Soldiers of All States Now Abroad
National guardsmen from every state have arrived in France and join the American expeditionary force in training or near the battlefront. Units from same states are kept together where possible, with some already in trenches near gunfire as they work toward a homogeneous army. Some families report relatives still on American soil awaiting Thanksgiving gatherings yet others are en route to deployment.
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France
Union
United States
National Guard
Third Wyoming Infantry
Wyoming
Rance
New York
Beet sugar refineries post large profits in California
A telegram to President Wilson and Food Administrator Hoover reports that one southern California beet sugar refinery earned about 800000 dollars on a 500000 investment last year while beet growers lost money. A second refinery with 1250000 dollars invested earned 900000 to 1000000 dollars profit on prices below government approvals.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
California
Wilson
Hoover
Thomas Lee Woolwin
Zimmermann Is Called Traitor in Saxony Debate
In Dresden on November 30 Deputy Fleissner of the Social party denounced German foreign policy during the Saxon lower house budget debate. He cited a treaty allegedly signed by Dr Alfred Zimmermann that would amount to high treason if drafted in the empire. The document is linked to Zimmermann's alleged plot to induce Mexico to attack the United States with German aid.
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Dresden
Saxony
Fleissner
Alfred Zimmermann
Awart
Zimmermann
Mexico
United States
Lost youth reappears as officer after training
Allan Geddes son of Fred W Geddes once missing ranchman returns from officers training school with a commission. Searches by mother and California police proved fruitless before his reappearance and enlistment.
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Allan Geddes
Fred W. Geddes
California
Mayor to take no action on saloon closing here
Cheyenne's saloon hours were under review as part of Union Pacific regulation requests. Governor Houx asked the city to set opening at 7 a m and closing at 9 p m but Mayor LaFontaine said no action will be taken before the new administration takes office. Licenses issued remain valid until February and hours were not specified in the licenses.
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Jack A. Bristol
Cheyenne
William M. Jeffers
Union Paridic
F. J. Houx
Union Pacific
Houx
R. N. LaFontaine
LaFontaine
Cheyenné
Laramie
Hog
America’s First Girl I Left Behind Me Story
Miss Lonvicia Sutton of Manila Arkansas is described as the first girl left behind in America by Private James Hethel Gresham the first Sammy to die in Europe during World War I. Their two and a half year exchange of letters formed a deep bond though they never met.
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Marie Barnett
Manila
Ark
Lonvicia Sutton
America
James Hethel Gresham
Sammy
Miss
Nola Lowey
Gresham
Evansville
Ind
Miss Sutton
Lansdowne Idea Repudiated by Unionists in London
The Frenie News reports Chancellor Bonar Law loudly repudiating Lord Lansdowne's peace letter as a "disaster." The Lansdowne missive tops editorials, with the Times calling it foolish and harmful while most papers denounce the timing amid peace talks and ongoing wartime pressures.
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Bonar Law
Associated Press
London
Freniie News
Lord Lansdowne
Marquis of Lansdowne
Daily News
Daily Telegraph
Germany
Paria
the Times
Court Martial Verdict Expected on Houston Uprising Case
A verdict was reached in the court martial of sixty three soldiers from the 24th Infantry charged with murder mutiny and riot stemming from the Houston uprising on August 22. The decision will be reviewed before public release.
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San Antonio
Tex
24Th Infantry
Houston
Urges No War Against Turks
Boston, Nov 3. Dr William E Strong of the American Board argues Turkey is tired of German rule and a U S declaration of war would aid Berlin. He cites internal pressures in Turkey Bulgaria and Poland and urges against war urging favorable U S diplomacy with Turkey and Bulgaria while noting German influence in the region.
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Boston
United States
Turkey
Berlin
William E. Strong
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Bulgaria
Strong
Ex Navy Secretary Chandler Dies in Concord
William Eaton Chandler former secretary of the navy under President Arthur died in Concord New Hampshire today. He served in the late 19th century and held high government office. His death marks the end of a long career in public service.
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Concord
N. H
William Eaton Chandler
Navy
Arthur
Lenine government toppled as coalition formed in Russia
Reports from Petrograd and London describe a power shift with a coalition cabinet replacing Lenine. The new arrangement unites the central executive committee of workers and soldiers delegates with peasants and trades unions. Uncertainty remains over Bolshevik influence and forthcoming armistice talks with Germany.
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My Associated Press
Petrograd
Socialist Revolutionaries
Russia
Lenine
London
Nikolai Lenine
Daily Chronicle
Holsheviki
Council of Workmen's and Soldiers
all-Mussivan Peasants’ Congress
British pushback at front as Cambrai gains cited
Allied dispatch reports German offensive across the front with significant gains north of Graincourt and Gouzeaucourt. British forces recapture Lavaouquerie and stabilize positions as bombardment continues while Italy sees ferocious infantry engagements near the Piave. British HQ notes rapid consolidation of Cambrai-occupied territory.
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Jyng
Bourton Weel
Meeuvres
Pinlish
Heupanme-Cambrai
Graincourt
Gonnelien
Giouzeaucourt
Lavaouquerie
Gouzeaucourt
Piave
U S Engineers on Battle Line in France Front
Separate American army engineer units have begun work along sections of the French battle line. They cooperate with experienced French engineers to receive instruction and assist at the front, building and repairing positions as needed.
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Associated Press
France
Tau Thes
Attempt to Bar Witness Delays King's Murder Case
Mrs. Anna J. Robinson testified for the prosecution in the Means murder trial in Concord North Carolina. Means bodyguard Henry D. Deitch blocked entry to the witness twice while Mrs. Robinson, widow and mother of Maude A. King, faced court. The judge allowed her to proceed with testimony and her account of long separations between Maude King and her mother will continue tomorrow.
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Concord
XN. C
Anna J. Robinson
Maude A. King
Gaston BB. Means
Bister
Mary Melvin
Weather Forecast for Cheyenne and Vicinity
Cheyenne and vicinity see unsettled Saturday with continued cold. Wyoming wide forecast calls for unsettled conditions with rain or snow in the north and extreme west, and colder weather in the far west.
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Por
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Huns Slaughter Non-Combatants in Invasion Reports
Rome dispatches claim Austro German invaders in Italy use Belgian style terror. Italian civilians are described bound before troops near Zenson and conscription of labor alleged in Priuli region. Reports say noncombatants killed and loot found on dead soldiers. Screams reportedly heard across the river.
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Washington, D. C
Belgium
Rome
Maly
Zenson
Priuli
France
American Engineers First U.S. Troops in British Front Operations
American artillery and infantry join British forces in France marking the first U.S. troops to engage on the Western Front. Engineers lead early actions as Allied lines break German positions near the Hindenburg Line.
Draft Men Must Answer New Questionnaire Before Dec 22
Provost Marshal General Crowder warns registrants who changed addresses to notify local boards. Questionnaire mailing begins Dec 16. responses by Dec 22 may affect exemption status. Authorities urge broad newspaper notices to reach all Wyoming registrants and avoid missed responses.
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Crowder
Wiese
Frank J. Hous
Holly
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Associated Pressey
James Bethe Gresham
Lansdowne
U. S
Kaiser
Foreign Missions Editor
von Bernastorff
Constantinople
People's Council
Austria
Pempe Mons
Austrie-lurgary
Wwe
Brest Litovick
Cambrai
U.S
King’s
Werather
Italy
Mirtheey
Weaver
Clark
Ida R. Graham
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