World War News In Miniature
Twelve Americans with the Pershing army abroad are reported dead including two slain in action and four by other causes. British planes bomb Mannheim as Berlin notes gains near Col del Rosso and 9,000 prisoners captured. Observers on the Mount of Olives watched Allenby take Jerusalem and five more villages near Jaffa. US agencies cut German supplies. Italians pressed on mountain line. Portuguese near Arras repelled German raid. Russian army officers in France volunteer to fight for the United States. British casualties for the week ended December 20 total 17,976. mines and submarines sink several ships. Red Cross drive surpasses goal with 13,000,000 subscribers. Camp Funston sanitation criticized. thrift stamps and war savings stamps to be sold near every residence. Train wreck near Shepherdsville leaves 38 dead. Army health improving. winter wheat condition at record low.
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Mannheim
Rhine
Berlin
Col del Rosso
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
Mount of Olives
Allenby
Jerusalem
Jaffa
United States
Leventie
Arras
France
Admiralty
Red Cross
Washington
Member of Congress
Camp Funston
Kansas
Middle West
Food Administration
Louisville and Nashville
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Bardstown
Louisville
Spring
Shepherdsville
Gorgas
Ordnance Bureau
Sharpe
Crozier
Superior War Council
War Department
Senate
National Council of Defense
Navy
House
McGowan
Britten
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Daniels
GeneMining
Kaiser
Trotzky
Ensign Kreylenko
Ukraine
Odessa
Orenburg
Kerensky
Haparanda
Moscow
Nicholas
Caucasus
Petrograd
von Hindenburg
Ines
Italy
Piave
Brenta
Bassano
Mont Asoleone
Mont Grappa
Nothiig
Sarrail
Salonki
Guillaumat
Verdun
Macedonia
Austria- Hungary
Balkans
North Sea
Scotland
Norway
Kent
Essex
London
Lansing
Count Luxburg
Buenos Aires
Foreign Office
Latin America
Argentina
Congress
Wilson orders end to red tape across departments
President Wilson instructs all executive departments to cut red tape and move beyond prewar methods. Shipping Board awards four thousand ton steel ship contracts to United States Shipbuilding Company of San Diego. Senate investigators hear Col. I N Lewis blame General Crozier for outdated army equipment. Internal Revenue issues guide excess profits tax for partnerships. Secretary Daniels testifies navy meets war demands.
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Wilson
Executive Departments
The
Shipping Board
United States Shipbuilding Company of
San Diego
France
Col. I. N. Lewis
Senate
General Crozier
Washington posts new railroad and war council moves
The death of Senator Newlands will not delay President Wilsons railroad legislation to be sent to Congress after the holidays. A dispute over Newlands successor on the Senate Interstate Commerce Commission arises. Lenroot introduces a federal railways lease bill in the House. Generals on the new war council average sixty, Bliss at sixty four, Sharpe fifty seven. Jules Cambon to counsel US-France affairs. The Shipping Board allows wooden ships for private account if not hindering the program. Munition workers and Colt Arms officials testify on delays. private makers acknowledge initial holdups but now push rifles and machine guns rapidly. Private munitions hearings note progress in production and equipment for soldiers.
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Newlands
Wilson
Congress
Mr. Newlands
Senate Interstate Commerce Comission
Lenroot
New War Council
Bliss
B. W. A. Houson
Colt Arms Company
Senate
Freight traffic shifts as rivers aid wartime logistics
Thousands of tons of freight shift from rail to river barges with new terminals rising in Memphis Nashville and St Louis while improvements occur at New Orleans Montgomery and Mobile Foodstuffs move in large quantities on southern rivers.
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Memphis
Nashville
St. Louis
Peoria
St. Paul
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Montgomery
Mobile
Germany
Atlantic
New York
Camp Wadsworth
Carrie Chapman Catt
Congress
Holdout season looms as baseball cuts may deepen
The year’s holdout season nears with talks likely as players face expected wage cuts. Walter Gerber is being groomed to play shortstop for the St Louis Browns next summer. Frank Moran, training soldiers at Camp Wadsworth in boxing, will fight Jess Willard 20 rounds for charity to the Red Cross. Earl Caddock claims a private uniform as wrestling champion and notes a January draft increment may not trigger immediately. John Collins posted 73 games with one error. Arthur Macy wins amateur billiards novice title without a loss. Eddie Cicotte of the White Sox leads American League pitchers. Magistrate Corrigan frees most fighters after boxing show violations, questioning the law’s constitutionality.
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Stames
Walter Gerber
St.Louis Browns
Frank Moran
Camp Wadsworth
Jess Willard
Red Cross
Earl Caddock
Anita Ia
Caddock
John Collins
White Sox
Arthur R. Macy
Eddie Cicotte
Corrigan
New York
News Review of the Past Week Recaps World War Struggles
Edward W. Pickard surveys Wilson stance and Lloyd George remarks on defeating Prussia, Russia’s collapse, and peace plans. He reports U S speed calls, war department shakeups, and naval prowess while detailing Bolshevik, Ukrainian, and Italian fronts as they shift in the wider war. He notes British anger over shipping losses and a London air raid, plus Argentine-German intrigue and liquor-prohibition advances in the U S Senate and House.
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