Postwar plan to settle soldiers on cooperative farms
Interior Department outlines near nationwide farm settlement program for returning veterans. Communities would center on villages with farms, roads, stores, and post offices, offering land loans, stock, and equipment paid over years. Instructors would train men in farming, with work ranging from laborer to skilled roles to help reclaim land and integrate veterans into rural life.
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Interior Department
Congress
Fry
Jane Addams Opens Women's Peace Conference Session
Miss Jane Addams of Chicago presided at the opening session of the Women's International Conference for Permanent Peace in Zurich. The gathering will discuss the Peace Conference work in Paris and the League of Nations covenant and propose on women’s legal status in politics and in economic life.
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Jane Addams
Chicago
Zurich
Paris
League of Nations
Plan to open farms to all veterans praised as farming success
A plan lauded as a farming success enables men with no farming knowledge to succeed on farms. It will be open to every man who wore Uncle Sam's uniform in the great war.
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Uncle Sam
Fosdick Named for League of Nations Role by Wilson
President Wilson selects Raymond B. Fosdick New York lawyer former head of the War Department training camp activities commission for a place in the League of Nations. Fosdick, a Buffalo native and Princeton NYU Law School graduate, is at Colorado Springs awaiting exact duties. He has long been active in Democratic politics.
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Washington
Wilson
Raymond B. Fosdick
New York
War Department
League of Nations
State Department
Fosdick
Colorado Springs
Buffalo
Princeton University
New York Law School
New York City
Rockefeller Bureau of Social Hygiene
Europe
Democratic National Committee
Big Gifts to Methodists Fund Half Fortune Donor Unnamed
A $750,000 gift to the Methodist centenary fund was announced in New York. The donor, a western man who is not a Methodist, requested anonymity and that the gift be kept confidential. Mrs Gustavenus F Swift of Chicago gave $50,000 and the president of China contributed $50,000. The $750,000 gift equals half the donor’s fortune.
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Centenary Fund
New York
Methodist Centenary Fund
George M. Fowles
Gustavenus F. Swift
Chicago
China
Battle Over Cocoanut In Brooklyn Riots
May 16 reports a clash in Brooklyn when a sailor took a cocoa nut from a fruit stand sparking a street brawl involving about 100 sailors and police. Three sailors were arrested and many injured as reserves were called and rioters dispersed at the headquarters.
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New York
Brooklyn
Nitrate Orders Due by June 1 for Farmers
Washington May 16 Farmers who ordered nitrate of soda from the Department of Agriculture must have their shipment orders reach Washington by June 1. Orders received after this date will be canceled as distribution of the nitrate is concluded with the War Department through the Bureau of Markets.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Department’s Bureau of Markets
War Department
Sketch of a Luncheon Conversation at National Biscuit
A writer recalls a luncheon scene where he sits with women after a meal. The talks mix casual chatter about National Biscuit and Uneeda Lemon biscuits with reflections on daybreak and listening. The moment centers on quiet observation and shared interest.
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National
Tax on Forbidden Beer Despite Prohibitions
Washington May 16 Drugs Commissioner Roper released the attorney general's opinion that beer or wine manufacture remains taxable even when prohibited by law. The Food Control Act and proclamation allow malt beverages under 0.5 percent alcohol, but taxes and occupational fees apply as if production continued. Forfeiture may apply to beverages made in violation of the act. The World’s previous report prompted questions on near beer and soft drinks containing small alcohol amounts.
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Washington
Drugs Commissioner
Internal Revenue
Roper
Secretary Glass
Department of Justice
Baer Elected Moderator of Presbyterian Church Assembly
J Willis Baer of Pasadena California banker was elected moderator at the 1311th general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States meeting in St Louis Missouri. This marks the first time a layman has held the churchs highest office. His opponent was Rev Dr S Hal Young an Alaskan missionary with other nominees withdrawing in favor of the two leading candidates.
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Presbyterian Church
ST. Louis
J. Willis Baer
Pasadena
Cal
United States
Baer
S. Hal Young
Alexander MacColl
Philadelphia
Robert Johnson
Montreal
Canada
Calvin Hayes
Johnstown
Bishop Appeals to Pope Over Peace Terms in Berlin
Berlin reports that Bishop Schulte of Paderborn appealed to Pope Benedict XV through papal envoy Mer Pacello to urge intervention with the Entente to mitigate peace terms. Berlin demonstrations oppose the terms while the Vorwaerts presses for a referendum or negotiation with President Wilson. Landsberg and Geisbert return to Versailles for cabinet talks as debates continue.
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Berlin
London
Schulte
Paderborn
Benedict XV
Mer
Pacello
Munich
Supreme Evangelical Church Council
W Vorwaerts
Germany
Vorwaerts
Wilson
Frederick Ebert
Europe
Herr Ebert
Herr Landsberg
Versailles
Herr Geisbert
Herr Bernstein
Trolley Policy Meeting in New Haven Tomorrow
In New Haven on May 16, Connecticut trolley policy will be settled at a directors’ meeting at headquarters. The directors, federally appointed by the U S district court, face the task as the legislature refused meaningful relief. President L S Storrs called the session for 11 o clock to address future railroad policy in the state.
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New Haven
Connecticut Company
Connecticut
Federal Trustes
United States District Court
L. S. Storrs
Lost baggage from front to U S urged to report
Washington May 15 Soldiers who have lost baggage en route to the United States were advised by the War Department to send their names address and a description of the missing property to the Lost Baggage depot Hoboken New Jersey. About 3300 pieces of baggage are held there for lack of ownership information. Some people make the best of everything and others take it.
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Washington
United States
War Department
Hoboken
N. J
Wesleyan Bleachers to Be Erected for Parade View
The parade committee will erect Wesleyan bleachers on Main street for viewing the parade from the stand. Each service boy or immediate family may apply for two seats. Applications to Middletown War Bureau. Tickets ready for distribution. requests accepted until noon Wednesday May 28.
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Main Street
Middletown
Senator and ladies debate speeches in Detroit
In the Detroit Free Press cartoon caption a senator mutters about ladies who collected his speeches. A companion quips about whether they read them or use them to start a bonfire, reflecting light humor on political rhetoric.
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Detroit Free Press
Freckle and Tan Lotion From Lemon Juice
Squeeze juice from two lemons into three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint of complexion lotion. Purchase lemons from grocer and three ounces of orchard white from a drugstore for a few cents. Massage into face neck arms and hands daily to fade freckles and blemishes, leaving skin clear soft and rosy. Harmless and nonirritating.
Bayer Aspirin Ad Urges Genuine Bayer Tablets
An old advertisement warns buyers to insist on the Bayer package with the safety Bayer mark on both box and tablets. It cautions against counterfeit talcum powder tablets and promotes genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in pocket boxes of 12 and bottles of 100, priced cheaply.
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Bayers
Bayer
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