War News From Europe and United States Briefs
War aims set by Lloyd George and Allied position on peace talks. Bolshevik dissent urged Russians to resist terms. German attacks warned on the western front. U S stance hints at Wilson and the Pope. McAdoo seizes New York waterfront. New Haven rail congestion noted. 1917 dyestuff exports valued at 1 billion dollars. Hylan sworn in as New York Mayor vowing wartime discipline. Tamany Hall influence seen in city offices. Norfolk Virginia bomb damage and a German attempt to strike U S naval base cited.
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Great Britain
Lloyd George
Germany
Russia
Stockholm
Reichstag
Trotzky
Teutonar
Satlian Hospitas
Maurice
United States
Wilson
Congress
Livya George
McAdoo
New York
Washington
Atlantic
New Haven
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Defense Counsell
John F. Hylan
New York City
Tammany Hall
Frederick H.bugher
Norfolk
Great Americaun
Istead
Ant de Anen
German War Plans Signal Major Reforms and US Troop Dispatch
The text reports that Germany is preparing for large scale aerial warfare to deter US involvement. Congress pushes for a wholesale reorganization of war agencies while President Wilson faces pressure to respond. The US refuses to transfer 4,000 Americans in British forces to Pershing's army as Europe-bound troop efforts accelerate. Baker announces training changes and House and the wartime conference push for rapid troop deployment. Crozier and the ordnance staff aim to have machine guns and supplies ready for February and July deadlines.
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Germany
United States Service
Congress
Wilson
General Pershing
Europe
America
Oot War Baker
Colom E. M House
United States
Crozier
Tescues
Senate
War aims debate and rail tolls mark Washington notes
Washington unofficially aligns with British Premier on war aims while President Wilson advocates control over railroads. McAdoo announces heavy demurrage charges to free loaded freight cars. Government seeks greater wartime mobilization, reorganizes the Ordnance Bureau, and requisitions Bush Terminal as an Army supply base. Public works and debt grow as draft age shifts and new departments appear. Fire in Hodoken causes over one million in damage to factories and a paper plant.
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Washington
Wilson
McAdoo
Ugw
Congress
War Department
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Amherst College
Wo Jflynn
Federal Secret Service
Ordnance Bureau
McRoberts
New York
Great Bush
Brooklyn
United States
United States Employment Service
Department of Sebor
Daratt
Ubut Health
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountains
Sims
William B. Pletcher
George Chamberlain
Department of Inunithons
Hodboken
N. J
Piper
Gatts McQuade Company
Lucer Bros
Giants reliever Fred Anderson shines in rough season recap
Fragmented report notes Fred Anderson of the Giants showing limited impact amid a chaotic season. Mentions about college teams, baseball crowns, and wartime events intersperse with scattered names and military updates.
Wilson Sets Peace Terms Open Covenants and Freedoms
President Wilson outlines war aims for a just and lasting peace. Key points call for evacuation of Belgium and Alsace Lorraine, freedom of seas, abolition of secret treaties, and a league of nations to guarantee sovereign borders and independence for nations including Russia, Belgium, France, Poland, Romania, and Italy.
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Germany
Washington
Wilson
Congress
United States
Belgium
France
Alsace- Lorraine
Serbia
Rumania
Poland
Brest-Litovsk
Russia
Austria
Turkey
Germain Reichstag
Brest
Lloyd
George
Great Britain
Foe
Tassia
Ang
Society of Free Nations
Prussia
Alsace-Lorraine
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Roumania
Montenegro
Balkan
Ottoman Empire
Dardanelles
General Association of Nations
Jersey items reflect wartime and local civic matters
Jersey notes report prosecutions and sentences in Trenton for fraud and liquor, weather delays on sales, coal and electric scarcities closing mills, municipal appointments in Ocean City Woodbury and Gloucester, charity drives, draft board changes, and growing ice shortages with regional impacts.
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