After Four Days of Onslaughts Germans Halt Cambrai Assault
London reports Germany paused their Cambrai breach after four days of fierce demonstrations. Despite claiming 6000 British prisoners and over 100 guns, German losses were heavy, while British byng forces shift to stronger resistance. Austro German infantry renewed on Venetian front not yet materialized. Bolshevik capture Krylenko. General Dukhonin killed after resisting armistice orders.
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London
Cambrai
Byng
Eamiee I
Giaibial
Trentino
Piave
Palestine
Om Ggg
Jerusalem
Ler
Krylenko
Geting
Dukhonin
British Naval Offensive Favored to Support Land Drives
Washington reports a push from American officers for a more aggressive naval offensive to back up land campaigns against Germany. Despite Admiral Benson opposing, officials believe pressure may drive Britain to shift from defensive tactics to a bold, combined assault by British French and American fleets.
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Washington
T “Se
Benson
Great Britain
Germany
Unity of Action Navies Will Be Directed by Allies
Paris reports at the inter allied conference with the United States participation that agreements were concluded for full understanding and solidarity among allies. A supreme inter allied naval committee was decided upon and the inter allied general staff is drafting a definite military program to ensure unity of military action.
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Inter-Allied Committee
Paris
Foreign Office
United States
Inter-Allied General Staff
Armistice Talks Begin Between Russia and Germany
Negotiations for an armistice on the Russian front have started. A Russian delegation was received by Prince Leopold of Bavaria, east commander-in-chief, with Gen. Hoffman leading the German side. Planipotentiaries from Austria Hungary and Turkey also participate.
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Russia
Germany
London
German War Office
East
Leopold of
Bavaria
Hoffman
Curia
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Bul
Sacrifices Ahead for Massachusetts State Guard
Boston reports the Massachusetts state guard, not called to war, will endure sacrifices including adverse weather, meals, and mainly financial loss. Most guardsmen are over 30 with families and steady careers. On active duty they receive 1.55 dollars daily, state pay 55 cents higher than regular privates, plus 45 cents daily for subsistence. officers earn parity with regular army officers.
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Boston
State Guard
Regular Army
Back Seat for Millions in Congress Appropriations
Washington reports Dec 5 that the halls of Congress were filled by lawmakers considering enormous war appropriations. The piece notes the vast sums and the urgency of funding as the nations debates grow louder amid wartime needs.
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Congress
Washington
America
Brewster and his millions pale beside Congress spending
The passage highlights how Brewster’s millions seem small next to 531 senators and representatives who are pouring funds into government war spending. It notes Uncle Sam already spent about $19 billion in the first year of war and plans another $13.5 billion, with lawmakers averaging about $5 million a month each.
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Brewster
Joe Cannon
House
Lewis
Senate
Uncle Sam
Washington Leads Export Growt in Aniline Dyes Trade
Washington reports that U S manufacturers have built a growing export trade in aniline dyes. Since the war began the United States has established a self sufficient industry meeting color needs for textiles paper paints leather straw inks stains varnishes and waxes and handling orders from foreign buyers.
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Washington
Germany
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
United States
Patriotic Day Urged for All Schools Dec 9
Commissioner Claxton asks public and private schools to promote a day of patriotic service on Sunday Dec 9. Communities should gather at 4 p m to sing songs of national unity including the Star Spangled Banner America and The Battle Hymn of the Republic along with hymns and popular tunes.
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Washington
Claxton
America
American Flyer Killed in France in Lafayette Flying Corps
Paris reports Charles Trincard of Brooklyn, a member of the Lafayette flying corps, was killed in an aerial accident. He was the first American member of the foreign legion to join the Lafayette unit.
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France
Paris
Charles Trincard
Brooklyn
Lafayette Flying Corps
Foreign Legion
End of Penny Shortage Cents Coined in War Tax Relief
Washington reports that within the last month 177,500,000 one cent pieces have been coined to relieve a penny shortage caused by the wartime tax imposition.
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Washington
Argentina Sees Strong Market For American Cars
Washington December 5 American automobile manufacturers face greater sales potential in Argentina than in any other South American country says a department of commerce report.
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Argentina
Washington
Department
F Commerce
Postal Service Needa Men
The United States postal service faces demoralization due to wartime handicaps. Many employees have left the service in large numbers, undermining operations and effectiveness.
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Postal Service
Washington
Postal Service of
The
United States
Eight Men Electrocuted at Anheuser Busch Plant
Dec 5 report from St. Louis states eight men were electrocuted and three heavily shocked when a loose wire at an Anheuser Busch plant fell onto a charged Union Electric cable.
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St. Louis
Anheuser Busch Association
Union
Father Indicted in Slaying of Palser in Fergus Falls
Henry Palser, accused of killing his son Al Palser the heavyweight boxer, was indicted on a first degree murder charge by a Fergus Falls grand jury after investigating the Palser home killing.
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Palser
Fergus Falls
Minn
Henry Palser
al Palser
Feasting Mission Is Expensive in New York
New York City spent 85888 dollars for the entertainment of war missions that visited the city after the United States entered the war.
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New York
New York City
United States
Blacklist of Enemy Firms Expands Across Americas
War Trade Board issued a 1600 firm blacklist across twenty Central and South American countries restricting US merchants from normal dealings without special licenses. The enemy trading list targets firms aiding German propaganda, with future expansion planned to other nations and periodic updates.
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Washington
United States
War Trade Board
Latin America
Germany
America
War Board
Fitzgerald of New York resigns from Congress
Congressman John J. Fitzgerald of New York resigns from the House. As chairman of the appropriations committee he has been a leading figure in the House, with resignation believed due to his wish to return to legal practice.
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Fitzgerald
Washington
John J. Fitzgerald
New York
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Oe House
War Declarations Echo as President Seeks Mobilization
Washington reacts to the President's war message with cheers as Congress moves to declare war on Austria Hungary and consider broader action on Turkey and Bulgaria. Senate leaders expect swift passage by Friday. cabinet members reportedly surprised by the move.
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Turkey
Bulgaria
Washington
Foreign Relations Committee
Flood
Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Austria-Hungary
Austria
Diplomatic Corps
la Follette
Gore
AUSTRIA HUNGARY ENEMY ALIENS TO FACE ARREST
Washington December 5 Many Austro Hungarian subjects in the United States suspected as enemy agents will be arrested within hours after a war declaration. Officials say wartime status will make naturalized and unnaturalized dual monarchy subjects enemy aliens subject to summary arrest and internment.
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Washington
Austria
Department of Justice
Congress
Wilson
Austria-Hungary
Creator of Sunny Jim Dies in New York fall
Edward Els worth, creator of the Sunny Jim advertising character, killed himself by a plunge from a window in the Charles building New York. He was president of the D. & G. Cereal Company, which is facing equity litigation by stockholders. Criminal action was threatened.
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New York
Edward Elsworth
Americks
Charles Building
P Mauernies D. & G
Tic
Engineer from El Paso Enlists in Flying Corps
K Cottman, an El Paso Texas engineer with knowledge of gas and motor engines, left a good Costa Rica position to travel to Boston by steamer to join the flying corps if possible.
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Dee
Costa Rica
Ie K. Cottman
el Paso
Tex
Boston
Flying Corps
Cottman
Alleged Hat Fraud Suspects Indicted in New York
Four New York men and three firms face a federal indictment for conspiring to defraud the U.S. by producing inferior hats. The Thom & Bailey company, Peekskill Hat Manufacturing, and individuals including J J Slattery and Ives were held on bonds up to five thousand dollars. Contracts for over 1,000,000 service hats were sublet to the firms by Sigmund Eisner with direct government deliveries.
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New York
United States
Thom & Bailey Company
Peekskill Hat Manufacturing Company
B. D. Parmélee & Co
John’ J. Slattery
Edward Slattery
William B. Thom
Hungry German U boat towed into French port after mutiny
Newport Rhode Island reports a German submarine 400 feet long with two 5 inch guns was brought to a French port by an American ship under Vice Admiral Simms. Mutiny by the crew killed officers lashed to the sub and raised a white flag. English patrols observed the flag and the U boat was towed in.
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Slatin
Newport
R. I
Simms
Substitute for Gasolene at Six Cents a Gallon Claim
J V Nevin treasurer of a St Louis chemical company offers a cheap fuel substitute to the government. He says production costs would not exceed 6 cents a gallon and may be as low as 5 cents. The report notes Nevin's details and the potential impact on gasolene costs.
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St. Louis
J. V. Nevin
Nevin
Lynn man held for shooting of Mrs. Burbank in Maine
Walter Peterson of Lynn Massachusetts was arrested in Saco Maine on a charge of negligent shooting in the case of Mrs Raymond Burbank who was seriously injured by shots fired from the woods as she rode past in a automobile near North Shapleigh Maine.
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Lewiston
Walter Peterson
Lynn
Mass
Saco
Raymond ©. Burbank
North Shapleigh
Steamer Apaha Sunk in Torpedo Attack
London or from Dec 5 reports the British steamship Apaha was torpedoed and sunk. Eighty passengers and crew perished while about 120 were saved. Reports say the submarine opened fire on women and children in the lifeboats.
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London
Apaha
Market Report Boston Wholesale Grain Quotations
Boston price list shows wholesale quotes for corn, oats, hay and straw, millfeed and related feedstuffs. No spot corn offered, various No. 4 yellow, dipped white oats, shipment and regular lots with multiple price ranges and grades listed. Prices cover hay grades, rye and oat straw, and feeds including bran linseed meal gluten and stock feed.
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Boston
K. d
K. A
Deep Breathing for Health and Lung Capacity
A physical instructor urges inhaling to full capacity for health. Proper oxygenation needs full diaphragmatic breathing with relaxed posture. Breathing with shoulders forward limits air intake and leaves lungs partially emptied with residual air.
Stove Heated Garden At Holter Dam Mont
James Swartz of Holter Dam Montana has a seven by seven foot garden heated by an interior stove and enclosed by a curtain on a frame. The garden rises in terraces around a hollow center to ten feet high and aims to extend the growing season.
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James Swartz
Holter Dam
Mont
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