Daniels' Navy Report Urges Stepped Up Naval Build Up
Secretary Daniels’ annual report lauds American navy’s wartime feats and calls for continued naval expansion. It notes 2,000,000 troops transported to France without an eastbound troopship loss and praises the marine brigade for halting the German advance near Paris. Plans 156 ships in a new three year program with 10 dreadnoughts and six battle cruisers.
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Daniels
France
Marine
Paris
Wilson
U. S
United States
Council of Free People
Republic
Congress
Department
Navy
United States Navy
Marine Brigade
Liberty fuel inventor from La Grange claims new war oil
Maj. B. Zimmerman of La Grange Illinois is among inventors of liberty fuel, a kerosene based substitute for gasoline. He says it explodes below zero, yields higher mileage, and is safe from premature detonation. The report notes heavy casualties and Marine captures illustrating fierce combat by the brigade.
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B. Zimmerman
la Grange
Nil
Zimmerman
Greek merchant Pantero poulos leaves fortune to government
Athens telegram reports Simon Pantero poulos a leading Greek merchant died and left his entire fortune of 12,000,00 frances to the Greek government.
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Athens
Simon Panteropoulos
Frances
Aliens to Quit U. S as War Ends and Emigration Rises
Frederick Howe, immigration commissioner, predicts a shift from immigration to emigration after the war. Reports show 1,250,000 aliens may seek passage home as war ends and freedom in Europe prompts war-weary workers to return to Russia, Poland, and Bohemia. Reconstruction needs will limit foreign departure.
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New York
Frederick ©. Howe
Howe
Europe
America
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Anthaetic
Russia
Poland
Bohemia
Wilson Goes 10 Church at Sea
President Wilson attended a Sunday religious service with enlisted men aboard the George Washington. He sang prayers and recited with the group, then walked on deck and rested. The ship faced smoother seas and warmer weather as the day ended.
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S. S. George Washington
Wilson
George Washington
Italy and Jugoslavs at odds over Adriatic access
Swiss press reports growing hostility between Italy and the Jugoslav state as they await President Wilson. Rival aims over the eastern Adriatic fuel the dispute, Italy seeking an Adriatic lake and Jugoslavs demanding sea outlets for development. President Wilson travels to Paris on the George Washington and conducts early conferences aboard ship.
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Italy
Wilson
Montenegro
Nicolas
Adriatic
George Washington
Lansing
Henry White
Jules J. Jusserand
Count di Celere
Preach
Brest
Poincare
France
Megs
Azores
Denman declines labor department grand jury role
William Denman former chairman of the United States Shipping Board refuses appointment by Secretary Wilson as special representative in a county grand jury probe. The move relates to alleged irregularities cited in a report by John B. Densmore concerning Thomas J. Mooney.
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William Denman
Labor
Wilson
San Francisco
United States Shipping Board
Secretary of Labor
John B. Densmore
Thomas J. Moony
Americans take Coblenz as German escape ends
Evacuation of Coblenz west of the Rhine is completed by German troops and requested American occupation. The city, at the Rhine and Moselle confluence, is now held by American forces to prevent disorder after the German retreat.
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London
Coblenz
Rhine River
Rhine
Moselle
Life term for tire theft shocks West Virginia town
Robert Bayles, about forty, fainted in Judge T N Taylor's court after being sentenced to life imprisonment for stealing one automobile tire and one inner tube. The third conviction for the prisoner prompted the life sentence, the town of Muntington, West Virginia, reports.
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Dee
Robert Bayles
T. N. Taylor
West Virginia
King Albert Leaves Paris for Bruges Farewell
King Albert Queen Elizabeth and Prince Leopold depart Paris for Bruges. President Poincare Premier Clemenceau Foreign Minister Pichon and the British ambassador bid them farewell at the station.
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Albert
Paris
King Albert
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Leopold
Bruges
Poincare
Clemenceau
Pichon
Balfour Sees League of Nations Key to Peace
British foreign minister Arthur James Belfour told American correspondents that the league of nations is the central task after World War I. He said preliminary allied talks will be longer and more important than the final peace conference and will shape postwar guarantees of international justice.
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Zlondon
Tee
United Sees
Arthur James Belfour
Belfour
Balfour
Britain thanks United States for war effort message
Premier Lloyd George expresses appreciation for America’s timely response to the Allied call for troops and for the U S Navy’s role in freeing the seas from the German threat. The message to the Britain day committee praises the prompt actions of the American president and people.
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New York
Dec. T
America
United States Navy
Lloyd George
Graduates to Receive Commissions at Camp Stanley
About 1,100 men will receive commissions and certification of graduation from the officers and noncommissioned officers training school at Camp Stanley in San Antonio Texas.
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San Antonio
Tex
Camp Stanley
Times Defends British Peace Aims As World Seeks Democracy
In a long editorial the Times argues allied boards act for peace not plunder. It says British people are committed to making the world safe for democracy and free from oppression, warning against suspicions of hidden imperial designs.
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London
The
Times
the Times
United States
Prices to Fall as Wages and Living Costs Decline
Washington officials and lawmakers report a projected gradual drop in living costs and manufacture prices starting early next year. The reforms include reduced wage scales, lower coal and food prices, and a shift away from wartime government controls, with wheat price guarantees debated for 1920. Representative George M. Young warns wheat may drop about 1 a bushel in twelve months.
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Washington
Fuel Administration
Food Administration
George M. Young
Dakota Wheat Belt
Grain Corportation of the
Ameria
Prairie Division to Stay as Occupation Forces Reach Germany
Washington reports five more divisions assigned to the American army of occupation advancing into Germany. Prairie division includes the 1st and 24th Minniols and remains to occupy Luxemburg with areas around Montmedy St Millet and Longuyon. Total officers released top 7,658 with over 20 000 more home in the last week.
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Germany
March
Pennsylvania
iMinois National Guard
Maryland
District of Columbia
108Th
Chicago
Luxemburg
Montmedy
St. Millet
Longuyon
Army of Occupation
Hth
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Wisconsin
Rainbow
National Guard
St. Chanesas
Missouri
South Dakota
Nebraska
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
National
Joseph T. Dickmanne
Pershing
General March
924
Ati
1S Infantre
Camp Grant
Chile Earthquake Destroys Hundreds of Buildings
Reports from Chile describe a powerful quake in Copiapó region with about 409 buildings leveled and up to 8,000,000 pesos in damage. Chañaral and Taltal suffered tidal waves, deaths, and numerous injuries amid heavy property losses.
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Antofagasta
Santiago
Copland
Atarana
Chanaral
Taltal
Copinpo
Talta
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