Armistice Terms Read To Congress In 1 P.M. Session
President Wilson outlined the German surrender terms to Congress in a House chamber session. Specifications include evacuation of occupied territories, withdrawal from the left bank of the Rhine, surrender of war material, and abandonment of Bucharest and Brest-Litovsk treaties. Naval terms list 160 submarines and dozens of ships, with neutral trade allowed with Allies. Financial provisions call for restitution for damages and seized assets. Military terms specify thousands of guns and machine guns, planes, flame throwers, and extensive railway and locomotive losses, with railways and resources placed under Allied control. Allied lines to hold Rhine river crossings and bridgeheads within a 30 kilometer radius.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
Congress
Wilson
House
Rhine
Bucharest
Brest-Litovek
Batt
National Bank of
Belgium
Rsin
Russia
Romania
Alsace-Loraine
Hoover and Hurley to Lead Europe Relief Reconstruction
President Wilson asked Herbert Hoover to head a unified relief effort in France and Belgium with James R. Hurley of the Shipping Board assisting. They will travel to Europe to coordinate food supplies and rebuild demoralized populations, contingent on freed shipping and removal of hoarded goods amid wartime congestion.
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Hoover
Hurley
Europe
Washington, PD. C
France
Belgium
Pood
Commission For Relief
Wif
Getate Department
Wilson
Mr. Hoover
Te A
Moorer
Shipping Board
British Make Most Sweeping Advances
London reports on November 9 that Field Marshal Haig says the British armies have passed Tournal and Intel, with the Second Army nearing Renalx about 12 miles northeast of Tournal as part of a sweeping advance.
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Associated Press
London
Tournal
Intels
Haig
Renalx
Air assault on Montmedy rail junction by American flyers
More than 200 American aircraft attacked the Montmedy area on Monday afternoon. Some drops included 100 pound bombs at the rail junction and 20 pound devices along roadsides as troops moved in. Several fires started in the Montmedy region as a result of the attack.
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SAMON
Associated
Sedan
Montmedy
Americans Make Things Hot for Him All Alone
American forces advance along the front as large caliber guns dominate enemy fire. North of Lion Devant an American ambulance entered enemy lines and was captured, witnesses report a rescue effort. Allies hold both banks of the Meuse and Redonville wood, with crossings at Moudon and gains from Villers-Devant-Mouron southward.
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Associated Press
Sedan
Lion Devant
Meuse
Redonville Wood
Moudon
Villera-Devant-Mouron
Three Indicted In Airplane Grafters Case Involving Payroll Fraud
Federal officials announced charges against Clarence J. Hogue Lucious M Simson and Comer in Chicago tied to fraudulent payrolls and “switch chair jobs” for aircraft inspection work. Hogue allegedly certified unqualified workers and forged payrolls while sending funds nationwide. Comer, a Chicago native, serves as a lieutenant in the U S Army in Washington while Simson may have been arrested in Los Angeles.
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Chicago
Clarence J. Hogue
Aircraft Seat Corps
Lucious M. Simson
Hogue
Los Angeles
Comer
United States Army
Washington
Gareae
Ford
New York
Simson
American First Army gains ground east of the Meuse
General Pershing's communique says American troops working with French forces won important ground east of the Meuse. They took Mougay Jamatz Louppy-for-Loison Remelville Moiray Chumont and Manheulles as part of the advance.
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Associated Preas
Washington
Pershing
First Army
Meuse
Mougay, Jamatz
Louppy-for-Loison
Remelville
Moiray, Chumont
Manheulles
The Parallel Between Berlin and Paris in 1871
The passage compares Berlin and Paris events after Napoleons collapse, noting Sedan held by Americans and German influence over Napoleon's satellites. It describes famine suffering, revolutionary government actions, and negotiations leading to Paris capitulation.
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Clozer
Berlin
Paris
Napoleon EL
Sedan
Foch
Cheyenne Girl Weds Charlie Chaplin
Miss Mildred L Harris formerly of Cheyenne married Charlie Chaplin in Hollywood. Harris, once a Cheyenne resident on East Seventeenth Street, gained fame in film. Her brother Arthur Harris is a West Point graduate believed serving in France. Chaplin, famed for avoiding marriage, appears linked to Cheyenne’s public interest.
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Miss Harris
Arthur Harris
West Point
France
Charlo Chaplin
Cheyenne
Frontiersmen Report Royal Figure’s Flight in Europe
A fragmentary dispatch from Copenhagen notes a royal figure’s escape or flight connected to Emperor Wilhelm’s era. The text hints at a frontier message and a princess related to a throne, with unclear details about locations and participants.
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Copenhagen
Emperor Wilhem
Fight on K Street of Berlin Ends in Fresh Clash
Revolutionary forces clash with opponents on K Street Berlin as a prolonged strife escalates from Saturday evening into Sunday morning. Reports indicate continuing fighting and material damage with no clear breakthrough by either side.
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Copenhagen
Imagge 68
Berlin
Wolff News Bureau
Maximilian of Baden Chosen Regent for German Empire
Amsterdam reports Maximilian of Baden named regent of the German Empire. Washington reacts to armistice news as of Nov 9 with officials stating no armistice signed yet. Allies press for unconditional surrender terms as German public and government await future developments.
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Pringe Maximilian
German Empire
Associated Press
Amsterdam
Maximilian of Baden
Empire
Berlin
Washington, D.C
Awkel
Foch
Grass
Willam
Germany
Hesia
Americans Brace Across the Meuse Front in WWI Report
As shell bursts light the sky near Stenay and Selnay, German pressure wanes while American forces push to cross the Meuse at new temporary bridges. German lateral lines collapse as Berlin falls under Red forces control, with fighting centering in Berlin and royal palace.
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Sedan
Saulmory
Cassey Youd
Ion
Germain
Selnay
Stenay
Myube
London
Berlin
Red
Exchange
Oder
Cheyenne Celebrates Armistice With City Parade
Cheyenne erupted in celebration as word spread that the armistice had been signed. Union Pacific shops and power plants kept whistles blasting as crowds filled the streets. A large parade formed with military representatives, national flags, and a band joining hundreds in a joyous procession through the business district.
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Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Union Pa
United States
Germany
Demobilization Draft Under Way in Washington
Washington dispatch reports immediate demobilization steps after armistice. The War Department cancels all draft calls and prepares to return drafted men in training to civilian life as soon as feasible. Marshal Crowder orders suspension of outstanding calls, affecting about 2900 draft movements over the next five days.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Germany
War Department
Daker
Crowder
Geverel
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