Americans Cross German Frontier and Metz Entry Celebrated
American troops advanced across the German frontier near Briey Audun le Rommei and toward Luxembourg while food and ammunition moved east. In Metz Marshal Petain entered the city to a Lorraine celebrating the Allied victory with German statues removed and a shift from German to French language. Two aviators, Vernon Remington and Arthur C Dineen, were found missing in Langwy.
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Briey
Audun-le-Romaen
Duchy of Luxemburg
Luxemburg
Germany
Get
Bayi
Langwy
Vernon Remington
Arthur C. Dineen
Remington
Dineen
Huntington
Ind
Metz
Petain
Lorraine
France
Marshal Petain
British Fourth Army Ethics Message To Troops
Gen Sir Henry Rawlinson issued an order to the British Fourth Army on the march to the Rhine urging soldiers to protect civilians and private property. He calls for humane conduct toward women children the old and weak and to lessen hardships in liberated French and Belgian areas.
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The
Rhine
Henry
Rawlinson
Germany
Walsh resigns from national war labor board
Frank P. Walsh, joint chairman with William A. Taft on the national war labor board, sent his resignation to President Wilson. He cites professional engagements requiring his return to his law practice now that hostilities have ceased.
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Washington
Frank P. Walsh
William A. Taft
National War Labor Board
Wilson
Major Henry C. Emery Returns After German Imprisonment
Maj. Henry Crosby Emery photographed on return from seven months as a prisoner of war. He served in Russia representing Guaranty Trust of New York and was captured on Aland Island while seeking Sweden. He endured six weeks at a Danzig camp before transfer to Berlin.
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Henry Crosby Emery
Major Emery
Russia
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
Aland Island
Sweden
Joe
Danzig
Berlin
Navy expansion urged despite peace talks and disarmament
Secretary Daniels told a House committee that ongoing U S naval growth should continue despite potential peace conference outcomes. He endorsed a league of nations and a strong international police force, arguing the United States must build ten superdreadnoughts and six battle cruisers plus 140 smaller vessels to project power and enforce decrees.
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Washington
United States
League of Nations
Congress
Danefelds
House
Daniels
League
German fleet surrenders to Allies in Scotland meet
London reports the German fleet surrendered to the Allies and was escorted to port. The British fleet with an American squadron and French cruisers left their Scotland base at three o'clock this morning to receive the surrender per pre arranged plans.
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London
Scotland
Pershing to Visit Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
Paris November 21 General Pershing whose troops are entering Luxembourg and Germany will call on the Grand Duchess Marie Adelaide of Luxembourg. Arrangements are made for the American commander to meet the Grand Duchess while he is in her capital.
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General Pershing
Grand Dutchess
Marie Adelaide OF
Luxenburg
Ing
Germany
Rie
Adelaide
Soviet Congress Plans New German Assembly Or Congress
Berlin soviet factions reject a constituent assembly and call for a general soldiers and workers congress to decide Germanys future. East‑ward German troop movements reported as Minsk occupation and large released prisoners advance through the Urals amid food supply concerns.
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London
Berlin
Copenhagen
Germany
Ebert
Injured Soldiers Sent to West Baden Hospital
Wounded soldiers from Indiana Ohio Illinois Missouri and Michigan will be sent to the United States Army hospital at West Baden for further treatment unless their injuries require special care.
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Middle West
West Baden
Tnediana
Ohio
Tilnois
Missouri
Michigan
United States Army Hospital
Masaryk Sails for Europe to Attend Peace Conference
Dr. Thomas G. Masaryk first president of Czecho Slovakia sails for Liverpool on the Carmania with his daughter Olga. He plans to reach Prague to assume office and then attend the peace conference. He thanks the American press for aiding his cause and calls the United States a steadfast elder sister.
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Czecho-Slovakia
Prague
United States
New York
Thomas G. Masaryk
Republic of Czecho-Slovakia
Liverpool
Olga
Masaryk
America
Commonwealth
Arrival of Francis in Scotland Signals Brief Leave
Word reached the state department in Scotland about Ambassador Francis arriving from Archangel. Francis, it was stated, will take a brief vacation and return soon to his post in Russia.
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Raoreanes
Scotland
Abassador Francis
Archangel
Francis
Russia
Unit ed War Work drive nears top with big subscriptions
New York officials report oversubscribed quotas and a total funding over 150 million dollars toward a 170 million national goal. Chicago has reached 75 percent of its 8 million quota. New York is within eight million of 35 million. Several cities and states already exceed targets.
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New York
United War Work Campaign
Chicago
Baltimore
Missouri
Kansas
Delaware
Texas
Artyons
Maryland
Connecticut
Mormon Church Head Dies in Salt Lake City
Joseph P. Smith president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints died at his home after a long illness. Death followed a paralytic stroke suffered last April. He attended the recent church conference in October and spoke against polygamous marriages. Smith had four wives but said plural marriages occurred before the Woodruff manifesto.
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Salt Lake City
Joseph P. Smith
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Mormon
Smith
Church
Woodruff
Britain warns Germany over prisoner treatment in wartime
London reports a British government wireless demanding proper release and return of British prisoners in Germany with adequate food clothing and transport. It cites shocking disorganization and mass transfers to Paris by eastern rail causing heavy mortality and promises aid to camps.
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London
Germany
Ilis
Paris
German Casualties Reported as War Devastates Europe
The Vorwärts reports 1,580,000 German soldiers killed up to October 21 with 200,000 missing and four million wounded. It notes 10,000 German prisoners and Vienna Berlin talks to unite Germany with Austria. Denmark will receive monthly supplies in fats, grain and wheat. Iron Crosses are now worth one cent each.
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Copenhagen
Vorwavrtas of
Berlin
Vienna
Austria
Germany
Denmark
Bertin
Lertingske Tidende
Antwerp
Telegraaf
Hungary Declares Republic After Oath by Archduke Joseph
Copenhagen reports a formal proclamation overturning the Hungarian monarchy. Archduke Joseph took an oath of allegiance to the new government after Count Michael Karolyi, head of the national council, spoke and expressed personal sympathy for the people's government.
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Copenhagen
Budapest
Archduke Joseph
Michael Karolyi
Hungarian National Council
General Gorgas to Retire December First
Major General William C. C. Gorgas, former army surgeon general, will be placed on the retired list on December 1, the War Department announced.
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Gorgas
Washington
Willam CC. Gorgas
Army
War Department
Submarines Surrender to Allies Amid Armistice Events
London report details Harwich harbor surrender of the first batch of twenty German U boats escorted by British ships. Additional submarines and seventy four surface warships are to be handed over to British French and American forces as the armistice terms unfold.
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Harwich
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Nort Sea
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Aew Lope
North Sea
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Tyrwhitt
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Dutela
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Germany
Sur Face
Curacao
England
Larwich
Addison
Maidstone
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Adriatic
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Lokal Anzieger
Stockholm
Minsk
Lithuania
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Ccapital
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Denikine
Astrakhan
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Alexie
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