AmericanMission to Exchange Austrian Goods for Food Aid
An American mission led by Capt Thomas Gregory of the inter allied food commission sails to Ukraine to arrange exchange of Austrian manufactured goods for flour and potatoes. The plan aims to reduce reliance on U S imports and enable in kind payments, with trade links to Wes Ukraine for oil shipments to Vienna. The mission includes Lieut Col W A Jones and will visit Simon Petlura and Stanislaw TarHopel Rovio en route. A consignment of 20 000 hogs from Jugoslavia to Vienna is arranged despite embargo conditions.
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Vienna
Mondas
Ukraine
Thomas Gregor
Inter-Allied Food Commision
Europe
Ald
Gregory
American Red Cross
W. A. Jones
Stanislaw
Ani Rovio
Simon Petlura
Prizes Awarded by Service League for Victory Loan Drive
Members of the Service League and general staff met at the M C A to close the league and award prizes to workers achieving the highest percentages in the Victory loan drive. Winners include O B Harris and C J Lindner in Ward One, Nathan Barber and Merle Witt in Ward Two, A J Woodring John Berry and Harry Gale in Ward Three, and Charles Pommer W J Peddicord Fred C Nos H P Shorts K G Crowther Wayne Sheik in Ward Four. More than 100 workers achieved 100 percent with over 140 percent. Final totals approach 1 165 000 subscribed. records will be deposited after June 1. The league will audit loan pledges and settlements. The Service League remains incorporated under state law and will not disband soon.
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Service League
O. B. Harris
J. Lindner
Nathan Barber
Merle Witt
A. J. Woodring
John Berry
Harry Gale Gale
Charles Pommer
W. J. Peddicord
Fred C. Nos
H. P. Shorts
K. G. Crowther
Wayne Sheik
Memorial Hall
Dutch Government Denies Deciding to Surrender Former Emperor
The Hague May 14 The Dutch government denies it has decided to surrender former Emperor Wilhelm. It says the issue now concerns Germany and the entente and that no final decision has been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
the Hague
iTuam
Germany
Entente
JH B Kelly Named Honorary Major in Italian Regiment
JH B Kelly the M C A director with the Italian army at San Gigorelo Bosco has been granted an honorary major appointment by the regiment’s colonel. The honor allows him to meet with superior officers, and he plans to return from Italy to Waterloo in June or July, aligning with war work efforts.
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B. Kelly
M.C
San Gigorelo
Bosco
Cavalry Regiment
Kelly
Keil
Cames
HR. Kelly
Italy
Waterloo
C. A
Old man greets comrades of dead grandson on street
W W Loban of Williams 1% appears in early hours with a welcome home pennant and a photo of his grandson Roland Loban who fell in France. The elderly writer, a Rainbow Boy father in the Quartermaster department, visits comrades to share patriotic poems and give copies to each soldier.
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Ali
Elcome
W. W. Loban
Wiliams
Roland Loban
France
Mart
Quartermaster Department
Loban
Tiny
British push for pooling of foe merchant ships
Paris May 14 renewed British efforts to secure an agreement for pooling former German merchant vessels and distributing tonnage among the Allies during the war. Poland claims some of the ships surrendered by Germany and presented its case to the council of foreign ministers this afternoon.
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Paris
United States
America
Poland
Somal
Germany
Council of Foreign Ministers
Pani Presents Credentials as Envoy to France
Mexican minister to France Alberto J. Pani presented his credentials to President Poincaré in Paris amid ceremonial rites. He had earlier been recalled by Mexico after delays, with notices that he could deliver high credentials on May 13.
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Pani
France
Havas
Alberto J. Pani
Poincare
Senor Panis
Paris
Wheat price cut discussed by U.S. director in New York
Julius Barnes wheat director says an immediate reduction in wheat prices is likely as producers, handlers, millers and bakers agree to basis adjustments. The plan ties guaranteed prices to consumer costs through trade contracts and potential profit limits, with President Gates of the Chicago Board of Trade due to meet Barnes.
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Avaociated
New York
Julius Barnes
Barnes
Bares Saya
Alls
Protos
Willy
Gates
Chicago Board of Trade
Food Administration
Board of Trade
Australia Seeks U S Made Ships As Bars Relax
Washington May 14 Australia may become a customer of American shipyards after President Wilson eased the ban on foreign orders. The bureau of foreign and domestic commerce reported the Australian government desires to place orders here for several ships, with more to follow later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Australia
Wilson
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Baby dies in accident in Sioux City home
Marvel Walking an 18 month old child was accidentally struck in the chest by a stick tossed by his 8 year old brother while playing on the floor of their home in Sioux City Iowa. The impact caused instant death.
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Sioux City
Milkmen Strike Paralyzes Chicago Milk Supply
Three thousand milk wagon drivers walked out in Chicago, halting most milk delivery. Union says wage demand from 26 to 35 dollars weekly with commission, while distributors seek a 1 cent per quart price rise. A compromise offer of a 2 1/2 week increase rejected, supply ordered stopped for days. Consumers gather jugs and pitchers as tensions rise between drivers and Illinois Milk Dealers association.
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Associated Press
Whitago
Chicago
Juater
Illnois Milk Dealers’ Association
Negroes Urged to Organize for Full Citizenship Rights
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People reports a nationwide push for organization to secure citizenship guarantees. The group adds 5 new branches and 34,712 members, marking a 275 percent rise in membership and over 100 percent more branches.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Diva's Hubby Lothario In Amended Divorce Suit
Chicago May 14 An amended divorce bill by Mme Amelita Galli-Curci accuses her husband Luigi Curci of numerous affairs from 1916 to 1918 in Chicago Tulsa Boston and New York. She says he supported by her earnings as an opera singer and brands him cruel and unfaithful. The filing notes encounters with chorus girls show girls in hotel rooms and other cities. A separate item identifies a daughter of Mrs Joelson connected to a French aviator romance.
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Chicago
Luigi C. Carci
Mme
Amelita Galli-Carci
Curei
Tulsa
Okla
New York
Curci
Boston
New York City
C J
Hia
Curel
Ria
Mme. Curel
Aaverte
Major Walle
Wate
John Urban
Jackson
Catherine Jeson
Sfi
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Prest-O-Lite Co., Inc
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West Fifth St
Diva
Lothario
Galli-Carci
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