Amazing Facts of America's War Work Revealed
American headquarters in France report the vast U S military effort at armistice time. On November 11 the U S had 78 391 officers and 1 881 376 men in France. Railways and roads were built and over 53 000 motor vehicles operated. Large stores of beans flour milk sugar meat coffee rice and tobacco supported troops, with 390 million bean rations and 761 million cigarettes on hand.
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America
France
United States
Argonne
Department of Light Railways
Europe
Berlin Quiet After Revolution Despite Turmoil
Berlin reports a week of upheaval but streets look unchanged and the public remains weary and indifferent. The Ebert Haase cabinet holds control amid chaotic reorganization as socialist work secures influence, while middle class citizens only gradually respond to the political shift.
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Berlin
Germany
William
Ebert-Haase
Prince Leopold of Bavaria Interned by Bolsheviks
The Bolshvik have interned Prince Leopold of Bavaria who led Germany’s eastern front and General von Hoffmann Germany’s Brest Litovsk spokesman. They are held at Raudanwarts near Koyno and in the latter fortress respectively.
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Berne
Navy
Leopold of
Bavaria
Germany
von Hoffmann
Brest Litovsk
Berner Bund
Raudanwarts
Koyno
Hungary Names Official Title Hungarian People's Republic
Budapest on November 21 reports the government has decided the official name of the country shall be the Hungarian People's Republic, replacing prior designation. The decree states the new title applies to all government documents and formal usage.
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Hungary “People’s Republic
Budapest
Pressmen Granted $6 Weekly Wage Increase
Washington November 21 The national war labor board has granted New York pressmen and press feeders an additional eight six dollars per week over their existing wages.
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Washington
New York
National War Labor Board
Demobilization Starts at Camp Grant Illinois
Camp Grant Illinois November 22 The demobilization of American troops in U S training camps begins with twelve hundred men discharged from Camp Grant this morning Many thousands in camp are expected to return home soon Some discharged soldiers may share Thanksgiving with their families The process started at eight o'clock with the departure of the twelve hundred men largely limited service personnel inducted into general service last September.
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Camp Grant
Grant
Entent Troops March Toward Kiev in Ukraine
Basel reports Entent troops advancing toward Kiev without serious opposition. General Koroposki has surrendered to General Denikine, leader of anti Bolshevik forces, during the ongoing Ukrainian conflict.
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Kiev
Basel
Entent
Hkoroposki
General Denikine
Kolchak Becomes Dictator of All Russian Forces
Vladivostok reports a coup at Omsk where Admiral Kolchak is made supreme governor and de facto ruler of all Russian armed forces. Two ministers opposed him are arrested. western Siberian premier Vologodsky remains. Allied officials show surprise and some local bodies refuse to recognize the new authority.
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Vladivostok
Council of Ministers
Omsk
Alexander Kolchak
M. Avksentieff
M. Zenzenoff
Kolchak
Ufa
M. Vologodsky
Siberian
Directorate
Bolderoff
Renault
Elliott
Zemstvo
Provisional Council
Mrs. Jerome D. Travers Die From Pneumonia After Flu
New York dated November 22 reports Mrs. Jerome D. Travers, wife of the amateur golf expert, died at her home in the city from pneumonia after influenza.
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Jerome D. Travers
New York
Wire Firms Merged Under Government Control
Washington reports that the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies will operate as one system under government control starting December 1 1918. The order requires all offices to accept all classes of messages at current tariff rates to maximize efficiency. Another Burleson issued order enforces government possession of marine cable systems and urges continued operation through regular channels with cooperation from companies officers and the public.
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Washington
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Burleson
United States
Wilson
Beseler Hides on Barge in Warsaw Escape
German General Hans Beseler, governor of occupied Russian territories, reportedly slipped from Warsaw by concealing himself on a Vistula barge in an unheroic exit. Vorwaerts reports Germany backs state monopoly of major banks and industries.
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Warsaw
Zurich
Hans Beseler
Russia
Munich
Vorwaerts
Berlin
Message from France warns U S girls on marriage
Leavenworth November 21. Tell the girls to wait until we get home and not to marry the old men, a message Gen Eben Smith who has just returned to Fort Leavenworth from France said American soldiers sent home by him. General Swift served in Italy and France.
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Leavenworth, Ren
Eben Smith
Fort Leavenworth
France
General Swift
Italy
Prohibition Bill Signed By Wilson to Enforce Bone Dry Law
President Wilson signed the bone dry prohibition measure at 4 59 p m. The law bans sale of all intoxicants after June 30 1919 and until demobilization of American troops, with the Sheppard amendment delaying beer and wine manufacture until May 1 next year and importation until May 1. European wine shipments are allowed until May 1 after protests.
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Washington
Wilson
Europe
U S Casualty List Revised
Washington reports revised official estimates place total American Army casualties in foreign service at about 105000 up to hostilities end. About 10000 casualties remain undetailed, with reasons given for revising prior figures and no clear battle loss ratio to derive totals.
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Washington
Pro-Hon Preacher Gets His Sentenced in Liberty Loan Case
Rockford Illinois November 21 193? Rev David Gerdes pastor in Whiteside County sentenced to ten years in federal prison by Judge K M Landis for preaching opposition to the Liberty Loan and Red Cross. He pleaded guilty. John D Manus sentenced to three years for sending pro German communications to a Freeport newspaper.
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Rockford
David Gerdes
Whiteside County
K. M. Landis
Gerdes
Liberty Loan
Red Cross
John D. Manus
Freeport
Premier Clemenceau and Marshal Foch Join French Academy
In Paris on November 22 Premier Clemenceau and Marshal Foch were unanimously elected as members of the French Academy.
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Marshal Foch
Academy
Paris
Premier Clememceau
Allied forces accept surrender of German fleet at Firth of Forth
In Harwich and the North Sea reports, British and American ships oversee the surrender of fifty German destroyers and numerous battleships and cruisers. The armistice terms are applied as the grand fleet arrives at the Firth of Forth with about 400 Allied ships. Names of specific ships were not officially announced.
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Harwich
England
Wyoming
North Sea
Scott Land
Cloelky
Forth
Admiralty
Grand Fleet
London
Germany
May Island
Firth of Forth
David Beatty
Amsterdam
Berlin
Kaiser
Kaiserin
Koenig Albert
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Prinaregent Luitpold
Margraf Koenig
Grosser Kurfuerst
Bayern
Friedrich der Grosse
Hindenburg
Derflinger
Seydnitz
Moltke
von der Tann
Bremen
Brummer
Frankfurt
Ske
Koeln
Dresden
Emden
Aviator Burned to Death in Plane Crash Near Trenton
Lieut Ellsworth Gaskell of New York an army aviator was burned to death and his companion Hobson Tupper seriously injured when their airplane burst into flames and plunged to earth on the outskirts of Trenton New Jersey. The aviators aiding the United War Work campaign had been dropping pamphlets in the streets and were circling at low altitude when the machine caught fire.
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Trenton
N. J
Ellsworth Gaskell
New York
Hobson Tupper
United War Work Campaign
Consulate Staff Flee in Canoes After Quebec Tidal Wave
Members of the American consulate staff evacuate by canoe as a tidal wave damages Quebec's lower town, with losses estimated at 1 million dollars. The event prompts emergency responses and highlights the sudden disaster impact on diplomatic facilities.
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Quebec
Navy
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