Reconstruction plans aim to give soldiers land and jobs
Secretary Lane outlines a national program to convert arid and swamp lands into farms for returning soldiers, expand public schooling for Americanization, and educate illiterate white mountain residents and Black communities. He proposes government sale of small farms, irrigation projects, and state collaboration to place veterans in independent farming roles.
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Washington
Lane
Farm Loan Board
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Weather Summary and Temperatures Across States
Ohio and Indiana observe fair to increasing cloudiness with chances of rain, while Kentucky notes rain in the west and West Virginia remains fair with colder eastern portions. Current readings show Weston at 34, Omaha at 0, New Orleans 66/70, Denver 0, Galveston 0, with Cincinnati recording a December 11, 1918, high and low and wind from the west. a cloudy day pattern dominates with light precipitation reported at several stations.
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New Orleans
Denver
Galveston
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Empiria Cincinnati
Bani
Clear
Apis
Negligence in Paying Soldiers Denounced by Mann
In Washington Representative Mann of Illinois denounced War Department failures to pay soldiers as a national scandal. Walsh urged Navy help for discharged sailors homeward transport costs. A telegram from West Baden noted hundreds arriving at a hospital without funds though months of pay were due. Sherley said coupons to soldiers with back pay were recommended but not implemented.
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Washington
Representative Mann
Illinois
House
War Department
Walsh
Massachussetts
Navy Department
Mann
West Baden
Ind
Altho
Sherley
Kentucky
Farm products hit new record value surpassing 1917
Washington reports December 1 prices show farm products worth 12 272 412 000 dollars, the highest on record and 614 380 000 above 1917. Total acreage rose to 355 895 722, up 10 700 000 acres from last year, with corn below the five year average though most crops set records, aiding Europe food pledges next year.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Europe
No Labor Reduction For Years To Come Says Sec Wilson
Secretary of Labor Wilson told the House Rules Committee that wage reductions are unlikely for years as labor demand will exceed supply. He urged public works for discharged soldiers and workers, including highways rivers harbors and buildings, to bridge postwar readjustment until industries rebound.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Rules Committee
Wilson
Lloyd George demands Germany pay up to capacity
Lloyd George told a Bristol audience that Allied war costs total £24 billion with Britain alone at £8 billion. He argued Germany’s wealth cannot cover its debt and urged full payment to the utmost limit of its capacity. He defended Britain’s navy and said no renewal of conscription was planned, linking future needs to peace terms.
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Associated, Press
Bristol
Germany
David Lloyd George
Great Britain
Wilson
Lloyd George
Women Doctors Clash Over Wardrobe at Health Association
At the American Public Health Association meeting in Chicago, Dr. Jeanette Throckmorton urged dressing more fully, calling last summer’s street attire an offense to decency, while Dr. Effie Lobdell argued for lighter clothes on moral and hygienic grounds and even a uniform in industry.
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Chicago
American Public Health Association
Jeanette Throckmorton
Chariton
Effie L. Lobdell
Dr. Lobdell
Officers and Men Withheld From Front to Be Recognized
President Wilson orders that officers and men kept from the fighting front for duties at home may wear silver chevrons. Each chevron marks six months of service, acknowledging their vital contributions to military success and the war effort.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
General March
Lafayette Birthplace Visit Proposed for Wilson
Paris December 11 An Haute Loire Council meeting decided to invite President Wilson to visit the birthplace of Marquis de Lafayette at Chavannac. One hundred thousand francs were appropriated to cover reception expenses. President Poincare and Premier Clemenceau will be invited to accompany Mr Wilson.
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Department of Haute Loire
Wilson
Marquis de Lafayette
Chavannac
Poincare
Clemenceau
President Wilson appeals for aid to Armenians in near East
New York December 11 President Wilson calls on Americans to donate to Armenian Syrian and Greek relief. The American committees plan a January 12 to 19 drive to raise at least 30 million dollars, backed by the French government, to aid homeless refugees and exiles in Western Asia.
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Associated Press
New York
Wilson
United States
Near East
American Committee For
American Committee For Relief In the
White House
Asia
Total U S Cotton Yield Reaches 11.7 Million Bales
Washington December 11 The Department of Agriculture reports the 1918 19 season cotton production will total 5 595 529 000 pounds excluding linters and equal 11 700 000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight final season report notes.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Six Die in Explosion Aboard Brooklyn at Yokohama
An explosion of coal dust on the armored cruiser Brooklyn at Yokohama last Monday kills six crew members and injures about thirty. The dead include Chief Water Tender William B. Redmond and four other sailors, with numerous wounded listed by hometowns across the United States.
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Brooklyn
Washington
Yokohama
Japan
William B. Redmond
Red Bank
N. J
John W. Shaw
Tishomingo
Wane M. Johnson
Pastura
N. M
Roscoe W. Morris
Houston
Tex
Homer Sherwood
Comptche
Cal
Joseph A. Dugan
Chehalis
Wash
Robert W. Johnson
Riverside
Edward “W. Lewis
Oakland
Army remount stock reaches large total
Army remount stock on hand at armistice totaled 477,262 animals according to a War Department report. Of these 113,725 were cavalry and riding horses, 186,348 draft horses, 144,611 draft mules, and 17,298 pack and riding mules.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
Hospital Ship Mercy Arrives With Wounded Troops
The United States hospital ship Mercy arrived at quarantine in New York just before 5 p.m. with 3896 wounded troops aboard after storms delayed her return from Bermuda. Two wounded soldiers died during the voyage.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Mercy
Comfort
Bermuda
Food for Germans Awaits Allied Compliance Order
Report from Berlin says the Entente governments will withhold food from Germany until the demand to dissolve Soldiers and Workers Councils is met. The allies reportedly reserve the right to march into Germany if required.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Berlin
Germany
Government ends steel plant supervision and price fixing
Washington December 11 government supervision over the steel industry and steel price fixing will end December 11. The War Industries Board announced after talks with industry spokesmen. The American Iron and Steel Institute met the board to map future government relations as the WIB dissolves January 1. Judge Elbert H. Gary proposed January 1 maximum prices lower than current levels.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Industries Board Ss
Steel Committee
American Iron and Steel Institute
War Industries Board
Wilson
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Geneva invites Wilson to visit during European stay
The State Council of the Canton of Geneva has decided to invite President Wilson to visit Geneva during his European tour. The invitation signals the city’s cordial reception and interest in hosting the U S leader amid ongoing diplomacy.
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Canton of
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Europe
Nicholas Commands Cossack Army in South Russia
London December 11 Grand Duke Nicholas Nichaelovitch former Commander-in-Chief of the Russian army now leads a force of Cossacks in Southern Russia. His staff headquarters are at Katerinovka Station southeast of Ekaterinoslav according to a Russian wireless message received here today.
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London
Grand Duke
Nicholas Nichaelovitch
Russia
Katerinovka Station
Ekaterinoslav
Navy Overcame Early War Obstacles with Weapons Innovation
Rear Admiral Earle reports the navy spent over half a billion dollars in 1917-18 to arm American craft and allied shipping. The bureau delivered 360 gun mounts ahead of schedule, designed 14 inch railway rifles, and developed a 7 inch tractor mount. Depth bombs were deployed to curb submarines, and fire control devices greatly improved gunnery efficiency.
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Washington
United States
Earle
Belgium
Linderman Steel and Machine Company
Muskegon
Mich
France
Not City Disease Says Dr Rogers On Tuberculosis
Dr Burton R Rogers of New York told the American Public Health Association that Crawford County Indiana with 13 000 residents and 21 towns shows 2000 tuberculosis deaths in ten years, arguing the spread is not a city problem due to sparse farms, scattered homes, and wide-open conditions. He suggested statewide investigations may reveal worse conditions.
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Associated Press
Chicago
American Public Health Association
Burton R Rogers
New York
Indiana State Board of Health
Crawford County
Ind
America
Minority Report by Senator Smoot on Revenue Bill
The Senate read and debated minor amendments to the war revenue bill with limited attendance. Senator Smoot of Utah filed a minority report predicting a 1920 revenue need of about 10 billion dollars and urged radical changes to the bill including changes to the excess profits tax and other provisions.
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Smoot
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Utah
McAdoo urges five year extension of government railroad control
Washington December 11 Director General McAdoo proposed extending federal railroad control to January 1 1924 for five years to remove railroads from politics. He warned immediate private return would harm public interests and urged a test of unified control to fit a permanent solution. He argued the plan would finance improvements and stabilize morale while testing ownership versus private control.
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Washington
Congress
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Mr. McAdoo
Senator Smith
South Carolina
Sims
Senate
House Interstate Commerce Committees
United States
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