Revolutions and Elections Across Europe Stir as Socialists Rise
A Berlin meeting backs a nation al assembly, marking a blow to Spartacus. In Bulgaria a revolution breaks out per Lokal Angeiger reports. Germany's soldiers and workers councils inaugurate a chaotic congress with women delegates, spats with Liebknecht supporters, and a tense push toward a national assembly amid rising socialist gains in Anhalt and Reichstag results.
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Berlin
Bulgaria
Lokal Angeiger
Hungary
Germany
Spartacus
Karl Liebknecht
Rosa Luxembourg
Partacus Group
Doctor Liebknecht
National Assembly
Herr Mueller
Executive Committee
Congress
Whue
Diet
Oldiers
Red Guard
Liebknecht
Duchy of Anhalt
Anhalt
Oregon appoints and resigns amid senate reshuffle
W. Mulkley of Oregon serves a second short term as senator after 48 days in 1907. He was sworn December 10 and resigned December 15 under an arrangement that Governor McNary would be appointed to the office for the long term starting next March.
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Red W. Mulkley
Oregon
Senator Lane
Senator McNary
McNary
Mecklenburg Election Results in Berlin Reports
Copenhagen December 18 reports the Mecklenburg national assembly election results. Socialists two seats Liberals sixteen Handicraftmen three Peasant party one. The dispatch notes the broader political struggle and strategic losses as parties seek footing after volatile events.
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Copenhagen
National Assembly
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg
Congress of Soldiers’ and Workmen's Councils
Berlin
Liberals
Handicraftmen
Peasant Party
Simmons Urges War Costs Repaid by Germany
U S Senator Simmons chairman of the Finance Committee urged that Germany be compelled to pay the cost of the war to the United States. He said the bill should cover reparations for civilian killings ship destruction and war conduct costs plus salvage on work done and $10 billion advanced to the Allies. He also argued bonds are movable to relieve American taxation.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Simmons
North Carolina
Finance Committee
Senate
Penrose
Senator Simmons
Increase in Winter Wheat Across States in 1919
Washington reports 6,726,000 more winter wheat acres than 1917, a near 16 percent rise, with a forecast yield of 765,000,000 bushels, up 8,000,000 from the prior record. Illinois aims to surpass its 1917 output by about 13,456,628 bushels based on that year's per acre yield.
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Washington
Federal Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Smyrna Situation Becomes Critical as Allies Bombard
Reports from Mitylene say Young Turk bands around Smyrna are bombarded by allied fleets as the city grows more perilous. In Petrograd bolshevik leaders evacuate to Nijni Novgorod while allied forces close in from the north and Baltic.
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Athens
Smyrna
Mitylene
Stockholm
Petrograd
Nijni- Novgorod
Maris
Baltic
Chile Tells Faith in U S Aid For Peru Dispute
Chile's foreign minister told the chamber on December 38 that Washington’s offer of aid in settling the Peru dispute was friendly and appropriate. He emphasized the United States never proposed mediation, only assistance, recalling U S noninterference policy and Chilean confidence in U S friendship.
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Washington
State Department
Santiago
Chile
Chamber
United States
Peru
Notables on French ships arrive in New York
Passengers aboard the French steamship La Lorraine include Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Jr, Mrs. Vincent Astor, W. K. Vanderbilt, and Mary Gurden. Also listed are Commander W. S. Cressley, American naval attaché at Madrid, "Ted" Ford of Washington, D. C., an American aviator formerly with the Lafayette Escadrille, and Van Duzer Burton, a French aviator.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Vincent Astors
W. K. Vanderbilt
Mary Gurden
W. S. Cressley
Medrid
Ted” Ford
Washington, D. C
Lafayette Escadrille
van Duzer Burton
Milk Price Ring Trial Targets Chicago Farmers
Chicago authorities today put on trial a group of farmers who organized a year ago to set a price they could afford to produce milk for the Chicago market. They face charges of criminal conspiracy in restraint of trade before Judge Frank Crowe.
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Chicago
Frank Crowe
Sugar Shows Our Backbone By Reducing Consumption
Editorial notes the U S ability to avert a home sugar famine by cutting four month consumption from July to October. From 1 6 million quarterly norm to 260k 325k 279k and 230k tons, the public limited use to bridge to new beet and Louisiana cane crops while supporting Allied needs and maintaining rationing discipline.
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United States
Food Administration
Louisiana
Europe
Confidence of U S Food Administrator in wartime resolve
In July 1917 with four months of war elapsed and German advances near Paris, the U S Food Administrator expressed public confidence that democracy would defend the United States. He warned no American should fear the nation's ability to overcome the grim European outlook due to proven results across directions.
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United States
Parris
Europe
Loyalty in Little Things Last Proof of Patriotism
Americans reduce sugar allowance from four pounds to three then to two pounds for loyaltys sake in wartime sacrifice.
Yankees in Control Rule Cities and Villages by Hundreds
Americans of the Third Army occupy a broad German strip over 4,500 square miles supervising hundreds of villages and rail and streetcar lines. The occupation, amid ongoing supply needs, aims for completion in 19 days with minimal resistance. An army of 250,000 men marched 200 to 300 miles in a month, enduring severe fatigue but maintaining plans. Germans admit astonishment at the smooth occupation.
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Rhine
Third Army
Germany
Berlin youths demand voting age reform and school rights
Several hundred boys and girls marched to the reichstag to press for votes at eighteen, abolition of corporal punishment in schools, and child participation in government and school administration. They carried red flags and incendiary placards, a seventeen-year-old warned of consequences, while the executive committee chair expressed sympathy.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Food Will Win the World
A brief note stresses food as a path to global gratitude and peace. It asserts America earned thanks in war by sharing rations and believes ongoing peace can be advanced by continued food sharing with allied nations.
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America
Surrender of German transport material outlined
Washington reports a staged surrender of German transport material. From December 18 to 28 the Germans will hand over 110 engines and 1,200 cars daily. For the following 20 days the pace rises to 150 engines and 1,200 cars each day.
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Washington
Trade Envoys Attachments Aid Postwar Foreign Trade
President Wilson approved Secretary Redfield's recommendation to attach business advisers to American legations and embassies. The move aims to help American manufacturers and merchants in their postwar campaign for foreign trade. The decision arrived in dispatches from Paris at the White House.
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Washington
Wilson
Redfield
White House
Paris
Aviator Killed In 500 Foot Fall At New Jersey Field
An aviator said to be Carl Smith of Brockton Massachusetts was killed instantly when his aircraft plunged 500 feet at the Standard Aircraft corporation field in Elizabeth New Jersey on December 19.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Carl Smith
Brockton
Mass
Standard Aircraft Corporation
Directory Troops Occupy Kiev
Amsterdam reports Kiev the capital of Ukraine was occupied by troops of the directory. The hetman of Ukraine has abdicated and the cabinet has resigned.
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Directory
Kiev
Amsterdam
Ukraine
Allies Cancel Charters of U S Ships for Troop Return
Paris dispatch reports President Wilson met with shipping director Edward Hurley to keep sufficient tonnage for homeward troop movements as allied governments cancel charters. Wilson also conferred with Marshal Foch and discussed Hoover heading relief, interallied commissions, and raw material policy amid pre peace talks.
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U. S
Marshal Foch
Paris
Wilson
Edward N. Hurley
United States
Herbert C. Hoover
Mr. Hoover
America
Supreme War Council
London
Lloyd George
Orlando
Riviera
Versailles
Count Macchi di Celere
Italy
Mr. Wilson
George Washington
Count Cellere
Crown Prince flees mob on Dutch island
Women from Amsterdam confronted the former German Crown Prince interned on Wieringen island. Frederick William allegedly fled to escape the crowd. Police on the island then moved in and cleared the demonstrators from the area.
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Amsterdam
Wieringen
Telegraaf
Frederick William
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