27 Dec 1917
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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1917
Page
1
Madco director says the action is a war measure with the government taking control of railroads. The report notes income from the last three years pledged to lines and praises the work of a railway executives committee. Williams may become executive officer.
President Wilson announced the government will take possession of the American railroad system at noon on December 28 1917 naming William G McAdoo as director general of railroads with John Skelton Williams as executive officer The move aims to strengthen war mobility and ensure priority movement of troops and material. The proclamation outlines control mechanics wage policy and compensation negotiations with individual rail companies.
The document states that after December 28 1917 at twelve o'clock midnight all transportation systems mentioned in the order shall be in the possession and control of the director without further action. It notes the counting date as December 31 1917 for accounting purposes and bears signatures of Woodrow Wilson Newton D. Baker and Robert Lansing.
General Guillaumat succeeds General Sarrail as commander of allied forces in Macedonia and led French armies at Verdun during brilliant operations last year. They recovered nearly all ground lost to German 1916 drive.
Petrograd announces a convention of anarchists will open January 7 with delegates from various groups expected to attend. The event signals organized anarchist activity in the capital amid postwar tensions.
Christmas aboard the American flotilla in British waters featured turkey and mince pie with music and extra duty hours. Sailor Jackie blamed late Santa parcels but looked forward to home letters. An entertainment at the naval clubhouse was staged by American sailors with the Black Watch. Admiral Simms joined from London to observe.
London dispatch says Germany requests postponement of peace negotiations until January 24 with German delegates returning to Petrograd to confer on Russia terms. Times report notes two commissions to handle military aspects and a third to prepare for a European peace conference. Bolshevik move to convoke the constituent assembly is mentioned.
Federal officials reveal a woman known as TH guided Franz Schulenberg, an alleged muster spy, in plans to destroy bridges and shipments in Pacific ports. She barely escaped arrest, and a letter shows meetings arranged with Schulenberg in Los Angeles. The case ties her to Wulf von Igel and prior covert wireless station support for Berlin.
Wreckage from the American steamer Tuscarora found near St Pauls Island indicates the vessel was dashed on the cliffs during a heavy storm. The ship with 85 crew. 12 Americans signed on in New York and joined in Montreal prior to sailing.
Washington December 27 General Pershing recommends promotion of 47 officers including Second Lieutenant Archibald B Roosevelt son of Theodore Roosevelt to captain in the infantry in a War Department list made public Archibald Roosevelt is among those proposed for promotion to captaincy in the expeditionary forces.
Washington reports nearly 50 million dollars in further appropriations for war preparations this fiscal year with the navy asking for over 45 million and a 15.46 million item for naval ordnance. House committee plans include bills to raise federal steamboat inspector salaries and regulate Alaskan fisheries to boost the fishing industry. In Butte, Montana a mining engineer Fred Green and Jessie Wharton were killed when their car was struck by a Northern Pacific train near the city outskirts.
Negotiations near completion for the purchase of a large part of Cuba’s sugar crop, 8,600,690 tons, by the international committee and the Cuban committee named by President Menoca. Price cited at $4.60 per hundred pounds. Cuba.
In Hot Springs Arkansas three men died and several were injured when a boiler exploded at the Valles Planing mill. The incident damaged the mill facilities and halted operations as investigators assess the site.
Mills in Minneapolis started producing war flour under government rules aimed at saving 16 million bushels of wheat this crop year. The plan uses 74 percent of the wheat berry and eliminates two grades of flour, producing first and second grade war flour.
The war office reports Col Del Rosso and Monte Val Bella on the Asinge plateau were recaptured by Italian forces in a counter attack but could not be held. An Austro German assault between Col del Rosso and Frenzela valley failed to push beyond Sasso despite heavy losses.
London reports a material decrease in losses as the admiralty says 11 British merchantmen over 1,600 tons each were sunk by mine or submarine in the past week, along with one merchant vessel of that tonnage and one fishing vessel.
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