Price chaos and smuggling grip wartime markets
A wartime report details price chaos as households face scarcity of food and necessities. Rationing, foreign exchange shocks, and smuggling drive daily costs up. stores remove price marks while dealers trade in dollars and pounds despite local crowns. A tailor charges 9000 crowns for a suit, and train service suspension exposes the extent of smuggling in fares and food.
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Slovakia
Mate Ils Ayehavet
Odshop
Zurich
Gambling Rampant in Spain After War Ends
The article reports a surge in gambling across Spain since the war’s end. Gambling houses have sprung up near major cities, attracting crowds of men and women who wager heavily daily.
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Gambing
Spain
Madrid
Jas
Madrid Gambling Bans Spark Public Campaign
Newspapers denounce licensed gambling houses in Madrid claiming they pauperize men and women. Critics say licensed venues push patrons to street begging, fueling a broad public backlash.
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Madrid
Turks Plead for the Retention of Constantinople
Turkish meetings across the country protest removal of the sultan and government from Constantinople. About 100000 attendees, including women addressing the crowd, adopt resolutions urging Constantinople to stay Turkish and Smyrna to remain under Turkish control, with minority rights to be equal across regions.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Europe
Balkans
East Suffers Big Damage From Forest Fires
Washington reports eastern section and Mississippi valley suffered forest fire damage far above western levels. Average annual loss over three years about 20.7 million dollars, with east and south of Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee totaling 32 percent of damage. Mississippi valley sees 61 percent, Minnesota 1918 losses alone 28 million. Fires mainly sparked by farmers burning brush and by railroads.
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Washington
Mississippi Valley
Forest Service
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi State
Minnesota
Churchill as Naval Censor and War Briefings Revealed
Rear Admiral Sir Douglas Brownrigg recounts Churchill’s role as chief censor during the Dardanelles campaign and his habit of framing communiques. He describes Churchill’s eccentric theater during briefing, including a crowded bedside scene with despatches, a large cigar, and a stenographer. The account notes Churchill’s timing, gambling hints in news releases, and the pressures of wartime censorship.
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London
Churchill
Jord
Admiralty
Damdenelles
Tigadt
Ias
Iail
Douglas Browninge
Douglas
Chureniil
Brownrigg
sChurchell
Mr. Churchill
Immense Silver Shortage Reported Worldwide
Report notes a vast silver shortage due to silver standard use in oriental countries and rapid commercial expansion between the west and east. The situation reflects mounting demand and strained supply amid global economic shifts.
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London
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