Kaiser’s Terms Hit By Premier Lloyd George
Britain rejects peace on the status quo as Lloyd George asserts allies must achieve their war aims. French Foreign Minister Pichon also rejects any settlement based on prewar conditions and calls Alsace Lorraine a world problem tied to durable peace. Brest-Litovsk delegates plan a January 4 resumption as Trotzky drafts new notes. No official word on terms from Washington.
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Pichon
Chamber of Deputies
France
London
Lloyd-George
Labor Congress
Paris
Germany
America
Russia
Roosevelt
Mexico
United States
Argentina
Alsace-Lorraine
Alsace and Lorraine
M. Pichon
Pinchon
Alsace- Lorraine
Jerusalem
Leon Trotzky
Trotzky
Petrograd
Katedines
Rostov
U. SS
Washington
Military officials report supply shortages at camps and crews
Maj. Gen. Ed win St. J. Greble testifies to Senate committee that Camp Bowie lacks rifles and heavy artillery and Camp Doniphan is short for overseas service. Pershing's troops are well supplied while trucks remain不足. Baker says camps have received belated clothing and steps are taken to remedy shortages.
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Washington
Edwin St. J. Greble
Camp Bowie
Tex
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Camp Doniphan
Okla
William Wright
Wright
Greble
Pershing
National Army
Baker
War Department
Chamberlain
Three British Destroyers Sunk by Mines Off Dutch Coast
London reports that three British destroyers were mined and sunk near the Dutch coast with 193 sailors lost. Details on crew survivors are incomplete.
Cunard Liner Vinovia Sunk Reported
Atlantic Port December 29 The Cunard liner Vinovia is reported sunk though details are unavailable pending telegrams. Army reports from Camp Doniphan note rifle shortages and equipment gaps for 25 000 troops in training Measles cause most pneumonia cases while meningitis and scarlet fever were unexpected.
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Atlantic
Cunard
Vinovia
Camp Doniphan
Wright
Europe
Hitchcock
Airm en K ill Sam mies Frontline Death in France
A corporal of Pershing's Engineers was killed and a private wounded on Christmas Eve when a German shell hit a party of American engineers in trenches on the French front. Snow falls, heavy winds and impassable roads hinder supply and training as Paris leave is suspended for officers and men.
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Pershing
Shell
France
Paris
Brgade
Toby Rosenthal American Painter Dead in Berlin Report
Toby Rosenthal, an American painter, has died, with word reaching Amsterdam as the Tageblatt of Berlin reports the death on December 29. The news notes his prominence in American art and his residence abroad.
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Toby Rosenthal
Amsterdam
The
Tageblatt
Berlin
Coal on War Basis Under New Fuel Admin Rules
Washington December 28 Fuel Administrator Garfield announced the nations coal supply will run on a war basis. All future contracts become cancelable at the discretion of either the president or the fuel administrator.
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Washington
Garfield
McAdoo Orders Railroads to Maintain Service and Boost Efficiency
William McAdoo, director general of railroads, orders railroad executives to continue operation of lines under wartime proclamation and to increase efficiency. He urges united efforts and selfless service to win the war and secure America's future.
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Washington
Dee
William & McAdoo
Railroaday
United
America
McAdoo
Railroad War Board
Cold Wave Grips Nation With Subzero Temperatures
Daily weather notes spread across Chicago and the Midwest as a major cold snap drives temperatures to 49 below in Eveleth Minnesota and near zero in many towns. Forecasts warn of continuing extreme cold through Monday or Tuesday with widespread wind chills and blizzard disruption in Chicago and beyond.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Canada
Eveleth
Minn
Middle West
East
Northwest
Duluth
Richardson
United States
Allen Junction
Tron Range
Ely
Town
Kansas
Prince Albert
Sask
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Copper Country
Sault
Winona
Lynching and rail plans dominate opening NAACP conference
At New York's NAACP meeting the 7th annual conference heard eyewitness George B. Vashon recount East St Louis shootings. Reports say over 2500 African Americans lynched in 32 years as McAdoo outlines rail consolidation, pooling plans, and cost reductions.
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New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
George B. Vashon
East St. Louis
Germans Cease Efforts North East of Verdun
Paris reports the German attempt to break the French line north east of Verdun has been repulsed and their offensive halted as artillery on both sides remains active. On the British front the artillery engagement continues at multiple points.
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Esther Cleveland
President Cleveland
Bosanquet
Coldstream Guards
London
Albert Bosanquet
Cleveland
St. Dunstan’s
Paris
Verdun
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Lloyd George
Ceffin
Senate
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U. S
Switzerland
Felix L. Calander
Republic
Interior Department
Tie
Madoo 10
W. G. M’adoo
Railroads
U.S
National Association of Colored People
New Jersey
Railways War Board
Fairfax Harrison
Southern Railway
Julius Whruttschnitt
Southern Pacific
Samuel Rea
Centresylvania
Hale Holders
Bamlington
Lloward Elliott
New Haven
Harrison
Payne McAdoo
John Barton Payne
Hale Holden
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