World War Fronts and Home Front Developments
Reports from the European fronts note German attacks on the Ypres salient and Austro Italian counter actions on the Isonzo. British and Indian forces gain ground around Ramadi and Bagdad while Allied naval and economic efforts push U boat defenses and Liberty Loan drives. Domestic actions include wage increases, draft examinations, and labor strikes amid war mobilisation.
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Flanders
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Field Marshal
Haig
Ypres
Ostend-Lille
Chance for Guard and Drafted Men Opens January 5
The War Department announced plans for officers training camps at Camp Funston in Kansas and Fort Sill in Oklahoma opening January 5. Civilians are largely barred. promotions limited to privates and noncoms with priority for single men. Applications due by December 1, with strict selection caps and an infantry and a light artillery school planned for about 490 men each.
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Washington
National Army
Camp Funston
Kansas
Missouri
University of Missouri
Kansas State Agricultural College
Wentworth Military Academy
Lexington
Kemper Military Academy
Boonville
National Guard
Fort Sill
Coal prices questioned by utility representatives
Washington officials heard objections from Iowa and Illinois public utilities leaders led by Clifford Thorne. They argued government fixed coal prices are often higher than last year’s average. Missouri Attorney General McAllister cited Southern Illinois production costs from 1.04 to 1.40 per ton and said government prices range 1.70 to 2.20 with implied war profits of 50 to 80 percent.
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Washington
Iowa
Illinois
Clifford Thorne
The
Fuel Administration
McAllister
Missouri
St Louis
Destructive Typhoon Strikes Tokio Area
A typhoon and flood devastated Tokio and surrounding areas, flooding the shoreline and wrecking thousands of buildings. The city faces 40,000 homeless, 80 deaths, and $3 million in damage, with railways and shipping paralyzed and Yokohama harbor hit by a tidal wave. The Sumida River rose further, threatening tens of thousands more homes.
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Tokio
Tokio Bay
Eastern Pacific
Yokohama Harbor
Empire
Sumida
Tokio Dis
American flier Campbell Jr missing over France
Paris reports Corporal Andrew Courtney Campbell Jr of Kenilworth New Jersey disappeared Monday during a recon mission with the Lafayette Escadrille. His fate is not known.
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Paris
Andrew Courtney Campbell, Jr
Kenilworth
Lil
Lafayette Escadrille
Lieutenant Killed in France in World War II action
Washington reports Lieut G P Howe of the Boston Medical Officers unit was killed in action on duty with the seas mc unit in France. The casualty confirms a loss in the ongoing war effort as details remain limited.
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France
Washington
G. P. Howe
Boston Medical Officers
Seas
Road men plan Chillicothe highway meeting
A Federated Highways Association of Missouri session in Chillicothe on October 17 aims to secure federal and state aid for multiple road corridors. Speakers include Governor Gardner and highway leaders. proposed routes span from St. Joseph to Hannibal and from Iowa line to St. Louis via several paths.
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Federated Highway Association
Federated Highways Association of Missouri
Chillicothe
Big Fall Farm Congress
The
United States Department of Agriculture
St. Joseph
Hannibal
Kansas City
Cameron
St. Louis
Omaha
Carrollton
Gardner
Harry B. Hawes
E. L. Sanford
State Highway Board
A. W. Graham
J. M. Lowe
National Old Trails Roads
C. F. Adams
Pike’s
H. A. Schneidker
Hannibal St. Joseph
George W. Bailey
Bar Denounces Pacifists at Missouri Association Meet
The Missouri Bar Association held its thirty fifth annual convention in Kansas City adjourning sutie die. It adopted resolutions supporting U S war entry and condemning pacifist or technical efforts to hinder the government. It also backed court reform and named a committee to draft a reform bill for the state legislature. James C. Jones of St Louis elected president with George H Daniel as secretary and Dell D Dutton as treasurer.
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The
Missouri Bar Association
Sutie Die
Kansas City
United States
Association
James C. Jones
St. Louis
Jones
Missouri
George H. Daniel
Springfield, Mo
Dell D. Dutton
A. Stanford Lyon
J. M. Lashly
James H. Daniels
Smithville Young Man in France
James A. Vance of Smithville received a brief dispatch stating his son Lieut. J. D. Vance of the veterinary reserve corps arrived and is somewhere in France. Vance was commissioned in August and sailed for France recently.
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Smithville
France
James A. Vance
J. D. Vance
Veterinary Reserve Corps
Vance
Poole Defeats Robinson in Joplin Mayoral Race
C S Poole a jeweler won the election to name a successor to Hugh McIndoe who was recalled from office in a special election held August 17 defeating acting Mayor Charles A Robinson commissioner of revenue in Joplin.
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C.S. Poole
Joplin
Charles A. Robinson
Hugh McIndoe
Old Butler Resident William Duvall Dies
William Penn Duvall, longtime Butler resident born October 15, 1837 in Highland County Ohio, has died. He was one of the town's oldest and best known citizens.
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Butler
William Penn Duvall
Highland County
Ohio
Springfield High to Host Joint Drill With Drury College
Springfield High School bans silk shirts and pinchback store clothes as youths adopt khaki uniforms. Militant drill at the school begins with Clarence Marr, a Fort Riley student officer, in charge. Drury College students join the exercise.
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Springfield High School
Clarence Marr
Fort Riley
Drury College
Farmer Captures Alleged Slayer at County Fair
George Threlkeld a farmer near Shelbina captured showman George Solan who fled a crowd at the county fair. Solan was charged with murdering his son Peter and was rushed to Macon jail to escape a mob after Threlkeld was shot defending a woman.
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George Threlkeld
Shelbina
George Solan
Threlkeld
Solan
Peter
Macon
Versailles Doctor Dr. R M Hargett Dies at 80
Retired physician Dr. R M Hargett died at his son M F P Hargett’s home in Versailles. Born in Bracken County Kentucky, he was 80 years old and moved to Missouri in 1959.
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Versailles
R M. Hargett
M. FP. Hargett
Brackens County
Kentucky
Missouri
Enthusiasts Meet to Arrange Sending Delegates
A meeting was held at Fullen recently to arrange for sending delegates to a forthcoming event. Details remain sparse but attendees discussed logistics and representation.
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Fullen
Eending Delegites
Wilson creates War Information Bureau through Colonel House
President Wilson assigns Col. E. M. House to assemble comprehensive data on military political economic and social conditions in countries involved in the war. Dr. John H. Finley named chief subordinate as House builds a bibliographic and ethnological base for postwar policy. House will gather nonmilitary intelligence for future American peace delegates without engaging in current negotiations.
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New York
Wilson
Col. E. M. House
House
John H. Finley
New York State
Europe
Doctor Finley
United States
Lord Northcliffe
American Bankers’ Association
Atlantic City
America
State Department
France
Germany
Entente
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Great Britain
Austria
Russia
Prussia
Napoleon
Prince Talleyrand
Vienna
Talleyrand
Italy
Austria-Hungary
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Hve
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London
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Michaelis
Reichstag
Berlin
England
Robert Cecil
Great Lakes
Shipping Board
Treasury
Senate
la Follette
Wisconsin
Grenna
North Dakota
Stone
Wadsworth
Privileges and Elections Committee
Chattanooga Bar Association
Gronna
Reed
Chester
Eddyston
Nicholas Kleckner
Philadelphia
Mitchell Lagoda
Chicago
Boston
Amsterdam
Telegraaf
Industrial Workers of the World
East
Irigoyen
Congress
Argentina
War Department
Harry James
Hillsboro
Tex
Ottawa County
Board of County Commissioners
Francisco Villa
Deurango Mountains
Rosario
Durango
el Paso
Federal Grand Jury
McAlester
United States District Attorney’s Office
Oklahoma
Kelleyville
Frisco
Urban C. Patterson
Sam Williams
Purcell Bank and Trust Company
Purcell
Oklahoma City
Gotha
St. Denis
Westrom
Vatican
Hoover
Southern Illinois
Japan
Bar
State
Gold House
Colonel House
Tataponton
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