Navy's War Work Told by Daniels
Secretary Daniels testifies before the house naval subcommittee detailing navy war efforts including shipbuilding numbers and submarine chasers. He praises aviation gains and merchant ship gun crews while noting manufacturing limits and wartime cooperation with allies. Daniels defends actions and seeks congressional guidance. Admiral Sims complaints are denied as unfounded gossip. he says Sims has received all requested support.
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Daniels
McGowan
Navy
House Naval Subcommittee
Tdd
Congress
Britten
Admiral Sims
Department
Sims
Hold Back Hogs Advice From Food Administration
Washington December 19 the food administration counseled farmers to hold back their hogs due to a glut in the Chicago market caused by congested transportation facilities. J P Cotton head of the meat division said do not dump hogs on an overcrowded market.
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Washington
The
Food Administration
Chicago
J. P. Cotton
Miners Cut Holidays In Coal Shortage Drive
United Mine Workers announce mines will run through holidays except Christmas and New Year to meet severe coal famine. Officials Frank J. Hayes John L. Lewis and William Green cite snow and cold depleting coal bins and urge workers to stay on duty for public need. Garfield federal fuel administrator backed the appeal.
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Indianapolis
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United Mine Workers of America
International
Frank J. Hayes
John L. Lewis
William Green
United States
Harry A. Garfield
Record 1918 Winter Wheat Planting Reaches New High
The department of agriculture reports 42,170,000 acres of winter wheat planted, up four percent from last year, with a 79.8 percent normal condition aiming for 540 million bushels. Rye plantings total 6,119,000 acres, up 36.6 percent to an expected 85 million bushels, though rye condition at 84.1 percent trails the average.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Congress Slow With Cash and Enfield Rifle Upgrades
Senate testimony shows delays in supplying rifles due to War Department’s modification of the Enfield type. Remington officials say production won’t hit peak until May, with funds and contracts delayed by appropriations. The new American rifle and ammunition are deemed superior to British types, and interchanging ammunition among nations is debated.
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Senate Military Committee
War Department
England
Henry §. Kimball
Remington Company
Congress
Kimball
Taylor
Hitchcock
Department
Iis
Tyler
Remington
Manufacturer Claims Browning Guns Finest Ever Seen
The speaker extols American ammunition and asserts the new Browning machine guns are the finest ever made, highlighting the superior quality of the arms.
Five Austro German assaults on Sile line during heavy winter fighting
In northern Italy on December twenty, Austro German forces launched five attempts to cross the Sile near the Piave while heavy fighting raged along Monte Asolone and in the mountain region. Italian reports say four assaults were repulsed though combat continued.
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Sile
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Monte Asolone
Ten Killed in Air Raid Over London
London reports ten killed and seventy injured in Tuesday night air raid. Outside London five injured. One German plane downed and another believed destroyed. From sixteen to twenty raiders, in six groups, aimed at London. at least five succeeded in dropping bombs on the city. One destroyed raider fell into the sea off Kent. two crew captured. Another raider dropped into the English Channel.
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England
War Office
Kent
English Channel
Split on Russia Peace Pact Causes Socialist Tensions
Stockholm reports central powers socialists oppose a separate peace with Russia fearing it empowers German imperialists and risks wiping out socialism. They warn such a move could boost militarists, mass troops, and threaten socialist gains amid war aims and imperial boasts.
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Stockholm
Russia
Germany
West Front
Socialist editor Carl Minister missing in Amsterdam
The Tribune reports the mysterious disappearance of Carl Minister editor of the German revolutionary socialist paper Kampf. He left for southern Holland a week ago and has not been seen since. Minister is described as an American citizen.
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Secretary Daniels
Navy
North Sea
Amsterdam
Tribune
Carl Minister
Kampf
Holland
The
Minister
Heavy fighting reported in Odessa and advance on Kiev
At Odessa fighting continued as Ukrainian troops and bolsheviki guards clash on the streets. The opera house, Ukranian headquarters, is armed with machine guns and the bolsheviks return fire. Cossack rebels attack Astrakha as reports of advances toward Kiev emerge from Petrograd.
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Petrograd
Odessa
Bolsheviki War Office
Kiev
Astrakha
Opera House
Wilson’s Second Anniversary Concert Opens Red Cross Drive
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson attended the opening concert by John McCormack in Washington as part of a drive to raise 100000 for the Red Cross. The event marked the couple’s second wedding anniversary and featured a distinguished company.
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Wilson
Washington
John McCormack
Red Cross
Wounded Canadians in U S Return Home
An Atlantic port receives khaki clad Canadian overseas army troops recuperating from wounds and shell shock. A British ship docked for transfer inland to Canada joins Capt. Miller R. Taylor of Macon Georgia, attached to the Royal Flying Corps, his wife and baby daughter aboard. The child was born in London during a German air raid on October 31.
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Halifax
Canada
Miller R. Taylor
Macon
Royal Flying Corps
London
Italian Positions Captured on Monte Solarolo Front
Berlin reports Italian positions at Monte Solarolo captured by German forces on the northern front. The war office notes intense artillery actions between the Brenna and the Piave as operations continued.
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Berlin
Monte Solarolo
Teutonic
War Office
Brenna
Piave
Portugal Loyal 70 Allies Pledge Support
Washington report says the new Portuguese government pledges allegiance to the allied cause and denounces German interests as driving forces behind the revolution. The statement was issued at the Portuguese legation.
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Washington
Portugal
Germany
Protests Coal Seizure In Philadelphia
William Potter state fuel administrator travels to Washington to oppose further coal seizure in Philadelphia by Director Krusen of the department of health and charities.
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Philadelphia
Williiam Potter
Washington
Krusen
Department of Health and Charities
Alleged Slacker Jailed in Tune Registration Case
Albert Kruger of Newhall Iowa was jailed in Cedar Rapids by federal authorities on a charge of failure to register Tune &.
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Albert Kruger
Newhall
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