Hindenburg Line Is Smashed Big Victory for British Army
Tremendous Blow at Germans in France as British forces attack along a 32 mile front. Troops, aided by tanks, breach German trenches and push village after village, with Pershing observing the battle. Secret massing and surprise overwhelm German lines in this major Allied success.
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Sunday Post
Stanaenellet
Oaton
Post
Post Publishing Co
Sixth Co. Ing Co
France
Pershing
Baby Jack in Mother's Arms Again
Bianca deSaulles meets her son Jack in the Nassau County jail after noon court session. Ten jurors are selected as testimony in the murder case against John L. deSaulles and Bianca continues. The child’s visit marks one of few seen in over three months.
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Jack
Tneola
L. I
Biancaulles
deSaulles
John L. deSaulles
Byng Drives Tanks as Germans Prisoners Grow
General Byng, famed for Somme battles, leads British forces in France as tanks enter action. The drive advances with 8000 Germans already prisoners and a bold, uncompromising order to “do his damnedest.”
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France
Byng
Nelson
England
Two Painters Die in Fall at Manchester Plant
In Manchester New Hampshire on November 21 two painters Frank Dumas and Knut Schutzenberger died at the Mc Hiwain central shoe shop plant after a fall from the roof. Dumas fell while placing staging hooks and Schutzenberger, who had come from Lawrence Massachusetts, was fatally shocked by a live 11 000 volt wire while trying to aid him.
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Manchester
N. H
Frank Dumas
Knut &Chutzenberger
McHiwain Central
Dumas
Schutzenberger
Lawrence
Mass
Boston Business Leaders Pack Banquet for Rathom Speech
John R. Rathom, editor of the Providence Journal, drew a huge crowd at a Pilgrim Publicity Association dinner in the Boston City Club. He warned that after New York, German and Austrian propagandists were more active in Boston than in other American cities, signaling concern among prominent local businessmen.
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John R.rathom
Providence Journal
U.S.A
Prgrim
John R. Rathom
Pilgrim Publicity Association
Boston City Club
New York
Boston
Ang
Notable Dinners Beside Kronprinzessen Cecilie Toasts
Business figures who dined aboard the Kronprinzessen Cecilie the day before war began joined in a toast to Germany. The report continues on Page 5 Second Column.
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Kronprinzessen Cecilie
A Lamp Without a Wick Promises Powerful Home Light
A new wickless lamp by W. H. Hoffstat of Kansas City MO claims 300 candle power per night at one cent, with no chimney and safe use. The ad offers a free trial and requests one local reference, plus agent inquiries.
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W. H. Hoffstat
Kansas City
Future of game hangs as plan faces opposition
General Crowder denounces a proposed plan as a pipe dream while critics push for exemptions for ball players. The future of the program remains uncertain as supporters insist on changes to secure participation and fairness.
Crowder dismisses plan to exempt baseball players from draft
Provost Marshal General Crowder states there is no legal basis for exempting baseball players from the draft. He says exemptions cannot be based on occupation and he has heard nothing official from baseball managers. President Johnson later announces a request to exempt 288 players, 18 from each of 16 clubs, to preserve the game's standard.
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Washington, D. C
Crowder
Ban Johnson
President Johnson backs selective service limit plan
Johnson said the American league would sacrifice remaining players if clubs could keep 18 selected men. With a 25 man limit last season, seven players from each club would be available for military duty under the plan.
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Johnson
American League
British Forces Near Jerusalem Advance Five Miles
London dispatch reports British forces in Palestine have pushed five miles northwest of Jerusalem. The war office says no change north of Jaffa. On Monday Kuryet-el Enad six miles west of Jerusalem was taken by territorial infantry, and Beit Likia five miles northwest was occupied by Scottish troops.
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London
Palestine
Jerusalem
War Office
Jaffa
Kuryet-el- Enad
Beit Likia
U-Boat Sinkings Show Increase Reported
London reports a weekly admiralty tally: seventeen British merchant ships sunk last week by mines or submarines. Ten were over 1600 tons and seven under. large-ship losses drop to the lowest since March, aside from select weeks in September and November.
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London
Admiralty
Lloyd George
Record of British merchantmen sunk last week outpaces prior week
Last week's tally shows British merchant ships sunk greatly exceeding the previous week when only one vessel of 1600 tons or more and five other craft were sunk. The report highlights the intensified losses during that period.
British smash Hindenburg line in major drive near St Quentin
In a 32 mile advance between St Quentin and the Scarpe River British forces shattered the Hindenburg line to a depth of five to six miles. By tonight 8000 German prisoners had been taken, including 180 officers, and hundreds of guns and vast stores of war material were captured.
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London
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
St. Quentin
Scarpe River
Hindenburg
Germany
Germans Capture Novipazar Prisoners Report 1915
Daily chronicle notes St. Cecilia's Day and a World War I update. It states Germans captured Novipazar in Serbia, taking 80,000 prisoners as of 1915.
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St. Cecilia's
Novipazar
Serbia
Boston Area Weather Forecast With Wind Shift
Forecast for southern New England calls for rain on Thursday and Friday then fair and colder. North New England expected rain or snow on Thursday and Friday with a likely improvement to fair conditions. Winds shift to southeast to south, strengthening Thursday night to gale force in the west.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Aliens in United States to Enter Military Service
Former Mayor John F. Fitzgerald announced that the State Department informed him treaties are nearing conclusion with allies requiring friendly aliens in the United States to join military service either for the United States or their country of origin.
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John F. Fitzgerald
State Department
Washington
United States
Alien draft plan to affect 100000 in Massachusetts
Mr Fitzgerald says arrangements will take effect before Congress convenes on Monday December 3 and will involve 100000 aliens in Massachusetts who hold citizenship in allied countries and must serve in the U S army or navy or in their own country’s service. He praises Olney Gallivan and Tague for early support. He calls the measure just and morally significant for equal military obligation among residents.
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Fitzgerald
Congress
Massachusetts
United States Army
House Approves Warrant Vote on Conscientious Objectors
The House of Commons adopted an amendment to disfranchise conscientious objectors to war by a 209 to 171 vote. Andrew Bonar Law stated the government would not steer MPs and would leave them free to vote according to conscience.
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London
House of Commons
Andrew Bonar Law
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