Illinois Major Killed in France During Meuse Action
An Army office letter from France reports Major Henry Hill, formerly a brigadier general of the Illinois National Guard, killed while leading troops against a German machine gun nest on the Meuse in mid October. Hill served long in the Illinois National Guard, commanded a division brigade at Camp Logan, and later led a battalion of Michigan and Wisconsin troops. He helped investigate the East St. Louis race riots.
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France
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Hiinois National Guard
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Meuse
Witnois National Guard
Logan Bet
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Wisconsin
East St. Louis
Release of Belgian Prisoners Amid German Amnesty
Amsterdam reports an amnesty move by Germany releasing all Belgian civilian prisoners in Germany. Telegram from Berlin confirms the action as part of the amnesty proclamation.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Berlin
General Haller Named Commander in Chief of Polish Armies
General Haller is appointed commander in chief of the Polish armies on both the western and eastern fronts amid wartime reorganizations. The move elevates his leadership role as Polish forces coordinate with Allies and confront advancing fronts.
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Kaller
Czech-Slovak Leaders Frame US Style Constitution
Geneva reports a Czech-Slovak conference drafting a US patterned constitution for the new republic. Karl Kramarz, ex Hungarian Czech party head jailed for treason before July 1917, is named first president. Delegates head to Prague for a national parliament. Vienna says new stamps with Bohemian lion design are issued.
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New Republic
United States
Karl Kramarz
Prague
Vienna
Bohemia
Machinists Protest Wage Scale in Newark Complaint
Machinists in Newark New Jersey filed a complaint with the national war labor board against 82 companies seeking to end the current pay base and establish four wage classifications with minimums for each.
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Washington
Newark
N. J
National War Labor Board
Newberry Leads Ford In Michigan Senate Race
Early unofficial returns show Lieutenant Commander Truman H. Newberry leading Henry Ford for U S senator from Michigan by about 5,000 votes. Democratic officials demand a full official count and possible recount as results from over 2,100 precincts show Newberry 206,964 to Ford 201,625.
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Mich
Truman H. Newberry
Henry Ford
United States
Michigan
Ray Camfield
Democratic State Central Committee
Newberry
Ford
Smith Wins New York Governor Election
Alfred E. Smith the Democrat appears certain to succeed Charles S. Whitman as New York governor. With 42 districts still unreported Smith led by about 12 200 votes and had an estimated plurality near 10 000 when accounting for the missing districts and excluding soldiers voting.
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Alfred KE. Smith
Charles S. Whitman
Smith
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