Huns Drive New Attacks Across Italy and Cambrai Front
German offensives push on in the Italian front with heavy fighting near Asingo and Miletta as Austro German forces press to breach Italian lines. In Cambrai, Byng conducts orderly withdrawals to tenable positions, Germans report captures of Graincourt Anneux Cantaing Noyelles and heights north of Marcoing with 9000+ prisoners and 148 guns.
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Associated Press
Byng
Cambrai Salient
Cambrai
Moenvres
Gonnelieu
Venetia
Asingo
Miletta
Brenta
Berlin War Office
Berlin
Graincourt
Anneux
Cantaing
Noyelles
Marcoing
War Office
Flesquires
Sailor Killed in Seaplane Crash and Engineers Wounded
Vice Admiral Sims reports a seaplane incident in the war zone with one sailor killed Seaman Claude Albert Baker and gunner's mate R W Thompson wounded. The army engineers Second Lieutenant Allie L Cone and twelve enlisted men were wounded near Cambrai. An additional army truck collision injured four soldiers near Rockford.
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Associated Preas
Washington, D. C
Sims
Navy Department
Claude Albert Baker
Baker
Nashville
Tenn
R. W. Thompson
France
Raleigh
N. C
Allie L. Cone
General Pershing
War Department
Byng
Cambrai
Kershing
Cold Wave Forecast Hits Cheyenne Cattle Trade
Weather officials warn stockmen and cattle shippers of an coming cold wave with temperatures near zero by night in Cheyenne. Snow and twenty degree drop, plus fresh to strong northerly winds, began overnight and continue today.
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Weather Bureau
Cheyenne
Cheyennne
Wyoming
High School Debates Abolition of German
The high school board considers dropping German from the curriculum amid protests. Adjutant General Weaver urged abolition as a patriotic move, while Superintendent Fee argues German aids college admissions and medical studies, noting many technical works are in German and that language study can strengthen patriotism.
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Weaver
Parent
Issve
Fee
Sary
America
Debate over German language in schools across cities
In Denver a prolonged debate over abolishing German continues with repeated postponements by the school board. Memphis has dropped German from all public schools, while some districts keep German as a prerequisite for entrance, causing concern for applicants from schools that have removed it.
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Denver
Fee
Memphis
Truce Proposals Sparked by Romanian Frontline Actions
Russian officials report Romanian forces resist German pressure as battles continue near Hihaleashet and Baltavaden with artillery and trench fighting. At Brest-Litovsk representatives of Germany Austria Hungary Turkey and Bulgaria told Russian emissaries they could only discuss armistice terms, calling the offer evasive.
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Petrograd
Germany
Austria- Hungary
Turkey
Bulgaria
Brest-Litovsk
Man Arrests Over Insult to U.S. Flag
Fred Federle was arrested by the chief of police late yesterday for insulting the American flag. Authorities say he hurled profane language at the flag and made pro German remarks at police headquarters.
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Fred Federle
Seven Killed in Air Raids on England
London reports from December 6 state twenty five enemy aircraft made five raids on Kent and London. Two or three machines breached defenses to bomb central London with crews captured. Casualties listed by Lord French include three dead and ten injured in London and four dead with eleven injured elsewhere.
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London
Kent
Lord French
U S to Send Soldiers to Italy Soon War Motion Advances
Congress moves quickly toward declaring war on Austria Hungary with broad support in both chambers. Debate centers on whether to also include Turkey and Bulgaria, as Flood and Stone push swift action and Miller of Minnesota argues for broader scope. The Senate panel approves a similar form and schedules tomorrow reconvening, with potential Friday delay if opposition holds.
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Associated
Washington, D.C
Austria- Hungary
Congress
Turkey
Bulgaria
Wilson
Cence
Flood
Austria
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stone
Miller
Minnesota
House Committee
House
United States
Bulariam
Halifax Disaster Blasts City After Ship Collision
Halifax reports heavy casualties after the Mont Blanc, a munitions ship, collided with the Lome in Halifax harbor. A fire and massive explosion devastated North Halifax and Dartmouth, with death toll rising and hospitals overwhelmed.
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Halipan
N.S
Halifax Harbor
Mont Blanc
Lomé
Belgian Relief Commission
Dominion
Halifax
Denver Bandits Kill Man During Jewelry Store Robbery
A gunman killed Henry Mogensen of Denver after he tried to stop two bandits during a jewelry store robbery at J. W. Clark’s shop on California Street. The fugitives fled in a car driven by Ernest Crouse, who later contacted police.
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Denver
Dec
Henry Mogen- Ken
Celson
Eighteenth
California
J. W. Clark
Clark
Mogensen
Thyre
Drugeist
Dowd
N. Perslides
Mogeneon
Ernest Crouse
Tober
Abe Flvery
Lenarni
Capitol
Collas
Gaylord
Breakine
No Damage Found to U S Transport in Halifax Explosion
The Navy Department reports no American troop transport damaged in the Halifax explosion as of mid afternoon. Details are incomplete but slips and ammunition for naval gun crews appear unaffected. A munition ship Galaxy near Halifax is said to have collided, setting off a fire aboard and wrecking nearby piers.
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Washington
Dev
North Halifay
Dartmouth
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
Togo
Truro
Nob
Dec
Halifia
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