German Troop Movements and World War Losses Report
News dispatches detail German crossings of the Rhine under occupation, von der Marwitz's army advances, and a German proclamation urging resignation and courtesy to allied troops. It also aggregates Allied and German casualty figures, plus American and Austro-Hungarian losses, with notes on frontier bridges and occupation dynamics.
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Fifth Army
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Army of Occupation
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Echternech
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Australia Raises Income Tax Proposal Passed by House
Melbourne on November 29 reports the federal House of Representatives has passed a bill imposing a 30 percent addition to the federal income tax. The measure aims to increase revenue and broaden tax scope across the federation.
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Australia
Melbourne
Federal House of Representatives
Rainbow Division Cited for Valor by Summerall in France
The Forty second division known as the Rainbow is cited by Maj. Gen. Summerall for bravery. The Eighty-fourth brigade under Brig. Gen. McArthur is praised for assaulting the Kreimhild line and capturing Tuilerie farm and Bois de Catillon. The Seventy-seventh brigade is lauded for continuous action and devoted service across operations.
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Washington
France
Charles P. Summerall
Fifth Army Corps
Summerall
Douglas McArthur
McArthur
Kreimhild Stehlung
Tuilerie Farm
Bois de Catillon
Promise Better by Prisoners Amsterdam
Amsterdam reports that Germany promises more humane treatment of returning prisoners in response to Allied threats of renewed hostilities. Berlin says efforts are underway to ensure an orderly and comfortable return, with Allies urged to assess the reforms as prisoners arrive under German supervision.
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Germany
Gompers Leads American Delegation to Paris Labor Conference
Delegates announced for the International Labor Conference in Paris include Samuel Gompers William Green John R Alpine James Duncan and Frank Duffy appointed by the American Federation of Labor The conference is set to run alongside the major peace conference opening in Paris.
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Paris
American Federation of
Samuel Gompers
William Green
John R. Alpine, James Duncan
Frank Duffy
British Labour demands free trade and peace mission
London reports the Labour Party manifesto urges the coalition government not to oppose new European democracies. It calls for immediate withdrawal of allied forces from Russia, free traffic, nationalization of land and key sectors, capital taxation, and abolition of conscription. Germany is held responsible for war costs as per Westminster Gazette discussion.
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London
British Labor Party
Russia
Germany
Westminster Gazette
Austria
Rail clerks to hold jobs after war payoff
About 100000 women railroad employees added to wartime payrolls as clerks and stenographers will likely be retained permanently. Railroad administration survey officials say demand for labor in the readjustment period will be so great that individual railroads may decide to keep the workers.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
President Names U S Delegates to World Peace Conference
President Wilson designates the American delegation to accompany him to France for the world peace conference. Named are Secretary of State Lansing Henry White Edward M House and Gen Tasker H Bliss alongside the president. The White House release notes the list could not be announced earlier due to negotiations on each belligerent nations' representatives.
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Washington
Wilson
France
Lansing
Henry White
Edward M. House
Tasker H. Bliss
White House
United States
Lowden Declares Free Peoples Vindicated After War
Springfield November 29 Gov Frank O Lowden spoke at a Thanksgiving mass meeting in the arsenal reaffirming faith in free peoples due to wartime achievements and stating that all men around the world are working with a lighter heart and juster purpose as a result of autocracy's surrender.
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Ill
Arsenal
Frank O. Lowden
Governor Commutes Mooney Sentence to Life
Sacramento November 3 Governor Stephens has commuted the death sentence of Thomas J Mooney to life imprisonment Mooney was scheduled to die December 18 in the state’s electric chair and the order preserves his fate as a prisoner for life in prison.
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Stephens
California
Sacramento
Cal
Thomas J. Mooney
France Bars Hun Money Decree on German currency imports
Paris reports the government issued a decree prohibiting the importation of German bank notes coins or any other monetary medium. The move follows the recent tensions and aims to curb economic influence from Germany.
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Paris
Swiss Army Chief Urges Release After Armistice
General Ulrich Wille, commander of the Swiss army, asks the federal council to relieve him of duties. He argues that since the armistice was signed his services are no longer needed.
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Mmander
Berne
Ulrich Wille
Federal Council
Send ship for Yanks Tours in late November
Nov 30 reports an American liner will sail from a French port to Rotterdam to repatriate 6 American officers and 2,000 POWs from Germany. Maj Gen Harbord orders rations clothing tobacco and games for prisoners. A brass band will play The Star Spangled Banner as the ship departs. Washington dispatch notes Mauretania will bring 4,000 troops to New York next week, many aero squads from England, totaling nearly 11,000 troops en route home.
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Rotterdam
Germany
France
America
James G. Harbord
American Expeditionary Forces
Commissary Department
Quartermaster Corps
Washington
Cunard
New York
England
Mauretania
Lapland
Minnekahda
Orca
United States
Austria to Try Ex Ruler and War Leaders
Vienna plans trials for war perpetrators including former foreign ministers Berechtold and Czernin. Former Emperor Charles and Austrian leaders also named. Desperate Vienna population suffers food shortages amid upheaval, per Daily Express Vienna report.
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Austria
Vienna
London
Count Berechtold
Count Czernin
Copenhagen
Charles
Daily Express
British revise war losses in Great Britain wartime toll
The British losses during the war are now officially stated to be nearly 1,000,000 men killed or dead from various causes. Earlier figures put losses at 658,704, not counting missing men who died without trace or deaths from disease.
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Vorwaerts
Berlin
London
Washington
Great Britain
Germany Must Pay War Cost Says Lloyd George
London reports Premier Lloyd George declares Germany must pay a war indemnity up to her capacity and pledges a stern but not vengeance driven peace. He supports punishment for crimes of war, including German submarines, and calls for a final reckoning of responsibility while maintaining the loser pays principle.
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London
Germany
Lloyd George
Newecastle-on-Tynes
Mr. Lloyd George
Hus
France
Secretary Daniels Urges Peace Conference Principles
Secretary Daniels spoke at Buffalo New York during a community Thanksgiving service. He urged that peace conference plans be guided by principle justice and mercy toward the weak not by passion or emotion. He saluted the valor sacrifice of those who died in France Flanders and at sea.
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Sald
Daniels
Navy
God of Nations
France
Flanders
Bolshevik Forces Seize Pskov and Advance on Riga Area
Reports from the Baltic province of EsthEnia say Bolshevik troops captured Pskov, 160 miles southwest of Petrograd. Dunaburg near Riga was said to be taken and Narva, southwest of Petrograd, bombarded. fate of the northern volunteer army remains unknown.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Paltic
Esthenia
Pskov
Petrograd
Dunaburg
Riga
Narva
Mackensen Army Interned Demand by French Commander
Copenhagen November 20 General D Esterey the French commander to the Balkans has demanded that Hungary intern the army of General Mackensen.
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Copenhagen
D’esterey
Balkans
Hungary
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