Byng Tightly Holds Ground After Bourlon Wood Move
British General Byng withdrew from Bourlon Wood to a prepared line, under cover of darkness. Germans probed vacated trenches and launched an assault but found the new British positions well established as rear guards fell back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
France
Byng
Bourlop “Wood
Bourlon Wood
Rae Salient
Coul
el Thoroly
Bourlon Sword
Imadn
Bourton Wood
Meauvres
Weather Across States Shows Fair Skies Friday
Ohio Indiana forecast calls for fair weather Friday and Saturday with a gradual rise in temperatures. Kentucky expects fair skies with Saturday partly cloudy and warmer. West Virginia: fair in the west, snow in the east Friday, Saturday fair. Temperatures at stations include Cincinnati near 30s rising, Denver mid 40s, Seattle around mid 40s, Portland near 50, Salt Lake City low 40s, Memphis near 30s, Winnipeg cold with zero readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Mortreal
Salt ‘Lake
Jacksonville
Denver
Pittsburg
Phoenix Desu
Chattanooga
Seattle Weenees
Portland
St .Louie
San Francisco
Memphis
Winnipeg
Kamloops de Ooealee
London Struck By Fresh German Raid. Seven Killed
London endured another heavy air raid with five waves crossing Kent and Essex defenses. The bombardment caused fires in suburbs and light casualties in the city, while seven people were killed and twenty one injured overall, with three deaths in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ndon
London
Thames
Kent
Essex
Kentts
House of Commons
House of Commons By the Chancellors of the Exchequer
Political disorders in Bolivia leave several dead
Santiago Chile Dec 6 A La Paz dispatch reports serious disorders after a Chamber of Deputies sitting where President Montes rebutted Republican charges. The violence left the chief of staff wounded, one officer, two soldiers and four civilians killed, and seventeen others wounded. Order was restored and the unrest was not revolutionary in character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
la Paz
Bolivia
Chamber of Deputies
Montes
Attorney in Uniform Before Supreme Court in Uniform
Captain Roy G. Fitzgerald of Dayton, an attorney who just graduated from Fr. Benjamin Harrison, appeared before the Ohio Supreme Court in uniform today. He argued an appeal of a personal injury damage suit against a railroad, becoming the first known attorney to wear a uniform before the Supreme Bench.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Roy G. Fitzgerald
Dayton
Ohio Supreme Court
Supreme Bench
Benjamin Larrison
Fire destroys Polson Iron Works pattern shop in Toronto
A fire at the Polson Iron Works on the Toronto waterfront destroyed the pattern shop and several sheds and damaged a freight boat and a trawler. Damage estimated at 250000 to 300000 dollars, insured. Manager William Newman declined to discuss alien workers, saying we are at war. Reconstruction to begin immediately with three freighters and two trawlers at the yard, one freighter on the ways badly damaged and launching delayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Toronto
Ontario
Polson Iron Works
William Newman
Iron Works
Christian Pacifists Guilty By Jury In Los Angeles Trial
In Los Angeles a jury convicts Rev. Floyd Hardin Atwater Cal Rev. Robert Whitaker Los Gatos Cal and Harold H. Sorey Whittier Cal known as Christian Pacifists of disturbing the peace unlawful assembly and disobeying police orders. Bail raised from 500 to 1500. Sentence set for tomorrow after a three week trial and three hour jury deliberation following two earlier meetings at a downtown office building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Floyd Hardin
Atwater
Cal
Robert Whitaker
Los Gatos
Harold H. Sorey
Whittier
Law Commission Aims To Enlist Women In Army Aviation
A resolution introduced in Washington on December 6 by Rep Hulburt of New York would authorize Ruth Law to be commissioned in the Army Aviation Corps. The measure also allows the President and Secretary of War to enlist women aged 18 to 35 at their discretion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ruth Law
Army Aviation Corps
Representative Hulburt
New York
Army
Congress to Declare War on Austria-Hungary
Washington December 6 Congress moves to declare war on Austria-Hungary within 24 hours with both Senate and House set to begin debate. Leaders expect rapid passage despite procedural hurdles as discussions pivot between including Turkey and Bulgaria and differences in draft wording. Senate action targets immediate discussion under unanimous consent while House members argue against widening the scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Turkey
Bulgaria
Wilson
Flood
Austria
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stone
Senate Committee
Germany
Lodge
Massachusetts
Borah
Idaho
Means to Go On the Tand in Cabarrus Murder Trial
Gaston B. Means testified in his own defense in Cabarrus County Court for six hours as jurors weighed the murder charge in the August oak cliff shooting of Mrs Maude A King near Blackwelder Spring. He described German plots and financial dealings while acting as Mrs Kings business agent and explained letters used by the state to challenge his movements. He noted a Chicago letter and telegrames involving his brother and family as part of a dispute over a will and a Chicago trust. The testimony paused at night with hours left in his direct examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Flood
Germany
Bulgaria
Turkey
United States
Associated Press
Concord
N. C
Gaston B. Means
Cabarrus County Court
Maude A. King
Blackwelder Spring
New York
Halifax
Sixth Cavalrymen Stand Before Court Martial at Fort Sam Houston
Fifteen members of the Sixth Cavalry faced a court martial at Ft. Sam Houston San Antonio Texas on mutiny charges for allegedly refusing to drill on September 25 while stationed in the Big Bend district. The same court personnel had tried sixty three Negro soldiers from the Twenty fourth Infantry for mutiny linked to the Houston riots with Colonel J A Hull serving as Judge Advocate. The defendants reportedly said they were worn out after a long siege of guard duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Sixth Cavalry
Ft. Sam Houston
Big Bend
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Houston
J. A. Hull
Perching named vigtimg of runs
Second Lieutenant Allie L. Cone and twelve enlisted American army engineers were wounded in action on November 30 near Cambrai while aiding British forces resisting a German assault. Pershing provided no casualty names, listing serious wounds for several noncommissioned officers and privates, with emergency addresses for many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Allie L. Cone
General Pershing
War Department
General Byng
Cambrai
Cone
Frank Haley
A. Frank
East Nine
Seventh Street
New York City
N. Y
Patrick A. Long
Joseph Long
Broadway
Bayonne
N. J
Philip A. Berk
Berha Eingineer
Walworth Street
Brooklyn
Charles J. Critchley
Rose Critchley
West 149Th Street
James Argus
James Angus
Devanche Gardens
Aberdeen
Scotland
S. James A. Grogan
Mary F. Grogan
Lott Street
Halifax Disaster Kills Thousands in Belgian Relief Run
Halifax disaster toll climbs past 2,000 as munitions ship Mont Blanc and relief vessel collide in harbor. Fires, explosions devastate the north end, leaving dockyards ruined and most businesses suspended. Temporary morgues and hospitals in schools treat the wounded while residents search for relatives amid chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Halifax
Belgian Relief Commission
Dominion
Relef
Dartmouth
North Street
Africaille
Bedford Basin
Richmond
War Charity Graft Found Very Easy by Delahunty
New York December 6 Michael J Delahunty testified to District Attorney Swann after pleading not guilty to forgery and grand larceny charges tied to war charity fundraising He described nationwide confidence men in New York as the easiest graft he ever engaged in claiming con men from across the country converged for looted charity funds Lester Winkleman, indicted with Delahunty, also pleaded not guilty and will testify before the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Michael J. Delahunty
Swann
War Charities
Delahunty
Palisades
Lester Winkleman
Dispatch Box Robbed From British Officer At Atlantic Port
Atlantic port dispatch box stolen from Captain D. B. Boshell of the British Army upon arrival from South America. The box contained valuables and about $6000 in gold and bills and was taken from his state room hours before docking. Secret service examined all baggage but found no trace of the dispatch box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
D. B. Boshel
South America
Boshell
Europe
Secret Service
Russian Minister Kondacheff Refuses Bolshevik Authority
On Wednesday December 5 Prince Kondacheff the Russian Minister declined to acknowledge the authority of the Bolshevik government following the policy of other Russian diplomats in foreign posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Prince Kondacheff
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cambrai Salient
Berlin
Venetia
HMNS
Underwood & Underwood
Patrick O’brien
Royal Flying Corps
Prson
Holland
England
Cincinnati
N.W
Supreme Court
Ont
Congress
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
Miller
Minnesota
Bugaria
Representative Flood
Canada
Bill Hohenzollern
Cope
Goot News
King
Means
Cambrai Front
Age de
Pictou
Iomii
Mike Delahunty
Lenine
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!