Maritime powers for new board
Washington Ott 14 Executive departments of the government and a new war trade board replace the exports administrative board with extraordinary war time powers under a Wilson proclamation. The board regulates licensing of exports and imports and enemy firms in the United States. Censorship of mail tables and radio pentaces is placed in the hands of a special commission. The treasury governs exportation of gold and silver coin and foreign exchange transactions.
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Washington
War Trade Board
Exports Administrative Board
Wilson
Trade Board
War, Gay and Post
American ships commandeered under government control
The government seized about 600 American ships over 2,560 tons each and all cargo vessels including tankers, passenger steamers, and water ships to support military needs. Great Lakes ships remained exempt while requisitions target Atlantic and Pacific coasts for war use.
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Washington
Manly
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Guitend
Cage Ohipa
Silken Flag for Pershing at Southern Commercial Congress
Delegates from the South gather for the ninth annual Southern Commercial Congress in New York to promote agriculture mining and industrial resources as a national campaign. Herbert Houston urges a coordinated effort while Pershing receives a flag and remarks from American troops townspeople and the hotel scene honor American and French sacrifices. General Pershing praises women for their wartime role and a bronze tablet commemorates the American headquarters at Hotel de Ville.
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Thouands
Jenn Ritrea
Southern Commercial Congress
Wiabo
Wiewar, Herbert &. Houston
Bom Aid
Buoray
Ferehiax
Hotel Ville
Tois
France
America
Pershing
Peragnally
General Pershing
Hotel de Ville
Explosion at Du Pont Powder Works kills two workers
An explosion in the picro starch dryhouse at the Du Pont Powder Works in Cthbatown New Jersey instantaneously killed two workers and left a third missing presumed dead. The blast shattered windows as far as Philadelphia and rocked skyscrapers twenty miles away. Local workers at Woodbury reported no further injuries, with some men evacuated after contacting relatives.
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Picro
du Pont
Cthbatown
N. J
du Port
Pila
Wordbury
Dibbatown
Owder
Lower New Jeretynd
Delaware
Woodbury
Liberty Loan Day Proclaimed by President in War Drive
Wallington Oct 15 The administration urged Americans to back the second Liberty loan with a presidential proclamation setting Liberty Day for Oct 24. A government holiday will be granted to federal workers nationwide to join celebrations, while subscriptions show the loan near $400 million of the $1.95 billion goal. The appeal emphasizes unity in the war effort and urges widespread participation. In aviation news at Antonio Oct 14 two lieutenants fell from an airplane during an emergency flight. one was fatally injured, the other not seriously hurt.
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Wallington
America
Alberton
Wilson
Ban Antonio
John Frost
Red Cross Aids Serb Prisoners in War Camps
Washington reports the American Red Cross in cooperation with the Serbian government has organized food deliveries for Serb prisoners in Austrian camps. Five thousand bags of four forge food are to be shipped while the Serbian government deposits 500000 dollars to the Red Cross. The allies consider extra rations and clothing essential as central powers fail to provide sufficient sustenance.
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Washington
Rerblang
American Red Cross
Germany
Austria
Europe
Serbia
Anerhay
Dutch traitoress shot at dawn
Dutch dancer and adventuress Matal Tart, found guilty months ago of a similar charge, was shot at dawn. The report also notes shipping suspensions between the Netherlands and Britain amid war tensions and Dutch replies to Allied restrictions. Music reviews praise Frances Alda and various Victor records, alongside reports on cotton mill wage increases and other brief items.
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Varis
MatalTart
Adventuress
Caplonage
Wan
No Swedish cabinet formation despite king's request
Stockholm reports former interior minister S eiden unable to form a cabinet after King Gustav tasks him. The king has now invited Liberal Leader Professor Eden to organize a ministry, signaling a political stalemate and a shift in leadership efforts. Iron and steel scarcity tightens Germany’s war effort as Berlin imposes regulatory controls on structural iron and steel stocks.
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Stockholm
Och
M. Seiden
Interior
Gustav
Professor Eden
Railroad receiver bid denied in Missouri Kansas Texas case
According to a private report received here from S1 Louis the application of Speyer le Co for the appointment of a receiver for the Missouri Kansas and Texas railway has been denied in a decision handed down there by Federal Judge Hook.
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New York
Louis
Speyerle Co
Missou Kansas & Texas Railway
Hook
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