Secretary Baker Tops Senate Hearing On Troop Plans
Secretary Baker faced cross examination over his claim that more troops could be sent to France this year than previously planned. He cited shipping limits, noted 130000 tons of additional capacity, and said the exact figures would be supplied in a later detailed statement.
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Washington, D. C
Baker
Senate Military Committee
Senator Weeks
Massachusetts
France
Weeks
Shipping Board
War Department
Bliss
Hitchcock
Secretary of War
United States
Bawara R. Stettinius
Sctettinius
Navy
Wilson
Wadsworth
Taker
Stettinius
Edward R. Stettinius
Congress
Daniel Willard
Bernard ‘Baruch
War Industries Board
Senator McKellar
Muntions Studs
Frelinghuysen
Council of National Defense
Senator Frelinghuysen
Mr. Baker
Hoover Bans Coffee Speculation on New York Exchange
Washington moves to halt green coffee speculation on the New York coffee and sugar exchange by forbidding deals above 812 cents a pound for type No. Y on spot months after a conference with exchange members. The shift came as Food Administrator Hoover announced the ban and outlined enforcement steps.
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Washington, D. C
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Hoover
The
Food Administration
Quarter Million Mechanics urged for shipyards effort
Washington scene reports Charles Piez urging must mobilize a quarter of a million American mechanics to expand shipyards. He cites need for three shifts year round, with yards ready within 66 days and 60,000 workers to meet schedules as U S shipbuilding scales up. Census data show 1916 vessel tonnage down 5 percent despite more vessels.
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Washington, D. C
Charles Piez
Emergency Neet Corporation
J Dioney
Plez
Monstrenus
Piez
Shipping Board
Census Bureau
Roosevelt Under Surgeon’s Knife Condition Good
Theodore Roosevelt’s condition was favorable after an abscess operation performed recently. He rested comfortably in Oyster Bay and is expected to be in hospital care for a few days. He cancelled speaking engagements in Boston Des Moines Milwaukee and Detroit as the abscess origin traces to a wartime fever. The operation is hoped to provide a permanent cure.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Boston
Des Moines
Milwaukee
Detroit
German Spies Convicted and Sentenced in Federal Case
Franz Rinte len and 19 co defendants, all Germans, were found guilty of conspiring to destroy munition and food ships of the entente allies. Each man received 18 months in Atlanta federal prison and a $2000 fine, the maximum penalty.
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New York
Franz Rintelen
Ach Man
Atlanta
Senate approves badges for exempted draft men
Washington February 1 The administration bill authorizing the secretary of war to provide distinct badges to men of draft age who have been exempted or rejected was passed by the Senate today in Washington D C The measure aims to identify exempted or rejected draft individuals with official insignia.
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Washington, D. C
Administration
Secretary of War
Senate
Red Guards Beaten and Finnish City Taken
Stockholm reports Cen. Mannerinys forces defeated the red guards and Russians at Uleaborg and captured the city, the chief military depot of northern Finland, in a two day battle with several hundred killed. An El Tovar Broadteast Havana Se Cigar advertisement follows.
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Stockholm
Mannerheiny
Red Guards
Uleabors
Finland
el Tovar
Havana
Captain Fisher Resigns From Army Post
Washington February 6 President Wilson accepted the resignation of Captain Fred L. Fisher of Waterloo. Formerly with the One Hundred Thirty third Infantry he served many years in the Iowa national guard and fought on the Mexican border with Company G First Iowa. He was promoted to captain after Capt. Carleton Stas resigned. he is the son of Major F Fisher, another Iowa guard veteran.
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Washington, D. C
Spaetol
Wilson
Fred L. Fisher
Lafayette Street
Waterloo
One Huntre Thirty-third Infantry
Demine
Fisher
Iowa National Guard
Co. G. First
Iowa
Carleton Stas
Altro No Lowa National Guard
Cuba
Red Cross nurse sister killed near brother in France
George Jorgensen of Waterloo enlisted in the American army and learned his sister Nelly joined Red Cross nurses to be near him in France. She was killed at 8 am November 7, 1917, the same moment he received an honorable discharge for disability. Another sister plans to take up Red Cross work in France. An uncle in Denmark left 1265 acres to be held in trust until after the war.
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George Jorgensen
Waterloo
Denmark
Nelly Jorgensen
Red Cross
France
Jorgensen
Glarion, Sr
J. Burk, Jr
BE. Raslow
Clarion, Ja
Mr. Burk
Adj Gen Logan to Stay at Town Post Through May First
Washington report says Adj Gen McCain indicated the War Department will delay calling Major Logan of the signal reserve corps into active service until May 1. Governor Harding explained Logan is needed to handle the final call of the first draft army and its successor is unsettled until the draft is completed. Harding also asked that drafted men be sent to Deming to fit up the National Guard division there instead of Camp Dodge. decision deferred.
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Washington, D. C
Adj
McCain
Army
War Department
W. L. Harding
Logan
Flgnal Reserve Corps
Chicago Hit by Fanuary Thaw with Slow Melt
Chicago notes a belated January thaw as rain fell and the thermometer rose to 26 degrees above zero after 4 below in the morning. Officials warn of continued cold and cloudiness Thursday while Bennett reports the thaw is slow and unlikely to cause major damage, though slush and past injuries from falls are common.
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Chicago
Public Works
Bennett
Opening of 1918 Fights Quietly Looms in Europe
A AP report notes American artillery pressing German batteries along the Western Front with continuous fire and German air attempts repelled. British and French raiders report successes, with prisoners taken in the Argonne and raids near Ypres. Villages shelled and civilians aided as air and artillery action intensifies ahead of spring operations.
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Associated Press
France
Garmin
Ife
Souchez
Verdun
Grandcourt
Somme
Ancre
Hindenburg
Ypres
Cambrai
Meuse
Argonne
Gambrat
Carbenyin
Champagne
Toul
Entente
Hargicourt
Lens
Refusal to suspend Tlemois patrol law in Springfield
Springfield Feb 6 William Colvin superintendent of parsons and paroles refused suspension of 90 days operation of the Humois parole law to give Chicago police a chance to cope with crime in Cook county.
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Springfield
Chicago
Cook County
Liam Colvin
Parsons and Paroles
German Spies Instructed to Destroy Property in U S
Fairs February 6 report cites a letter dated January 15 1915 from General Headquarters Dr Fisher instructing military agents in the United States to conduct property destruction by explosions and other means. The letter suggests recruiting agents among unions with anarchistic tendencies.
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Metin Parisien
United States
Fisher
Weletevls
Tripoli Boy Dies at Camp Custer Michigan
Special report: Albert Hogkhaus of Tripoli died at Camp Custer Michigan from pneumonia. He enlisted in the signal corps in December and was transferred from Jefferson Barracks to Camp Custer. His body was returned to Tripoli by his brother. Funeral arrangements are not yet set. Also reported Waverly mourns soldiers with deaths of George Cagley and Elmer Van Fleet due to illness after arriving in France.
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Tripeli
Kot
Albert Hogkhaus
Camp Gcunter
Mich
Oward Jeff Dee
Jeferron Barracks
Camp Custer
Tripoli
WW. W. Hockhens
Waverly
George Cagley
Maymond
S. C
Camp Cody
N. M
Elmer van Fleet
Mra. J. BB. van Finot
Cincinnati
France
Thriet Grouders Invade Waterloo In Forge Tonight
A patriotic rally at Walnut Street Baptist church features a committee of speakers from Des Moines Dubuque Webster City and more to promote thrift and morale for the Allies. Mason City audience hears leaders including Homer Miller and J R Files as thrift stamps sales rise among children. The Waterloo event draws a crowd eager to back democracy and fund war efforts with early doors and free admission.
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Walnut Street Baptist Church
Germany
Homer Miller
Des Moines
Anna B. Lawther
Dubuque
Francis Whitley
Webster City
Carl F. Kuchnio
Waterloo
Denison
Col. C. Osaundera
Council Bluffs
Frank Warner
Nete Kendall
Albia
J. B. Weaver
A. L. Rule
Mason City
P. m
Homer A. Miller
Carl F. Kuehuls
WA. Jessup
The
State University
J. R. Files
Cedar Falls Honors Greek Soldier Who Died in War
Cedar Falls on February 6 honors Harry Stanapotous a Greek member of the first national army contingent from Black Hawk County. The guard of the college cadet corps and full company escorted the body at St Luke's Episcopal Church. Mayor J B Newman spoke. Stanapotous, an alien resident, waived exemption rights and died after serving at Camp Dodge and Camp Codg M after contracting pneumonia. Interment was in the mausoleum, Smoke Diamond Joe.
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Cedar Falls
Harry Stanopotous
National Army
Black Wlawk County
College Cadet Corps
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
John Panos
Waterloo
J. B. Newman
Stangpolous
United States
First Army
Camp Dodge
Co. F
Camp Codg. M
Brest Litovsk peace talks break off amid church clash
London Feb 6 Brest Litovsk negotiations halted as Bolsheviki state church separation triggers Archbishop Tekhon’s appeal. Bolshevik moves seize church property for public use, clergy to be unpaid after March 1, while Ukraine and Tartar and Polish forces shift. Kremlin command reports prisoners released to Petrograd as German, Austrian ministers return to Brest Litovsk talks.
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Rusele
Ikhon
Rugafa
Ensign Krylenko
Berlin
Alay
Churom
London
Fei
Bolsheviks
Public Charity
Commissioners of Public Charity
Churcie
Tikhon
All Russia
Petrograd
The
Times
Russian Commission of War Prisoners
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America
Ite Lars
Roosevelt
San Felice
Hamner
Thriet Gruoaders
Forge
Army of America
Britol Litovk
Glergy
Krylenka
Sebastopol
Brest Titovsk
Exchange Telegraph Company
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