Shipping Board Head Sails for Europe to Aid War Effort
A broad international task force will coordinate the restoration of the University of Louvain with committees from twenty four nations. German forces burned 300000 volumes in 1914 as halls and shelves are rebuilt. Dr Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University leads the American team.
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Shipping Board
Europe
America
University of Louvain
Bellum
Nicholas Murrautler
Columbia University
Demobilization to Return 200,000 Soldiers in Two Weeks
The War Department plans early demobilization with 200,000 troops to be discharged in two weeks as Chief of Staff March outlines a phased plan. Development battalions, conscientious objectors, spruce producers, training schools, US Guards, rail troops, depot brigades, replacement camps, and combat divisions are targeted. Officers may reenlist or join reserves. many will receive one month’s pay as a bonus and wear uniforms briefly.
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Washington
March
Genral Pershing
America
Arger
United States Guards
United States
War Department
Congress
Department
France
General Pershing
Rainbowvision
Becaus
Hurley
Shipping Board
Europe
New York
New England
Rainbow
England
Germany
Russia
Hurley Seid
Allied Maritime Transport Council
London
Mamburz
Bremen
Hoover
Pales
Little group will demand share in work
Washington dispatch notes a progressive faction forming in Congress for the March 4 organizing session. Senators Borah Norris LaFollette McNary Johnson Capper are poised to demand recognition and representation on committees handling reconstruction legislation, backing government ownership over the Lodge Penrose Brandegee majority group.
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Senate
Borah
Kenyon
Norris
LaFollette
McNary
Johnson
Suffrage Movement Gains Momentum in United States
Washington reports Congress will grant women the vote as European revolutions prompt democracy. Democrats and Republicans race to pass a federal constitutional amendment for women's full citizenship, highlighting Prussia and Turkish women voting amid regional upheaval.
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Washington
Congress
Europe
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
United States
Republicans
Democrats
Democratic Congress
Republican Congress
Prussia
Influenza Situation In Athens Shows Signs Of Abatement
Athens reports from doctors to the Board of Health indicate the influenza outbreak is easing. Daily cases in Athens and nearby areas total forty with twenty four in Athens yesterday, no pneumonia, no deaths. State Hospital records show one influenza case, no pneumonia, no death. Data through early November suggests near complete recovery with pneumonia cases and deaths minimal.
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Athens
State Hospital
Miners to Meet in Columbus to Discuss Postwar Problems
Ohio miners will gather in Columbus on January 14 to discuss after the war conditions in the mining industry. John Moore, president of the United Mine Workers of Ohio, announced the convention today.
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Columbus
Ohio
John Moore
United Mine Workers of Ohio
Athens County Gains Hour on Thanksgiving
The Interstate Commerce Commission divides Ohio into eastern and central time zones with a diagonal boundary from Toledo to Gallipolis. Athens, along the boundary, will observe eastern time on Thanksgiving Day, advancing clocks by one hour. Other boundary towns shift to central time.
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Athens County
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio
Commission
Toledo
Columbus
Gallipolis
Port Huron
Detroit
Huntington
W.a
Cleveland
New York
Chicago
Fremont
Clyde
Bellevue
Monroeville
Chicago Junction
Shelby
Junction
Galion
Lancaster
Dundas
Athena
Red Cross Extends Mailings for Christmas Parcels
The American Red Cross extends parcel mailing deadline to November 30. Additional labels are being prepared and arrangements are in process. An official announcement will follow.
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Sweden
South Africa
New Caledonia
American Red Cross
Crown Prince Adjutant Flies Son to Safety
The former crown prince's adjutant has airlifted Frederick William's eldest son to an unnamed safe location, reports from Amsterdam say on November 16.
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Amsterdam
Frederick William
Soldier killed in gun battle in Columbus
Sam Kaschuck a soldier from Polo described as a wrenchman was ordered from Misa Isabelle Taylor's home after bringing liquor and threatening her mother. He returned and fired with an automatic gun in a running battle. fifty shots were exchanged before he fell.
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Columbus, O
Sam Kaschuck
Polo
Misa Isabelle Taylor
Kaschuck
Prisoners Freed by Germany Cross Front in Cold Crossing
Hundreds of American prisoners freed by Germany pour across our lines in France. They walked up to twenty four hours in freezing weather with little food. Disclosures say Germans elevated and abandoned them to their own resources. Men from Texas Ohio Illinois Michigan Wisconsin California and Washington among arrivals. None had overcoats and wore mixed clothing including some in German uniforms.
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Webb Miller
France
Germany
Texas
Ohio
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
California
Washington
Wet and Dry Groups Spent Record in Last Fight
Columbus reports show about 800000 dollars spent by wet and dry organizations in the recent campaign. L H Gibson and J A White filed expense accounts with totals of 359204 dollars and 250000 dollars for the dry effort. White notes a 60000 dollar deficit to meet.
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Columbus
Thio Wee
L. H. Gibson
Ti Home Rule Association
J. A. White
Ohio Dry Federation
White
Trgs
Wilson to Attend Great Peace Conference
London reports that President Wilson will attend the peace conference with practical certainty. The Evening News attributes the information to Colonel House.
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Wilson
London
Evening News
House
Belgian Outposts Enter Brussels In Morning Action
United Press reports Belgian outposts entered Brussels this morning as Allied troops push into the city. Local authorities ordered curfews and mobilization steps amid the advance.
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United Press
Paris
Brussels
Athens Schools to Start Monday Morning After Health Board Ruling
The Athens school system resumes Monday with University classes starting Tuesday and all Athens schools opening early Sunday. Teachers held a 2 PM meeting led by Superintendent Morgan detailing on first day procedures for students from homes with cases and strict monitoring, with emphasis on continuing thrift stamps and ongoing work despite limited weeks left.
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Ohio
Bellefontaine
Ohio Sunday School Association
A. T. Arnold
Columbus
Athens
City Board of Health
Ens School
Superinr Morgan
New State Aid Road Opens From Athens to Circle Hill
The Chauncey state aid road, funded by state county and local owners, is opened to traffic with contractors claiming it a paying project. The route runs from Athens to Circle Hill farm, leaving about one and a half miles unpaved near Nelsonville. The state aims to complete the section between Athens and Wood next year.
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Chauncey
Cent
Fredler
Athens
Nelsonville
Ohio 8 A C training camp update at Camp Grant
Ru Hopkins, of the Ohio 8 A C unit, writes home from Camp Grant Rockford that sixteen others and the Ohio party are now in safe camp. They have been separated with two Ohio boys in each group, and will drill two times daily for two weeks before real field work begins. No orders to discontinue the course for officers have been received, and Ohio trainees are expected to continue training as planned.
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C. D. Hopkins
Ohio 8
A. C
Camp Grant
Rockford
Ohio Party
Army
Ohio
Young Hopkins
Grant
Lens Mayor Rebuilds Amid Ruins After Allied Victory
Paris reports Lens mayor M. Bas' returns to a town nearly razed by war. Only fragments of the garden survive while the $100,000 town hall, built just before the battle, remains unfinished and undedicated.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Lens
Paris
M. Bas
Protection urged for veterans to keep government insurance
Secretary McAdes urges soldiers and sailors to maintain their government insurance after the war to protect their families. Policies may be continued five years or converted within a specified time. Lapse of policies forfeits the right to convert to other government insurance forms.
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Washington
McAdes
Stop Collection in Cleveland Aids Shell Material
The Lake Division of the American Red Cross received gas defense shells from the Chemical Warfare Service this November. It estimated about 3,000 tons of shells awaiting shipment.
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Cleveland
Lake Division
American Red
Gas Defense Division
Chemical Warfare Service
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