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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1914
Page
12
Trade data show exports at a peak with imports lower than the prior month by 82,000,000, while exports exceed last year by 5,000,000. Outgoing commerce rebounds with notable gains despite a prior dip, reflecting shifting balance and sector activity across cotto.
Real estate revival seen in New York margins as mortgage trends and lender confidence rise. Industry leaders, associations, and developers discuss potential citywide property market gains supported by mortgage retention and investment activity.
Report notes France plans to procure substantial steel supplies from the United States to manufacture military projectiles. Details on quantities and timing are unclear in the fragmentary text.
Report notes 5650 workers resumed duties at Gary steel mills after a period of layoff. The article records the large workforce returning and mentions conditions around reopening and continued labor activity. Details are fragmented and names or exact dates are unclear in the readable text.
The daily telegrams to Secretary McAdoo show imports for last Saturday at $2,330,512 from ports handling 87 percent of all imports and exports at $10,421,551 from ports handling 72 percent of all exports. Since November early totals rise, with imports and exports surpassing prior figures, and daily reports from the ten largest custom houses provide instant trade trends.
Diplomatic representatives warn economic conditions in Santo Domingo and Latin American nations are gravely imperiled by the European war. They contend prosperity hinges on trade with belligerent nations, highlighting dependence on international commerce amid conflict.
Senor Eduardo Soler argues that the European war will hurt Dominican coffee cocoa sugar and especially tobacco markets linked to Hamburg. He warns of reduced imports and duties, suggests tariff changes to aid trade, and predicts a prolonged conflict harming political social and economic stability globally.
Counselor Walter Penfield discusses the impact of prolonged European conflict on Latin American economies. He notes expected trade disruptions, reduced exports and imports, and financial stringency as belligerents shape commerce, while criticizing U S policy and merchant marine limitations in maintaining Latin American trade postwar.
The Washington Post's global war analysis notes Europe’s crisis shrinks imports and stalls commerce, hitting maritime cities and railroads. It highlights Colombia’s wealth across minerals, forests, and banana agriculture as a path for U S investment and trade while European markets falter, and opines the war’s duration remains uncertain.
In a annual report Secretary Garrison and Surgeon General Gorgamain note that army health improved over the year. Hospital fever rate reached a record low, typhoid nearly stamped out, alcohol use reduced, and malaria cases declined despite many Pun on dut troops in southern latitude. Special focus was placed on hygiene standards in camps.
The obituary notes Susan Hatch aged 72 died Sunday at her home on 000D Street NW. Services will be held at her home at 330 oclock this evening conducted by Rev. Vitas E. Dasris, with burial in Brooklyn. Hatch had lived in the city 72 years and spent the last fourteen mostly confined by rheumatism, leaving home only once for an automobile ride.
A Washington opera night highlighted missing diplomats as the diplomatic corps was conspicuously absent from the grand tier boxes while Italian Ambassador Conte V. Macchi di Cellere attended with the Casazza party. The Metropolitan Opera season opened with lavish color, smooth entrances, and a parade of elegant gowns including Mrs William Pasgns Thompson in white satin and Mrs Arthur Curtiss James in black satin with gold embroidery. The event featured numerous titled guests, box arrangements, and designer gowns, underscoring high society’s return to cultural life.
Secretary Redfield writes to the Chamber of Commerce of the United States that while war disruptions linger, American business is brightening and improving. He notes gains in foreign payments, banking reserves, and loanable funds, with wheat exports strong and cotton moving, and insists optimism grows alongside industry as money and crops rise.
House subcommittee chair Page indicated hearings on the District appropriation bill may be shorter this year after receiving the District commissioners’ budget estimates for the next fiscal year. He plans to study the figures and request information as needed, noting last year’s extensive hearings provided ample data.
A map prepared by the German general staff was found with a prisoner at Saint Omer. It marks Roubaix and Tourcoing with red pencil to indicate they should be spared per an order from Emperor William. The cities are described as important industrial centers.
Jo Taylor a Faith Kentucky farmer, blind for 47 years from birth, has partial vision restored by Dr A H Edwards in Memphis. The operation, performed on the left eye, allows him to begin relearning sight, touching objects to identify them. His family and life on the Vivier farm are noted as background.
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