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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1918
Page
2
A sweeping roundup traces home and foreign intelligence from congressional moves on railroad laws to European policy debates. It notes Allied losses, wheat yield forecasts, and wartime casualty tallies while detailing political maneuvers in Congress, war recovery measures, and social shifts through postwar reforms and international diplomacy.
Nebraska reports nearly 240 million dollars in state bank deposits as of November 1, with commercial deposits around 235.5 million and savings 4.2 million. The total is just 10 million below the all time high, with 934 banks reporting, an increase of 14. The piece notes extensive war-time economic activity, influenza disruptions, and ongoing state finances and infrastructure plans. It also lists related developments: insurance licensing actions, road funding, court house delays, and agricultural outputs.
Paris reports the allied maritime council will assign 560000 tons of Austrian shipping in Italian ports and 2.5 million tons of German ships in allied ports for war supply and transport under Italian flag. Four admirals from the United States France Great Britain and Italy will manage distribution, with the Allied Maritime Council flag to appear at sea.
The Nebraska Board of Health approved strict home quarantine for influenza cases and urged counties cities and villages to organize health boards. It calls for nurses public school medical inspection employer sick leave and cancellation of public gatherings to curb the epidemic amid estimates of 5500 deaths in the state.
An Aero Club of America announcement from New York says Captain Robert A. Bart will lead a polar expedition by airplane next June to survey and photograph the Arctic regions and test upper air and polar basin depths. Conceived by Rear Admiral Robert S. Peary, the plan aims to determine land presence and provide invaluable scientific results, with a $250,000 funding goal.
Walter Hines Page former ambassador to Great Britain died in Pinehurst North Carolina Sunday night after a prolonged illness. He was a prominent journalist and author and served as ambassador underPresident Woodrow Wilson. The death ends a long career in public service and letters.
Washington December 24 A volunteer force of ten divisions for occupation of European soil as long as it is found necessary is provided in a bill introduced in the House by Representative Green of Iowa.
Washington December 24 Ninety six thousand truck and passenger automobiles 29000 neatoreselees and 5000 bicycles were defined on the dee of manufacturers by enteelliden War densitiment orders.
Reports from Petrograd worsen. Middle class starving with no fuel, beds kept by night. No supplies for over two weeks. Bolsheviks gain by controlling food distribution.
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