Month Month July Payment Limits and Office Orders
A brief note records an unusual monetary line: month includes $700 and $80 less payment tied to office orders across July. No clear context on origin or purpose.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1918
Page
1
McAdoo’s Retirement from Treasury and Railroads
The article honors William G. McAdoo as he retires from two key posts at the peak of his career. It praises his six years of service, highlights reforms he led including the Federal Reserve Act and Shipping Act, and notes his decisive rebuilding of the railroads. It lauds his wartime finance leadership and his departure with broad public regard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G McAdoo
Treasury
McAdoo
Ben i Tovere
Fr Ke
Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corpora
Tee Soldiers and Alers Insurance
Tax Bill Debates Show Opposition To 1920 Revenue Plan
The article outlines Republican opposition to a proposed dual tax law aimed at 1919 and 1920 revenues. It notes plans to eliminate the war profits tax, reduce excess profits tax, and cut individual income taxes, while warning that Republicans may push a new tax reform after gaining Congress. It also mentions luxury and differential taxes, and discusses broader fiscal strategy for 1920 and business impacts. The piece closes by noting political shifts in Ukraine and Poland’s leadership changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aia Ratye
Itasa
Vere
Congress
Khaki Election Promises a Coalition Victory in Britain
The piece argues the December 15 general election will end the present parliament elected January 21, 1911. It claims a wartime coalition led by Lloyd George is unavoidable, with party lines blurred and personal leadership outweighing policy as voters choose “men not measures” in a khaki election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Liberal
Labor
Lloyd George
Great
Lansdowne
Ramsay Macdonald
Philip Snowden
Sinn Femers
Vr Asquith
Liberal Party
Mr Lloyd George
Government retrenchment urged after war expenditures
Secretary of War Baker tells Senate appropriations chair Martin that canceling contracts, cutting overtime and demobilization will save 1.336 billion dollars. He says daily overtime savings reach 2.9 million and urges all departments and commissions to pursue retrenchment as postwar taxation relief grows urgent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Executive Departments
War Baker
Martin
Senate Appropriations Committee
War Department
Dbusinésh
Baker
Executive Department
Washington Vindicated in War Work Drive Over Subscriptions
Washington oversubscribed its quota for the United War Work Fund surpassing expectations. From a city target of 80,000 dollars, contributions surged after armistice timing doubts faded. National total exceeds 800,000 dollars with Washington possibly nearing 1,000,000. Officials note the need for ongoing soldier care as troops stay in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United War Work Fund
Nacional Capital
France
Relet
New Lord Poltimore Heir to Ancient Vast Estate
The Hon George Bampfylde of the Grenadier Guards becomes the new Lord Poltimore, heir to the Poltimore estate near Exeter. He is married to Cynthia Lascelles, niece of the Earl of Harewood, with a notable family lineage tracing back to the medieval manor of Weston and ties to the Orange and Stuart eras. The Poltimore house blends eighteenth century and Georgian architecture, set amid famed lime avenues and historic grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poltimore
Polyimores
May
George Bampfylde
Grenadier Guards
France
Balkans
Cynthia Lascelles
Earl of Harewood Hisster
Earl of Onslow
Lord Poltimore
Poltimore Park
Exeter
Edward I
John
Malaine
John Bampfylde
Weston Bampfylde
Somersetshire
Fairfax
Float to Victory on Gil at Inter allied petroleum meet
Earl Curzon, head of the British war cabinet, presided at a dinner for delegates to the inter allied petroleum conference. He praised oil and motor trucks as crucial to the Allied victory, noting 13 million tons of oil handled in the past 18 months and England's earlier fuel restrictions during tanker shortages. Senator Berenger and Thut Camdr Burstow spoke for France and the United States respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montero Kies
Senate
Paris
United States
Alfonso
Lopez Domigues
Marshal Serrano
Spanish Republic
France
Count Romanones
Great Britain
Iberian Peninsula
London
Earl Curzon
Marl Curzon
Berenger
Thut Camdr Burstow
Employees Discharged Fixed At Campers PI Conference
Provision states no employee may be discharged without good cause as established at a conference between the superintendent and shop committee. An award by the National War Labor Board covers coopers against the refinery company. Eight hour day and overtime rules are set with travel and subsistence provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutter
Beard
Coopers
Nelatr Refining Company
Rai
Sileritk Tang Company
Japan Honors U S Generals At Imperial Base Decorations
Japanese ambassador Count Tallis notified Secretary of State Tanan that U S officers were awarded high honors. Grand cordons of the Orders of the Rising Sun and Paulowna were conferred on senior generals including Pertan, Jbershirg, Blas, Gart, and Constant Gart, with sea, staff, and supreme war council roles noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Tallis
Tanan
Imperiaf
Jiyun
Amor
Supreme War Council
Order Or of
Rossing Sun
Virginians Ald Wounded Amid Emergency Mobilization
Fragmentary wartime report notes Virginians and Maryland Virginians involved in a rapid mobilization. Mentions emergency orders, troop deployments, and hospital transport preparations. Describes a chaotic, informal briefing with unclear details about units and beds en route for care.
Demobilization Plans Issued for Army Units
General orders issued to 11 organization commanders outline demobilization procedures and the permanent recording of each service member's duties. The plan includes final medical examinations for draftees with disability risk and provisions for a medical board review if exam findings are disputed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
United States
Australian girl sought by State Department over Gallipoli heir
The State Department is asked by Australia’s public curator to locate Moss Nellie Richard von Taylor an heir to part of the estate of Corps J oR Taylor of the Australian forces killed at Gallipoli in 1910. The inquiry came via the American consul at Newcastle and suggests Miss Taylor may be living in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Nellie Richard von Taylor
Corps J Or Taylor
Gallipoli
Public Curators
Brisbane
Australia
Newcastle
Miss Taylor
Texas
Gen Clandon Returns to France From U S Duty
Gen Henri Flerre Clandon head of the French military mission in the United States has left to resume duties in France. While in America he supervised training camp work and made many friends, especially in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clandon
France
Henri Flerre Clandon
United States
America
Washington
Condensed time table of trains to principal cities
The Washington Post prints a condensed schedule of trains from Washington to major cities with connections in Chicago for western travel. Times vary by day as railroads adjust. The list shows departures to cities including Atlanta Baltimore Boston Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Indianapolis Joliet Memphis New York Philadelphia and others with multiple daily options and varying lines such as B and O, PRR, FP RR, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Washington
Chicago
Railroad Administration
Atlanta
SBR
Baltimore
P RR
Boston
B &O
Cieveit
Army Orders At Ped Towers In Wartime District
A damaged OCR fragment outlines military orders and troop movements across a wartime district. Names like Bart, Hue, and Kearny appear amid scattered place references and assignment notes. The text is partial and unclear in key details.
Fragmentary OCR Text Summary
Fragmented OCR content shows garbled phrases with scattered terms and no coherent report. It contains mentions of farms, animals, measurements, and informal exclamations, but lacks clear events, dates, or identifiable people or organizations.
Soldiers Paid on Discharge Detained Amid Turmoil
Fragmented OCR text details veterans paid on discharge and a pending inquiry. Mentions families and a point of tension as conditions and duties faced by service members are implied. No clear events or dates emerge from the readable segments.
Visitors in Washington discuss trade and Iberia shifts
The text reports comments by Charles T Barrett of Nome Alaska on America's trade expansion, Iberian concerns, and potential territorial revelations. It mentions U.S. and European interests, wartime impacts, and debates on protectionism, reconstruction, and the Republican stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Umea
Russia
Charles T Barrett
Nome
Alaska
Iberia
Bey
Christmas Parcel Mailing Rules Extended for Expeditionary Forces
AU.S. military service directives extend the mailing deadline for Christmas parcels to American expeditionary forces in France. The order grants a tn days extension, aligning with a final mailing date while allowing Christmas packages to be sent to troops abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Discharge of More Soldiers by Air Army Commanders
Air army commanders were authorized yesterday to discharge soldiers upon their own application for sickness distress or where services can be spared to resume industry or occupation. The War Department said the order targets exceptional cases not large groups. Men who volunteered before the war will not be discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bast
Henry VI
KneNer
Bir Teshua
Sten Ial
Air Army
War Department
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Thera Iriad
McAdose
Rairoads
Vector
Queesah
McAdoos
Alexander Hamilton
Congress of Versal Irs
Pete Skoropadski
Ukrainia
Jos Pilsudski
Poland
Atlantic
Paltimore
Exeter Castle
Charles II
Prince of Orange
England
William TI
Poltimere
House of Stuart
William of Orange
Old Country
Manson
Maura
Insstead
Alhucemas
Court Romanones
Min Ser
Senor Alba
Duke of
Alla
Cabnet Ie
Luis Silvela
Spain
Apt
Don Manuel Garcia Lrneto
Rencr
Rei
Africa
Vergee
Bill Hohenzollern
Gil
National War Labor Board
Japan
U 5
Pershing, Bliss and
Limes
Southern Red Cross
Virginia
Mwirginia
Fred Klarpner
Lyvelliry
Lyvelliry . Brand Evalret Riter
Mets
Nellie R Taylor
Moat
Fen
War Department Asia
Argent Feorrorgy
Poly Neb Dt
Leesper Ts
Vianuta
Taos
S&s
Republican Party
Tom
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