Petrograd on Verge of Famine Amidriots and War Turmoil
AP dispatch from Petrograd reports flour provinces refuse to sell bread grain to the capital, threatening famine as authorities ban meetings to curb unrest. German refusals to fraternize persist, while rail guards are authorized after reports of looting and rider robberies on trains. Protopoff, ex interior minister, moved from fortress to a hospital amid a lynching threat, later spared after hospital officials calmed soldiers.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Alexandre de Protopoff
Interior
St. Peter and St. Paul
Protopoff
Congressmen Visit Pershing in Paris Front Tour
Ten American congressmen arrived in Paris en route to the front theater of operations. General Pershing invited them to dine and Ambassador Sharp will host a reception at 5 pm tomorrow. The party will proceed Friday to the American training camp for a brief stay before visiting French and British fronts.
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Associated Press
Paris
American Congress
General Pershing
William Graves Sharp
Airmen Raid London Twice in Same Day
Landon reports two Luftwaffe raids near London on November 1. Aircraft crossed the southeast coast in relays between 10:45 and 11:30 pm and proceeded toward the capital. An earlier raid on the Kentish coast at 4:50 am yesterday was repelled by coast guns with bombs falling into the sea.
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Associated Press
Landon
London
Kentish
Elgin Butter Board to Close for War Period
The Elgin butter board will close for the war period under an agreement with the Food Administration. The closure, requested by Food Administrator Hoover, was promptly complied with by the board.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Elgin Butter Board
Food Administration
Hoover
Oil Workers in Texas Go on Gulf Coast Strike
Gulf Coast Texas oil workers began a strike at midnight despite government conciliatory efforts and business interests seeking a compromise with producers. The stoppage affects the oil industry in the region as tensions rise.
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Texas
Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Gulf Coast
Washington Is Now Dry City
Washington ends its liquor era amid muted celebrations as tech law forbids manufacturing selling or giving away intoxicating liquors in the District of Columbia noted in the report.
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Washington
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Tech
District of Columbia
Final settlement ends Clifton copper miners strike
The Clifton Morenci Metcalf district copper miners strike, ongoing since July 1, was settled as Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson announced the agreement. President Wilson and mediator Werner Reed influenced delays to avoid service disruption during mediation and liberty loan efforts.
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Associated Press
Clifton, Ariz
Clifton-Morency-Metcalf
William B. Wilson
Federal Industrial Commission
Arizona
San Francisco
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company
Werner Reed
Denver
Wilson
Reed
Vermwer Z. Reed
Louis F. Post
Labor
Gavin McNab
Suspects Grilled in Baltimore Fire Plot
Two men believed involved in the Baltimore and Ohio terminal fire were arrested and interrogated by the Department of Justice. Names were not released. one is described as a saloonkeeper. A claim linked to a motorboat sighting near the piers was mentioned.
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Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio
Department of Justice
Canadians Repulse Four Counter Attacks Near Passchendaele
Canadian forces extend their front near Passchendaele ridge after fierce fighting repelling four German counterattacks with heavy casualties. They press toward Crest farm and Meerch esle spur, while wounded and prisoner movements mark the day. A German prisoner aided a wounded Canadian in a clearing station. Paris reports a German raid at Dunkirk beaten off and artillery battles along the Aisne.
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Candian
Flanders
Passchendaele
Crest Farm
Passchendaele Ridge
Meerchesle Spur
Dunkirk
Paris
Argonne
War Office
Aisne
Junkirk
Italy Granted Unlimited U.S. Shipping To Aid War Effort
Secretary Lansing and Italian ambassador Count di Cellere announce waiving export restrictions for Italy. About 100000 tons of shipping promised, with coal and steel prioritized for munition factories. Italy may ship as much as tonnage allows, even if it means moving food later.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Italy
America
Lansing
Count di Cellere
Shipping Board
England
France
British Lose Twenty Ships in Week Amid War Addendum
Fourteen British merchantmen over 1600 tons were sunk by mine or submarine last week according to the admiralty report. Four vessels under 100 tons were also sunk but details are incomplete.
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London
Admiralty
German Planes Hover Over U S Troop Trenches
In France on October 31 the American sector remained normal with continuous artillery work. Showery cold weather marked the day as three German planes overflew American trenches. Enthusiasm for patrols ran high. French command limited higher officers to regular duties while junior officers and NCOs led patrols.
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France
Italian Forces Lose 1000 Guns in Austro German Offensive
Austrian German armies advance with heavy losses to Italy as reports cite over 120,000 Italians casualties and more than 1000 artillery pieces seized. Italian High Command notes rapid, decisive shifts on the Julian front and the Tionno crossing amid a sweeping southern defense.
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Berlin
Aes
Tionno
Tolmino
Venetia
Austro-fermane
Germany Urges Last Men to Meet U S Army on Western Front
London dispatch reports Germany calling up nearly all available men amid a growing furlough ban as Allied forces prepare a spring offensive toward the Rhine. German leaders vow to defeat American troops and warn that the hardest fighting lies ahead.
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Germany
Army of
U.S
London
United States
Rhine
Germain
Beton
French troops prepare drive against Laon
Allied forces report French troops poised for fresh actions southwest of Laon as General Petain readies new offensives. In Flanders Canadian units press near Passchendaele and Poelcapelle despite boggy ground and winds hampering operations. Berlin claims French fire in the Laon area and German counter artillery near Passchendaele, with a repulsed German attack in the Argonne.
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Associated Press
Flanders
Ypres
Paeschendae's
Poelcapelle
Berlin
Basehhendaele
Ronen Brine
Aine
Petuin
Laon
Poria
Argonne
Three Alarms In Ten Minutes Keep Men Busy
Three alarms rang in ten minutes, keeping firefighters busy after midnight. A shed at 2118 Warren Avenue burned, with wires torn and flames hampered by fear of hidden danger. A fourth alert from Seventeenth and Van Lominen produced no fire.
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