Votes to End Housing Violation of Law Alleged
The Reed joint resolution orders work stopped on the Laon station plaza war housing project and suspends all government housing projects under Labor Department housing programs. Probes show Fuller Company charged excessive profits on furniture and horse and motor equipment rentals. More than 6000 applications seek dormitory rooms amid dire housing conditions reported by AH Grady and the War Risk Insurance Bureau.
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Pre
Reed
Laon Station Plaza
Department of Labors Housing Cor Privion Wii Ohere
Nitor Calder
Theo Presat
Ely
Norris
Nebraa
Tocal
Learoot
Fuller Company
Robinson
Union Station
Ahce H Grady
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Grady
Natives Oppose German Rule in Former Colonies
A press dispatch from London reports Walter Hume arguing natives favor continued British rule over Germany. Native chiefs in Kwansit Rimerune declare they wish to stay under British protection, citing German atrocities and forced conscription. The White Book notes natives across Kameruns, Simoan Islands, Southwest Africa and East Africa favor British governance and reject German threats.
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Associated Press
London
Montreal
Ikelo
Walter Hume Long
Oxford
Grarmany
Leng
Kwansit Rimerune
Depeid
Simoan Islands
Kameruns
Africa
East Africa
Colonial Office
Lugoling ii
Obituary Notices from December Funeral Listings
Multiple obituaries listed for December including Jacobs, Kessler, McLaine, Murphy, Bodgers, Sanborn, and Young. Feasts indicate survivors, funeral times, and burial at Mount Olivet, Oak EN, and other local cemeteries with services in churches and residences.
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Jacobs
Futhom
Ytthensiy
Darsie
Gargler
Mary 1
Fenjamins
Jacis Uirral
Kigdom
Maut Olivet
Kessler
Misa
Missouri
Chapel of John
Briday
McLaine
York
Alihi
Ccorge
Mary Walaby
Meridian Stratoon
Murphy
Strane
Morgan Mary Ant Bona
Wits
Aim
Olivet
Ali Mantle
St Johns
Charen Banborn
Mendae
IO Sanborn
West Virgina
SUW Hines
Morthwest
Lock Krend
Oak Enn Cemetery
Lee
Genrge
Trade turn urged as Greece seeks access at congress
A Greek finance ministry official, Constantinlidi, urged the U.S. to expand trade with Greece at the Southern Commercial Congress in Baltimore. He highlighted France and England's interest in developing Greece’s natural resources and called for sustained cultural and economic ties to bolster international trade and mutual prosperity.
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Baltimore
Congresa
Kaiser Removal Talks Stir Dutch Hesitation
The Associated Press reports Amsterdam officials considering Kaiser Wilhelm’s potential removal and refuge. The Dutch government hints at a provisional stance and consults with Holland about a new residence, seeking honor and authority in any arrangement. King George reportedly will not visit the United States.
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Amsterdam
Eloulind Junkheer Huuijs
Beatenbrouck
Germany
Hague
Tulay
Hollumt
Holland
George
U. S
London
United States
Esthonians Foil Bolshevik Attack On Front Line
Stockholm reports that Esthonian front remains holding against Bolshevik attack despite arms shortages. Russian ships bombarded coast from Narva to Asserien while landings failed. In the south Bolsheviks captured Neuhausen near Pako. Ukrainian officials cite executions of Russki and Dimitrieff by local Soviet at Prapragorsk.
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Stockholm
Narva
Asserien
Neuhausen
Pako
Commerce and Communications
Russki
Poland
von Hindenburg
Prussia
Radko Dimitrieff
Przemys
Rigi
Imperial Revenues Paid To Royalty In Germany
Berlin reports the German imperial revenues for December 1 to 15 have been paid to all former royal personages remaining in Germany entitled to them. The Vossische Zeitung says the former emperor has authorized his son Prince Frederick to represent him on all matters concerning the former imperial house.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Germany
Vossische Zeitung
Fbiter
Frederick
Bavarian Crown Prince Plans Revolt in Cerre
A Geneva dispatch reports Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria with senior Bavarian exiles preparing to restore the House of Wittelsbach. The claim cites Swiss papers and a German source in Basel, noting preparations for a potential revolt to reinstate Bavarian rule.
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Cerre
Pana
Temps
Geneva
W Drerman
Switzerland
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Corre
Grisone
Ruppracht
House of Wittelsbach
Five use one pair phone wires for multiplex telephony
Postmaster General Burleson released a letter from Theodore Mail of AT&T describing the Bill system that doubles long distance capacity. The technique allows five telephone conversations on one pair of wires or four telegraph messages, with flexible allocation between the two services. Installation between Baltimore and Pittsburgh has been in service for over a month.
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Burleson Yessterday
Theodore Mail
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Vails Jetter
Maryland Virginia tragedy after boy swallows poison
Special to The Washington Post from Hagerstown Maryland describes Mrs Isenberger and her 10-year-old son Howard in critical condition after she swallowed rat poison in a despondent act and he, crying to not live without her, grabbed the bottle and drank some, presenting a fatal sequence of events in a family crisis. The report notes the mother had long suffered from ill health.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
David Isenberger
Howard
Isenberger
Deaths of West Virginia and Ohio men in France
Messages from Grafton Parkersburg Cumberland Bristol report West Virginia families notified by the War Department that sons died in France or were killed in action. Names include F A Nichael and his son, Glen Archer, W D Mergler, and others. Spanish influenza leads to school closures and possible theater and public gathering bans.
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Parkersburg
W Va
S B Archer
War Department
Glen Archer
Seventy-fourth Railroad Artillery
France
Cumberland
Robert Twigg
W D Mergler
113Th Infantry
Peanut Raisers Ask U S Aid at Suffolk Meeting
The Virginia Carolina Peanut Growers Association, in Suffolk, passed a crop hold resolution and elected W J Story president of Courtland, Va, and T B Slade secretary of Hamilton, N C. After an address by B C Mooman from Washington, the group voted to petition the Food Administration and USDA to stabilize the peanut market and extend the embargo on Japanese nuts.
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Suffolk
Virginia- Carolina Peanut Growers’ Association
W J Story
Courtland
T B Slade
Hamilton
C Mooman
Alexandria War Department notices and local items
War Department lists William Browner missing in action and several Alexandria men wounded or reported among the wounded in France. Private Melvin Fones, Charles Meade, Robert Webber, Linwood Simpson named with varying statuses. Sarepta Lodge officers elected. lighting and ferry plans discussed by merchants. Masons hosted by Henry Lansburgh with flag gift. Women’s committee adds 120 in War War Campaign funds. Aldermen set meeting to act on pending measures. Fifth regiment benefit dance at War Community Club. Charles Bayliss and Misa Minta Larrick wed in Winchester and head to Detroit.
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Warrington Post Sreau
King Street
Alexandere
Conway Brawner
War Department
Wiliam M. Browner
Fainbow Division
Brawner
Alexandria
France
Melvin Fonas
Thomas R. Fone
South
Patrick Street
Wea
Adjutant General
Fones
318Th Infantry
Mary Meade
Charles BE. Meade
Robert B Webber
Linwood Simpson
Grain and Live Stock Prices in Baltimore Report
Baltimore market brief lists live poultry prices including young and old chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese, and creamery dairy items by region such as Western Maryland Virginia Ohio and the Northeast. It also covers eggs butter and grain quotes with corn oats wheat and rye prices and notes regional variations and delivery terms.
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Baltimore
By Express
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Southern
North Carolina
Live Stock Chicago Prices Snapshot Dec 12 Hogs Cattle Sheep
Chicago live stock prices list hogs and butchers with ranges for good to choice porkers and packers, cattle including beef, stockers and feeders, veal calves, Western range beef steers, cows and heifers, and sheep with lambs and ewes, noting price ranges and market terms.
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Chicago
Benjamin Berkson Dies in Maryland at 47
Special to The Washington Post Hagerstown Md Dec 12 Benjamin Berkson 47 well known Hagerstown business man died suddenly today of heart disease He is survived by his wife and three sons all in the American forces in France He left an estate valued at 50 060 Special for The Washington Post Lynchburg on Dec 11 The grand camp of Confederate Veteran in session here yesterday elected officers including Commander Thomas Jackson Norfolk First Lieutenant Commander Captain John Lamb Richmond Second Lieutenant Commander Judge Mullen Petersburg Third Lieutenant Commander Thomas West Bellevue Inspector General Thomas Miller Lynchburg Chaplain Rev Dr J C Reed Assistant Chaplain Rev H Braxton Brans Petersburg Surgeon General Dr Joy Terri Campbell County Assistant Surgeon General J C Bidgood Henrico Quartermaster General El K Evans influenza recuperative dirt in Horlicks Military Digest
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Benjamin Berkson
France
Washington
Thomas [ Jackson
Norfolk
John Lamb Richmond
Mullen
Petersburg
Thomas & West Bellevue
Thomas
Miller
Lynch
Burgh
J C Reed
Hraxton
Joy Terri
Campbell County
J C Bidgood
Advocates Push Government Control of Radio Stations
Secretary Daniels told the House merchant marine committee that a administration bill would place permanent control of all radio communication under the Navy Department by acquiring shore wireless stations. He warned against general public utilities ownership, insisting air radio must be single controlled. Opponents Greene and Edmonds argued it fits a broader ownership push. Navy facilities at Annapolis Sayville Tuckerton Brunswick were described as a wartime coordinated system with Ivy Department oversight. Receiving stations Belmar New Jersey Bar Harbor Maine can handle multiple messages simultaneously.
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Daniels
House Merchant Marine Committee
Navy Department
Greene
Massachusetts
Edmonds
Pennsylvania
Annapolis
Sayville
Tuckerton
Brunswick
Ivy Department
Lieut J Cooper
Radio Division
Belmer
Bar Harbor
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Fairfac County
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Wilmington
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Connecticut Ave
Woodley Rd
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Columbia Country Club
Kirkside Golf Club
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