War agencies cut as sundry bill advances measures
The new sundry civil appropriation bill reported to the House cuts funding for distressing war agencies including Labor Department services and Public Information. It totals 850,766,806 for various departments and returns 21,905,818 unexpended war funds to the Treasury. Protests against abolishing the labor employment service were voiced by officials, though the majority rejects a 10,035,000 continuation appropriation.
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Department of Labor
Employment Service
House
Sherley
Appropriations Committee
Treasury
War Appropriations
Food and Fuel Administrations
Committee On Public Information
Capital Issuesi Committee
War Trade Board
War Labor Administrative Services
Wit
Ae i
In Memoriam Smalis In Memory of William How Ated Aval
In remembrance of a dear husband and brother William How Ated Aval who died last February one year ago. Survived by sister Walhir and brother Chile. A brief memorial note noting loss and love in this family observance.
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Smaliz
Hur
William
Aval
KY Walhir
Chile
February 1919 Death Notices From An Old City
Funeral notices list multiple individuals with varied spellings and locations dated February 19 to February 26 1919. Names include Aeth Urth Carimele Rain Knapp Little Mansfeld Sturgus Robinson and Wilson with residences in Saint Nicholas Avenue Southeast Tolana Avenue West Baltimore and other locales. Interments are private or at Hicksville Delaware Saint Marys and Glenwood Cemetery.
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Joseph
Betty Urth
Varshall
Tosepo
Henrietta Urth
Sint Sixth
Saturnas
San Nicholas V0
Cavazet
Seventh Street
Marta Carime
Ryan & Mollelland
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hicksville
Ohio
Ohto
Enapp
Falmouth
Harry C Knapp
Hig Wee
Po& Taltunl
Glenwood Cemetery
Little
Tos Angeles
James
Albert Little
Abdias Fattle Tessier
Joseph Th. Cook
Baltimore Street
Baltimore
St Enkew Church
Mansfield
Ss Wm
Hit
Willen Po Mansfeld
Willian
Ti Manfield
T Tanne
Robert F
Serzeoms
Ticlun
Brobinson
Garfel Hospien
Jafors
Caraline Gibbons
Si Stephen
Protestant Episapul
Mander
Delaware Wipers
Sturgus- Iin
Homonatht
Hosta Frteps
Srurgus
Wallean
Heosar
Jo & Mu
Wilson
Beidig
Leirmies
Evidence to Convict 20 U-Boat Commanders Of Murder
London February 21 Reuter Limited says the permanent submarine inquiry has enough evidence to convict about twenty German submarine commanders now in Germany of murder Seven commanders stand out with bad records and their surrender for trial may form a clause in armistice terms possibly by an allied naval tribunal
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Associated Press
London
Reuter’s Limited
Germany
Reuter
War service and labor exchanges policy debated in Congress
Minority representatives urged slowing the end of national service forms as a guard against bolshevism, while Secretary Wilson emphasized the need for labor exchanges to curb unrest during postwar readjustment. The bill rearranges war funding, with the emergency shipping fund as a major item and large reductions across several departments.
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Gallivan, Hagan, Evans
McAndrews
Wilson
Keating
Labor Department
Treasury
Mwmergency Fleet Corporation
Appropriations Committee
Fleet Corporation
Form Child Welfare Union Formed In New York
The National Union of Public Child Welfare Workers was formed at the New York State Association of Child Welfare Boards conference. Miss Sophie Irene Loeb was named president, with Miss Marie F. Lockwood and Mrs Ronald P. Gleason as vice presidents, Miss Frances Day as secretary, and Miss Evelyn Cavin as treasurer. The group voted against a Washington conference in March or April, and finances show $9240.
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New York
National Union of Public Child Welfare Workers
New York State
Sophie Irene Loeb
New York City
Philadelphia
Washington
GUNS TO BE BONDED FOR WASHINGTON PARADE
Col. Robert N. Harper led a drive to loan rifles and equipment for the District of Columbia welcome home parade. Talks with War Department and several generals yielded no assurances that rifles could be loaned without reenlistment or a bond guaranteeing return. If needed, a public bond may be required to secure weapons from armories for about 100 men from discharged units and Coast Artillery.
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Harper
Wer
Robert N. Harper
Fort Washington
District National Guard
Regular Army
War Department
Camp Meade
Gol Harper
Pennsys Vania Avenue
Baker
Sixtieth Coast Artillery Regiment
France
Bravest of Brave Escort for President in Great Parade
The bravest of the brave will form an escort of desert to the President in the grand parade next Thursday. Officers announce a corps of overscan men with the Distinguished Service Cross or Croix de Guerre decorations. Brig. Gen. Richard D. Simms, commander of the New District national guard, requests all decorated veterans and their names be sent to Capt. E. H. Grove, room 15, District building.
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Peneje
United States
Richard D. Simms
New District National Guard
E. H. Grove
District Building
U S Gets Hun Liners In Food Payment Impasse
Paris reports agreement to seize top German merchant ships including the Imperator and Graf Waldersee for wartime troop transport homeward. Shipments delayed by Hamburg channel dredging, food and monetary disputes, and German currency worth. Allies resist devalued marks. France opposes German imports. Weimar dispatch notes financiers offering foreign securities to fund food purchases amid The Entente food settlement stalemate.
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Prean
Paris
United States
Imperator
Graf Waldersee
Pretoria
J. C. Hambrouchard
Vaterland
Hamburg
Troyes
Germany
France
Parade to welcome District troops home from overseas
Secretary plans a welcome parade for District troops at 1 PM from the Peace monument. Units from Camp Meade and Camp Humphreys to join with full overseas equipment possible, some marching without arms due to unit dispersal. Funds for the parade near $15,000 with $7,500 raised. events include chorus at Lafayette Park and enrollment meetings for parents and Catholic women participants.
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Maryland
Daniela
Quantico
Camp Meade
Camp Humphreys
Wilson
Joseph Tumuity
White House
Col. Harper
Peace Monument
George Washingston
Beaton
Keith
Priscilla Wilkerson
Streeter
National Anthem Association
Connecticut Avenue
Elmer E. Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
Carrot Hall
Tenth
G Streets
Lombeto | Atternotion
Baker Seeks Army of Five Hundred Thousand
Secretary Baker and Gen March urged a 500000 man army before the Senate military committee as House and Senate conferees eyed a 175000 man bill. They argued for legalizing War Department structure, while declaring a permanent force depends on the peace conference. Discharged service members would keep uniforms and receive travel pay. officers and men rejected a discharge bonus.
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Senate
House
Senate Military Committee
Baker
March
Howse
Secretary of War
Gen. Marcu
War Department
Yanks May Sail Home From Ports of Germany
Berlin reports a proposal to move hundreds of thousands of American expeditionary forces home via Germany by placing them on ships at Bremen and Hamburg. Current plans send the first units from the Netherlands, but headquarters may favor using the German route for its docks and transport links.
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Associated Press
Berlin
United States
Germany
Bremen
Hamburg
Netherlands
Record Flight Hits 180 MPH In Trial Run
San Diego, February 21. Cpl Walter G Kilner and Maj Albert Smith aboard a De Heviland plane reached 180 mph on a Riverside to Rockwell field run, covering the distance in 35 minutes. The prior local record stood at 172 mph by Eric Springer and Ernest Longchamp on a Cleveland to Dayton flight of 216 miles in 75 minutes.
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San Diego
Cal
Cpl
Walter G. Kilner
Riverside
Rockwell Field
Maj
Albert Smith
de Heviland
Eric Springer
Ernest Longchamp
Pew
Cleveland
Dayton
Building Strike Talks Break Down in New York Conference
New York Feb 2 Representatives of the Building Trades Employers Association and union leaders failed to reach an agreement at a conference to end the nationwide strike. They will reconvene Monday at Secretary of War Baker's Washington office to pursue a settlement.
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Agreg,nt
Moméay
New York
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Building Trades
Baker
Washington
Michigan Dry Law Clash Triggers Cross Border Tactics
Detroit reports a clash as Attorney General Groesbeck seeks to curb liquor imports by legal action, while Michigan’s Col. Vandercook limits police searches. In Toledo federal agents tally 30 arrests and barrels seized as thousands of Michigan residents travel home amid enforcement efforts.
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Detroit
Mich
Alex Groesbeck
Michegan
Supreme Court
Monnes
Ohio-Michigan
Roy C. Vandercook
Toledo
Ohio
Michigan
doudyWeys
Hoitela
Raemakers Ill Spouse Improve but Resting at The Hague
A sister of the famed cartoonist Louis Raemakers reports both he and his wife are improving while in a nursing home at The Hague. They expect to return to their Bath England home in about two weeks.
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London Times
Washington Post
The
Public Ledger Co
London
Louis Raemakers
Hague
Bath
England
Washington Soldiers Arrive at Hoboken for Camp Dix
About 150 District soldiers from the 162d infantry headquarters staff and Companies A B C arrived at Hoboken on the Canopie and prepared to entrain for Camp Dix. Earlier twenty officers and soldiers landed on the Rotterdam, including Col. Robert H. Dunlop and Captains Alfred P. Jones and Robert Howlett, among others, all listed with exact addresses in Washington.
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Hoboken
Camp Dix
162D
Rotterdam
Robert H. Dunlop
K Street
James M. Carlisle
Fourteenth Street
Robert Howlett
Thirteenth Street
Alfred P. Jones
Troopship Blown Down to Bermuda War News
Newport News reports wireless advisories that the freighter Howick Hall, overdue with troops from France, was disabled and blown from the Massachusetts coast toward Bermuda. Battleship Georgia with over 1,000 troops from France was expected to arrive next day amid rough seas. The transport Woonsocket and Ancon brought officers and troops. Northland docked with 1,553 veterans returning home. Snow disrupted arrivals as relatives greeted the men at Camp Dix.
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Newport News
Howick
France
Massachusetts
Bermuda
Georgia
New York
Woonsocket
Illinois
J. A. Allmin
Natchez
Miss
Bordeaux
Ancon
Marseilles
W. A. McCord
Norwalk
Oho
Charles S Robinson
San Francisco
Charles H Carr
Savannah
Wilbur S Berry
Waterville
Charles R. McLendon
Ort Worth
Tex
St. Loui
Brest
Pennsyvania
Ohio
Philadelphia
Northland
Camp Dix
Field Artillery
20000 U S Troops Sail From France In Transit
War Department announces departure from France of about 30000 enlisted men and 700 officers aboard seven naval vessels including Michigan and Rochester. Ships bound for Atlantic ports between Feb 25 and March 6. Olympic expected with 5312 men on board next Tuesday. Rochester carries 300 soldiers and 467th aero squadron. Other transports carry Coast Artillery units, infantry detachments, and casuals for Hinola Ohio and other states.
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France
Michigan
United States
Rochester
War Department
Atlantic
Rochambeau
102D Engineers
Camp Humphreys
Brest
Newport News
Virginia
New York
California
Buford
63D Coast Artillery Regiment
245Th Infantry
Hinola
Ohio
Powhatan
66Th Coast Artillery Regiment
47Th Coast Artillery
385Th
336Th Field Artillery
87Th
Engineer corps exhibit reveals WWI innovations and gun placements
War Department briefing to correspondents highlights engineer corps feats including rapid deployment of armored cars and sound ranging devices. Charts show U S unit size rising from 16 percent to 10.8 percent by armistice. Maj Gen Black notes German positions within 20 to 38 feet of calculated locations. In San Francisco Willie Ritchie defeats Benny Leonard in four rounds by newspaper decision.
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Army Engineer Corps
War Department
Engineer Corps
United States
Black
Gen. Black
Saad
San Francisco
Cal
Willie Ritchie
Benny Leonard
Gillett Poised With 140 Votes In Speaker Bid
The drive for Frederick H. Gillett of Massachusetts gains momentum as Indiana Republicans add 13 votes and Pennsylvania contemplates joining, aiming for a first ballot tally of 140. Mann supporters threaten to quit if not elected, while some Pennsylvania Republicans may stay allied with Mann. Madden is mentioned among the players in this tense leadership race.
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Frederick H. Gillett
Massachusetts
Fess
Indiana
Gillett
Pennsylvania
Mann
Gillett Forces
Ohio
Madden
Mann campaign stalemate hints at caucus clash on Feb twenty seven
Mann's campaign manager refuses to concede defection foreshadowing a fight in the Republican caucus set for February 27. Resentment centers on Will Hays head of the Republican National Committee. Mann's friends accuse interference would have secured victory. A fierce contest also looms over choosing a fisher reader with strong odds that Representative Longworth of Ohio will win.
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Mann
Will H. Hays
Republican National Committee
Longworth
Ohio
D. C. Troops Reach Meade From Camp Upton
The first contingent of District colored troops en route from Camp Upton to Camp Meade arrived late yesterday. It includes the Ninety second division headquarters company and 167th field artillery brigade men. Four hundred colored soldiers formerly of the First separate battalion now join the 372d infantry en route to Meade.
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Camp Upton
Camp Meade
167Th Field Artilery Brigade
372D
3H1st Artillery
Deport 20 Mexican agitators held in midwest sweep
Federal authorities rounded up twenty Mexicans and one Austrian in Iowa Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma and Missouri and sent them from St Louis to New Orleans. The Mexicans will be deported to Vera Cruz and the Austrian interned in a Southern camp, authorities said.
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St Lows
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
St. Louis
New Orleans
Vera Cruz
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Sevanth ST
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North 520
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William Lee
Auto Avery
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15Th
H Sts
Waldorf-Astoria
Madison Ave
F Street
Pagne M
Marche & CO
14Th
H NW
Form Child Welfare Union
Glendale
D.C
Guendaem
Gresham Pl
Irving and Shank
N.W
R. Harris &Co, the Jewelers
Burlington
Vermont Ave
Thomas Circle
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NAVY
Cate
D. C
Fur Department
SF Sree Corner
Chirtenth
Bond
Quartermaster Corps
268Th Infantry
351St Artillery
Kalorama Road
Eighteenth Street
John W. Thompson & Co. Incorporated
15Th Street
Main
Seversl
John W. Thompson & Co
U. S
Alles
Marshal Foch
Treves
Basel
Mathias Erzberger
German National Assembly
Weimar
Generale Anzeiger
Frankfort
W. G. Kilmer
Constabulary
Baemakers and Wife Iil
Howick Hall
Bay State
Ritchie
Gover Leonard
Meade
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Droop’s Music House
Wardman Park Hotel
Connecticut Ave
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Harry Wardman
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Homestead
Hot Hot Springs, Vn
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