Montana Goes N Dry Column Focuses On Prohibition Impact
Helena Montana December 28 With the closing of many breweries due to prohibition in this state numerous plants may convert to dry products or non alcoholic beverages Some facilities already built for malt production may become potato flour plants Manhattan leads malt capacity at 582100 invested and 8000000 pounds yearly output Montana lists breweries in Butte Great Falls Billings Bozeman and more with varying ages and sizes.
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Montana
Kernia City
Jewelry Breweries
Scond
Monana
Kessler
Butte
Lall
Manhattan
Great Falls
Billings
Bozeman
Deer Lodge
Dillon
Virginia City
Kalispell
Lewiston
Missoula
Ipsburg
Red Lodge
Town
Demobilization Figures Pinpointed for 1.1 Million US Troops
Washington reports more than 1.1 million American soldiers designated for demobilization since the armistice. General March lists 937,000 men to be discharged at home and 168,000 soldiers plus 68,000 officers slated for early convoy from France under Pershing.
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Washington
General March
General Pershing
France
Irish Republic Declared Amid Sinn Fein Victory and Plans
London reports posters in all parishes proclaiming an Irish republic and a central Sinn Fein council to form a Dublin Irish parliament. Dublin notes Sinn Fein gains likely to secure a majority of Irish seats, though elected members will not take seats, surrendering £150 fees. Leaders aim to convene an Irish Nationalist assembly in January to draft a constitution for a fully independent Ireland.
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Ireland
The
Express
Sinn Fein
Dublin
Irish Parliament
Associated Press
Sinn
Conference of All Nations
Great Britain
Public schools reopen Thursday with extended hours plan
Superintendent Walter R. Siders announces schools will resume next Thursday at 9 a.m. Plans aim to finish the year by expanding essential studies, dropping non-essentials, and adding hours. The state board grants SATC credit. Pocatello High will recognize SATC work. A full staff will run all departments. pupils may obtain any work at the high school.
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Walter R. Siders
State Board of Education
Pocatello High School
Peace talks near links between Wilson and Lloyd George
London reports cordial meetings between President Wilson and British premier Lloyd George. The Mail says harmony exists and bodes well for Anglo American relations. The first Paris peace conference session will begin late next week or the following Monday.
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Wilson
Lloyd George
Mail
United States
Great Britain
Paris
Talking Over Idaho School Laws For Reconstruction
Idaho's system for grade and high schools is to be revised at a conference of county superintendents and school principals in Boise. The meeting aims to realign the curriculum for postwar reconstruction periods and to plan vocational training for teachers during the State Teachers’ Association annual event. Recommendations for new school legislation will be prepared for the January legislative session.
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Boss
Idaho
Boldt estate in New York valued at over two million
The gross New York estate of the late George Boldt owner of the Waldorf Astoria and the Bellevue-Stortford in Philadelphia, who died in December 1916, is reported at 2 154 995. Debts total 800 000 leaving a net estate of 1 105 885 excluding Philadelphia property. Among unpaid debts due the estate are Wallort patrons obligations totaling 152 731 some dating back sixteen years.
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New York
George Boldt
Bellevue-Stortford
Philadelphia
Wallort
President Wilson Celebrates 62nd Birthday in London
In London on December 28 President Wilson marked his sixty second birthday with official duties. King George presented him a fine set of books and also gave gifts to every member of the president's official party.
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London
Wilson
King George
Lloyd George government set for large Commons majority
London reports at 3 o clock that Premier Lloyd George and his government would win a sweeping majority in the house of commons. Arthur Henderson loses reelection in Eastham. Asquith and Sir John Simon defeated. Of 353 announced elections 274 back the government with 198 coalition Unionists and 76 coalition Liberals.
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Arthur Henderson
London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
British Labor Party
War Cabinet
Eastham
Asquithian
Asquith
Asquithian Liberals
John Simon
Reginald McKenna
Cordova Eyes Cannery for Crabs and Sardines
Cordova Alaska December 28. The Cordova chamber of commerce says local waters hold enough crabs and sardines to justify opening a cannery in response to a states inquiry.
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Cordova
Alaska
Wilson Warns Against Balance of Power For World Peace
At Guildhall in London President Wilson urges a concert of power to preserve peace not by conquest but by minds in agreement. He says the old order centered on balance of power is unstable and must end as nations seek a lasting peace and new world order.
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London
Guildhall
Great Britain
Wilson
Corn and Oats Report From Chicago Market
Chicago market notes corn at 148 cents per bushel and oats traded at a similar level. price details for the day are incomplete with possible typographical errors in the note.
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Chicago
Dee
Nevada Captain Valued by Crew After Battle Miss Chance
New York dispatch recalls a Nevada ship story from a North Sea morning. Sailors say Captain William C. Cole earned respect as signals failed to reach a British grand fleet cruisers, forcing the Nevada to relinquish a probable solo engagement. The fogbound dawns remain among the crew’s most thrilling war memories.
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New York
North River
Nevada
William C. Cole
North Sea
Homecoming American Battle Fleet Rivals Sea Power Prestige
In New York a 21 ship armada including ten battleships returns from overseas service. The flotilla, led by the Arizona Oklahoma Nevada and Pennsylvania, passes the Mayflower with Secretary Daniels and Admiral Mayo aboard. A grand salute precedes a formal review amid festive crowds and wartime pride.
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New York
Hudson
Beatty
Grand Fleet
United States
Daniels
Admiral Mayo
Fifth Avenue
Great Victory Palace
Arizona
Mr. Daniels
Baker
Secretary of the Navy
Oklahoma
Nevada
Utah
Thomas 8. Rodgers
Pennsylvania
Bolshevists Advance ThreatenVilna Capital Lithuania
London reports Vilna the Lithuanian capital faces a Bolshevist threat as Warsaw dispatches say. The Polish chief of staff seeks free passage for troop trains over German rail lines to Vilna and to allow rejoining Polish and Lithuanian railways cut by Germans. If denied, Poland plans further moves into Lithuania.
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London
Vilna
Lithuania
Warsaw
Huns Are Given Good Touch of Own Medicine
In Coblenz on December 27 General Pershing issued rules for inhabitants in regions occupied by American forces. The regulations require identification cards, notices of changes of residence, posting of resident lists with ages occupations and nationalities, surrender of weapons and ammunition, and bans on gatherings except for courts schools councils and religious services.
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Coblenz
General Pershing
British arrests in Cologne over curfew orders
Geneva dispatch reports British troops arrested many Cologne residents for defying a 9 o'clock curfew. Fines proved ineffective as a deterrent.
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Geneva
Cologne
Map Air Route Across Nation From Florida to Washington
Arcadia Florida December 28 four de haviland army airplanes arrived Tuesday after a cross country flight from San Diego to Dorr field mapping aerial mail routes. The first leg covered about 200 miles to Jacksonville and the team plans further legs toward Washington.
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Fla
de Haviland Army
San Diego
Cal
Dorr Field
Washington
Jacksonville
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