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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1918
Page
8
War costs total about 173 billion dollars with 130 billion raised by bonds. Allied debt stands at 103 billion while Central Powers owe 45 billion. The Federal Reserve Bulletin estimates the burden as of May 1, with bond funding and future debt service outlined amid global conflict.
Baltimore November 18 Nearly every major university in the United States attended a meeting of the Academy of Sciences at Johns Hopkins University. Dr Charles T Walcott and Dr Charles G Abbott spoke of cloud reflections in a military balloon over California near Mount Wilson. At 200 feet elevation a mishap left a lieutenant hanging head down to repair damage. Visiting scientists were guests at a dinner hosted by Hopkins Entertainment Committee at the Maryland Cub.
A boy whose family was slain during a war fled to the Belgian coast in a small boat and was rescued by an American ship. He reached America and says he is now the happiest boy in the world despite the tragedy.
The Coke and Coal Company general manager was fined $140 and sentenced to six months in jail by Judge Benjarin Keller on a discrimination conviction tied to coal car assignments. The judge noted the case arose from preferential treatment of shipments and ownership interests in related mines.
About 500 sheet metal workers in Norfolk Virginia walked out amid the dispute over overtime hours and wage cuts. Civilians at the navy yard largely stayed on, while officials say government employees are not involved in the strike and pay remains at eight hours for the day.
A fire at the Old Dominion Boat Club on the Strand in Alexandria caused several thousand dollars in damage. The blaze started inside and spread at the western end of the ground floor. six members were saved along with two boatmen, but most club equipment and gear were destroyed or damaged. Services and fundraisers followed, with nightly sermons at St Pauls Episcopal Church and a benefits recital by the Liberty Girls of St Marys Academy for the united war work campaign.
In federal district court true bills were returned against Karl Hoffman Rowland E Darling and W L Whitehurst for conspiracy to defraud the government by padding army engineering depot payrolls. Walter Fleming, previously arrested on a padded payroll fraud charge, was found guilty. Judge Wad ail deferred sentence.
The Washington Post wires detail multiple personal and wartime losses from Maryland and Virginia communities. Margaret Sevilla Adams of Sharpsburg and several local residents, including Sergi Spicer and Harry L Bowen, are noted in recent notices. Reports include wartime injuries, deaths in France, and a smallpox outbreak prompting vaccinations for hundreds of workers in Hagerstown.
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