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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1918
Page
1
The War Department reports a tremendous increase in gun production as the armistice nears, highlighting factory output and shipment scale. Officials emphasize sustained effort and national mobilization pace ahead of peace.
Assistant Director Crowell tours Aberdeen proving grounds to review U S munition plans aiming for 2000 guns monthly while maintaining allied contracts. Demonstrations cover trench weapons railway artillery 16 inch guns and three ton tanks with 600 howitzers sold to France and 600 tanks in process.
Marco Wireless Telegraph Company leaders urged the House Merchant Marine Committee to keep coastal receive transmit stations under government control while permitting private ownership of long distance and overland stations. They argued Mexican wireless stations were German controlled and that government ownership would threaten press and business messages.
Reading from Ohio to West Virginia indicates fair weather on Wednesday and likely Thursday with little temperature change. Indiana reports overcast skies and likely rain by Thursday. Kentucky shows unsettled, overcast conditions with possible rain in the western portions.
Nogales Arizona December 17 Dr Huerta a Mexican citizen living in Douglas was kidnapped from his bed and carried across the line to Agua Prieta where he was hanged with three fellow countrymen. American Consul B M Lawton said the State Department ordered an investigation of the facts surrounding the incident.
Goer Wei Sun Tsao, minister to Belgium, arrived in San Francisco on December 17 en route to New York and Brussels. He will depart for New York tomorrow.
State Governors met in Annapolis to tour the Naval Academy and discuss labor, education, and public land policy. Governor Boyle of Nevada urged mutual employer employee solutions and cited AFL influence, while condemning brutal labor methods of the past.
President Wilson and allied leaders pursue a definite Russia policy at preliminary meetings ahead of the peace conference. Officials note the Omsk dictatorship and growing Cossack strength as factors shaping allied strategy and possible joint expeditions to aid famine relief and stabilize governance in Russia.
Reports from the State Department describe a gloomier Russia outlook centered on Petrograd. A large dispatch notes growing Soviet tensions and the possibility of intensified conflict as the Bolsheviks appear to gain ground amid ongoing disruptions and political volatility.
A flareup in the Bath at Philadelphia Navy Yard killed civilian machinist J Jerty and severely burned three Navy enlisted men. Fireman Frank P McDermott of Pittsburgh was the most seriously hurt, caused by dumping oily water into the ashpit as authorities reported.
About 40,000 American troops have arrived in Coblenz since the advance guard reached the city a week earlier. The Third Army established headquarters in a government building beside the hotel, with officers billeted in the hotel and other buildings.
The American Jewish Congress adopts a resolution calling for a Jewish commonwealth in Palestine under British trusteeship and League of Nations oversight. Delegates pledge to work with World Zionist leaders to press peace conference recognition, while protecting non Jewish communities and Jews’ rights abroad.
Senate moves the war revenue bill toward passage this week with major amendments from the Finance Committee. Provisions to fix 1920 tax rates are postponed while war excess profits and individual income surtaxes are revised to lower revenue. Reservations to offer later substitutes were noted by La Follette and Thomas.
The body of Miss Dominica Arias a Filipino Government student at Columbia was found in the Badson River today after she left a note saying she intended suicide over writing a falsehood to the superintendent of the American Hospital in Manila. Friends noted her melancholy despite good progress toward nursing.
In Berne on December 17 officers from Washington New York and Newton Center report arriving in Switzerland from a German prison camp on their way to France. Lieutenant Styles says pilot Morris was killed and recounts the final words he spoke. They describe starving Russians at Rastatt and guards arming to protect food stores. An American sergeant prevented escapes by keeping guards posted.
Samuel Untermyer testifies before the Senate committee on beer and German propaganda saying he sought to disprove insinuations of pro German leanings. He discusses his ties to von Bernstorff, Albert, Dernburg, and his stance on Lusitania.
President plans conference with the Italian commissioner on peace settlements and outlines steps to surmount shipping problems, signaling a focus on economic diplomacy and material balance in postwar arrangements.
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy will reach Paris on Thursday and meet President Wilson the following afternoon. Initially a dinner was planned with both heads of state on Friday, but ceremonial reasons prevent two heads at a dinner honoring the guest.
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