First American President Wilson Lands in France
President Wilson landed at Brest France at 3 24 PM amid enthusiastic crowds and naval pageantry His wife Mrs Wilson accompanied by General Pershing received a welcome along the pier The President then traveled by harbor boat to Paris amid cheering guards of honor French officials greeted him with a formal welcome Then he viewed a display of war materiel as his motorcade passed through Brest toward Paris
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Brest
Wilson
France
Paris
Europe
Altho
Cours Dayot
Weather synopsis and temperature readings across states
Ohio and Kentucky expect rain and cooler air Saturday with fair, colder conditions Sunday in the southeast. Indiana and West Virginia also forecast rain on Saturday with gradually colder or partly cloudy conditions Sunday. The report lists high and record temperatures from multiple stations and compares them with prior years.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
West Virginia
Two Navy Crew Die As Hydro Plane Hits Clubhouse Roof
A large navy hydro-airplane with five aboard crashes into the Willoughby Clubhouse on Willoughby Spit outside Norfolk. Radio Expert Thomas Vincent Jones and Machinist's Mate Llewellyn W. Alexander die. Ensign Palmedo and another Ensign injured. a wireless operator unhurt. The craft, returning from a Hampton Roads run, plunged nose first into the building after fog caused detour and misnavigation.
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Norfolk
Willoughy Club
Willoughby Spit
Thomas Vincent Jones
U.S.N
Llewellyn W. Alexander
Palmedo
Navy
Baltimore
Hampton Roads Naval Base
Returns Busch fortune to Mrs. Lilly Busch
Washington reports the Attorney General ordered the return of Adolphus Busch widow Mrs. Lilly Busch’s property seized under the Alien Property Custodian. The estate, valued in the millions, includes breweries in St. Louis and other cities, stocks, bonds, and New York real estate. Some assets held by daughters in Germany remain unaffected.
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Washington
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Adolphus Busch
St. Louis
Gergory
Germany
Busch
New York
Balloonists Narrow Escape Near Ashtabula
Four pilots from the United States Air Station Akron narrowly escaped serious injury when their naval balloon was forced to land near Ashtabula Ohio. The incident occurred today with details continuing on the second page.
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Ashtabula
United States Air Station
Akron
House Committee closes hearings on Ireland self determination
Washington December 13 The House Foreign Relations Committee closed hearings on a resolution urging American delegates at the peace conference to back Ireland’s right to freedom independence and self determination. Twenty one Irish groups from across the country urged swift favorable action while George L Fox of New Haven opposed arguing the US must abandon Philippines Puerto Rico and Hawaii before Ireland.
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Washington
House Foreign Relations Committee
Ireland
Flood
George L. Fox
New Haven
Conn
United States
Great Britain
Philippine Islands
Porto Rico
Hawaii
South
England
America
Much Gas for Hun Sign Prompts Fury and Debate
The phrase Much gas for Huns Much gas for Hun sign fuels controversy as onlookers discuss its political or wartime implications and potential offense amid heightened tensions in the city.
General Libert Reveals Plans For Gas Warfare Power
Washington reports Major General Sibert and Colonel Walker described United States war aims after armistice, noting production capacity for standard gases exceeding England and France, and a new gas mask proving superior with 400 000 units made. Edgewood plant described as a deadly hub of poisonous gas work with high casualty risks for handlers. The general urged lasting support for chemical engineering in peacetime.
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Washington
William L. Sibert
Chemical Warfare Service
England
France
Sibert
W. H. Walker
Edgewood
Walker
United States
Congress
Enormous gas preparations revealed by chemists
New York section of the American Chemical Society details Allied gas readiness in World War I. Five volunteers started mask production in May 1917, reaching 5 million masks and 40 thousand masks daily by war end. Edgewood Arsenal facilities could output 100 tons of mustard gas daily with ample chlorine and phosgene supplies.
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New York
America
American Chemical Society
Germany
Bradley Dewey
William Walker
Edgewood Arsenal
Witness Links German Propaganda to Brewers Influence
Captain G. B. Lester, former Fleischmann Company vice president, testified before a Senate committee on wartime propaganda and German influence. He described networks uncovered after joining the Army Intelligence Department and outlined methods used to gather and spread information tied to Berlin.
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Senate
Berlin
G. B. Lester
Fleischmann Company
Cincinnati
Lester
Charles Anderson
Grandin Road
Queen City
United States
Germany
Intelligence Department of the
Army
Associated Press
Army Intelligence Service
Senate Committee
Government to take over wire systems and make them public
Washington December 13 government seeks permanent ownership of telephone and telegraph lines by a House resolution. The measure, drafted with Postmaster General Burleson and approved by President Wilson, would run during the war and allow government contracts and appraisals for possible purchase. It awaits hearings by the Post Office Committee.
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Washington
House
Moon
Post Office Committee
Burleson
Wilson
Post Office
Congress
Postmaster General
Lone Doughboy Receives Regal Homecoming in New York
Sergeant Leland A. Kaufman of the Second Division arrived on the Oregonian to a royal welcome by the Mayor's Committee, Police Glee Club, and women reserves. He was cheered as he waved his hat and caught cigarettes amid the crowd while "Home Sweet Home" played. Kaufman, wounded and gassed at Chateau Thierry, had ridden Joe the war horse of General Omar Bundy.
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New York
Oregonian
France
Police Glee Club
Leland A. Kaufman
Joe
Omar Bundy
Marne
Washington
Kaufman
Chateau Thierry
Ninth Infantry
Columbus Death Toll Tops In State For Week
Columbus Ohio reports the highest death rate of 37.7 per 1,000 in the week ended last Saturday among large cities, compared with 32.9 Cincinnati 23 Cleveland 17.7 Toledo and 16 Dayton. Dr E J Schwartz warns forty percent of the population may suffer influenza with high tolls looming.
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Columbus
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Toledo
E. J. Schwartz
Plan to Keep Socialist League Alive Unveiled in Court
Chicago December 13. A mimeographed plan to sustain the Young People’s Socialist League via a secret disguised group was read to the jury in the conspiracy trial of Victor L Berger and four other Socialist leaders. The document, dated July 14, 1917, urged multiple substitutes and underground organizing if the league was banned, including using another name and training female officers. It warned against public reading of the letter.
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Chicago
Young People’s Socialist League
Victor L. Berger
Young People’s ‘Social League
Yipsel
William F. Kruse
Irwin Fred ‘Weber
Pennsylvania
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