Latins Win in Desperate Fight on Asiago Plateau
Rome reports Italian counter-attacks on the Asiago plateau regained ground lost to Austro German forces. Italians recaptured abandoned guns and machine guns, held Monte Val Bella, and fought uphill on Col del Rosso. Berlin and London confirm 9,000 prisoners captured and no change on British front.
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Rome
Asiago
War Office
Bertico
Malga Castalunga
Monte Val Bella
Col del Rosso
Berlin
Monte Pertica
London
British War Office
Rockefeller and Mrs Shepard Play Santa in Tarrytown
John D Rockefeller and Mrs Finley J Shepard distributed five and ten dollar bills to all railroad station telegraph office and telephone exchange employees in Tarrytown New York on December 26 due to gold scarcity.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Finley J. Shepard
Santa Claus
Secretary Baker proposes farm boys in army home leaves plan
Washington December 24 1917 Secretary Baker outlines a proposal to allow farmer boys in the army periodic home leaves to help with crop production. The plan was presented to a delegation of New York farmers who protested the labor shortage conditions.
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Washington
Baker
New York
Pershing Cable Messages Send Christmas Wishes to Army in France
General Pershing and General Bliss issue holiday greetings to the president, secretary of war, and the American expeditionary forces in France. The cables express devotion to the sacred cause, confidence in troops, and prayers for welfare and victory alongside Allied forces.
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Washington
General Pershing
France
Tasker H. Bliss
Pershing
General Buss
United States
Celebrate in Camp Christmas Carols at Houston Training Ground
Houston Texas December 26 crowds heard Christmas carols in every section of the great training ground. Regimental sections held official celebrations with lines of troops and tents trimmed in holly. The One Hundred Twenty second artillery lit a 75 foot tree with a white star while a midnight mass drew several thousand men.
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Great Training Ground
Houston
Tex
One Hundred and Twenty-second Artillery
John J. O’hearn
Bombing of Mannheim by British Air Squadron Reported
London reports Mannheim on the Rhine was bombarded by a British air squadron early Monday. A ton of bombs was dropped with fires started in the works and town. Five enemy planes were shot down Sunday. two more fell in our lines. Our aircraft returned all but one. Paris notes a German machine down on December 24 and Dunkirk nearby attacked with casualties.
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London
Mannheim
Germany
Rhine
Mannheim-on-the- Rhine
Paris
War Office
Dunkirk
John Skelton Williams Named Federal Railroad Dictator
Washington December 26 It is reported in executive circles that John Skelton Williams Comptroller of the Currency will be appointed by President Wilson as Federal Railroad Dictator with full control of railroad operation nationwide. Railroads are not expected to object to the appointment.
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Washington, D. C
John Skelton Williams
Wilson
Williams
Admiral Sims Receives Motion Picture Gift From Wife
Mrs. William R. Sims presented Rear Admiral Sims with a home portrayed motion picture film as a Christmas gift. The film features herself and family in activities offering a vivid intimate view of home life aboard in European waters command.
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Sims
Newport
R. 1
William R. Sims
Lenine Plans Flight as Bolsheviki Struggle Rages in Siberia
Reports from Peking and Stockholm say Nikolai Lenine prepares to flee Petrograd with the Bolsheviki crumbling and Petrograd fighting hourly while Trotsky remains in the capital. Bolsh rev counterforces clash with Kerensky supporters across eastern Siberia and railways are cut near Irkutsk.
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Nikolai Lenine
Petrograd
Peking
Irkutsk
Siberia
Bolsheviki
Kerensky
Revolutionary Party
Stockholm
4Nikolai Leniné
Lenine
Leon Trotsky
Parrot Saves Family From Fire in Cedar Rapids Home
A parrot in Mrs. Mary Cleator’s Cedar Rapids residence alerted the sleeping family to smoke as fire broke out, enabling the occupants to escape with the bird unharmed.
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Cedar Rapids
Mary Cleator
Germans Flee U S Camp Prisoners Escape Fort Douglas
German civilian prisoners Ferdi nand Kube and Kurtz Wilkinson escaped from Fort Douglas near Salt Lake City crawling to liberty as stated by military authorities.
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Fort Douglas
Salt Lake City
Ferdinand Kube
Kurtz Wilkinson
Here
Iberty
Fifty six cadets recommended for commissions at Taliferro Field
Fort Worth Texas December 26 fifty six airmen trained at Taliferro Field are recommended for commissions as first lieutenants in the aviation section of the reserve corps.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Taliferro Field
Reserve Corps
Death of Maj Arthur Brice De Saulles in Bethlehem
Bethlehem, December 25. Maj Arthur Brice De Saulles, aged seventy eight, died here. His death follows the tragedy of his son John L De Saulles who was shot by his former wife Blanca De Saulles.
Pershing Honors Brave Engineers and Santa Claus Christmas
American troops in France celebrate Christmas Eve under fire with promotions and gifts. Two engineering officers earned commendations for Cambrai action while thousands of refugee children in nearby villages received candy and toys from Yankee troops. In the first division HQ town, a YMC A hut housed a large tree and a Santa visit as soldiers, sailors, marines and engineers joined in helping French children.
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France
Cambrai
Santa Claus
Pershing
World plot alleged by federal agents targets social orders
Washington reports officials discovered evidence linking American Industrial Workers of the World Russian bolsheviks Irish agitators and other revolutionists to a world wide plan to overthrow existing orders. A Russian freight ship Shilka carried rifles revolvers and ammunition and its mutinous crew sparks fears of Wobblies backing armed action. Captain denies mutiny and says arms were stored from naval service.
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Washington
Germany
Shilka
Pacific
Trish
TI. W. W
United States
Russia
America
IW. W
América
Boris Bedel
Aes
Thengo
7 Die in Burning Home Near Greenwood
Mrs J L Whitman and six children aged three to thirteen were burned to death in their home near Greenwood on December 26. Fire officials report the house was destroyed and no other occupants were found.
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Greenwood
8. C
J. L. Whitman
Here
Alleged deserter slain in Detroit during escape attempt
Alphonse St. Pierre, 25, shot and killed while attempting to flee Fort Wayne in Detroit. He was detained a week earlier on a charge of deserting from a New Jersey engineer regiment.
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Fort Wayne
Detroit
Mich
Alphonse St. Pierre
Wayne
St. Pierre
New Jersey
Dangerous German Spy Arrested on Pacific Coast
Federal officials announce the arrest on a presidential warrant of Franz Schulenberg, described as one of the cleverest and most dangerous German spies operating on the Pacific coast. Army officers say he planned to destroy government docks and shipping in major coast ports.
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San Francisco
Franz Schulenberg
Pacific Coast
Cut Red Tape says Wilson War efficiency urged
Washington December 2 The government pushes wartime efficiency and red tape elimination. President Wilson circulated Secretary Redfield’s letter to bureau chiefs urging forget past methods and act quickly, stating the war won’t wait and delay is Kaiser’s ally.
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Washington
Dec
Wilson
Redfield
Santa Feeds Poor in Newport Christmas Eve
Esi¢ French Vanderbilt played Santa Claus to many poor families giving groceries and coal for Christmas. Children of all officers and enlist men at the Newport naval training station were entertained at a Christmas tree festival hosted by enlisted men.
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Santa
Newport
R. L
Vanderbilt
Santa Claus
Naval Training Station
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