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  • World War. 1917-12-03
  • Northwest history; World War 1; miscellaneous; uncategorized; Attorney General Alexander Mitchell Palmer; alien property custodian ;
  • A. Mitchell Palmer, alien property custodian, has notified all holders of enemy property and securities in this country to make a complete sworn report of such holdings to him before December 5. Corporations, companies and trustees issuing shares...
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  • World War. 1921-05-10
  • Northwest history; World War 1; miscellaneous; uncategorized; Great Britain; British government; British-American relations; post-war; shipping; gold; loans; bonds; war debts ;
  • A $5,000,000 gold shipment said to be the first of a series to be made by the government of Great Britain to aid in the retirement of its 5 1/2 per cent bonds has arrived here. Consigned to the J. P. Morgan & company, fiscal agents here for the...
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  • World War. 1918-06-25
  • Northwest history; World War 1; miscellaneous; uncategorized; military draft; United States army; American soldiers; lotteries ;
  • A second national lottery, to determine the order of call for the 744,865 men registered last June 5, will be held here this week, probably Thursday or Friday.
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  • World War. 1919-01-11
  • Northwest history; World War 1; miscellaneous; uncategorized; conferences; league of nations; post-war; New York, New York; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Portland, Oregon; San Francisco, California; Salt Lake...
  • Plans for a series of nine consecutive "congresses" in behalf of a league of nations, to be held in New York, Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, Portland, Ore.; San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Kansas City, Mo., and Atlanta, Ga., beginning February 5 and...
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  • World War. 1919-10-19
  • Northwest history; World War 1; miscellaneous; uncategorized; Berlin, Germany; post-war; food shortages; milk; beer; German people; German public; children; infants ;
  • Berlin faces a collapse of its supply of milk. The city with nearly 5,000,000 people, is receiving only 200,000 quarts of milk daily, 50,000 quarts less than is needed to feed infants and the sick.
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  • World War. 1918-02-07
  • Northwest history; World War 1; miscellaneous; uncategorized; United States army; American soldiers; training camps; officers ;
  • So the students may be given special instruction in essential army "paper work" the war department today decided to postpone for two weeks the graduation of the 17,000 men now attending the third series of officers' training camps, which was to...
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  • World War. 1918-12-19
  • Northwest history; World War 1; miscellaneous; uncategorized; aviation; American pilots; post-war; deaths; casualties; Germany; German prison camps; prisoners of war; POWs; German brutality ;
  • The killing of Lieutenant Coheeny, an American airman, in the German prison camp at Stralsund, December 5, is reported by three British officers who have arrived here.
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  • World War. 1918-06-15
  • Northwest history; World War 1; miscellaneous; uncategorized; United States. Department of the Treasury; Great Britain; Belgium; British-American relations; Belgian-American relations; loans; foreign aid; foreign relations ;
  • The treasury today extended new credits of $175,000,000 to Great Britain and $9,000,000 to Belgium. This brought total credits to the allies to $5,954,550,000, including $3,170,000,000 to Great Britain and $121,550,000 to Belgium.
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  • World War. 1920-01-24
  • Northwest history; World War 1; miscellaneous; uncategorized; post-war; Holland; The Netherlands; Dutch government; allies; Kaiser of Germany; German Emperor Wilhelm II; peace negotiations ;
  • The Dutch minister delivered Holland's reply to the allied demand for extradition of the former German emperor to the foreign office at 5:30 p. m.
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  • World War. 1918-03-11
  • Northwest history; World War 1; miscellaneous; uncategorized; religion; religious practices; conscientious objectors; draft dodgers; military draft ;
  • A quotation from the Bible -- Deuteronomy, chapter 24, verse 5 -- is cited by a St. Louis man in his appeal for exemption which the district board has under consideration.
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  • World War. 1918-03-08
  • Northwest history; World War 1; miscellaneous; uncategorized; insurance; United States. War risk insurance bureau; American soldiers; United States army; American sailors; United States navy; medical corps; nurses ;
  • More than $12,000,000,000 worth of insurance has been written on the lives of American soldiers, sailors and nurses by the war risk insurance bureau, Secretary McAdoo announced today. The insurance covers more than 1,500,000 persons in the military...
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  • World War. 1918-03-27
  • Northwest history; World War 1; miscellaneous; uncategorized; legislation; United States army; American soldiers; military draft; Senator Harry Stewart New of Indiana; Senator Thomas Sterling of South Dakota; Senator Charles Henderson of Nevada;...
  • Another unsuccessful effort to pass the war department bill extending the selective draft act to youths reaching 21 years of age since June 5, 1917, was made today by the senate. Debate on the compulsory universal military training amendment of...
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  • World War. 1920-07-03
  • Northwest history; World War 1; miscellaneous; uncategorized; Germany; reparations; post-war; peace negotiations; war debts; Italy; Italian delegation; Prime Minister David Lloyd George of Great Britain; Spa, Belgium; Belgian delegation; German...
  • An agreement has virtually been reached by the allied premiers on conference here with regard to the division of German reparations on the basis of 52 per cent to France, and 22 per cent to Great Britain, 10 per cent to Italy, 8 per cent to Belgium...
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  • World War. 1917-05-12
  • Northwest history; World War 1; miscellaneous; uncategorized; United States army; American soldiers; Mexico; Mexican-American relations; Ambassador Henry P. Fletcher of United States; military draft; immigrants; immigration; Mexican laborers;...
  • The American ambassador, Henry P. Fletcher, has notified the foreign office that there is no intention on the part of the American government to draft Mexican laborers in the United States into military service.
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  • World War. 1918-02-08
  • Northwest history; World War 1; miscellaneous; uncategorized; German u-boats; submarines; Ireland; Irish Sea; Liverpool, Great Britain ;
  • The number of German submarines working at one time at commerce destroying in the prohibited zone had until recently been surprisingly small, according to reliable information received by a correspondent of the Associated Press recently returned to...
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  • World War. 1921-07-19
  • Northwest history; World War 1; miscellaneous; uncategorized; United States army; higher education; universities; colleges; University of Washington; awards; honors; University of California; Oregon Agricultural college ;
  • Thirty-four educational institutions in the United States were named by the war department today as the "distinguished college and honor military schools, respectively, for the year 1921."
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  • World War. 1918-01-19
  • Northwest history; World War 1; miscellaneous; uncategorized; illness; diseases; shipping; horses; mules; deaths; losses; influenza; United States army ;
  • "Shipping fever" and its complications, for which no satisfactory prevention has been found, has caused the loss of 4777 horses and mules in the army remount service. An announcement today said the loss amounted to $835,975. Steps have been taken...
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  • World War. 1918-05-25
  • Northwest history; World War 1; miscellaneous; uncategorized; Germany; German army; offensives; France; French army; Prime Minister David Lloyd George of Great Britain; British army; battles; United States army; American soldiers ;
  • Renewal of the German drive in France, indicated by Premier Lloyd George today to be imminent, finds American military opinion here absolutely confident of the outcome. There is not a doubt in the minds of high officers familiar with the situation...
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  • World War. 1918-02-12
  • Northwest history; World War 1; miscellaneous; uncategorized; Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma; Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota; legislation; President Woodrow Wilson; presidential power; delegation of powers ;
  • Prompt action on the bill authorizing the president to reorganize and coordinate executive departments and other agencies for the war period was urged by President Wilson in conference tonight with Senator Owen, chairman, and Senator Nelson,...
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  • World War. 1919-01-26
  • Northwest history; World War 1; miscellaneous; uncategorized; Brigadier General Samuel T. Ansell; Army Judge Advocate General corps; Chicago, Illinois; courts; United States army; post-war ;
  • Brigadier General Samuel T. Ansell, acting judge advocate general of the army, in an address before the Chicago Bar association today said the present system of military justice, in his opinion, is "in many respects patently defective and in need...
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