Coat Shortage Stirs Senate War Board Hearings
Washington, Dec. 27. A Senate military committee resumed hearings on wartime clothing shortages. General Sharpe cited delays in delivering winter overcoats due to cloth shortages and factory strikes. Senators pressed for why orders were not followed and whether the council of national defense influenced contracts.
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Sharpe
Zenate Mil. Hayy
McKellar
Frelinghuysen
Quarternastergynegate
Council of Nation Defence
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Weeka
Beaton
Kater
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Incomplete OCR highlights council contract dispute
Fragmentary text notes Air Kaplan and a council committee member involved in a contract. Mentions a six cent rate and private contractor profits estimated at 400000 annually. General Sharpe questions signing authority and timing of the contract.
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Air
Kaplan
Smil
Be & Brother
Jean
Genarst Shaspo
Fend
Tme
Sharpe
Knights Election Notice for December Meeting
Knights of NMACCABEES summon members to attend Friday December 23 for election of officers. Officers listed include Furniss as commissioner and Harris as another designated role. Contact details appear in the notice.
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Public shipbuilding critique and War-year Russia satire
A December 1917 hearing before the commerce committee features Rear Admiral Bowles blaming the Emergency Fleet Corporation for failed ship production. He cites 28,000 ton steel ships laid up, cost concerns, and government payback, while questioning private contractors. The piece shifts to a Berlin front report and ends with a satirical, bitter poem mocking wartime promises and Russia.
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B.A. Bowles
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Agonta Commerce Committee
Admiral Bowles
New York
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Cardon
Admiral Howlns
Woodert
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Towles
Finn
Loyank
Medical Society Members Enter Army Pay Plan
Spokane Washington report says 23 members of Spokane County Medical Society ordered into active service with the U S armed forces will receive at least 200 dollars a month, equal to a captain’s pay. The society covers the difference and provides a 20000 dollar nonforfeiture policy. About 122 members already in the National-Key Emergency Fund await government remittance.
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Spokane
Waah
Tee
Spokana County Medical Society
United States
Yarcas
Koryo Frott
Pills and remedies for kidney and rheumatic pains
A reader recounts chronic pain and sleep disruption from kidney and bladder issues. He cites Foley Sidney Fils and Watts products, taking pills after meals and at night, hoping relief. He mentions restless nights, back pain, headaches, stomach trouble, heart action, and waking joints, seeking a cure from Melntyre Drug Co-Advertin.
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Sidney Fils
Alaas
Woman Jury In An Assault Case In Poplar Montana
In Poplar Montana a historic assault trial opened with a full jury of women. The case follows allegations involving Mrs. George Crale accused of striking a man during a dispute over compensation for nursing services. The proceedings highlight a notable use of a women-only jury in the state.
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Poplar
Mont
George Crale
U.C
Elkus to Lecture on War Conditions in Seattle
Seattle readers will hear Ambassador to Turkey Elkus lecture about war conditions titled Mandhurny War Zone under the auspices of the American Jewish War Relief. The talk highlights wartime diplomacy and the U S role in the Near East and Turkey during the ongoing conflict.
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Elkus
Seattle
Wash
Ahrahan Bika
United States
Ambinaador
Turkey
Mandhtjony
Government War Dept notice on military obligations
The War Department issues a formal notice prohibiting collection of obligations from soldiers. It states all military authorities are instructed to direct any private or professional claim to be settled only through official channels. Only matters involving three officers fall within articles requiring process.
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Dirresan
Surah afGerrs Brefore
Aga Dlyie
Allied capture of German submarine U-53 in a staged rendezvous
Paris dispatch reports the German submarine U 53, previously seized by French forces after a wall of Allied destroyers and air cover engaged several subs, was captured with its wireless logs and crew. The event followed a coordinated trap to lure U boats to a meeting point for neutralization.
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Newport
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Kans Rose
Alster
Faye
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Hige
France
Cizelo
Tangaul
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Hee
Nik Pettusbee
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Eailera
Officials Probe GasE of Apraxin in San Diego
Federal authorities investigate Captain Sergina Apraxia on a criminal charge of writing a threatening letter. Police say Apraxia, rumored Austrian secret agent, is linked to the letter sent to a local jeweler and found by police. The note threats murder and border flight, with vows of revenge.
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Apraxin
San Diego
Cal
Sergina Apraxia
Apraxia
The Modest Hen Mocked for Corner Stone Ceremony
A neighbor mocks a woman for influencing the opening of a new workman's club across the road. The scene centers on the noisy remark and the implied pride in the corner stone event, reflecting small town humor and social competition.
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Jeuklus
Pro Germans Nearly Lynched After War Sentiments
In Audubon County authorities faced a violent clash as pro German residents attacked Reverend W. A. Starek and Frad Tenekberg amid a heated council meeting. The men were roughed and nearly lynched for alleged treasonable actions. Starck fled after being dragged through the streets and forced to sign a $1,000 Red Cross check before his family left the community. Also reported is Christmas mail for American expeditionary forces and England’s monthly deployment of women workers to France.
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Dee
Defonsa
Jale
Hev. W. A. Starnyk
Frad Tenekberg
Hoxs
Starek
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Klefonsa
Red Cross
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