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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1918
Page
9
Fragmentary note discusses ships turned over to shipping companies for operation and the board’s aim to retain control of vessels it requisitioned. Mentions emergency needs and a pole key concept in maintaining oversight.
Mispatches from Prague say the Bohemian German aristocracy faces a graft scandal. Countess Coudeniove, wife of the last Austrian Bohemia governor, is said arrested for diverting Red Cross gifts to herself. Also detained are Counts Nostitz Wolkenstein and Taaffe and Countess Westphal. The dispatches describe a swift revolution in Bohemia.
Private Keech died in October from pneumonia while serving in the quartermaster's department in Washington. He enlisted in June and trained at Camp Joseph BH. Joba Jacksonville.
New York officials announced that the proposed sale of British tonnage of the International Mercantile Marine Company to a British syndicate has been halted at Washington’s request. The transaction involves about 960000 gross tons across White Star and Lexland lines, with over 100 million dollars at stake, and leaves only a few American vessels under U S control. Directors will reconvene after Washington’s further consideration.
Nev. 1&-Ur. von Steimweinder, the minister in the new German Austrian cabinet, told the Viennese press the German Austrian state faces grave finances but could be aided by economy and new revenue. He said the state would decline to erase debt, issue a 1,906,000,000 crown loan, and burden holders of war loans with a 2,006,000,000 crown eraditation goal while the new government works to stabilize finances.
The navy announced John Francis Moriarity a gunner’s mate of 920 New York Avenue drowned when the destroyer Craven was swamped by a wave over the deck. Moriarity aged 21 from Washington, D C. His father James W Moriarty works for the Washington Gaslight Company.
Society lady touts La Creole Hair Dressing as a simple home remedy to darken gray or faded hair without changing texture. Advertises easy fingertip or comb application, claims to make hair soft long lustrous and uniformly dark with no gray showing. Sold at People's Drug Stores and other drug stores nationwide, price $1.20, Mall orders filled promptly.
Miran Ali Khan, Persian chargé d affaires in the United States, appeals for American aid to Persia amid famine and plague fears. He warns the approaching winter could devastate the population unless relief measures are sent, citing heavy deaths in Teheran last year and urging action by the American Committee for Relief to the Near East.
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