U S MEN REACH ENGLAND FOR BIO WAR CONFERENCE
The United States mission to the allied Paris conference has reached England for a war conference. Leaders include Col Edward M House Admiral W S Benson Gen Tasker H Bliss Oscar T Crosby Vance O McCormick Bainbridge Colby Alonzo H Taylor Thomas Nelson Perkins Gordon Auchincloss. The aim is coordinating fighting forces and resources for maximum war efficiency. Secretary Lansing says the talks will cover military and economic aspects and seek greater cooperation among co-belligerents.
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Washington
America
Paris
England
State Department
Edward M. House
New York
W. 8. Benson
Naval Operations
Tasker H. Bilas
United States
Oscar T. Crosby
the Treasury
Vance 0. McCormick
War Trade Board
Bainbridge Collby
United States Shipping Board
Alonzo BH. Taylor
Thomas Nelson Perkins
Priority Board
Gordon Auchincloss
Parley
Talesian
Lansing
Germany
Standardized one pound loaf to 7 cent price
President Wilzon issued a proclamation standardizing bread at one pound per loaf with 7 cent cap. Larger sizes up to four pounds allowed. Hoover notes major flour and sugar savings and ban on many sweet rolls. First in a series of planned wartime dietary reforms to stabilize prices and supplies.
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Washington
Wilzon
Hoover
Food Administration
Atay
Last German Reserves Up To Face Western Front
London reports that Germany has called up its last reserves, with men previously rejected ordered to reappear for re exam ination and sent to training within 24 hours if not totally incapacitated. The move is seen as a final effort before American involvement takes full effect.
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London
Germany
Central News
Zurich
America
I W W Convention Called to Meet in Omaha Neb
A general convention of the Industrial Workers of the World is scheduled to assemble in Omaha on Monday and Tuesday. The meeting details were distributed locally, with organizers outlining the program and objectives of the gathering.
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Omaha
Neb
Industrial Workers of the World
Efroviara
Italians Push Back Teutons On Trentino Front
Austro-Hungarian forces advancing on the Trentino front were pressed back by strong Italian detachments near Asiago and the lower Plave river. Belluno on the upper Plave has fallen to Austro-German troops, with Italians making a stand along the lower Plave. Coastal notes show shifting leadership as allied representatives create a permanent inter allied military committee under General Cadorna.
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Berlin
Trentino
War Office
Plave
Belluni
Bellunos
Alps
Venice
Asiago
Trojan Army
Cadorna
Ding
Badoglio
Grandino
Foeh
War Ministry
Wilson
Dinzig
Italy
Livenza River
Tagliamento
Spy blamed for big fire at Washburn Wire plant
A fire at the Washburn Wire company plant along the East River destroyed a $1,000,000 facility used to make barbed wire for trench-front entanglements. Five people were injured, with possible fatality. Firefighters and fire boats battled the blaze for hours as explosions shook the area and nearby vessels were moved to safety.
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New York
Washburn Wire Company
East River
Tuga
Fifteen Years For Draft Evader In Camp Dodge Conviction
Otto Wangarlo of St Paul Minnesota received a fifteen year sentence at hard labor in a federal penitentiary for draft law evasion. The sentence followed a general courts martial at Camp Dodge in November.
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Camp Dodge
lJabor
Federal
Otto Wangarlo
St. Paul
Mion
Kerensky Leads Army of 200000 in First Battle
dispatches from Paris and London report Kerensky with about 200000 loyalists marching toward Petrograd and Moscow, aiming to reestablish his government as street fighting intensifies. Reports note Bolsheviks collapse fears, Red Guards defeated in Moscow, and Telecommunication stations seized. Finland declares war and Lenine calls for a three month armistice.
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Paris
Haparanda
Sweden
Kerensky
Petrograd
General Headquarters
Moscow
Tta
Alexieff
Tereatchenko
Russia
Junkers
Committee
M. Kerensky
Tsarkoe-Selo
Petrogoril
Sehlecks
Finland
Nelkrasoff
von Wendt
Diet
Wilson
United States
Lenine
Naons
Nikola Lenine
Teader
Congress of
al Russia
Sherensky
M. Lening
Emigrant Horwitz to Lead Red Cross Relief Work
Louis J. Horwitz, who came from Russia to Brooklyn 25 years ago and began work at 17 in a shoe store for $2.50 a week, is drafted from the presidency of a large New York construction company to head foreign relief efforts for the American Red Cross. He will serve as a liaison between Red Cross commissions abroad and the U.S. organization.
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Laws J. Horowitz
Russia
Brooklyn
New York
American Red Cross
Red Cross
United States
Proclamation by Wilson Proclaims Thanksgiving Day
President Woodrow Wilson designates November 28 as a day of thanksgiving and prayer amid war. He invites all Americans to cease work, gather in homes or places of worship, and give thanks to Almighty God for blessings and guidance in difficult times. Secretary of State Robert Lansing accompanies the proclamation.
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Washington
Wil‘gin
Woodrow ‘Wilson
United States of America
God
Woodrow Wilson
Nobert Lansing
Order HITS ELECTRIC SIGNS Washington War Time Fuel Rules
Fuel Administrator Garfield signed an order darkening all advertising white ways before 745 p.m. and after 11 p.m. Coal derived lighted signs may stay on only within those hours. Nonessential industries face sharply reduced coal. long war needs prioritize and may cut supplies. Ohio and Michigan will suspend priority for one day to redirect coal flow to the lakes and Northwest.
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Washington
Garfield
Ohio
Michigan
Fuel Administration
Germans Kill Seven in Hospital Raid at Zuydschoote
Nov 12 report says German airmen bombed hospitals in the Dunkirk area. Incendiaries struck Zuydschoote hospital, killing seven staff and wounding nine as part of a broader bombing expedition.
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Parla
Zuydschoote
Dunkirk
President asks all to aid al in second draft
President Wilson formalizes the new draft machinery with regulations and questionnaires to assign some 9 to 10 million registrants into five service classes. War department expects completion within sixty days, delaying a second call until mid February. Crowder adds that questionnaires reach 90 percent daily and classification begins mid December as the nation girds for a national war undertaking requiring broad civic support.
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Washington
Wilson
War Department
Kia
Honnonice
Crowder
Marahal
Focal Board
American and German shelling in France and Vosges fighting
In France the American sector reports intermittent shelling with limited German activity. German patrols near the barbed wire were repelled by French forces. At Hartmans-Weller Kopf and Reich Ackerkapf the Germans failed to break through. London notes no German attempt to recapture ground won by the British on the Tinnders front.
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France
Paris
Vosges
Hartmans-Wellerkopf
War Office
Reich Ackerkapf
London
Ohio wets claim lead as returns trickle in after votes
With complete returns from 88 counties 67 reporting the wets hold a 3848 vote edge on the statewide wet vs dry question. The second day of the prohibition election in Ohio shows a clear trend toward wets, despite incomplete county totals.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Ecclesiastical Confectionery and Sabbath Confusion
A northern Scotland youth and his sweetheart pass a shop with a misread sign Dairy and Confec toner. The boy asks for chocolate creams on the Sabbath. The counterwoman refuses, noting ecclesiastical confectionery sells pepper mint drops pan drops and ginger lozenges rather than chocolate creams.
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Scotland
New Cause for Worry Over Holiday Meat Costs
A BUville deacon warns that beef remains costly and chicken is hard to raise in garden areas. Turkeys are seen as affordable with some success, but steady turkey dinners could dampen Christmas enjoyment, per an Atlanta Constitution excerpt.
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Atlanta Constitution
His Money
A fragment quotes a line about Binks and money, noting skepticism about how he earned wealth and a remark on his worried appearance. The terse dialogue hints at scrutiny of Binks finances without providing context or full details.
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