Italians Hold Valleys as Massive Air Raid Rages
Asiago battle stalls with Italian forces repelling assaults on Frenzela and Gadena passes. A 150-plane air fleet dropped 2,000 bombs on northern targets, destroying depots and disrupting trains as fires blaze along the raiders’ path.
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East Las Vegas
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Justice Stewart
United States
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Nightmingale
British General Leads Pajama Clash In France
British General in pajamas organized a counter attack after German advances near Chouzeaucourt. An American group, English orderlies and cooks joined a force that grew to seventy. They attacked the enemy as a larger American and British relief force closed in.
Gould On Duty Promoted to Sergeant in Navy
Gould, millionaire-selective service soldier, has been promoted to sergeant in the national army for his engineering knowledge and linguistic ability. Survivors lists shift as officials fear more deaths from the Jacob Jones sinking, with cold seas and night approaching.
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Gould
National Army
Annette Lucel
Brand Whitlock reports German atrocities in Belgium during 1914
American minister to Belgium Brand Whitlock files official records detailing massacres of civilians, use of civilians as shields, and mass deportations by German forces. The reports cite Dinant and Tamines massacres, Louvain executions, and villages burned as evidence of German war practices.
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Brand Whitlock
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Germany
Brussels
State Department
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Whitlock
Legation
Chorge Creel
Committee On Public Information
Db. C. Munro
Princeton University
Cuba may declare war on Austria Hungary
Havana Cuba December 9 The belief was expressed by several congressmen that President Menocal would ask Congress to declare a state of war between Cuba and Austria Hungary Cuba led Latin American nations in declaring war on Germany and is expected to act against Austria Hungary as well.
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Havani
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Germany
Austria-Hungary
Elephant Butte Dam Guard Proposals Stir Mesilla Valley
Senators Fall and Jones and Representative Walton report appeals from the Mesilla valley over the unguarded Elephant Butte dam as guards are recalled. The plan proposes civilian guards paid on a cash basis by the government. Also: Gallup coal priced at 186 dollars a ton in Los Angeles by the fuel administration.
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A. B. Fall
A. A. Jones
W. B. Walton
Mesilla
ElephAnt Butte
Santa Fe
Los Angeles
The
Fuel Administration
New Mexico
Weather Forecast for New Mexico from Denver
Denver dispatch notes a two day outlook for New Mexico with fair conditions on Monday and Tuesday. Colder air expected in the eastern portion on Monday.
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Denver
Colo
New Mexico
Local weather summary of yesterday conditions
A brief weather report notes yesterday's conditions ending at 6 pm with a maximum of 52 degrees, minimum 9, range 43, 6 pm temperature 36, and a north wind with clear skies.
Civil War Alarm as Don Cossacks Revolt Against Bolsheviks
Reports from Petrograd say Don Cossacks led by General Kal edines and General Korniloff have risen against the Bolshevik government. The Bolsheviki order troops to suppress the uprising with no mediation. In Europe, Italian forces halt Austro German advance on the Asiago plateau as British and French troops help hold the line along Piave and Brenta rivers.
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Italy
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Brenta
France
Belgium
North Sea
Verdun
Cambrai
Moeuyvres
Banteaux
Bezonvaux
Don Cossacks Leaders War on Senenites
Russian proclamation accuses Kaledines and Korniloff aided by imperialists and constitutional democrats of leading a revolt in the Don region against the people and the revolution. It states bourgeoise finance the revolt and workmen and soldiers demand troop movements to crush counter revolution.
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Mosning Journal
Russia
Kaledines
Don Cossacks
Korniloff
Don Cossack
London
Cossack General Waiting on Events in Novo-Tchersk
London dispatch says General Kaledines, the Cossack leader, is at Novo-Tcher kusk awaiting events. Don districts report the government in the hands of soldiers and workmen, with Ukrainian authorities. Circles say Kaledines has prepared for an armed demonstration and the government is taking vigorous measures to repel him.
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Novo-Tcherkusk
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Floods and Wind Strike Aalifak City Hard
Officials call for funds from 20 to 25 million dollars to cover food shelter and restoration after floods and high winds devastate Aalifak. The appeal outlines urgent needs for recovery and rebuilding efforts.
Senator Thomas Leaves Pasadena for Washington
United States Senator Charles W. Thomas of Colorado, treated locally for a nervous fatigue indisposition, will depart Pasadena for Washington tomorrow. He will stop in Denver along the way.
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Capital
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Calif
United States
Charles 8. Thomas
Colorado
Washington
Denver
No American Lives Lost in Halifax Explosion Report
Reports received by Ethelbert Watts American consul general say no Americans were killed in the Halifax explosion. Theodore Fisher, vice consul, was badly cut about the head by flying glass.
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Ethelbert Watts
Theodore Fisher
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