Italians Withdraw In Good Order On Front Across 160 Miles
Allied dispatches report Italian troops retreating in good order from the Carnic Alps to the Adriatic along the Tagliamento, Dolomites, and toward the Piave. German claims say more prisoners taken as river lines shift to the Livenza and Piave for a possible final stand.
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Associated Press
Carnic Alps
Adriatic
Tagliamento
Cadrona
Dolomites
Piave
Berlin
German War Office
Rome
Livenza
Cadona
Plave
Repatriated Belgians in Desperate Plight Reported
A Evian Red Cross report details the dire state of Belgian and northern French civilians returning home, with 60 percent of the 1,000 weekly arrivals being children. A train of 680 Belgian youngsters arrives exhausted and hungry, meeting Red Cross staff and nurses. The children earn meat ration on arrival and sing anti German songs as they recover with feeding and care.
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Washington
Belgium
France
Red Cross
Evian
Beya
Theer
Days May Yet Win in Ohio
Cincinnati reports 624 precincts still to hear, wets lead by 4100. Prohibition leading with 350 votes in Ohio with 270 precincts to report. Suffrage proposition decisively beaten as early returns show stronghold areas yet to count. In New Mexico, incomplete returns indicate prohibition carried by about ten thousand.
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Cincinnati
Doys
Ohio
New Mexico
Sante FE
What the Food Pledge Means to Our Allies
Lord Rhondda, Britain’s food controller, cables Hoover on food pledge week aims. He cites allied sacrifices in Calais Liege and the Marne, urges Americans to cut nonessential foods and boost production, warning compulsory rations if voluntary pledges fail. The plea stresses shared duty, sacrifice, and the role of American cooperation in victory.
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Lord Rhondda
United States
Hoover
London
Calais
Liege
France
Marne
Kaiser
Europe
American patrol boat Alcedo torpedoed by German sub
Washington Nov 7 An American patrol boat the Alcedo was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the war zone early Monday with one officer and 20 men missing. The Navy Department released the incident noting the ship sank in four minutes after being struck and that search efforts were underway for survivors.
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Washington
Navy Department
Sims
Alcedo
Germans beaten on Verdun front at Chaume Wood
Paris reports the German attack last night on the Verdun front at Chaume Wood was repulsed. The French war office announced the failure of the assault and noted no further details.
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Verdun
Paris
Chaume Wood
French War Office
One Third of Nation Pledges Food Conservation
About one in three American families has enrolled in the food administration voluntary conservation plan. Totals show 7,406,644 enrollments so far with expectations of reaching ten million. Alaska reports 656 participants, and New York City aims for one million signatures as more states hit or move toward their goals.
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United States
The
Food Administration
Alaska
New York City
Oklahoma
Louthana
Alabama
Vermont
Wilson Acts to Regulate Bread Prices and Loaf Size
President Wilson issued direct action to control bread prices, fix loaf size, placing bakers under license and leaving enforcement to four administrators.
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Washington
Wilson
British Troops Capture Gaza and Advance in Palestine
London report says British forces seized the town of Gaza in Palestine and pushed nine miles forward, breaking the Turkish defenses and taking two additional towns besides Gaza. The War Office issued the morning bulletin on the gains dated November 7.
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Gaza
Palestine
London
War Office
Jaza
Beaton Recruit Dies After Boxing Match
Neal Beaton, a recruit at Baker naval station in San Pedro California, died this afternoon from injuries suffered during a boxing contest last night. Beaton's home is Pueblo Colorado.
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San Pedro
Cal
Neal Beaton
Baker Naval Station
Beaton
Pueblo
Colorado
Two dementia praecox patients cured at Huntington State Hospital
Two patients formerly afflicted with dementia praecox, long deemed incurable, were discharged as cured at Huntington State hospital after intravenous infusion of normal salt solution. Dr Guthrie reports similar cases improving. treatment hinges on blood sodium chloride deficiency. A shower cleared dust. a heavy rainstorm would be welcome.
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Huntington, W. V
Huntington State Hospital
L. V. Guthrie
Women win in New York by a big majority
With far enough election districts reporting, New York approves woman suffrage by a large margin. State totals show Yes 290,648 to 266,214 with New York City Yes 113,868 to 84,353. Early estimates foresee a statewide majority around 45,000 and a 15 percent edge of the vote.
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New York
New York City
Norman de K. Whitehouse
Whale Meat Debate Prompts Ocean Food Experiment
AP reports whale meat gains favor in New York restaurants as 1500 Pacific whales are killed yearly with about 10000 pounds of edible meat per whale. Whalers export meat to Japan while U S diners try it in Seattle hotels and Long Beach eateries.
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New York
Associated Press
Pacific
Seattle
Long Beach
Cab
Con Summers
War Urges Americans to Aid Food Administration
A call from the United States Food Administration in Washington DC urges all citizens to join and pledge to help conserve food. It stresses that allies' survival hinges on American output and prudent, voluntary cooperation to boost production, reduce waste, and substitute foods for wheat and meat.
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Frauchosse
England
Scotland
Ireland
France
Italy
Belgium
America
United States Food Administration
The
Food Administration
Washington, D.C
Home Economics Clagg Organizes Study At Baptist Church
A home economics class organized by Clagg and led by Norma J. Davis starts Thursday at 9 30 am in the Baptist church. The course covers food composition nutritious value and substitutes for conserving wheat meat sugar and butter with instruction from the University of Nevada Extension and Elke County High School. Women are invited with a nominal fee to cover expenses. Names of interested participants include Mrs Lander Taber Mrs Jone sen Mrs E J Taber Mrs Chester Littlefield and others.
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The
Baptist Church
Norma J. Davis
Home Economies
Agricultural Extension Department
Univesity of
Nevada
Elke County High School
Lander Taber
Jonesen
Taber
Chester Littlefield
Chas
Cantwell
Ernest Clutterbuck
Williams
Enormous Hat Order Causes Mix Up at Camp Funston
At Camp Funston Kansas on November 7 a misread requisition for a hat size 10 14 sparked an inquiry. The hat is desired by John Helsit a Norwegian settler from North Dakota who homesteaded there and has hats made to order. He awaits the head gear now on the way.
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Camp Funston
Kas
John Helsit
North Dakota
Militant Women Refuse Salt Pork And Cabbage Diet
Washington November 7. The hunger strike of the Militant Woman's party widens as Miss Rose Winston and Alice Paul refuse to eat while jailed for picketing the White House. Five other militants, also imprisoned, receive a better diet than salt pork and cabbage.
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Washington
Hun Ser
Militant
Woman's Party
Catholic Church in Elko Completes Debt Free Status
The Catholic church of Elko is now entirely free of debt after completing construction of a splendid church. Father McNally hosted a banquet at the Mayer Hotel for the Altar Society and Church Committee, with about forty attendees praising the church’s work and noting no lingering debt within a year.
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Elko
Father McNally
Mayer Hotel
Altar Society
Church Committee
Baron de Steuben Is Baron von Steuben Claim Debated
A. B. Gardiner of the Society of the Cincinnati argues that Baron de Steuben was born German, not Prussian, and correctly named Baron von Steuben. He says Steuben renounced Prussia, pledged France, and came to aid the American Revolution, with his expatriation tied to unknown motives after a celebrated Seven Years War record.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Caren
Ond Steuben
Baron “de Steuben
A. B. Gardiner
Society of Cincinnati
Baron
de" Steuben
Germain Bith
Prussia
France
America
Gardiner
Ite
Steuben
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