Preach to Save Food Read Hoover Message in Campaign
Hoover urges world relief through food conservation during Food Conservation Week. He notes 360 million need aid in liberated regions and urges Americans to sacrifice to prevent famine, support allies, and stave off anarchy as nations rebuild. He cites pledges to feed Belgium France Serbia Romania Poland Russia Armenia and others, with India and Argentina wheat supplies now accessible.
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Washington
Hoover
America
United States Food Administration
Floover
Sena
India
Australia
United States
Starvaton
Belgium
France
Serbia
Roumania
Montenegro
Poland
Russia
Armenia
Austria
Died Auld ridge Buckley Bockovag Bowie and More
Obituary notices list deaths from late November to December 1918 in various locations. Names include Sara Catherini Auldridge widow of Thomas Auld of southwest Bethlehem, Buckley widow Mary Parker Buckley, Bockovag nee Macsehi wife of Joseph I Bockovag, Bowie descendant of Mes Norris in Philadelphia, and Cox, Cunningham, Campbell families. Interments noted at St Martins Church, Glenwood Cemetery, and Clear Springs. funeral services at multiple churches with particular local timing.
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Auldridge
Sara Catherini
Thomas Auldade
Lazhth
Buckley
Idas
Donald the Belwerl
Mary Pakley
Harrison
Testas
St) Martins
Mags
Glenwood Cemetery
Boston
Bockovag
Bockovac
Macsehi
Joseph I Bock
Wilam
Eighth Street
Léeneter
Wolahem
Bowie
Mes
Norris
Philadelphna Pateses
Mark Gok
Massemervell
Bowie Neloe
Annie
Q Street
St Peters
Cunningham
Oathstone
Clear Springs
Cone
Campbell
Denver
Ask President to Help Russia in Allied Peace Council
Telegrams from American Defense Society branches urge President Wilson to back Russia at the peace council. They warn that ignoring Russia risks autocracy and antagonism to America, call for recognizing Omsk, and urge aid to rehabilitate Russia against Bolshevik menace with support from Britain and France.
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Russia
Peace Council
Wilson
American Defense Society
America
Omsk
Charles Stewart Pavison
Society
Great
Britain
France
Party of Law and Order
REITH and others Funeral Notices From 1918
Obituary notices for William F Reith Margaret D C Riley and others list funeral dates December 3 4 1918. Details include residence 2404 Twenty second Northeast location St Francis De Sales Church Mount Olivet Arlington Congressional Cemetery and Falls Church VA with interment arrangements and bereaved family names.
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Reith
Om William F
Margaret Bernadette Reith
Tegan
St Francis de Sales
Mount Olivet Ceme
Memorial Services Highlight Alexandria Elks Lodge
Washington Lodge of Elks speaker John L Ward led annual memorials for Alexandria Lodge No 758 BP O Ellie held at temporary quarters on Prince and Royal streets Rev Edgar Carpenter and past exalted ruler Jacob Brill spoke Exalted Ruler A A Paul presided Since 1902 Alexandria Elks have seen 47 deaths with only one in the past year Funeral services for John Patrick Welch Jr died in Bangor Maine were held at Wheatleys Mortuary yesterday Rev Edgar Carpenter officiated A board of aldermen will meet tomorrow to review several appropriations from the last council meeting Rev Dr John Lee Alison will speak before the Virginia Synod in Harrisonburg Raymond A Sutton of 1066 Prince Street was reported severely wounded with the 318th regiment in France.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
John L. Ward
Washington Lodge of Elks
Alexandria Lodge
P. O. Ellis
Prince and Royal Street
Edgar Carpenter
Jacob Brill
A. A. Paul
Alexandria Lodge of Elkswas
John Patrick Welch, Jr
Bangor
Maine
Wheatley’s Mortuary Chapel
John P. Welch
Board of Aldermen
Common Counci
John Lee Alison
Second Presbyterian Church
Synod of Virginia
Harrisonburg
William H Sutton
Prince Street
Raymond A Sutton
France
Hold-Ups in Baltimore Darken City Streets
Special to The Washington Post Baltimore December 1 two bold hold ups disrupted the city. In one, highwaymen seized 142 dollars after binding and twisting a wire around their victim. In the other, a man escaped with 82 dollars as a robber fled with cash. A driver on Bellair road was beaten and left bound, while Daniel L Calp of the Pennsylvania Railroad wrestled with a robber until a police officer arrived. the suspect escaped with Calp’s pocketbook containing 82 dollars.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Yast
Carl Hoss
Bellair Road
Daniel L Calp
Pennsylvania Railroad
Calp
Deaths in War Leave West Virginia Families Grief
War Department notices report multiple West Virginia families losing relatives in World War II. Lieut Robert Gilkeson of Cleveland trained at Camp Lee was killed in France on October 2. Charles Kleeh died in the 314th field artillery fight, followed by Harry Kleeh eight days earlier. Joseph Monroe’s brother Laula Monroe died in France on November 2 from pneumonia. Henry Cook of Washington died in France from pneumonia after mechanical training in Richmond.
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Romney
W Va
H-B. Gilkeson
War Department
Robert Gilkeson
France
Gilkeson
Cleveland
Camp Lee
Wheeling
Kleeh
Charles Klesh
314Th Field Artillery
Harry Kleeh
Ravesville
Joseph Monroe
Laula
Parkersburg
H Benry Cook
Ardy Cook
Washington
Cook
Hichmond
Virginia Obituary Roundup From Pneumonia and Deaths
A Virginia obituary roundup reports Mrs McKellar of Cary obituary in Huntington, W Va from pneumonia, funeral tomorrow. Capt Ji B Morris of Chesapeake Ohio Railway dies of heart trouble in Virginia, funeral tomorrow. Mrs Mary Cochran dies at 78 in Heathsville of paralysis. Thomas Benjamin Hurst dies in Baltimore of pneumonia at age 70, Confederate veteran. Wham Carroll Mamond and Edith Vanderbilt Diamond die in Gaithersburg and Clopper, both after pneumonia, funeral for Mrs Diamond held at St Rose Cemetery. Diamond is daughter of the late Aaron Vanderbilt of New Jersey.
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Chitoen Forge
Huntington
W. Va
McKellar
J H.,cary
Jnvision
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Ji B Morris
Chesapeake « Ohio Railway
Winchester
Dee
Mary Cochran
Charles Cochran
Washington Post
Rockville
Wham Carrol
Mamond
Gaithersburg
Edith Vanderbilt Diamond
Snow Blockade Plans by Defense Highway Committee
The Council of National Defense highway transport committee advances a snow removal program affecting highway service. It will analyze state laws, seek improvements, and study actions by state bodies using available funds and labor. Secretary Hargreaves notes difficulties but promises energetic efforts to address highway snow blockades.
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Highway Transport Committee
Council of National Defense
Hargreaves
Camel Born on Active Service Captured in Zoo Portrait
A zoo camel born on active service is described as ungainly yet stoic. The juvenile beast stands on long legs with a short body and shows calm around a British officer posing for its portrait. Young camels here are playful only modestly, contrary to some views.
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Nakvioe
His Troops Win High Honors Overseas Strafe Honored Unit
The Eleventh Engineers under Lieut. William Barclay Parsons earned the first distinction for American soldiers overseas who strafed the Hun. The unit led the action, marking a notable achievement in combat operations.
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Engineers
Willam Barclay Parsons
Capt Symmonds Dies and Other Washington War Casualties
Captain Robert Symmonds of the United States cavalry died November 22 in France from wounds during an attack in the Argonne forest. First Lieutenant James D Bebout was killed leading his platoon in the same action. Washingtonians Joseph V Cullen Sergt William K Dieste and Frank S Kennedy are among the dead. Cullen fell October 28 while leading his men. Dieste served in the 312th machine gun battalion and Kennedy belonged to the 316th machine gun battalion.
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James 0. Corbett
Argonne Forest
J. V.calen
W. K. Dieste
Frank Kennedy
Robert Symmonds
United States Cavalry
France
Vernon Street
Symmonds
Charlies J. Symmonds
Earl D. Thomas
West Point
James D. Bebout
218Th Infantry
Bebout
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania State College
James O. Corbett
T Street
Stout
Joseph V. Cullen
Fifth Street
Sergt
William K Dieste
Morton Street
Frank 5. Kennedy
Maud Brown
Ident
Cullen
Bis
Sergt. Dieste
Lieut Douglass G Cameron Killed in France
Lieut Douglass Gilford Cameron of the seventh field artillery was killed in action west of the Meuse in France on November 3. He was 24, entered service November 27, 1917, and is survived by his parents Maj Gen and Mrs George H Cameron of Atlanta, his wife Miss Margaret Payne, and two sisters.
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Seventh Field Artillery
Meuse
France
George H Cameron
Peach Tree Street
Atlanta
Cameron
Washington
Lieut Cameron
Margaret Payne
Maj Willard D Straight Dies in Paris Diplomat and Financier
Maj Willard D Straight, renowned New York financier and diplomat, died in Paris after pneumonia. A son of a Japanese missionary, he led American missions in the Far East, served as consul general in Seoul and Mukden, married Dorothy Whitney, and held multiple corporate and academic posts.
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Willard D Straight
New York
Maj. Straight
Col E M House
House
Col
Japan
Willard Dickerman Straight
Far East
China
Washington
William D Straight
Oswego
N. Y
Cornell
Chinese Imperial Maritimes Customs
Straight
Manchuria
Associated Press
Mr Straight
Seoul
Korea
Mukden
Dorothy Payne Whitney
Ldke
William Whetnes
Navy
Cleveland
America
The
International Corporation
Royal Geographical Society of London
Cornell University
London
Adjutant General's Department
New York City
Owen and wife buried in Gaithersburg funeral
Funeral services were held for Thomas J Owen a noted Washington auctioneer who died at his Gaithersburg home on Friday morning and his wife Mrs Vandelia Owen who died Saturday morning The Rev J J Ringer led the Grace Methodist Church service Interment was in Forest Oak Cemetery Rajtheraburs
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Ena
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Thomas Soner
Toll Sethe Sereet
TE Momass
Mount Olset
Guinon
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Lal Arvater
Wrights
Oop
Chapel Oak Hill
Jones
Surdiy Demir
Henerty
Maggis M
Jones Luntecul
Philadelthia Ba
Martin Wo Wissorg
Nordwest
Amy Wiguiman
Bros ¢ Tolviell Lumerat
Leonard
Suiny
Sears
Rogert Mewiay
Tess
LEWIS
Tia
Carlit
Thomas J Owen
Washington
Gaithersburg
Vandelia Owen
Grace Methodist Church
J. J. Ringer
Forest Oak Cemetery
Raljtheraburs
Frontline soldiers face uneducated traders and money woes
The report notes that many soldiers at the front, previously unwise with money, now lack means as living conditions and access to basic needs deteriorate. Dr Wilfley Mins points out that those who never worked before are unfamiliar with money’s value, leaving them unable to reach homes or secure essentials.
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Wilfley
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