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v SOVIET TERRITORIAL ARMY. . J .(Reuter). ' . ; (Recoived 1.50 p.m.) Riga, August 14, *■■ The Soviet Unions' executive com- , mittee issued a decree establishing a territoral army to supplement the regular trpops. All citizens are .made subject to four years' service. * ' / ' : f '*"- > .*■ - ».• '••"*'' ' FAMINE IN TURKESTAN. .■ v Riga, August 14. A- delegate Jrpm the central executive committee arrived at Moscow y-Xysrk Turkestan, and reported that 4SI»000; oV;.the, population in the Perghama\districtß are doomed to starvation. '. ><■ DEADLY MALAKBt SCOURGE.. Riga, August .14. . . The newspaper Inkestia reports !that the malaria scourge, is rapidly increasing throughout .Russia, a number of. villages .haying been 1 .completely wiped .out. FOOD RIOTS IN RHINELAND. ~.;,;') ; -Brussels, August 14. ' .\. Numerous food stores have been . piUaged at Crefeld. The police • charged the fj crowd, killing several t and,, ( woun(Jing many.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 85, 15 August 1923, Page 6
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