Navy's War Work Told By Daniels
Secretary Daniels describes navy efforts in war production and escort duties before the house naval subcommittee. He highlights 424 ships, submarine chasers, aviation limits, and reserve gun crews on merchant vessels, praising teamwork and efforts despite challenges and questions from Representative Britten.
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NAVY
Daniels
Washington
McGowan
House Naval Subcommittee
Tdd
Congress
Miners Keep Mines Open During Holidays Except Two
The United Mine Workers announce mines will operate during the Christmas and New Year holidays to meet a coal famine. The call cites severe cold and heavy snows reducing coal supplies and notes the move aligns with Harry A. Garfield's federal fuel appeal.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
International
Frank J. Hayes
John L. Lewis
William Green
United States
Harry A. Garfield
Hold Back Hogs Advised Amid Market Glut
The Food Administration urged farmers to hold hogs due to a glut in the Chicago market caused by congested transport. J. P. Cotton, head of the meat division, cautioned against dumping pigs on an overcrowded market.
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Chicago
Meat Division
Food Administration
Washington
The
J. P. Cotton
Socialists Oppose Separate Russia Peace Amid Central Powers
Socialists of the central powers oppose a separate peace with Russia fearing it would bolster German imperialists and endanger German socialism. Other German socialists intend to formally register their opposition, citing war aims and imperialist boasting.
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Stockholm
Russia
Germany
West Front
Disappearance of German Editor Carl Minister
The socialist Tribune reports the mysterious disappearance of Carl Minister editor of Kampf who left for southern Holland a week ago and has not been seen since. Minister is described as an American citizen.
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Amsterdam
Tribune
Carl Minister
Kampf
Holland
The
Record Winter Wheat Planting Reaches New High
The Department of Agriculture reports a 4 percent rise in winter wheat acreage to 42,170,000 acres with a 79.83 percent normal condition, predicting 540,000,000 bushels this season. Rye plantings total 6,119,000 acres, up 36.6 percent, expected to yield 85,000,000 bushels, though rye condition at 84.1 percent trails the average.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Ten Die as London Air Raid Strikes City
London reports ten killed and seventy injured in Tuesday night air raid. Outside London five more injured. One German plane brought down and another believed destroyed by war office. From sixteen to twenty raiders attempted London strikes, five succeeded. One destroyed craft fell into the sea off Kent. two crew captured. Another raider went into the English Channel.
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London
England
War Office
Kent
English Channel
Heavy fighting reported in Odessa amid siege
Heavy fighting at Odessa continued as the city remained in Bolshevik hands. Ukrainian troops shelled the port while advancing toward Kiev. Inastrakha, Cossack rebels clashed with Bolshivik guards as gunfire raged in the streets near the opera house.
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Petrograd
Dee
Odessa
Bolsheviki War Office
Kiev
Astrakha
Opera
Wilson's Second Anniversary Concert for Red Cross
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson marked their second wedding anniversary as John McCormack opened a concert series in Washington to raise about 100000 dollars for the Red Cross. The opening event was described as auspicious with a distinguished company in attendance.
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Wilson
Washington
John McCormack
Red Cross
Enfield Rifle Upgraded amid American Ammunition Defense Claims
Washington December 20 The Senate Military Committee heard that delaying Enfield supply to England stemmed from War Department rifle modifications. Remington executives testified the new modified American rifle and ammunition are superior to British types, and production delays were caused by factory changes and funding gaps.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
War Department
England
Henry §. Kimball
Remington Company
Kimball
Taylor
Hitchcock
Department
Tyler
Remington
Austro-German Forces Fight Across Piave Front
Austro-German troops press the Col Caprule Monte Pertiea line and the Sile crossing as heavy fighting lasts all day. In Monte Asolone sector the Germans claim ground with over 2,000 captives, while Italian forces report repeated repulses along the Piave and Sile.
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Rome
Col Caprule
Monte Pertiea
War Office
Monte Asoione
Italy
Piave
Venice
Sile
Old Piave
British Expert Credits Admiralty Change With Submarine Victory
Arthur Pollen, a British naval expert, says allied navies have halted the world's net tonnage loss from submarines. He credits the 1917 change in British command, Allied cooperation, and U S Navy input, noting American destroyers and coordinated strategy boosted efficiency. He adds that British and American efforts threaten German submarine dominance and bolster Western Allied strength.
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Admiralty
U. S. Navy
Aird
New York
Arthur Pollen
Europe
United States
Pollen
Whitehall
America
Sims
Mayo
Benson
Manufacturer Praises Browning Guns as Finest Ever Seen
The speaker lauds American ammunition and notes Browning machine guns are being produced as the finest weapons yet. The remarks emphasize superiority of American arms and the quality of Browning designs.
Wounded Canadians in U S Return Home for Recuperation
An Atlantic port received khaki troops from the Canadian overseas army aboard a British ship bound for Halifax. They will be moved by rail to Canada after disembarking, including Capt. Miller R. Taylor of Macon, Georgia, with his wife and baby girl. the child was born in London during a German air raid on October 31.
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Atlantic
Halifax
Canada
Miller R. Taylor
Macon
Royal Flying Corps
London
Portugal Pledges Loyal Support To Allies
Washington dispatch reports the new Portuguese government pledging allegiance to the allied cause in a statement from the Portuguese legation. It also denounces claims the revolution served German interests.
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Washington
Portugal
Germany
Italian Positions Captured on the Monte Solarolo Front
Berlin reports Italian positions east of Monte Solarolo on the northern front were captured by the German forces. The war office says artillery actions between the Brennn and the Plave were unusually intense.
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Berlin
Monte Solarolo
Teutonic
War Office
Brennn
Plave
Potter to Protest Coal Seizure in Philadelphia
Philadelphia December 20 William Potter state fuel administrator travels to Washington to protest further seizure of coal in the city by Director Krusen of the department of health and charities.
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Philadelphia
William Potter
Washington
Krusen
Department of Health and Charities
Alleged Slacker Jailed in Cedar Rapids
Albert Kruger of Newhall Iowa was jailed by the federal government on the charge of failure to register in June. The case follows a local report from Cedar Rapids dated December 20.
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Cedar Rapids
Albert Kruger
Newhall
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Gustave Ader
International Red Cross
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Federal Council
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George Washington University
William Miller Collier
George Washington’ University
Charles H. Stockton
Doctor Collier
Spain
Great Britain
France
U.S. Navy
Secretary Daniels
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