American role in Armenia urged under league plan
The piece argues the United States should become a League of Nations mandate for Armenia, reflecting Wilson's stance and urging altruism over self interest. It warns of conflicts with Bolshevik Russia, Armenian Tatars, and regional instability, while noting political obstacles and the risk to American soldiers and resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armenia
United States
League of Nations
Wilson
Europe
America
Ee League
Russia
Turkey
Caucasian Republic
Paris
Avar Pasha
League Nations
Republic of
Ararat
Osmanli
Anatolia
Syria
Greater
Rasna
Vom
Enian
Railroads regain tempo as wartime bans ease
Railroads report improved operations as open ports and armistice era changes ease freight jams. Hines authorizes newspaper ads to promote travel to national parks and upcoming excursion ads signal readiness to handle traffic. Yet passenger service remains reduced and dining service lags until competitive patronage returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nepers
Che Sailroad
Aken
Iector General Hines
Naional Parks
The Bogey Man and Europe’s Bolshevik Scare
An analysis arguing that German and Berlin press manipulation inflates bolshevist rumors abroad. It cites sensational reporting, censorship, and provocateur actions to influence Allied policy, while Hungary’s bolshevist coup is viewed as Berlin engineered. Count Karolyi’s role is questioned amid suspect liberalism and Magyar interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Russia
Germany
Spartacans
Rapine
Berlin
Ofceral
Herr Ebert
Hugh
Ebert
Retourga
Hungary
Count Karolyi
Bolshevista
Huns
Elapa
Bolshevists
America’s First Aerial Crossing Dream and Gloomy Warnings
A historic plea traces aviation’s birth to American effort from Langley to the Wrights and Curtiss, laments US neglect, notes war spurred a late air service revival, and argues Americans should pilot the Atlantic first while warning about Bolshevik threats and political intrigues abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Atlantic
Asronautic
Langley
Potomac
Wright Brothers
Fort Myer
United States
Curtiss
Lord Lathom In America To Recover From Wounds
Lord Lathom arrives in New York aboard the Baltic with sister Lady Barbera Seymour to recuperate from wounds and war fatigue after campaigns in France and Gallipoli. The article traces his lineage through the Wilbraham and Bootle families, notes his wealth from minority revenues, and mentions his unmarried status and distant heir. It also touches on related aristocratic marriages and historic estates connected to Lathom House and the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lond Lathom
New York
Baltic
Barbera Seymour
Francis Seymour
King’s Royal Rifle Corps
America
France
Gallipoli
Arthur George Wilbraham
Wilbraham
Cambridgeshire
Henry II
Wibraham
Cheshire
Thomas Wilbraham
Charles 1
U S Gasoline Output Vast in 1918 Says Manning
Production in the United States climbed to 25 080 000 barrels in 1918, a rise of over 17 000 000 barrels from the prior year. Daily output increased by about 47 000 barrels, while exports grew from 9 901 877 barrels in 1917 to 18 912 508 in 1918, nearly 14 000 barrels daily more than 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
van 1A Manning
Bureau of Mines
Mancing
Manning
Army Camps At Auction To Be Sold by War Dept
War Department plans to abandon and auction entire army camps including buildings rails and communications. Bids due April 15 with lump-sum sales aimed at large industrial complexes and state governments may bid for guard training centers. Thirteen camps listed Beaubourg Roche Colt Hancock Kendrick Logan Polk Sevier North Camp Jackson Shelby Wadsworth Wheeler and Sheridan. Chambers of commerce may place industrial plants ahead of wrecking firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Und Am National Guard
Camp Beaubseard
Roche
Tex
Colt
Hancock
Kendrick
N. J
Logan
Polk
N. G
Sevier
S. C
North Camp Jackson
8. C
Shelby, Mlem
Sheridan
Ala
Wadsworth, & C
Exports Rise Sharply in Breadstuffs and Oils
Government figures show a 50 percent jump in breadstuffs exports for the first eight months of the fiscal year, totaling 577,850,285 dollars against 382,196,785 last year. Cottonseed oil exports more than double, meat and dairy products rise to 629,195,379, and mineral oil output reaches 1,785,072,757 gallons valued at 236,411,462 dollars amid mixed changes in cotton and other categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Corton
Eil
AIDS Home Ownership Plan Outlined by Labor Dept
The Department of Labor asks Congress to enact a system of Federal home loan banks enabling building and loan associations to rediscount securities and expand loan capacity. Regional banks would be organized, capitalized by associations, and run under government supervision, resembling the Federal Reserve and Farm Loan banks to promote home ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Department of Labor
Department
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Farm Loan Banks
Alaska Coal for Navy Commission to Plan Matanuska Field
A Navy Department announcement says a commission of three naval officers two mining engineers and a geologist will be sent to Alaska to plan developing the Matanuska coal field to secure navy fuel. The group will sail from Bremerton Navy Yard around April 1 with Sumner Smith and Theodore Chapin named as civilian commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Matanuska
Navy Department
Bremerton Navy Yard
Sumner Smith
Theodore Chapin
Alaskan Engineering Commission
Car lines in Supreme Court fight over city ownership
The Supreme Court heard appeals from the United Railroads of San Francisco challenging city plans to build streetcar tracks paralleling the company along Market Street and other areas. City attorneys argued added tracks were needed to meet growing transit demand. May Wear the Fourragette. An army order lists American units authorized to wear the French fourragere shoulder decoration, including the 46th sanitary section and the 193d aero squadron formerly the Lafayette Escadrille, both cited in French orders.
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United Railroads of
San Francisco
Supreme Court
Market Street
193D Aero Squadron
Lafayette Escadrille
Condensed Time Tables From Washington for Principal Cities
Washington Post presents a compact, day to day list of trains leaving for major cities such as Atlanta Baltimore Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Detroit Indianapolis St Louis Jacksonville Louisville Memphis New Orleans New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Richmond and St Louis with multiple daily departures and varying railroad connections.
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Washington Post
Washington
Chicago
Railroad Administration
Atlanta
S. R
SA. Li
Baltimore
Boston
P. R
Cincinnati
B. Do
R. FR
Indianapolis
Sae
St Louis
Jacksonville
Florida
A. C. Ly
Louisville
Memphis
S. FL
New Orleans
G. R
Rand N. & W
York
P. RR
Philadelphia
B. de O
Pittsburgh
Richmond
R. FL & PF
ST. Louis
Army Orders Relieve Col Hess for Canal Zone Duty
Col L T Hess is relieved from militia bureau duty in this city and will report to the Canal Zone governor for duty around April 25. Lieut Col W Rand to report to the Judge Advocate General for temporary duty on arrival. Capt BE King at Walter Reed Hospital will report for temporary duty. Capt J J W Ress also at Walter Reed Hospital will proceed to Petersburg Virginia.
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L. T. Hess
Militia Bureau
Canal Zone
Col
W. Rand
United States
Judge Advocate General
Army
BE. H. King
Walter Reed Hospital
J. J. W. Ress
Petersburg
War Department to Sell 100 Million Pounds of Copper
The War Department announced an agreement with copper producers to dispose of about 100 million pounds of government copper over the next fifteen months at market prices. The United Metal Selling Company will handle the sale, moving 6 million pounds per month for ten months and 15,000,600 pounds per month for five months, with producers absorbing 19 percent of sales and a small allowance to cover selling expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mgnecuie UK
War Department
United Metal Selling Company
End Of Casualty Lists To Continue Publishing
The last of the rear American cavalry remains publicized as the Viata nears completion and casualty journals shift to covering only those killed or injured since the armistice. Daily lists persist while forces stay in Europe or Germany, with next of kin still receiving War Department notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theas
Europe
Germany
War Department
Half Billion Saved on Aircraft Contracts Canceled
The War Department announced nearly 509 million dollars in aircraft contracts canceled or suspended by March 18. It noted that on November 2, 028 De Havilland four planes were in service at the front, 467 in commission, and that three planes received at French ports on November 1 numbered 1,195 with total U.S. production reaching 3,227 aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
de Haviland
Spencer man named to federal vocational board
Calvin F. McIntosh of Spencer Indiana received a recess appointment to the Federal board for vocational education announced at the White House. The nomination was sent to the Senate late in the session but did not secure confirmation. He succeeds Charles Greatbonuses of Indianapolis who has resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin F. McIntosh
Spencer, Ind
Federal Board For Vocational Education
White House
McIntosh
Senate
Charles 4
Bonuses
Indianapolis
Washington visitors discuss taxes farms and railroads
Representative Goodykoont of West Virginia, newly seated on the House judiciary committee, criticizes federal taxes and calls for refunding the war debt over 50 to 100 years. North Carolina farmer leaders discuss cottonseed shortages and food administration orders. They advocate government ownership of railroads and seek broader reconstruction programs. Washington’s film industry prospects are highlighted with praise for film music and orchestras.
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Williammton
Edward Cooper
Raleigh
Judiciary
House
State Senate
West Virginia Bar Association
Goodykoonta
Honda
Ite
BC Lalrem
Greensboro
Lin On
That &Ale
National
Weahington
Foo
Food Administration
Piaires
North
North Carolina
National Reconstruction
Tey
Betst
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