Government fixes 1918 wheat price at two to two twenty eight
President Wilson announced a government price support for 1918 wheat from two dollars to two dollars and twenty eight cents a bushel at principal markets. He stressed farmer loyalty and urged draft exemptions boards to ease labor loads while coordinating with food and railway agencies to move crops and prevent shortages.
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United States
Secretary of War
National Army
Federal Railway Administration
Food Administration
Germany Forcing Harsh Peace Terms On Russia
Berlin reports reveal a harsh peace plan for Russia including loss of territory west of Brest-Litovsk lines, German occupation of Latvia and Estonia, immediate demobilization of Russian forces, and reestablishment of the 1904 Russo-German treaty with conditions. Russia must accept within 48 hours and sign at Brest-Litovsk within three days.
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Germany
Russia
London
Petrograd
Brest-Litovsk
Dvinsk
Courland
Finland
Ukraine
Turkey
Baltic
Arctic
Black
Wheat prices in U S primary markets steady at 2.00 to 2.28 per bushel
Washington reports guaranteed government prices for 11S on Number One Norther spring wheat and its primary market equivalents. Chicago at 2.20, New York City 2.28, Philadelphia 2.21, Savannah 2.97, Fort Worth 2.09, Salt Lake City 2.00, Spokane 2.00, Pocatello 2.00, Omaha 2.15, Kansas City 2.15, Minneapolis 2.17, St. Louis 2.18, Dallas 3.17, other listed cities range around 2.05 to 2.28.
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Washington
United States
Chicago
Omaha
Kansas City
Minnepolis
St. Louis
Dail
New York City
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Sewport News
Ss. C
Savannah
Its
Los
Galveton
Texas
Salt Lake City
Great Pills
Mont
Spokane
Wash
Pocatello
Ida
Fort Worth
Oklahoma Tix
Okla
Wichita
Kans
Three Americans die in action in war report from Pershing
General Pershing reports three soldiers killed in action among five missing and eight wounded. Names include Private Thomas Franklin St. Louis and Private William H. Scott of Kentucky and California native Private Ralph Moran. Additional wounded and deaths from natural causes noted. Julius A. Fuchs, seaman, killed by falling coal bucket.
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Chineton
Amer- L
Pershing
War Department
Mose
Thomas Franklin
Orporal
Thaddeus Blazen
Colony Road
Meriden
Thomas Morrison
Oak St
South Manchester
Irivate
Walter P. Moran
Guymeat
Paris
Vieqy
Edwin C. Call
Romeo den
Mersworth
N. H
Ignittens
Orono
Ubeck
Egeland
N. D
Pri
Vate Walter Brodowski
Lenox
Mass
Wm. H. Hale
Park St
Somerville
Thomas M. Holmes
Albany
N. Y
Douglas N. Astall
Avenue G
Galveston
Texas
Julian ©. Marshburn
President St
Charleston
S. C
Joseph C. Reed
East South St
Hillsboro
Ohio
Leander Olsen
Koosharem
Utah
Ray H. Griffin
Sherodsville
Julius A. Fuchs
Seaman
U. S. S. Neptune
Navy Department
Fuchs
Wichita Ave
St. Louis
Kaiser Terms for Russia Vast. Germany Seeks Protectorate
The article reports the first complete statement of drastic German demands on Russia. The terms would cede large territories and reduce Russia to a German protectorate until a general peace, raising questions about possible Russian resistance or acceptance.
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Russia
Petrograd
Berlin
Daniels Pines for Life on the Ocean
Secretary of the Navy Daniels longs for a life at sea and says he would move his office aboard a ship if the ocean were nearer Washington. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt dances a hornpipe as the joke circulates and a quip suggests bringing the ocean closer via Henry Ford.
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Washington
the Navy
Daniels
Roosevelt
Henry Ford
Russians rally support for revolution as retreatPlan unfolds
War dispatches describe Bolshevik backed defense efforts in Petrograd with thousands of prisoners and workers ready to fight. German advances push from Walk to Dubno as Russia contemplates continuing retreat toward Petrograd amid food-supply concerns and wartime upheaval.
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Petrograd
Bolsheviki
France
Moscow
Bolsheviks
Wilmington Fairly Treated on Rivers and Harbors Funds
Washington says the rivers and harbors bill provides the full amount engineers requested for Cape Fear and Wilmington waterways. Congressman Godwin notes no river or harbor got more than recommended. John Small, NC, chairs the committee, says they stuck to engineer recommendations, and Wilmington was treated fairly.
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Geo. H. Manning
Washington, D. C
Wilmington
Cape Fear
Godwin
John Small
North Carolina
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Red Haired Sailor Bold Hold Up Man
Norfolk detectives chase a 23 year old red haired sailor suspected of robbing three wives of naval officers in Norfolk hotels. He enters rooms at any hour, holds occupants at gunpoint, and takes jewels and cash. Police note the case is unusually quiet and the thefts span the past week.
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Portsmouth
Norfolk
Allies Gain on Land Stripped in War as 1918 Opens
The article notes Allied gains in land and German losses, citing 1,181,160 square miles of German territory controlled by the Allies and 249,320 by the Central Powers. It highlights March 1917 gains, pushes in Aisne Verdun and Flanders, and losses of colonial possessions in Africa and Ottoman territories. It also mentions German advances in Galicia Bukowina Courland Livonia and the Gulf of Riga.
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Sion
Armenia
Mesopotamia
Arabia
Palestine
Germany
Europe
Hindenburg
Aisne
Champaigne
Verdun
Chemin Des Dames
Ypres
Cambrai
Flanders
Africa
Bagdad
Mecca
Jerusalem
Galicia
Bukowina
Courland
Livonia
Gulf of Riga
Territorial holdings of wartime forces during conflict
Allied territories held by German and Austrian forces total 249 320 square miles including Romanian Serbian Montenegrin 80 000 and Belgian 111 520 as well as French 7 600 and Albanian 8 000 and Italian 5 000. German territory held by Allies totals 1 181 160 square miles with Alsace Lorraine 360 square miles. Excludes Armenia Mesopotamia Arabia Palestine and other Turkish Empire regions occupied by Allies.
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Albania
Alsace-Lorraine
France
Armenia
Mesopotamia
Arabia
Palestine
Military operations open for 1918 across German Austrian fronts
With the French Armies in the Field February 12 reporting, military operations for 1918 begin as Germany and Austria face renewed fronts. The dispatch notes opening actions and strategic posture of the Central Powers in early 1918.
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Germany
Austria
Posses
McAdoo and Hoover Clash Over Food Shipping Details
Director General McAdoo demands precise information from Herbert Hoover on railroad congestion and food shipments to the seaboard. Hoover replies promising Allied foodstuffs move promptly but McAdoo insists on locations and volumes of purchases and supplies to speed domestic and export distribution.
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Washington
McAdoo
Herbert Hoover
Railroad
Seaboard
Hoover
Wilson
Howeer
Bladenboro Firms Sell Assets to Bridger Corporation
Bladen Manufacturing and Bridger Company stockholders vote to sell assets to the newly chartered Bridger corporation with $125000 capital. Bridger names R L Bridger as president and other Bridger family members as officers. The note recounts the Bridger rise from a 1885 mercantile start to a major industrial and mill presence in Bladenboro, now moving to electric lighting town status.
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Bladenboro
N. C
Bladen Manufacturing Company
Bridger Company
Bridger Corporation
R. L. Bridger
R. C. Bridger
T. C. Bridger
H. C. Bridger
R. L
Bridger
H.C. Bridger
London Opposed to Forming League of Nations
London report says The Nation understands a memorandum urges immediate conversion of the alliance into a league of nations. It warns such action would be disastrous to real international league aims.
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London
League of Nations
British Repulse Hostile Raids in European Theaters
Field Marshal Haig reports repulse of hostile raids against Hill No 70 and areas north of Poelcapelle. British patrols captured a few prisoners. Enemy artillery action noted near Gouzancourt the Scarpe valley Lens Armentieres and areas north and northeast of Ypres.
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London
Week of Speeches Faces the Senate
Washington reports the Senate will resume its indoor sport of speechmaking next week while the House advances the railroad control bill. Senators McCumber Swanson Lodge Owen Reed Gore Simmons Overman debate Bolshevism propaganda sugar coal prices wheat and war finance. House votes on railroad bill and moves to wheatless days daylight saving and war measures.
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Washington
Senate
House
McCumber
Swanson
Lodge
Owen
Reed
Gore
Simmons
Senator Overman
Judiciary Committee
Wilson
Ways and Means
War Finance Corporation
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Son
Prival Interior
Crain
Congress
Kuehlmann
Smolensk
Walk
Dubno
Esthenia
Amsterdam
Reichstag
Kaiser Wilhelm
Emperor Karl
Ludendorff
Houthulst Wood
Menin Road
Munchke Preux
Wytschaete
Small
M’adoo
Eieren
Bladen Manufacturing Co
Bridger Co
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