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  • World War. Treaty of Versailles. 1919-10-22
  • Northwest history; World War 1; Treaty of Versailles 1919; peace treaty; treaties; peace negotiations; post-war; Syria; Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau of France; Arab delegation; peace negotiations; conferences; British government; British-Arab...
  • Prince Feisal, son of the king of the Hedjaz and head of the Arab delegation at the peace conference, held a conference with Premier Clemenceau today on the Syrian question, taking up the proposal of Prince Feisal for the appointment of a military...
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  • World War. Red Cross. 1918-01-24
  • Northwest history; World War 1; Red Cross; war relief; wounded; humanitarian relief; American Red Cross; United States army; American soldiers; William R. Castle Jr. of Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts; E. Gerry Chadwick of New York, New...
  • A new American Red Cross bureau has been organized to give relatives of soldiers killed, wounded or missing at the front fuller information than is carried in the official casualty lists of the war department. The appointment of William R. Castle...
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  • World War. Post war United States. 1920-07-07
  • Northwest history; World War 1; post-war; politics; United States. department of defense. militia bureau; appointments; Governor Louis F. Hart of Washington State; United States national guard ;
  • The adjutant general of the army has sent a letter to Governor Hart inviting him to suggest the name of a Washington officer of the national guard who, in the governor's judgement, is a suitable man for appointment as chief of the militia bureau of...
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  • World War. Post war United States. 1919-02-12
  • Northwest history; World War 1; post-war; politics; United States army; Edwin B. Parker of Houston, Texas; Secretary of War Newton D. Baker; United States. department of defense. Liquidation commission; France; Great Britain ;
  • Appointment of the United States Liquidation commission, war department, to liquidate the business and financial affairs of the American army in England and France was announced today by Secretary Baker. Edwin B. Parker of Houston, Texas is...
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  • World War. Post war United States. 1919-02-12
  • Northwest history; World War 1; post-war; politics; United States. department of defense. liquidation commission; Edwin B. Parker of Houston Texas; Secretary of War Newton D. Baker; United States army ;
  • Appointment of the United States Liquidation commission, war department, to liquidate the business and financial affairs of the American army in England and France was announced today by Secretary Baker, Edwin B. Parker of Houston Texas, is...
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  • World War. Post war miscellaneous. 1919-11-29
  • Northwest history; World War 1; post-war; politics; Australia; Australia government; United States; American government; Australian-American relations; Sir Joseph Cook of Australia; alliances ;
  • "I want to see America joining hands with all the rest of the English-speaking nations," said Sir Joseph Cook, minister for the navy, at a luncheon given in his honor here. "We must cultivate the very best possible relations with America. The one...
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  • World War. Post war miscellaneous. 1919-10-19
  • Northwest history; World War 1; post-war; politics; Syria; Prince Feisal; Arab delegation; peace negotiations; conferences; British government; British-Arab relations; Great Britain; British army ;
  • Prince Feisal, son of the king of the Hedjaz and head of the Arab delegation at the peace conference, who returned to Europe to express his dissatisfaction with the proposed settlement of the Syrian problem, announces that the British government...
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  • World War. Politics. 1916-07-28
  • Northwest history; World War 1; politics; United States; American government; Senator Clarence C. Dill of Washington State; woman's suffrage; women; 19th amendment; David S. Troy of Chimacum, Washington State ;
  • Congressman Dill will appear before President Wilson today to urge the support of the nation's highest executive for the Susan B. Anthony woman suffrage amendment. The Washington congressman has made the appointment with the president, a...
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  • World War. Photographs. 1918-02-07
  • Northwest history; World War 1; photographs; portraits; Edward R. Stettinius of New York; appointments; Surveyor General of United States army ;
  • Secretary of War Baker has announced the appointment of Edward R. Stettinius of New York as surveyor-general of all army purchases. It is stated that the post is the equivalent of a munitions ministry. The duty of Mr. Stettinius will be to take...
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  • World War. Miscellaneous. 1918-06-19
  • Northwest history; World War 1; Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo; Interstate commerce commissioner C. C. McChord; Secretary of the Interior Franklin Knight Lane; railroads; workers rights; wages; labor rights; President Woodrow Wilson...
  • Director General McAdoo announced tonight appointment of a railroad wage commission of four public men to analyze and recommend action on all wage and labor questions pending before the government railroad administration, including the railway...
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  • World War. Miscellaneous. 1918-06-15
  • Northwest history; World War 1; Edwin F. Gay of Harvard university; United States. War industry board; appointments ;
  • Appointment of Edwin F. Gay of Harvard university as chairman of the division of planning and statistics of the war industries board was announced today. Mr. Gay will relinquish his present duties as director of the division of planning and...
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  • World War. Miscellaneous. 1918-01-11
  • Northwest history; World War 1; General Robert George Nivelle of France; Algeria; Northern Africa; French army ;
  • General Robert George Nivelle has been appointed to command the army serving in Algeria. The appointment of General Nivelle is considered by the newspapers as the commencement of reparation of the former generalissimo for the discredit into which...
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  • World War. Miscellaneous. 1917-01-12
  • Northwest history; World War 1; Prime Minister Alexander Trepov of Russia; Prime Minister Nicholas Galitzine of Russia; Russian government; allies; entente powers ;
  • The resignation of Alexander Trepoff as Russian Premier, in which capacity the served only about six weeks, and the appointment of Prince Golitzin-Muravlin as his successor is an event of portentous significance to the cause of the Allies and a...
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  • World War. Legislation. 1918-12-06
  • Northwest history; World War 1; legislation; United States. Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee.; Senator Albert B. Cummins of Iowa; Senator Key Pittman of Nevada; Senator Hiram Johnson of California; Senator Lawrence Yates Sherman of...
  • Resolutions and debate on subjects connected with the peace conference again occupied part of the time of the senate today and tomorrow's session probably will be taken up largely with discussion of the resolution of Senator Cummins of Iowa,...
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  • World War. League of Nations. 1921-05-20
  • Northwest history; World War 1; League of Nations; American participation; Ambassador George Harvey of the United States; President Warren G. Harding; Prime Minister David Lloyd George of Great Britain ;
  • The dinner of welcome by the Pilgrim society to the American ambassador, George Harvey, tonight was enveloped in far deeper interest than usually attends such an even to a new ambassador. Not only was it Mr. Harvey's first public appearance since...
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  • World War. Food & fuel administration. 1918-06-20
  • Northwest history; World War 1; food; fuel; L. L. Harding; Food administrator Hoover; Judge Royal A. Gunnison ;
  • Food administrator Hoover announced today the appointment of L. L. Harding as acting food administrator for Alaska, succeeding Judge Royal A. Gunnison who died last Saturday. Mr. Harding was executive secretary of the Alaska food administration.
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  • World War. Food & fuel administration. 1918-01-16
  • Northwest history; World War 1; food; fuel; Fuel Administration; Mark L. Requa of California ;
  • Opposition to the government's preparations for taking over control of the oil supply was denounced tonight by the fuel administration as inspired by hysterical fear in the oil industry or due to vicious propaganda, possibly pro-German. Creation of...
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  • World War. Financial affairs. 1918-03-13
  • Northwest history; World War 1; financial affairs; United States war department; United States district attorney Snowden Marshall; Major General Squier; Howard Wells of the Babcock & Wilcox ;
  • Announcement today by the war department of the appointment of a committee headed by Snowden Marshall, formerly United States district attorney at New York, to "make a survey of the government's aeronautical program with relation to industrial...
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  • World War. Army. S. A.T.C. (Students Army Training Corps). 1918-10-17
  • Northwest history; World War 1; United States army; American soldiers; S. A. T. C.; SATC; Students Army Training Corps; Professor Charles A. Isaacs of Washington State college; Pullman, Washington state; Washington State University; physics;...
  • Charles A. Isaacs, professor of mathematics and general secretary of the State College of Washington, has been granted leave of absence for the duration of the war to accept an appointment as one of the four assistant supervisors for the students'...
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  • World War. 1918-06-19
  • Northwest history; World War 1; miscellaneous; uncategorized; Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo; railroads; railways; Spokane, Washington State ;
  • William G. McAdoo, director general for the United States railroad administration, has announced the appointment of traffic committees for the western district, which will deal with all questions of freight rates.
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