British Forces Hold Cambrai Flank Against German Offensives
British troops in France report a fresh Cambrai battle on the southern flank near Gonnelieu. German assaults failed as Byng’s line absorbed the onslaught with heavy shelling and artillery barrages. Meanwhile in Italy Austro German forces press toward Belgium and execute wartime requisitions along the Piave.
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Alhoun
France
Jountain-Piabe
Cambrai
William Philip Simms
United Press
Gonnelieu
Byng
Hup
Belgium
Maly
Washington
Italy
Rome
Venson
Friuli
Elsium
Piave
Intense Artillerying Figures On Italian Front
Nov 30 reports intense artillerying across the Italian front with a British monitor scoring direct hits near Passarella. Italian aviators supported by Se troops behind the lines. enemy morale described as wavering while Diaz's forces renew the offensive in the Piave sector. Hearings on freight rates for Memphis and Missouri river points postponed to January 28 by the Commerce Commission.
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Piave
Passarella
Mhington
Memphis
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Okla
Te Commerce Commission
la Rue
New Orleans
Light trading in Chicago grain market with mixed futures
In Chicago the grain market showed light activity. Corn futures opened and moved mixed with December and May grains fluctuating between gains and losses while oats declined. Provisions held steady amid a softer hog market.
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Chicago
Spot Cotton Quiet on New York Market
Spot cotton was quiet in New York on November 30 with prices slipping 20 points. Middling uplands rose 31 points, though no sales were reported.
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New York
United States Hopes War Aims Discussed With Britain
Washington and London exchange dispatches as American officials await the impact of Lord Lansdowne’s letters. President Wilson and the US seek frank dialogue on war aims and a possible league of nations. The aim is to reassure Germans they will not be crushed, only coerced to abandon imperial aggression.
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England
United
London
Lansdowne
Alma
United States
House
United Conference
Lans
Wilson
Russia
Trimbles Named Defendant in 20000 Dollar Suit
Washington November 30 South Trimble clerk of the House was named defendant in a 20000 dollar damages suit by A P Prioleau. The plaintiff alleges Trimble failed to properly submit papers protesting the election of Representatives Legare and Whaley from South Carolina.
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Washington
South Trimble
A. P. Prioleau
Trimbie
Legare
Whaley
South Carolina
Casualty Totals in Britain Grow in November War Losses
London reports show Britain lost 120 670 officers and men in killed wounded and missing in November. The breakdown lists 26 026 officers and 94 644 enlisted casualties, with a noted larger rise among men than officers, amid campaigns around Cambrai.
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Lormdon
Britain
Camorai
War Office
Seven Wilmington Men Injured in Explosion
Seven plumbers and electricians at the American Car and Foundry plant in Wilmington were badly hurt when a small amount of gasoline in a hull tank of a submarine chaser being tested exploded at noon. All victims were taken to Delaware Hospital after a plumber tipped over a charcoal stove, causing the blast that badly damaged the hull.
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Wilmington
Del
American Car and Foundry Company
Delaware Hospital
Disloyal Statements Against Publication Case Heard
Washington, Nov. 30. Post office department demanded proof of alleged disloyal statements by the Milwaukee Leader in closing arguments of a mandamus hearing to preserve its second class mail privilege. Government contends President Wilson and Congress declared war on Germany to aid foreign bondholders and munition makers. The burden lies with the publishers.
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Washington
Milwaukee
Post Office Department Today
Wilson
Congress
Germany
Wall Street
Troops Arrive at Camp Greene in New Reinforcements
One thousand additional troops reach Camp Greene Charlotte including a battalion of the Sixteenth field artillery from Pilattsburg commanded by Colonel Newbold. The Twenty-eighth ambulance and hospital units arrive from Oswego New York and the Thirty-third ambulance company from Allentown Pennsylvania.
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Charlotte
N. C
Camp Greene
Sixteenth Field Artillery
Pilattsburg
Newbold
Oswego
N. Y
Allentown
Italian Aviator Aims Flight to San Francisco in Caproni
Norfolk Virginia November 30 Lieutenant Besnati Italian aviator intends to fly from Norfolk to San Francisco in a Caproni aircraft carrying twenty five passengers before the first of the year he announced today.
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Norfolk
Besnati
San Francisco
Caproni
German leaders rally to Hertling after Reichstag dress
United support from centrists majority socialists and progressives backed Chancellor von Hertling following his Reichstag address. Key figures like Trimborn Scheidemann Fischbach Stressmann Westarp voiced approval, Haase opposed only a separate peace. Reichstag passed the war credit bill to its second reading.
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Amsterdam
Herr Fischbach
Stressmann
Italy
von Hertling
Count von Westarp
Germany
Hugo Haase
Russia
Reichstag
Hertling
House
Noted Case Probes Bianca de Saulles Trial
Long defense hearing in Mineola features expert testimony. Dr J Sherman Wight argues Bianca de Saulles was not responsible for the murder of her divorced husband John L de Saulles. X ray photos reportedly show no fractured skull. Continued on page five.
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Mineola
Bianca de Saulles
Lewis Gregory Cole
X-rey
J. Sherman Wight
Bianca deSaulles
John L. deSaulles
New York State
Wight
France’s War Expenditures Seen At 9 Billion France Next Quarter
Paris report states France’s war spending for the upcoming quarter is estimated at 9 billion francs about 1.8 billion dollars. Minister of Finance Klotz presented the figures to the chamber of deputies.
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Paris
France
Chamber of Deputies
Klotz
Allied officials issue protest to Bolsheviks over Russia pact
Stockholm reports Allied military authorities, excluding the United States, issued a joint note protesting Russia's breach of the August 23 1914 treaty while warning of consequences. The note, delivered to the Bolshevik commander, omits American signatures, signaling possible U S policy toward Russia.
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Russia
Joseph Shaplen
United Press Staff
Stockholm
Roussia
Abov
United States
Wilson
Mexico
America
Coalition Government Forming in Petrograd
A coalition government of Bolsheviks Minimalists Internationalists Left Social Revolutionaries is forming. The ministry will include all factions and report to a parliament with 108 workers and soldiers soviet members, 108 peasants congress delegates, 100 army delegates, and 60 from the trades unions.
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Petrograd
Left
Social Revolutionaries
Workmen's and Soldiers’ Soviet
Peasants’ Congress
Trades Unions
America urges allied policy toward Russia in peace effort
Paris dispatch reports that American leaders press Allies to adopt a more sympathetic policy toward Russia to save the outcomes of the revolution. The message emphasizes that the results of the upheaval must be preserved as the war moves forward.
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Lowell Mellett
United Press
Paris
America
Russia
Rainbow Division Arrives in France for Pershing Gestures
American national guard units from thirty one states arrive in France to join Pershing in the Rainbow division. Enthusiastic welcome in French towns with bands, flowers, and flags. Units gathered at Camp Mills earlier with training completed for foreign service.
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Rainbow Division
Washington
America
France
National Guard
General Pershing
Mann
Militia Division
War Department
Rainbow
Macarthur
Camp Mills
Hempstead
L. L
Hoover Child III Undergoes Appendectomy in Baltimore
Allan Hoover nine year old son of the Federal Food Administrator underwent an appendicitis operation at Union Protestant Infirmary this morning. After the procedure his condition was described as excellent. He arrived in Baltimore with Mr and Mrs Hoover the previous night.
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Hoover Child III
Baltimore
Allan Hoover
Union Protestant Infirmary
Hoover
Lonesome Sammies in Hospital Cheered by Music
American Field Headquarters in France reports a base hospital yard filled with music as a sick Major General orders bands to play. Wounded soldiers like Sergeant Peck and Private Rissmiller sought only news of more turkey and relief from the front. The piece notes one lasting image of morale amid shellfire and a vivid account of a Fort Sill recruit sustained in the action.
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J. W. Paglen
United Press Staff
France
Army
Old Kentunny
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