United States Plans for Rapid War Aid from Paris Conference
American delegates to the Paris inter allied war council urge swift dispatch of troops to Europe, expanded merchant ship building, and closer co operation with co belligerents. The state department releases a summary detailing a new inter allied organization for shipping, coordinated naval effort, and unity in military, naval and economic action.
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War Council
Washington
Inter-Allied War Council
Paris
State Department
Inter-Allied Organization
America
United States
Europe
Great Britain
France
Italy
E. M. House
Wilson
Department of State
House
Germany
Austro-Hungary
Building of ships a mighty problem
Washington reports the nation faces a critical shipbuilding need as 275,000 mechanics must be recruited to supply 6,000,000 tons of shipping for a million strong National Army. The Public Service Reserve and Shipping Board seek inland workers with mechanical skills, offering shipyard roles even without prior shipbuilding experience.
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Washington
United States
U. S. Public Service Reserve
Department of Labor
van Tirpitz
Atlantic
Public Service Reserve
Shipping Board
Wm. E. Hall
Westergaard Blair Moves Into New Main Street Building
Westergaard Blair moved into their new quarters on Main Street last week. The building, designed for their needs, features an elaborate balcony for the abstract business and a main floor dedicated to banking. The bank will not open for some time.
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Westergaard-Blair
Main Street
The Hawks at the Battle of the Ancre at the Orpheum
The Graphic shows brave soldiers in trenches awaiting orders and charging into enemy lines with howitzers firing as German troops fall back. Scenes of dressing camps and commissary contrast with jubilation in victor camps after the allies triumph in the Official British War Film screened at the Orpheum Theatre on Wednesday January 9.
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Hawks
Battle of the Ancre
Orpheum Theatre
Fish as a War Aid: Substitutes to Save Meat and Wheat
Dr. R. L. Wilbur urges readers to conserve food for the army, highlighting fish as a meat substitute. The Food Administration offers recipes like Scalloped Salmon and Macaroni, Fish Loaf, and fish rice casserole to promote fish as a staple and help win the war.
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Food Administration
Railroads Merge to Form One System for War Effort
Washington reports railroads totaling about 250000 miles unite under President Wilson to aid the war, with McAdoo directing the move and a war board to draft operational plans. Chicago lines cut luxury cars to save fuel as five executives lead the consolidation efforts. County court opens with holiday adjournments and a crowded calendar ahead.
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Washington
Wilson
McAdoo
Railroads War Board
Robert S. Lovett
War Board
Railroad War Board
Eastern Railroads
A. W. Thompson
Baltimore and Ohio
Mr. McAdoo
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Omaha
Leg of 10 year old crushed by coal sleigh in city accident
Vranves Bloom, niece of Frank Davis, was playing on West Second Street when a loaded coal sleigh ran over her right leg. She was taken to the Columbia hotel and later sent to St. Paul for specialist care. Doctors fear possible loss of the leg or persistent stiffness and shortening.
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Vranves Bloom
Frank Davis
West Second Street
Bloom
Columbia Hotel
St. Paul
Men depart for training camps to serve in war effort
Three volunteers leave for military training this week. Carl P. Gauthier heads to Camp Joseph Jackson Florida to join the quartermaster department. Alvin W. Dolph and Ira A. Knox go to Kelly Field San Antonio Texas to join the aviation signal department. They were not in the current quota.
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Carl P. Gauthier
Camp Joseph
Jackson
Florida
Quartermaster Department
Alvin W. Dolph
Ira A. Knox
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Texas
Aviation Signal Department
Delegates urge faster peace talks at Brest Litovsk
London reports Bolshevik government broke off Brest-Litovsk talks over Polish and Lithuanian demands. Germans would keep garrisons at Riga Libau and other points while Russia demands self definition. Red Guards are being dispatched as negotiations pause.
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London
Daily News
Russia
Poland
Lithuania
Courland
Ukraine
Riga
Libau
Boleshevik
Petrograd
Brest-Litovsk
Brest-Litov
Central Executive Committee of Soldiers’ and Workmen's
Sincerity of Peace Offer Questioned
Washington reports doubt over Count Czernin's peace proposals with officials suspecting protraction aims. The US maintains no deal with governments lacking popular will, and Alsace Lorraine remains a precondition to any settlement. Also notes Jay Batten’s return from Camp Dodge and Williston boys safely crossing the Atlantic amid submarine fears.
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Washington
Count Czernin
Russia
America
Lloyd-George
Czernin
France
Alsace-Lorraine
Williston
Acros
Atlantic
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