Rumor of Federal Seizure Denied by NC Extension
North Carolina agricultural leaders deny rumors that the federal government will seize home canned foods. Kilgore of the extension service urges citizens to trust conservation efforts and to continue canning and drying foods to support affordable supplies during high costs of living. Community fairs expand statewide with 175 planned events this year and widespread judge involvement across 54 counties.
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B. W. Kilgore
Agricultural Extension Service
Washington
College of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
England
Kilgore
North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Experiment Station and Extension Service
Gaston County
Sampson County
Catawba
Haywood
Lincoln
Harnett
Franklin
Burke
Stanly
Mecklenburg
Buncombe
Madison
Wilson
le Noir
Department
North Carolina
German Intrigue in America Exposed by Secretary Lansing
Secretary Lansing reveals that during Germanys control of Germanys affairs in Bucharest agents secretly hid powerful explosives and deadly microbes at the German legation for use against the United States. Romanian authorities uncovered fifty-one boxes buried in the legation garden containing TNT filled cartridges and vials of anthrax and glanders with notes for uses against horses and cattle.
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Legation
Bucharest
United States
Washington
Germany
Lansing
von Luxburg
Argentina
von Eckhardt
Mexico City
von Bernstorff
Foreign Office
Congress
State Department
William Whiting Andrews
Parumbaru
Romania
Popicka
Andrews
Bernhradt
Dr. Bernhardt
Kronstadt
Hungary
Revelations Stir Washington Over German Plots
Officials disclose payrolls and plans linked to Count von Bernstorff detailing funding for propaganda and schemes to bomb munition plants and attack shipping. Congress and the Senate lobby committee move toward an immediate inquiry with support from the State Department and Justice officials.
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Washington
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Congress
State Department
Martin Named North Carolina Public Information Chairman
Santford Martin private secretary to Governor Bickett becomes chairman of the North Carolina committee of public information in the council of defense. The move aims to circulate patriotic materials statewide to urge conservation and support for soldiers and wartime efforts. Brunswick leaders under C Ed Taylor report a card to link soldiers with the local committee and ensure free services to servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santford Martin
Bickett
North Carolina
Martin
State Council of Defense
Brunswick
C. Ed Taylor
Brunswick Committee
Mill adopts group life insurance for workers
Fidelity Hosiery Mills of Newton implements a group life policy for operatives with the company as trustee. Each employee will receive a policy starting at 300 dollars, rising by 100 dollars annually to 500 dollars, funded by the mill. Coverage totals about 35 thousand dollars with Aetna Life Insurance of Hartford. New enterprises authorized include Walker Hosiery Mills Company in Burlington with 100 thousand dollars in authorized capital and 3 thousand subscribed, Liberty Barber Shop Inc in Charlotte with 20 thousand authorized and 300 subscribed, and Monarch Bowling Academy in Charlotte with 50 thousand authorized and 2 thousand subscribed.
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Fidelity Hosiery Mills
Newton
Aetna Insurance Company
Hartford
Conn
Walker Hosiery Mills Company
Burlington
Liberty Barber Shop, Inc
Charlotte
Monarch Bowling Academy
Capital
More German Plots Exposed in World War I Propaganda
The Committee on Public Information reports documents showing German imperial government involvement via letters, telegrams, and ledgers. It cites violations of U.S. law, attacks on ships, anti American plots in Mexico, and labor stirring in munition plants. It references Holland as a German conduit and hints at ties to German diplomats through the Von Igel records.
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Committee On Public Information
United States
Washington
Cormany
Geman
Great Britain
Mexico
Lansing, Baker and Daniels
Geroge Creel
Holland
Germany
von Igel
Holland Commission
Congress
Wilson
Count von Bernstorff
Berlin
Capitol
Senator Overman
Senate Lobby Committee
Representative Flood
House Foreign Affairs Committee
State Department
German Pressure to Influence U S Congress Through $50 000
Washington reveals Berlin sought $50,000 to sway U S congress via an organization linked to German diplomats and to back an Ireland declaration. Count von Bernstorff urged this in January as Germany moved to unrestricted submarine warfare, prompting calls for investigations and possible censorship debates.
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Washington
Berlin
Congress
United States
Lansing
Count von Bernstorff
Foreign Office
von Bernstorff
Ireland
House
Heflin
Alabama
von Bersorff
Jacobstadt Captured as German Forces Advance on Dvina Front
London dispatch reports Jacobstadt on the Dvina captured by German troops with a twenty six mile front on the west bank. Russian war office confirms Republican troops on the Riga front have fallen back to the Dvina's right bank.
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London
Jacobstadt
Dvina
Russian War Office
Riga
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Raleigh
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New Chartersman's Home Mission Society of Methodist Episcopal Church
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Tennessee
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Texas
Electricett and Power Co
Lake View
Dse
Chartay
America
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German Empire
Rumania
Bearnstorff
Flood
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Overman
Senate
King
Utah
New York
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Turkey
Desteaptate Romane
Fair Play Publishing Company
Department of Justice
Secret Service
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Kaiser
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