Inventor Claims New Law of Nature for Wireless Breakthrough
New York report profiles Roy A. Weagant, Marconi chief engineer, who says he has discovered a new natural law eliminating static in wireless radio. He claims the breakthrough enables continuous cross ocean communication, reduces power needs, and could alter postwar technology, with governments already using it during the war. He plans to reveal details after peace is signed, while seeking broad access and protection for the invention.
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R. A. Weagant
New York
Isaac Newton
Newton
Roy A. Weagant
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
Mr. Weagant
Weagant
Germany
Marconi
United States District Court
Julius Mayer
Kintner
Atlantic Communication Company Et al
Mayer
Edward J. Nally
Marconi Company
North Atlantic
Atlantic
San Francisco
Japan
New Jersey
Miami
Florida
United States Patent Office
United States
Weegant
Canada
Vermont
Stanstead College
McGill University
Montreal Light, Heat and Power Company
Westinghouse Company
Pittsburgh
de Laval Steam Turbine Company
National Electric Signaling Company
Red Cross helps Italian children return home healthier
In Italy the American Red Cross closes its mountain and seaside camps for the season. Mothers in cities, Sardinia, and Sicily rejoice as their children come home changed from pale and ailing to sturdy and rosy. A letter from J Maria Ferrario expresses deep gratitude for the care given to Angelo Ferrario, noting his return from Gressonel camp with improved health and color.
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Rome
American Red Cross
Italy
Sardinia
Sicily
Red Cross
Giuseppinas
Angelos
J. Maria Ferrario
Angelo Ferrario
Gressonel
Texas Oil Industry Booms In State Refineries
Texas oil output surges with 42 refineries now in operation delivering a daily capacity of 278 500 barrels. The sector plans more growth as new plants along the coast near Houston near completion, including a 20 000 barrel per day unit on the ship canal, with an investment of eight to ten million dollars.
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Dallas
Texas
Army Motors
Houston Ship Canal
World News Briefs from The Southland Era
Judge Emory Speer of Georgia dies at Macon aged over seventy. Cotton regulation ends with dissolution of wartime distribution. Southern Congress backs Bankhead plan for 500 million dollars in highway and post road funds plus merchant marine expansion. Government facing debt expansion of five to six billion dollars. Parole for Henry Youtsey in Goebel case. McAdoo seeks five-year rail control extension. Soldiers at home to receive silver chevrons. nearly eight thousand return to New York. Tragic car crossing deaths near Cartersville. Cotton ginned totals released. Vice President Marshall presided at cabinet meeting. Meat packing regulation bills advance in Congress. War finance and navy supremacy topics dominate. Britain asserts navy strength. Wilson hinted at peace conference naval questions. American engineers prepare Rhine crossing as bridges noted. Germany cited as overspending on state details. Germany liberty of seas debated. Solf resigns. Russians shot in Praprogorsk and other leaders executed. Spies shot in Tower of London. two women reprieved. Copenhagen reports Allies to withhold food until council dissolution. Allies may sweep into Germany.
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Emory Speer
United States District Court
Georgia
Macon
War Industries Board
Southern Commercial Congress
Baltimore
South
Ways and Means Committee
House
Henry Youtsey
Goebel
McAdoo
Army and Navy
Woodrow Wilson
New York
Wilbur J. Ham
Cartersville
O. H. P. Wright
Sea Island
Marshall
Wilson
Federal Trade Commission
Washington
Interstate Commerce Committee
Germany
United States
Dr. W. 8. Solf
Russki
Dimitrieff
Prapragorsk
M. Rukhloff
Ruseki
Tower of London
Copenhagen
Brest
George Washington
Chile-Peru
Polk
Chile
Peru
Tacna
Arica
State Department
Ancon
Congress
Treasury Department
Clemenceau
France
New York City
Marshal Foch
Senate
To Shear Sheep by Machine
A machine enables an inexperienced person to shear sheep neatly while costing under 12 dollars. It promises more wool than hand shearing and notes that after removing the fleece all tags and dust should be cleaned.
Washingtons George Washington arrives at Brest in historic harbor ceremony
Washington Cablegrams report President Wilson landed at Brest aboard the steamer George Washington leading a naval pageant of dreadnoughts and destroyers. The event marks the first time a U.S. president trod European soil.
Wool Handling Guidelines Unearthed in Memoir
Fragment describes stuffing wool into bundles with twine and packing into sacks for shipment to a commission firm or sale to buyers. The passage emphasizes packing methods and directed distribution steps as a practical workflow in historical textile trade.
Potatoes Wasted in U.S. by Vast Amounts Each Year
The piece claims nearly 120 million bushels of small potatoes are wasted annually in the United States and could be repurposed for bread. Quoted voice encourages hopeful seeking and cites James Montgomery.
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United States
Wilson in Paris Attends Church and Visitation of Lafayette Tomb
President Wilson spent his first Sunday in Paris visiting the American Presbyterian church on Rue De Berri, paid respects at the tomb of LaFayette in Picpus cemetery, and met with Premier Clemenceau and President Poincare. He rested at home afterward with brief security detail present.
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Paris
Wilson
LaFayette
Premier Clemenceau
Col. F. M. House
Madame Poincare
Palace of the Elysee
Rue de Berri
Picpus
Harts
Secret Service
Armistice to Germany Extended to January 17
An updated dispatch from Treves reports the German armistice extended to January 17 at five a m The extension adds that the Allies reserve the right to occupy the neutral zone on the right bank of the Rhine north of the Cologne bridge head up to the Dutch frontier with six days prior notice.
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Openhagen
Treves
Alles
Rhine
Cologne
Doctor Paes, Portugal President, Shot at Lisbon Station
London reports Doctor Sidorio Paes, president of Portugal, was shot three times at a Lisbon railway station while awaiting a train to Porto Rico. He died minutes later. The assailant Jeenne was killed by the crowd after the attack. Paes had been proclaimed president on June 9 and led a revolt in Portugal in December 1917.
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London
Sidorio Paes
Portugal
Lisbon
Porto Rico
Paes
Jeenne
Port Gal
German papers plead they were deceived over Wilson Paris visit
Berlin dispatches show German newspapers, once sharp critics of President Wilson, now defending themselves for being deceived by reports of his arrival in Paris. The press claims his utterances are being scrutinized carefully as they reassess earlier positions.
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Berlin
Wilson
Paris
Soldiers to Retain Uniforms and Overcoats After Discharge
Washington secretary Baker told House military chair Dent that the war department will allow discharged soldiers to permanently keep the uniforms and overcoats worn at muster out. Dent drafted a bill granting the authority. previously the plan was to return clothing three months after discharge.
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Washington
Baker
Dent
House Military Committee
Planne
Abandonment of Construction at Tent Camps Ordered
Washington reports the War Department has ordered abandonment of all construction work at designated tent camps. Affected sites include Hancock Georgia Wadsworth Sevier District of Columbia Greene North Carolina Metiel Lan Alabama Sheridan Alabama Logan Texas Beauregard Louisiana Cal N M Doniphan Oklahoma Fremont California Kearney California.
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Washington
War Department
Hancock
Wadsworth Sevier
D .C
Greene
N. C
Metiellan
Ala
Sheridan
Logan
Bowie
Texas
Beauregard
Cal N. M
Doniphan
Okla
Fremont Cal
Kearney
Cal
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Doual
the News OF the South
Southland
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Great Britain
Bristol
Ecoess
James Montgomery
Col. Houie
Poincare
America
Murat
Doctor Paes
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