Demobilization of Expeditionary Force In Progress
Washington reports the demobilization of American expeditionary forces is underway with sick and wounded homeward moves. General March says eight divisions eight coast artillery regiments and two field artillery brigades will return as soon as possible after Pershing designated them. Total casualties to November 11 236 117 include killed died of wounds disease and missing.
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Washington
America Expeditionary Forces
National Guard
National Army
Coast Artillery
March
Pershing
Marsh
United States
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Minnesota
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Arkansas
Mississippi
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New England
Illinois
Chicago
Louisiana
England
France
General Pershing
Army of Occupation
War Department
Belgium
Czech oskurs: new Czech-Slovak republic gains allies
The article celebrates the rise of the Czecho-Slovak state as the youngest allied nation born from Austro Hungarian collapse. It notes 100000 troops abroad, 80000 in Russia, 20000 in Italy, 11000 in France, and Masaryk as its president, with Prague as capital and historical Bohemian culture cited. It mentions resistance to Austrian rule and the formation of a new nation.
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New York
Austria
Hungary
Bohemia
Hussa
Jerome
Prague
Kollar
Comenius
Brazik
Dvorak
France
Italy
European
Russia
Siberia
United States
Volga
America
Hapsburg Dynasty
Thomas G. Masaryk
University of Prague
Demobilization plan cuts Pershing force to 30 divisions
Secretary Baker expanded General March outline noting Pershing will reduce his army in France to about thirty divisions with 40 000 men per division, leaving 1 200 000 men in country. Most supplemental corps and troops to be withdrawn, with railway and artillery units sent back. Some divisions are replacement skeletons. aero squadrons listed for return.
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Baker
General March
Pershing
France
General Pershing
Czech-Slovak Republic Emerges From Austro Hungarian Legacy
The new republic spans about 48 000 square miles with 13 million people, stretching from Saxony and Bavaria to the Carpathians. It includes Bohemia Moravia and Silesia in the west and Slovakia in the east, separating Hungary from Galicia and claiming Prague as a cultural center while planning Brunn university and a nationwide public school system.
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Washington
Karl Kramarz
Austria
Prague
New York State
Saxony
Bavaria
Nuevar
Carpathian Mountains
Czecho-Slovakia
Bohemia
Moravia
Silesia
Prussia
Vienna
March River
Slovakia
Pressburge
Spola
Budapest
Carpathians
Ungvar
Cracow
Hungary
Galicia
Poland
University of
Brunn
Cut Expeditionary Force in Half
Washington November 23. Plans of the war department announced by Secretary Baker propose reducing the American expeditionary forces to about thirty divisions or roughly half the current strength. Further reductions may follow if the situation warrants.
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Washington
War Department
Baker
Americans March Into Brussels With Allied Troops
British and French contingents joined American soldiers to enter Brussels with Belgian king Albert witnessing the ceremony. The November 23 dispatch from London reports the allied entry into the Belgian capital as Allied forces continue advances.
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Brussels
London
Albert
Daily Mail
Taft Offered Sole National Baseball Commissioner Post
Reports say former President William H Taft was offered the single national commission post by H N Hempstead and Harry Frazee and would end the current three member body If accepted the new one man commission would reside in New York and alter power balance with B B Johnson and August Herrman remaining as league officials Eastern club presidents reportedly approve while western presidents not consulted Officials from St Louis questioned the feasibility of such a change and no formal meeting was held
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New York
William ‘Howard ‘Taft
National Commission
H. N. Hempstead
New York Nationals
Harry Fraser
Boston Americans
Taft
Bani B. Johnson
American League
Baseball Dictatr
John K. Tener
Pennsylvania
National League
Johnson
August Derrman
Cincinnati Nationals
John A. Heydler
Cincinnati
Ohio
Herrman
National Baseball Commission
Harry Frazee
William H. Taft
St. Louis
Phil Ball
Ghizens Propose City Buy of Gluefeld Waterworks Plant
Mayor outlines proposition details for purchasing the Gluefeld Waterworks plant with civic women invited to discuss the plan. If the city declines, sale to private parties proceeds. timing unclear amid local civic debate.
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DO Ghizens
Gluefeld
Bluefield Question: City Ownership of Water Works
The Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company offers the plant to the city or, failing city purchase, will sell to private parties. Superintendent McCarthy urges citizens to decide if Bluefield should own the water works or allow private ownership, citing public interest and duty.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company
Wm. McCarthy
The
Water Company
Stahlman
Bluefield Valley Water Works Company
City of
Clemenceau May Visit London After Paris Stop
Paris reports Premier Clemenceau considered a London trip after a note in Temps said Lloyd George invited him to visit. Clemenceau reportedly accepts in principle but no date is set, and he will not go before King George and Queen Mary’s Paris visit planned for month’s end.
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Paris
Clemenceau
London
The
Temps
Lloyd-George
M. Clemenceau
King George
Queen Mary
Perching Forges Along Moselle Look Into Germany
American occupation forces along the Moselle River report German troops evacuating slowly but complying with armistice terms. Soldiers wash clothes on both banks while strict orders curtail conversations across the river amid cold clear weather.
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Moselle
Germany
Associated Press
Pershing
Luxemburg
Lymn Gas Rate Tariff Filed in West Virginia
Charleston W Va November 23 for the first time in West Virginia gas industry history a rate tariff was filed with the public service commission for Lymn gas a manufactured by product from coal to be sold to industrial consumers at Fairmont at three and one half cents per thousand cubic feet the gas contains about one third the heating units of natural gas and the tariff will become effective at once as announced by the commission.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
Fairmont
Chaotic Politics in Germany Reported Across Europe
Reports from Amsterdam and Copenhagen purport to relay German telegrams showing sharp divisions over the new Germany. Observers note a lack of national harmony and rising separatist tendencies, with Bolshevik ideas spreading in the west and a Rhenish republic reportedly planned.
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Germany
London
Amsterdam
Copenhagen
Thirty Two Die in West Virginia Mines in October
The West Virginia department of mines reports thirty two fatalities in October. Twenty were Americans and twelve foreigners. Eighteen deaths were from roof or coal falls. McDowell and Fayette counties each logged six deaths.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
West Virginia Department of Mines
McDowell
Fayette
Ambassadors Cease Representing Germany and Austria
Madrid reports that the German and Austro-Hungarian ambassadors have ceased to represent their respective countries, according to newspapers.
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Madrid
Future status of railroads comes in for discussion
Washington gossip points to an early public debate on government operation of railroads and possible private restoration. Speculation centers on McAdoo’s successor and a director general with broad public view to guide employment, rate reforms, equipment, financing, and traffic expansion through the postwar readjustment period.
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Washington
William G. MccAdoo
Treasury and Railroad Administration
Congress
McAdoo
the Treasury
Carter Glass
Virginia
House Banking and Currency Committee
Wilson
Glass
George W. Goethals
Wilson Aims at Versailles Peace Setup Similar to Vienna 1814
Washington, Nov. 23 The American commission for the Paris peace conference weighs methods of procedure and a large data collection. Observers note McAdoo may influence railroad policy. selection of secretaries and attaches is under study. The Vienna 1814 conference serves as a guiding parallel for reorganizing Europe.
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Washington
Wilson
France
White House
Vienna
Europe
Hague
Versailles
America
Colonel House
State Department
Farm Bureau Week Proclaimed in West Virginia
Governor Cornwell and State Superintendent M P Shaw proclaimed December 2 to be Farm Bureau week urging all citizens to join and support farm bureaus to boost membership and increase production next year.
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Farm Bureau
Charleston
W. Va
Cornwell
M. P. Shawkey
Seattle Unions Vote to Strike Over Medney Execution
Two Seattle shipyard unions with about 22 000 members voted unanimously to strike on December 9 in protest against the execution of Thomas J Medney of San Francisco who was convicted of murder. The boilermakers iron shipbuilders and helpers local and the ship yard laborers riggers and fasteners local are involved.
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Seattle
Wash
Thomas J. Medney
San Francisco
Two Fatalities Reported In Charleston Work Fatalities
Two men died in separate incidents in Charleston today. Nito Vespa, 35, a Michael Donovan contractor employee, was killed when a hand car he rode was run down by an engine. John Milloni, 45, died from a fall of slate while working for the Carter Coal Company.
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Charleston
W. Va
Workmen's Compensation Department
Nito Vespa
Michael Donovan
John Milloni
Carter Coal Company
Horrific Petrograd reports of war chaos and mass killings
British observer describes starving Russians, dogs eating horse carcasses in Petrograd amid Bolshevik grain controls. Dispatches note mass executions of former officers, German internees in danger, and Entente and American troops facing Soviet resistance along northern rivers.
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London
Petrograd
Kazan
Simbirsk
Samara
Washington
State Department
Stockholm
Helsingfors
Russia
Riga
Moscow
Abo
Finland
Aftonbladet
Associated Press
Archangel
Vologda-Archangel
Dvina
Kotlas
Entente
Copenhagen
WB Exchange Telegraph Company
Versailles
Prince George Lyoff
Prince Lyoff
Prince Looff
Prince Lvoff
Hour to Hour History of the War in France
The War Department orders war diaries to be kept by designated officers of each unit. General March says the diaries will provide a day by day hour by hour history of the American expeditionary forces in France.
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Washington
France
War Department
March
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