Government urged to run railroads or suspend anti trust laws
Interstate Commerce Commission proposed immediate action to vindicate railroads through government operation or wartime suspension of anti trust and anti pooling laws. A federal loan and centralized regulation could enable cooperation, with McChord urging strong government authority to prevent a transportation collapse.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
McChord
Goernnment
Coft
Railroads War Board
Valuavie
War Industries
War and Navy Departments
Shipping Board
Food and Fuel Administrations
Wilson
Commission
Congress
Senate
House
Newlands
Special Congressional Railroad Investigating Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Adamson
Interstate Commerce Committee
Sims
Represenia
Gillette Backs Broad Plan Favoring Limited Government Control
Acting Republican leader Gillette said he favored almost any plan that reduces government control, signaling broad support for deregulation and reform.
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Tive Gillette
Stereoscopic War Records To Be Made By Army Signal Corps
The army signal corps will create a stereoscopic picture record of the war for education. Stereoscopic records have existed since the Greeco Turkish war and will be sold at cost to libraries and schools. The process prevents any fake edits as altered images appear flat in stereo viewing.
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Washington
Army Signal Corps
Signal Corps
Congress clears way for prompt war declaration on Austria-Hungary
Congress moves to declare a state of war with Austria-Hungary following President Wilson's call. The joint resolution authorizes use of all U S armed forces and government resources against Austro-Hungarian interests while excluding Turkey and Bulgaria for now. Senate and House committees fast track debate with aim for early passage.
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Washington
Congress
Austria Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Turkey
Bulgaria
United States of America
United States of Ameria
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress of the United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stone
House
Flood
Germans Bring Up Reinforcements to Drive Back Byng
London reports German reinforcements in Cambrai seek to blunt General Byngs salient as Italian fronts see gunfire and small captures. Mesopotamian action praised while Roma nian armistice talks are denied by Berlin and Vienna. Sixteen British merchantmen sunk last week by submarines or mines. Kronstadt internments ordered for manifesto signers following a Russian proclamation.
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Cambrai
France
Byng
Italy
Sette
Asiago
Pyng
Venetia
Mesopotamia
Berlin
Vienna
Romamania
Wihse
Korniloff Escapes Bolsheviks With 400 Troops
London reports former commander in chief Korniloff fled Bolsheviks at Mohilev Moillery? Mohilev with 400 Caucasian troops. He reached Orsha north of Mohilev on Monday according to Petrograd cables to the Daily Mail.
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Korniloff
London
Mohilev
Petrograd
Daily Mail
Orsha
Yankee Spies Seized as Alien Enemies in Hoboken House
Justice agents seized trunks with maps documents and air torpedo models after arresting Mrs Anna Werner and Frederick Herwagen in Hoboken known as the House of Mystery They were held as alien enemies A letter from a German official in New York was released by A US attorney urging loyalty to the Vaterland and denouncing Yankee rebels in harsh terms.
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New York
Department of Justice
Anna Werner
Frederick Herwagen
Hoboken
House of Mystery
Werner
Ellis Island
United States
Knox
Secret wireless outfit found in raid at White Plains
A secret wireless device valued at $1,000 was discovered in White Plains by naval intelligence agents. A man and a woman were arrested and interrogated. the man was sent to Ellis Island and the woman remained in custody. Details of the raid were not available.
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Hoch
White Plains
N. Y
Naval Intelligence Bureau
Trough
Ellis Island
Vatican Denies Disloyalty in Italian Propaganda Accusation
Cardinal Gasparri, papal secretary of state, calls the Vatican involvement in disruptive propaganda an atrocious calumny. He states the Italian hierarchy and clergy have shown open support for Italy’s cause and earned praise from the Italian parliament and government.
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Vatican
London
Cardinal Bourne
Westminster
Morning Post
Gasparri
Italy
Demonstration in Means Case Fails to Impress Jury
Defense attempts to show Gaston B. Means was loyal to the government and supplied information while prewar German agent, but Judge Cline rules Burns testimony irrelevant without established German agent status. Witness Afton Means and firearms expert C.4 Rumbaugh testify on the trip to Blackwelder Springs and gun handling as the case moves forward.
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Concord
N. Y
Gaston ‘B. Means
Maude A. King
W. J. Burns
New York
Means
United States
Cline
Burns
Afton Means
C.4. Rumbaugh
Asheville
Afton
Blackwelder Springs
Gaston Means
Bingham
Mrs. King
Gaston
American envoy Judson’s Petrograd visit stirs peace talk hopes
Swedish pro German press reports Lieutenant Colonel William V. Judson, head of the American mission to Russia, met Leon Trotzky in Petrograd and urged peace negotiations. The Dagbladet notes this could signal limited U S backing in ending the war, if Washington ordered the action.
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Stockholm
Sweden
William V. Judson
Russia
Leon Trotzky
Polsheviki
Petrograd
Dagbladet
Judson
Weather Forecast for Virginia Regions
Weet Virginia expects fair Thursday and Friday with partly cloudy skies across Virginia on Thursday and Friday plus rain in the southeast region on Friday.
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Virginia
Postal Employed Groups Deemed Menace to Public Welfare
Postmaster General Burleson urges Congress to repeal laws allowing postal workers to organize linking outside affiliations to strike threats and political influence The 1912 act is cited as contrary to public welfare with a warning that combined government employees could unduly sway Congress and elections during wartime pressures.
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Washington
Burleson
Congress
Austria-Hungary Ready for Peace
An Vienna dispatch quotes Emperor Charles of Austria Hungary saying the dual monarchy stands ready to conclude a peace that preserves its integrity but will continue fighting until enemies renounce dismemberment. He cites glorious military and naval victories and notes readiness to negotiate a general peace per the Russian invitation.
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Amsterdam
Vienna
Charles
Austria
Nurses Needed for Immediate Army Service
Washington reports 475 graduate nurses are required by December 12 for urgent army service. Over the next year the army expects 20 000 nurses in hospitals in the U S and Europe, with about 3 500 currently assigned and 1 500 in France. Miss Dora E Thompson says thousands could respond on short notice.
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Washington
Europe
Dora E. Thompson
Army Nurse Corps
France
Nations must save and invest in securities to win the war
Secretary McAdoo reports in Washington that the 1918 fiscal year requires $5.73 billion in additional funds beyond taxes and existing bond issues. He estimates next seven months may see nearly $9.97 billion in new securities, with $11.53 billion for war out of $12.52 billion ordinary expenditures. He urges economy and continued defense funding through government securities to avoid delaying victory.
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Washington
Congress
McAdoo
Orde
America
Secretary of the Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Treasury
Panama Canal
Moldoo
Coal price relief for Bluefield shoppers reported
Mercer County fuel committee releases findings on coal pricing in Bluefield W Va showing maximum lawful prices 5 85 for graded coal 5 19 for run of mine with a 40 cent saving on graded coal and 8 cent on run of mine dealers adjusting to lower figures following hearings.
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Fuel Committee
Mercer County
H. J. Shott
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
W. Va
Daily Telegraph
J. T. Thornton
Federal Fuel Administration
Aterday
Prig
Kentucky
Federal Reserve Raises Discount Rates Across Banks
Washington December 5 The Federal Reserve Board approved a general discount rate increase of about half a percentage point for most of the twelve Federal Reserve banks aimed at easing inflation and promoting sound credit conditions.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Théaré
Federal “Reserve
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State Department
Asiago Region
Umania
Military Revolutionary Committee
Reuter
Kronstadt
Mr. Burleson
LOGAL
Fuel Commission
Inefield, W. Va
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