Allies Face German Peace Propaganda Claims
Washington reports insidious German efforts to sway US and Entente nations over Bolshevik peace talks. Officials fear Berlin aims to split the alliance while Russia remains unrecognized by the Entente. Berlin seeks to leverage Brest-Litovsk terms as a fall back for future peace proposals.
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Washington
United States
Paris
Russia
American State Department
Germany
Anther
Vatican
Nother
Hanes
Orward
State Department
Wilson
America
Lloyd George
Georges Clemenceau
Teuton
Brest-Litovsk
Witgess
Nauen
Committee On Public Information
Weather Summary and Temperature Records for December 21 1917
Ohio Indiana Kentucky West Virginia forecasts show fair conditions and warming trend with possible snow or rain north portions. Station readings list temperatures from Phoenix to Winnipeg with highs in the 60s and 50s and varying precipitation. Cincinnati records include December 21 1917 figures and a three year comparison of high low and average temperatures and precipitation totals.
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Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Fellowien
Fortreal
Phoenix
Winnipeg
Kamloops
Fee Denver
Gineinnati
Ten Blow Fire Devours Sixth Street Block at New Year
A major blaze on the morning of January 1 swept a six story brick building at 114 116 West Sixth Street housing Richter & Phillips Jewelers and other firms. Firefighters led by Chief Barney Huston halted spread across the block, saving adjacent properties as flames tore through Sixth Street and across to neighboring fronts. Losses run into thousands of dollars with contents of Richter & Phillips and nearby retailers threatened.
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West Sixth Street
Richter & Phillips
Spear & Co
Cincinnati
Natural Gas Supply
Sarran & Sauer
Sewlers
Stegner ‘Bros
Keith
Sixth
Barney Huston
Sixth and
Walnut
Race
Sixth Street
Guatemalan Earthquakes Devastate City and Kill Several
Earthquakes starting Christmas night in Guatemala City caused millions in damage and left most homes uninhabitable. Affected sites include the presidential office, cathedral, churches, hospitals, schools, and electric lines. Government distributes provisions and bans staying indoors.
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Associated P
Guatemala - City
Guatemala
Presidentialers Post Office
Masonic Temple
British Repel Hun Attack at Welsh Ridge Front
German assault on Welsh Ridge in the Cambrai sector failed to hold ground as British counterattacks recaptured trenches. Haig says the attack was local and aimed at regaining Hindenburg line with heavy fighting and snowdrifts hindering any major offensive. British Palestine operations report gains northwest of Jerusalem with several positions secured.
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Associated Press
London
Welsh Ridge
Cambrai
Marshal Haig
Reuter
France
la Vacquerie
Marcoing
Hindenburg
Jerusalem
War Office
Palestine
Bertin
Bethel
Bireh
el Balna
Mablus
el Burj
Cossacks and Ukrainian Troops Defeat Bolshevik Forces
In a major southwestern front battle Ukrainian and Cossack troops rout Bolshevik forces. Dispatches report 400 prisoners taken along with eight large guns and 328 machine guns captured. Cossacks pursue the retreating Bolsheviks toward the rear lines.
War Summary Sees No Advantage For Enemies In New Year
The War Department reviews the week ending December 31. British dominance in Flanders and strong Alpine lines hold, with Laon area defenses firm. Germans regroup in the west while preparing renewed offensives. Italians recapture Monte Asolone, and Austro-German forces readjust. Mesopotamia shows British consolidation. Russian forces reject armistice and fight on. American troops boost allied faith despite limited front activity.
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Associated Press
Washington
Baker
War Department
Flanders Plain
Cambrai
Laon
Chemin Des Dames
Monte Asolone
Mesopotamia
Petrograd
Paris Premier Refuses Socialists Passports to Petrograd
Premier Clemenceau refused a Socialist delegation's request for passports to Petrograd for delegates. He argued Petrograd's unsettled condition would yield no useful result and issuing passports could be seen as endorsement of their mission, risking harmful effects on front and home opinion.
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Associated Press
Paris
Clemenceau
Chamber of Deputies
Petrograd
France
Pershing Thanks American Women for Holiday Prayers
General Pershing sent a cable to Dr. Anna Howard Shaw thanking American women for Christmas greetings to the expeditionary forces. He praised the patriotism of American women and pledged confidence in final success as the great capital task is pursued.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pershing
Anna Howard Shaw
Council ‘of National Defense
Women of America
American Expeditionary Forces
America
Turco Teutons Calmy Drown Greek Refugees
Lazaros George Macrides, son of a Trebizond merchant, reports to the Armenian and Syrian Relief Committee that organized Turco Teuton forces drowned at least 100 Greek refugees in the Black Sea after deportations in Asiatic Turkey. He cites mass drafting, separations, and wholesale killings as evidence of a wide genocide.
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Associated Press
New York
Turkey
Lazaros George Macrides
Trebozond
Macrides
Ordou
Trebizonda
Black Sea
America
World leaders send New Year greetings to the United States
President Poincare of France and other heads of state issue messages praising American resolve in World War I. France King Alexander of Greece and leaders like Menocal Valdes extend supportive notes underscoring unity, liberty, and justice as the war continues.
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Voice of Washington
Poincare
Associated Press
Washington
Voice of
France
M. Poincare
United States
Germany
Wilson
Nations United For
Alexander
Greece
Menocal
Europe
Valdes
Swiss Major Guilty Of Smuggling Cotton Into Teuton Lands
Major Maurer of the Swiss army was court martialed and condemned to degradation and eighteen months imprisonment for complicity in smuggling cotton into Austria and Germany. Testimony showed Swiss yarn values and threading prices rising markedly across the border.
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Teuton Lands
Associated Press
ST. Gall
Switzerland
Maurer
Austria
Germany
Tractors to France to Boost Food Crops in War Effort
The Food Administration will ship fifteen hundred farm tractors to France to aid spring planting and crop yields. One hundred have already left on a naval transport, with all across by March. Henry Morgenthau and son initiated the plan. young Morgenthau will supervise delivery and set up training schools. The program aims to free shipping by reducing American food transport needs and expand French acreage in potatoes and wheat.
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Associated Press
Washington
France
The
Food Administration
Henry Morgenthau
Morgenthau
America
McAdoo Orders Railroads to Clear Congestion and Shift Equipment
President Wilson's wartime director general orders Eastern lines to relieve congestion by diverting export freight to southern ports, urging movement of coal and food. A temporary Advisory Cabinet replaces the War Board, with Hale Holden and John Williams among its members, while wage questions start to be discussed with railroad unions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Eastern
McAdoo
New York
New England
Mississippi
Ohio River
Railroad War Board
Hale Holden
The
Burlington
War Board
John Skelton Wiliams
Henry Walters
Atlantic Coast Line
Food Administration
Walker D
Fairfax Harrison
Southern
Rea
Pennsylvania
Kruttschnitt
Southern Pacific
Elliott
New Haven
Holden
Brotherhoods
Federal Board of Mediation Conciliation
Brotherhood
Baker
Daniels
Hurley
Shipping Board
Food
Hoover
Garfield
A. H. Smith
New York Central
Eastern Lines
Director General of Railroads
Lovett
Cary
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Neutrals
M’adoo
WAR Council
New Yorker
Edwin M. Post, JR
Elm
Richter and
Phillips
Allenby
Stockholm
Dagens Ny
Heter
Paranda
Balkans
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