
German tax on war profits planned by delegates
Washington reports that the council of the people's delegates plans taxes designed to raise about eighty billion marks. The levy would apply to tax profits and a decree determinative of the tax would be published within a fortnight, according to a Dublin dispatch quoted by the Sud Deutsche Zeitung.
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Washington, D. C
Council of the People's Delegates
Berne
Dublin
Sud Deutsche Zeitung
Sinking Powder off New Jersey to Sea
Washington reports that hundreds of thousands of pounds of high explosive material from French and Italian governments, including TNT and picric acid, are being towed out to sea from South Amboy, New Jersey, and dumped 25 miles from the Scotland Neck lightship. The plan ends when Monday, as 220 carloads have waited near Wilmington, with some material saved by ships in recent days.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
South Amboy
N. J
Scotland Neck
Wilmington
Del
St Johnsbury Academy Defeats Lancaster High In Tight Battle
St Johnsbury Academy beat Lancaster High School Friday night as the visitors pressed well but the home team excelled at rebounding and basket gathering. Lineup included Foye Hadleigh May Crossman Smith Howe Lampher Brown Lougee Adame Gano with Gano as substitute. Next game vs Whitefield High at the YMCA Friday night. A note on hair weight claims follows.
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St. Johnsbury Academy
Lancaster High School
Lancaster
St. Johnsbury
Foye
Rf Hadleigh
Rg May
Lf Crossman
Ig Smith
Howe
C Lampher
Rz Brown
Lougee
Iz Adame
Gano
Whitefield High School
YMCA
Half a Million U S Soldiers Mustered Out From Home Camps
A London despatch reports Friday's Wilson talks with British leaders as very satisfactory and broad in scope including naval supremacy, freedom of the seas, the League of Nations, and armament reductions. Washington notes 68,000 soldiers returned from overseas by Dec 21, with over 500,000 mustered out domestically.
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U. S
London
Wilson
League of Nations
Washington
Murder Case Postponed in Franklin County Court
Franklin County court granted a continuance for the murder trial of Robert Warm in the Jennie Hemmingway case. The state’s attorney said readiness after February 1 hinges on Dr. B H Stone’s availability. Starch salvage from frozen potatoes noted. Red Cross report shows over 2,000 renewals in Rockingham.
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St. Albans
Franklin County
L. Fish
Vergennes
W. R. McFeeters
Robert Warm
Jennie Hemmingway
B. H. Stone
Burlington
H. D. Sparrow
Bellows Fall
Red Cross
Rockingham
The Casualty List Five Vermonters Among Use
Washington reports from the American Expeditionary Forces list casualties by category. Killed in action Pvt. Nelson Burns of Jeffersonville is named. Missing in action Pvt. Frank Garouse of Rutland and Pvt. John Williams of Poultney. Died of wounds and other causes noted. wounded and missing totals provided. alongside German press notes on war economy and a stat on women students in U S universities.
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Washington
Nelson Burns
Jeffersonville
Frank Garouse
Rutland
Thiad Af
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Edward G Kent
Queen Elizabeth
Leipsic
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Amsterdam
Viscount Grey
Archbishop of Canterbury
Viscount Bryce
England
United States Department of Agriculture
John Williams
Poultney
Kenneth Nourse
Harry
Hobart
Ludlow
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