Bonar Law denounces Lansdowne letter at Unionist meeting
In London 1500 Unionist delegates condemn the Marquis of Lansdowne letter as harmful to wartime aims. Bonar Law urges against peace concessions and argues only decisive military action can force a favorable outcome, warning that peace on such terms would spell defeat for Britain and threaten imperial unity.
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Lord Lansdowne
Bonar Law
Associated Press
London
Marquis of Lansdowne
Asquith
Balfour
Paris
Germany
Great Britain
Labor Demand Study Initiated by National Defense Council
Washington November 30. The Council of National Defense creates a new industrial service section headed by L. C. Marshall of the University of Chicago. The unit will study labor needs for war production, set priorities with the War Industries Board, arrange supply through government or civilian agencies, and assess the role of women in industry.
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Associated Press
Washington
Council of National Defense
L. C. Marshall
School of Commerce
University of Chicago
The
War Industries Board
Department of Labor
What Lord Cecil Says
Lord Robert Cecil, minister of blockade, delivers his weekly talk to the Associated Press from London on November 30. He outlines policy perspectives and current aims in the blockade effort as reported in the dispatch.
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Associated, Press
London
Lord Robert Cecil
Associated Press
Weather summary with temperatures and forecasts across states
Ohio and Kentucky forecast fair with cooler nights. West Virginia and Indiana partly cloudy then fair. Current station readings show Montreal 36 high 36. Phoenix 66/74. Jacksonville 62/63. Spokane 48/48. Pittsburgh 46/48. Chattanooga 64/56. Portland 46/50. San Francisco 58/62. Winnipeg 10/20. Cincinnati records for November 30, 1917 note highs 47, lows 42 with cloudy conditions.
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Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Indiana
Montreal
Phoenix
Jacksonville
Spokane
Sales
Pittsburg
Chattanooga
Portland
CARGO
San Francisco
Winnipeg
Kamloops
Denver
Cincinnati
Food administrator forms commission to push industrial alcohol use
Indiana Food Administrator H E Barnum appoints a 40 member commission from state defense councils bankers corn growers and distillers across six states to urge Washington to authorize distillation of industrial alcohol to save frosted corn. J J Stream will meet Hoover in Washington as the plan likely goes to Congress. Members include governors Hays Insull Metcalf Hines Mumford and others.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
H .E. Barnaml
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Kentucky
Missouri
Iowa
Washington
Congress
J. J. Stream
Chicago
Federal Food Administration
Hoover
Goodrich
Lowden
Cox
Stanley
Gardner
Manning
State Councils of Defense
Will H. Hays
Samuel Insull
H. J. Metcalf
Edward W. Hines
F. B. Mumford
E. D. Funk
National Corn Growers’ Association
Bloomington
Harry Wheeler
Marshall Hall
St. Louis
Harry H. Paynter
Andrews
Board of Trade
G. I. Christie
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Edward H. Taylor
Lexington
B. K
Harris
Champaign
C. F. Curtis
College of Agriculture
Ames
Harry R. Kurrie
Monon Railroad
Samuel Woolner, Jr
Peoria
John H. Fitzgerald
Hammond
Tod
H. F. Cellaritis
Cincinnati
Priority rules in wartime rail transport spark clash
Washington officials report competing demands for transport priority from the War Navy and Food administrations as the Lovett chaired committee contemplates who moves supplies first. Railroads seek to test pooling plans before granting coal general priority while food officials press for no shipment ahead of food. The issue may go to the War Council for decision.
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Associated Press
Washington
Robert 8. Lovett
Garfield
Food Administration
Priority Committee
War and Navy Departments
War Council
The
Russia Allies Watch as Bolsheviki Struggle for Power
The article reports a Russian delegation forming a People's Council with 100 delegates from the Central Executive Committee and similar numbers from peasants, army, and unions, led by Leon Trotsky. Washington warns against outside pressure to avoid driving Russia toward a separate peace with Germany, noting entente deliberations in Paris and cautious diplomacy.
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Petrograd
Russia
People’s Council
Leon Trotzky
Smolny Institute
Kylenko
Europe
Associated Press
Washington
Per
Paris
They Gave Their Lives For Their Country
General Pershing reports several war deaths: Private William E. McGee Engineers died November 27 of septicemia after leg amputation. Private Clinton J. Hardwick Engineers died November 26 of meningitis. Corporal Floyd May Field Artillery died November 27 possibly from accidental gunshot wounds. First-class Sergeant Charles C. Hartman Medical Enlisted Reserve Corps died November 26 of lobar pneumonia. Corporal Frank J. Mecon Infantry died November 26 of bronchial pneumonia. Emergency addresses listed for next of kin.
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Washington
Pershing
William E. McGee
Marie McGee
Osgood Mo
Clinton J. Hardwick
D. W. Monroe
Chadbourne
North Carolina
Floyd May
Livermore
Charles C. Hartman
Cora C. Hartman
East Main Street
Bridgeport
Conn
Frank J. Mecon
Infantry
Italian Murder Syndicate Indicted in New York
New York officials announce twelve indictments for first degree murder tied to a so called murder syndicate operating in Italian colonies of Greater New York. Additional seven indictments followed from Daniello's confession linking three killings. Police report a strangled body found on Thompson Street linked to the broader gang violence.
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Associated Press
New York
Ralph Daniello
Daniello
Giuseppe de Marco
Charles Lombardi
Salvatore de Marco
Giuseppe
Queenboro Bridge
de Marco Brothers
Lombardi
Michael A. Giamari
Swann
Thompson Street
Senators Speak at Marion War Meeting in Colorado
United States Senator Townsend of Michigan urged the Senate not to assume full war leadership but to be a major factor in shaping peace terms. Senator Harding also spoke at the large gathering, described as Marion’s greatest war meeting. A statewide wartime county organization was established.
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Associated Press
Marion, CO
United States
Townsend
Michigan
United States Senate
Harding
Marion
Queen Wilhelmina endorses universal suffrage bill
The Hague November 30 Queen Wilhelmina today endorsed the constitutional revision bill which yesterday was adopted by the States General. The bill provides for universal suffrage and proportional representation.
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the Hague
Wilhelmina
States General
Aged Mother Testifies at Means Murder Trial in Concord
Mrs. Anna Ll Robinson, mother of Mrs. Maude A. King, testified for the prosecution in Gaston B. Means murder case. She denied signing a trust document but later could not identify checks to herself. Feeble and faint, she described Means blocking meetings and moving her from a hotel to keep her apart from her daughter.
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Associated Press
Concord
N. C
Anna Ll Robinson
Maude A. King
Gaston B. Means
Mary C. Melvin
Robinson
Merchants Loan and Trust Company of Chicago
King
Blackwelder Springs
Means
Mrs. King
Mrs. Robinson
Alienists Have Their Inning In De Saulles Murder Trial
In Mineola New York November 30 expert testimony multiplies in the De Saulles murder case as alienists testify Mrs Blanca de Saulles did not know the nature of her act. Defense rests and District Attorney Weeks pursues scope of memory lapse brain injury and thyroid hypothyroidism as factors in the tragedy.
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de Saulles
Associated Press
Mineola
N. Y
Blanca de Saulies
John L. de Saulles
Long Island
Charles R. Weeks
Weeks
David F. Manning
Nassau County
Atorney Uterhart
Uterhart
Judge Confirms Gerlach Sentence For Disobedience At Sea
Judge Hand upholds five year hard labor sentence given by a military court martial to Charles E. Gerlach former second officer for disobeying orders on an army transport. Habeas corpus petition arguing civilian status not amenable to military law was denied. Gerlach served at Governor's Island and will be returned to military authorities with appeal planned by his attorney.
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New York
Charles E. Gerlach
Hand
Federal District Court
Gerlach
United States
Gerlacht
Governor’s Island
United States Shipping Board
Judge Hand
British Hold At Bourlon Wood In Fierce Gas Driven Attack
German forces launched a strong assault between Bourlon Wood and Moeuvres with heavy artillery and gas shells. The British counterattacked and reportedly pushed back the attackers, with fighting continuing west of Bourlon Wood and near Moeuvres and Gouzencourt as the battle persisted.
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Cambrai
Associated Press
France
Bourlon Wood
Moeuvres
Bapaume-Cambria Road
Graincourt
Altho
Byng
Bouriod Wood
Gonnelieu
Vendhuile
Crevecoeur-Burlescourt
Moenvres
Masnieres
Bonavis
Villers- Guilain
Lavacquerie
Gouzencourt
Politicians react to Lansdowne letter in Britain
London reports show broad reaction to the Lansdowne letter with criticism from government circles and some liberal support. J Austin Chamberlain urged unity with allies and opposed sea belligerent restrictions, while rumors link other diplomats to the letter's consultation. The press weighs its influence on war policy and public opinion.
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Associated Press
London
Marquis of Lansdowne
J. Austin Chamberlain
India
Northampton
Italy
Romania
Russia
Great Britain
Chamberlain
United States
Altho
E Marquis of Lansdowne
Earl Loreburn
Earl of ‘Roseberry
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Suffrage
Holland
Bourlon
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