Relief drive urged for Armenians Syrians in Near East
Idaho State Food Administrator Bicknell cites urgent appeals from the American Committee for Relief in the Near East. County quotas must be raised quickly to deliver food clothing and medicines to starving refugees in the aftermath of the armistice. Bingham reported $4000 raised as the first tally, with counties urged to follow.
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Bicknell
National Food Administration
Beig
American Committee For Relief In the
Near East
Robert Mc Mc-Cracken
Idaho
McCracken
America
Bingham
Prohibition Moves Ahead as Nation Goes Dry Next Year
Distilling interests plan plant conversions and export of whiskies ahead of nationwide prohibition. Nebraska becomes 36th state to ratify the amendment, with July 1 set as dry start unless presidential order changes. Memorial observance for Frances E. Willard scheduled at Rose Hill cemetery.
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New York
Norman Stern
Trans-Oceanic Securities Corporation
Distilleries Security Corporation
Chicuzo
United States
Nebraska
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Delaware
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South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
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Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Congress
Distillers’ Committee
Levy Mayer
Levy
Nevada
Marylad
New Mexico
Rose Hill Cemetery
Evanston
Frances E. Willard
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Miss Willard
Missouri ratifies federal prohibition amendment
Jefferson City, Missouri January 16 the legislature ratified the federal prohibition amendment as the house concurred with the senate resolution leading to the enactment of nationwide prohibition.
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Jefferson Citt
Missouri
House
Senate
Polish Government Takes Lithuanian Administration
London reports on January 16 that the Polish government has provisionally assumed control of Lithuania to shield the country from Bolsheviks. The move follows a request from the Lithuanian republics president and was transmitted by a Warsaw telegram.
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London
Lithuania
Holsheviks
Warsaw
Crosby resigns as special commissioner of finance in Europe
Oscar T. Crosby resigns as special commissioner of finance for the United States in Europe. Secretary Glass will accept the resignation soon, but Crosby plans to stay in Europe to advise the peace delegation on financial questions.
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Washington, Jan
Oscar_ T. Crosby
United States
Europe
Glass
Crosby
Calamity Howl Is Morrisons Effort
Washington January 16 Frank Morrison secretary of the American Federation of Labor told the house immigration committee that demobilized soldiers will trigger bread lines in major industrial centers by May 1 He warned that after that date construction should absorb some veterans to reduce unemployment
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Washington
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
House Immigration Committee
Senate designates Roosevelt National Park in California district
Washington, D. C., Jan. 16. A bill to set aside the California redwood district as Roosevelt National Park passed the Senate unanimously and now goes to the House.
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California
Roosevelt National Park
Senate
House
Soldiers urged to retain life insurance
A government appeal urges veterans to keep up their life insurance with Uncle Sam. The message outlines that approximately four million service members are insured, totaling about thirty-seven billion dollars, and warns that lapsing would forfeit the right to convert to standard government policies.
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Directtedo
Soldiers and Sailors of America
Army and Navy
United States
Uncle Sam
Sam
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Idaho Debates Primary Law Revisions in Senate Caucus
Idaho senators split on proposed changes to primary law with calls for repeal and cautions against drastic action. Widespread talk of school English requirements and eminent domain bills marked the caucus as factions argued over main features and potential legislation.
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Boise
Idaho
Senate
Draste
Getion
McMurry
United States
Nelson
Kootenai
Whitcomb
President of Brazil Dead After Illness
Rio De Janeiro reports the death of president-elect Dr. Rodrigues Alves after a period of critical illness. The sudden passing ends Brazil's presidential succession as plans for inauguration shift to new leadership.
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Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Rodrigues Alves
Colonel Exonerated By Baker's Inquiry Board
Secretary Baker announced a special department board inquiry found Colonel E A Deeds of the Signal corps completely exonerated after Hughes recommended court martial. The findings were approved and the case closed with all records filed.
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Washington
E. A. Deeds
Signal Corps
Charles FE. Hughes
Special Department Board
Baker
Colorado Midland Rail Line Ordered Dismantled
Colorado utilities commission grants permission to dismantle the Colorado Midland railroad after finding no demand for continued operation. The report notes wartime context and recent troop movements, including the cruiser St. Louis completing its twentieth round trip to Europe since the war began.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado Utilities Commission
Colorado Midland Railroad
St. Lows
Europe
Inauguration of Peace Congress to Feature Formal Ceremony
Paris on Saturday will host the peace congress inauguration with troops paying honors to arriving delegates. French foreign minister Stephen Pichon will greet President Wilson at the foreign ministry and escort him to the opening room. Plenipotentiaries will sit around a horseshoe table. delegates sit alphabetically by state, with the Americans at one end and Japan last among major powers. The supreme council resumed at 10:30, Vittorio Orlando detained in Rome, and a communique may explain session news restrictions.
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Stephen Piehon
Wilson
Foreign Ministry
British Empire
France
Italy
Japan
Poincare
Supreme Council of the Five Creator Powers
Vittorio Orlando
Rome
Wilaoa
Paris Peace Conference Keeps Proceedings Secret
Paris January 16. Delegates to the peace congress decide to keep proceedings secret and limit official statements. American delegates including President Wilson will be unable to discuss announcements. A meeting of press representatives from allied nations is planned to exchange views on publicity methods.
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Associated Press
Peace Congress
Wilson
Lloyd George
England
Supreme Council
Please Register for War Veteran Employment
The Bureau for Returning Soldiers and Sailors asks every returning service member to register present at the United States Employment office on West Clark Street or at the Y M C A Bannock Hotel Yellowstone Hotel or White & Company East Center Street office. The effort helps the Bureau check off those seeking employment and applies to all who wore Uncle Sam’s uniform in the late world war including home front servicemen and those hoping to settle in Pocatello. Please do it now.
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Bannock Hotel
Yellowstone Hotel
White & Company
East Center St
Bureau
Uncle Sam
Pocatello
Board OF Management
Bureau For
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