Hoover Urges Continued Savings to Meet World Food Needs
Former President Hoover warns that North America will supply over 60 percent of the world’s food next year. He cites planned sugar pricing, continued economy in consumption, and expansion of relief efforts while noting Europe’s famine risks and the need to preserve supplies for a famine-stricken world.
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Food Administration
North America
Hoover
Europe
Mr. Hoover
Russia
Baseball Prospects Outline Plans for Minor Leagues
Peoria Ill Nov 12 World assured members of the association of professional upclubs held preliminary discussions at their annual meeting. They said the war struck the minor leagues a blow but the organization remained intact. Ownership shifts and possible territorial changes may occur to form more complete circuits, but no great obstacles to a new start next summer were seen.
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Peoria
Ill
Anal Association of Professional
Iranchere
Alleged Incendiaries Arrested In Connecticut
New Haven police arrested Louis Linder proprietor of cloak and suit shops in New Haven and New Britain on a charge of setting fire to his New Britain store yesterday. He denied guilt but police say he made important admissions. The New Britain fire caused about $12 in losses.
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New Haven
Louis Linder
Britain
New Bri
New Britain
Clark to replace Kitchin as Democratic floor leader
Washington November 12 Speaker Champ Clark to be Democratic floor leader in the next House after relieving Speaker. Clark will serve without committee assignment while Kitchin remains ranking member of Ways and Means. The arrangement keeps Clark in a strategic position for a future speakership if the next House is Democratic.
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Washington
Champ Clark
House of Congress
Clark
Kitchin
House
Ways and Means
Lloyd George praised by House for Paris victory
Colonel E M House, Wilson's representative, sent Prime Minister Lloyd George congratulations from Paris praising his role in victory. Lloyd George replied thanking House, noting America's help via President Wilson as crucial to success.
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Colonel House
London
Lloyd- George
E. M. House
Wilson
Paris
Edward House
America
Unable to supply cost of producing wheat nationwide
Washington reports the agriculture department cannot provide the Senate with accurate U.S. wheat and grain production costs. Secretary Houston rejects figures from the bureau of farm management that suggested wheat could not be produced and sold for less than the president's $2.20 per bushel price in many areas.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Senate
United States
Roumania Cabinet Resigns Report Signals Change of Policy
Rouma nian cabinet resigns as dispatch from Mantes to the French high commission indicates the king has entrusted General Coanda with forming a new cabinet, signaling a complete shift in Roumanian political policy amid prior administration changes. General Coanda had represented the Roumanian army staff at Russian headquarters at the war’s outbreak.
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Washington
High Commission
Mantes
Roumania
Cxanda
Coanda
Was
Daniels To Explain Navy Plan To Congress
Secretary Daniels will present his three year naval plan to congress when ready in December. He stressed no let up in naval construction for the foreseeable future. Once the international jlicing plan is completed the United States will provide a large share of the world s naval strength and its ships should not be strapped.
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Daniels
Washington
Congress
United States
Trampled on Flag Lands Albanian in City Jail
Waterbury justice sent Ali Osam an Albanian to six months in jail after he grabbed the Stars and Stripes from a passer by during yesterday’s peace celebration and trampled on it. Police intervene to prevent a mob action.
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Waterbury
Ali Osam
Osam
Porter Sentenced for Theft at Stamford Hotel Davenport
Stamford on November 12 William H Cosley a colored porter at the Hotel Davenport was fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to six months in jail for the theft of W P Young of Mount Vernon New Yorks automobile He took the car last night and abandoned it when the mechanism failed to work.
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Porter
Stamford
William H. Cosley
Davenport
W. P. Young
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Threats of Pneumonia Prompt Mrs. Kirby to Seek Help
Mrs. Kirby of 3533 Princeton Ave. writes for relief from a tough winter illness. She reports a persistent cough and feverish symptoms, mentioning Foley’s Honey as a remedy that helped her sleep and ease coughing.
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Kirby
Princeton Ave
Ash
Funeral for Mrs Annie Ashton to be held at St John’s
The funeral for Mrs Annie J Ash ton wife of William Lord will be from Mrs William Ash ton’s home 19 Pearl Street on Wednesday at 830 am and at St Johns church at 9 for a requiem high mass Burial in St Johns cemetery behind the church Stanley Sneck dies at Middlesex hospital after brief pneumonia funeral from Moodus home at 230 pm conducted by Rev Thomas H Tiernan burial in Moodus
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Wee Ee
Annie Ashton
Annie J. Ashton
William Lord
William Ashton
Pearl Street
St. John’s Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Stanley Sneck
Stanley
Charles Sneck
Middlesex Hospital
Moodus
Thomas H. Tiernan
St. Bridget’s Church
Alsace-Lorraine Presents Medal To Wilson
A message of gratitude from seventy thousand Alsatian-Lorrainers, living in France and abroad, was presented to United States Ambassador Sharp for transmission to President Wilson. The letter thanks Wilson for his intervention on behalf of Alsace-Lorraine and reaffirms their determination to be restored to France.
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Alsace-Lorraine
Wilson
Washington
Alsace- Lorraine
United States
Sharp
France
Labor Conference To Open In Laredo
Labor leaders gather in Laredo Texas for the international conference opening tomorrow under the direction of Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor. William B Wilson John O Leary and James H Moonan arrive with other labor leaders for the session.
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Laredo
Tex
International Labor Conference
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
William B. Wilson
John O. Leary
Department of the Labor
James H. Moonan
International Electrical Workers
Building Trades Department
Amercan Federation of Labor
Germans urged to flee ships to nearest port
London reports a German wireless dispatch advising all German merchant ships to abandon their routes and seek the nearest port immediately as a precautionary measure amid wartime tensions. The recommendation emphasizes rapid evacuation of merchant vessels.
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London
German Ships Seek Refuge to Evade Armistice Rules
The article notes several German ships in Baltic ports while most of the mercantile fleet is interned at war’s start. It suggests Germany plans to circumvent armistice terms by sheltering merchant vessels in neutral ports.
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Baltic Sea
Senate resolution opposes any separate peace
Washington November 12 Senator Poindexter of Washington introduced a resolution in the senate calling for a firm stance against any separate peace with Germany or Austria. The measure urges the United States to sign the pact of London to ensure unified Allied action in postwar peace and activities.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Germany
Austria
Poindexter
Fifth Avenue Paved With Money Drive Honors War Work
New York on November 12 saw the Friars and Lambs clubs complete a second lap of their drive for the United War Work fund. Members circulated the street between 4th and 36th Streets as actors and actresses tossed money from their crowd entertainment, weighting the bills with silver contributions.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
4Th
36Th
Friars and Lambs Clubs
United War
Italian Paper Threatened Bomb Threat At Il Progresso
New York on November 12 a powerful bomb in a violin case was found in the stairway of Il Progresso printing plant endangering seventy workers. The device contained six pounds of dynamite fifty pounds of scrap iron and a bottle of nitroglycerin.
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New York
Il Progresso
Victory Parade Planned in Washington to Celebrate Germany Surrender
A victory parade will be held in the national capitol on November 23 to celebrate Germany's capitulation. Arrangements were made by the Washington chamber of commerce after a conference with Secretary to the President Tumulty, and President Wilson approved the plan.
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Washington
Germany
National Capitol
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Wilson
Cotton Market Ruling Halts Trading After 200 Point Decline
New York on November 12 reports that the maximum daily drop of 200 points was hit by December January and May cotton on the exchange. Trading halted briefly after 12:30 PM as buying orders lifted the list above the low point while the limit remained in effect.
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New York
Boy Bound Over for Burglary in Advocate Burglary Case
Stamford November 12 Theodore Taxter 16 was bound over to the superior court on a charge of burglary. He pleaded guilty to four counts accusing him of burglarizing the counting room of the Daily Advocate where he worked in the composing room.
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Stamford
Theodore Taxter
Daily Advocate
The
Advocate
Richard Claybrook Dies After Illness in Plainfield
Richard A. Clayton aged 51 former president of the New York Produce Exchange died at his Plainfield New Hampshire home after a long illness. After the United States entered the war he was appointed by Herbert Hoover to dispose of cargoes of grain seized from neutral ships.
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Richard Claybrook
Plainfield
N. H
Richard A. Clayton
New York Produce Exchange
United States
Mr. Claybrook
Herbert Hoover
German grand duchy of Hesse proclaims republic
London dispatch reports the German grand duchy of Hesse has proclaimed a republic. A Hamburg Workmen's and Soldiers' council says Wilhelmshaven sends word that the grand duke of Oldenburg has been ousted by revolutionaries.
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Duchy of Hesse
London
British Wireless Press
Grand Duchy of Hesse
Geneva
Hamburg
Wilhelmshaven
Oldenburg
Head of Krupp Works Arrested by Reds at Essen
Frau Bertha Krupp von Bohlen, head of the Krupp Gun Works and Germanys wealthiest woman, has been arrested by revolutionists at Essen. Her husband, Lieutenant Gustav Krupp von Bohlen, was also arrested. A dispatch from Amsterdam confirms the events.
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Bertha Krupp von Bohlen
Germany
Krupp Gun Works
Essen
Amsterdam
Liutenant
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen
What Is An Epidemic What Is An Epidemic
A Detroit Free Press piece explores what defines an epidemic and why outbreaks occur. It discusses influenza’s tendency to cause pneumonia, the impact of nervous strain from modern life and war, dietary factors, and the need for laboratory work to understand and combat epidemics.
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Detroit Free Press
Germany
Unpleasant Awakening From a Pet Cat
A village woman owns a fine hunting cat that often brings prey. Last night the cat entered her house through a window and dropped a live mouse onto her sleeping chest, shocking her. She says she is not afraid of mice but this was an unpleasant awakening.
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New London
Interned Germans Not Stirred
Atlanta prisoners at Fort McPherson, 1,010 Germans, received news of Germany's collapse calmly and continued their routines as if nothing had happened.
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Atlanta
Fort McPherson
Briton Tied to Foch Truce Talks Named Admiral Wemyss
London reports authoritative word that Sir Rosslyn Wemyss First Sea Lord of the Admiralty is connected with Marshal Foch in negotiating the naval terms of the armistice He commanded the Gallipoli landing squadron in 1915 and has served in the British Navy since 1877 being elevated to First Sea Lord a little over a year ago.
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London
Rosslyn Wemyss
Marshal Foch
Admiral Wemmss
Gallipoli
Tifle
Stock Market Reacts to Peace Conditions on Nov 12
New York stock trading opened in orderly fashion after a holiday with peace as the theme. Railroads led gains with Great Northern up to 106 3/8 and Union Pacific at 137 1/5. Eries and Seaboards posted advances while steel shares fluctuated and Mexican Petroleum rose early before retreating.
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New York
Great Northern Railroad
Union Pacific
Seaboard Common
St. Louis
San Francisco
Erie
Mexican Petroleum
Willys-Overland
Stock Exchange
Steel Common
Baldwin Locomotive
Great Northern Preferred
Southern Pacifi
Reading
Southern Railway
Marine Preferred
American
Bill For Soldiers Benefit Furlough Bill in Senate
Senator Park Trammell of Florida introduced a bill in the Senate to allow all officers and enlisted men in the United States fighting forces a one month furlough with full pay before discharge. The aim is to help discharged or resigning personnel find private sector work before leaving government payroll.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Park Trammell
Florida
Grain Market and Insurance Rates Report
Chicago grain prices fell with corn and oats mixed as Nov and Dec futures closed lower while other months firmed. Park and rib contracts showed gains, with lard and pec prices noted. In Washington, risk insurance rates for trans Atlantic voyages and cargoes were cut by Treasury Secretary McAdoo, halving the prior 2 percent rate and entailing broad reductions elsewhere.
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Chicago
Park
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
New central government to establish in Paris
Washington reports a new central government for the Unified States of Serbians Croatians and Slavonians and the Jugo Slav central government will set headquarters in Paris according to a dispatch to the French high.
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Washington
Paris
Harnessmaker New German Chancellor
Frederick Ebert has been proclaimed chancellor of the regency in Germany after the Kaiserabdication. A moderate Socialist, he is described as a hardheaded thinker who professes no religious belief. His first act urges the German people to aid in staving off anarchy.
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Harnessmaker
Frederick Ebert
Germany
Ebert
Pochahontas News Finds Meeting and Adoptive Plans
A special Pochahontas meeting Wednesday will ballot on last meeting applications followed by a social hour for members and friends. On November 20 a class of 27 pale faces will be adopted as part of the local council’s activities with visits from New Haven Branford and Hartford. Mrs Margaret Smith of Torrington died after a week of influenza with condolences offered by the Great Council’s Great Wenonah.
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Pochahontas
New Haven
Branford
Hartford
Margaret Smith
Torrington
Great Wenonah
Great Council of
Redwoods seek out-of-town football game in Middletown area
The Redwoods of New Britain, a fast semi-professional football team, have no game this Sunday and seek a visiting opponent in or near Middletown. They average about 130 pounds and can deliver a quick, strong contest for a good guarantee. Contact Manager Edward J. Smith at 937 Stanley Street, New Britain, Conan. Phone 843-4.
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Redwoods
New Britain
Connecticut
Middletown
Edward J. Smith
Stanley Street
Conan
Service at Holy Trinity Celebrates Allied Victory
The Holy Trinity Church announces Holy Communion services on Thursday morning November 14 at 7:30 and 10:30 led by Rev. Dr. Frank Flood German. The day marks the 132nd anniversary of Bishop Seabury’s consecration, giving the rites a double significance.
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Holy Trinity
Church of the Holy Trinity
Frank Flood German
Bishop Seabury
America
Pneumonia Relief Offer From Local Firm At Main Street
A local ad from Guy and Rice at 269 Main Street promotes health claim coverage to ease financial strain during illness. The notice stresses continual payments of health claims over the last two months and invites the public to inquire about the protection plan and costs.
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Guy & Rice
Main Street
School chapel and society notes from M. H. S.
The school held chapel in second period with speakers Joseph Howley 20 and Ellsworth McDonald 19 representing the boys debate society. Yesterday was a legal holiday with no classes. Miss Brazos invites all former orchestra members to meet in room five during second period tomorrow.
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Joseph Howley
Ellsworth McDonald
Boys
Card of Thanks for Adelina Krenz’s Loss
We thank friends and neighbors for acts of kindness and sympathy during our bereavement the loss of wife and mother Adelina Krenz especially the nurses at Middlesex Hospital for their attentive care Also to all who sent floral offerings Rudolph Krenz and Family Boys fail to realize that some day they will know as little as their parents.
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Adelina Krenz
Middlesex Hospital
Rudolph Krenz
Adv
City Briefs From Ton & Son Coal Office Breaks After Parade
The South window at James ton and Son's coal office on a street was broken last night after the parade. Pocahontas whist event noted with eight prizes and admission set at 20 cents. Mr and Mrs Earle C Butler received a letter from their son L Butler in France dated October 26 noting the war near end. Ernest G Peterson of 47 Fountain Avenue has arrived safely in France. Mrs Leonora B Atwell of Zoar, confined by illness, attended a demonstration yesterday. The South Church Philatheas held a business meeting Thursday evening. A local avenue figure has arrived safely in France.
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Jameston & Son
Ady
Earle C
Ernest G. Peterson
Fountain Avenue
France
Leonora B. Atwell
Zoar
South Church Philatheas
Franca
Venomous German Navy and Patriot League Rally
In a Springfield Republican piece two topics appear. It argues German naval zeal fueled war hatred and U-boat aims while describing Britain’s opposition as a longstanding enemy. It then covers a Girl’s Patriotic League rally in the High School hall where members pledged Red Cross support and money for the War Work drive as Lieut Manning shared France troop stories.
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Springfield Republican
Germany
England
Lissauer
Tirpitz
Delanda Est
Brittania
Belgum
Patriotc League
Girl's Patriotic League
Red Cross
Frances W. Lyons
Victory
Scientific Association Meets in Scott Laboratory Tonight
A regular meeting of the town Scientific Association will be held in Scott Laboratory Wes this evening at 8 o'clock. Henry Sherman Ph D professor of chemistry at Columbia University will give an illustrated lecture Economic Conditions and Set Work in Russia. The public is invited.
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Scientific Association
Uide
Taft Day Anniversary Observed at Middletown Event
Middletown marks the ninth anniversary of former President Taft's visit alongside Wesleyan University's 75th anniversary. The day was unusually bright with cool seasonable weather, more like midsummer than mid November.
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Taft
Middletown
Wesleyan
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