30 Nov 1917
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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1917
Page
1
Washington notes renewed trouble in Petrograd with hints of another revolution amid firing and political turmoil. The U S government awaits updates from Ambassador Francis while focusing on next Sunday's Bolshvik German armistice talks and peace prospects.
The British admiralty reported fourteen merchant vessels of 1600 tons or more and seven under 1600 tons sunk by mines or submarines last week. This lifts the total sunk since adopting the weekly report to 1,081 vessels.
Teams across colleges and military posts posted varied scores led by Ames routing Drake 47 to 0 and Fordham hammering Camp Upton 85 to 0. Ohio State defeated Camp Sherman 28 to 0 while Syracuse edged Nebraska 10 to 9 and Holy Cross beat Springfield 18 to 7. Others include Illinois 28 0 Funston and Penn College 6 Iowa Teachers 0.
Washington reports a 40 pound Thanksgiving turkey from Kentucky was delayed by railroad congestion until the eleventh hour. Gifted by South Trimble, Clerk of the House, the bird was fattened on acorns and chestnuts and arrived in Washington late last night after days of travel.
Dispatches from Rome and London report a crisis passed in Italy yet warn of a major Austro German offensive. Allied and Italian fronts show heavy fighting with Italian Alpini repelling encirclement attempts as big guns loom. Casualty tallies rise with crippled divisions reported by prisoners and officials.
Desperate fighting at Bourlon Wood continues as Crown Prince Ruprecht funnels thousands of troops into the German attempt to push the British from the Bourlon ridge near Cambrai. General Byng’s troops advance, and more than 500 prisoners are taken as the Hindenburg line looms nearby.
The Eastern railroads will embargo steel billets bars plates scrap and pig iron not intended for U S government use and suspend the Broadway Limited from December 1 to redirect lines to war traffic. Wilson issues export import and license controls targeting neutral trade and medical supplies to curb pro German influence in the Americas.
Congressman John M. Nelson and his son Byron Nelson were indicted by a federal grand jury in Madison Wisconsin on charges of violating the National Army registration laws. The son had previously faced a failure to register charge. They face trial in December. Nelson allegedly advised his son not to register and Byron is reportedly on his father’s ranch in Canada while the congressman remains in Washington.
The first company of U S soldiers patrolling the barred zone along New York Harbor from Tenth to Twenty-second street on the Hudson river began duty. They were told to halt anyone within 100 yards of posts, interrogate refusals, and shoot if orders were not obeyed as piers were closed with barbed wire.
Washington reports six additional American expeditionary force deaths. Causes include pneumonia lobar pneumonia and acute tuberculosis of lungs. Victims listed with ranks units and next of kin details across Alabama Indiana Ohio Connecticut New York and Connecticut addresses.
Stockholm reports Doctor Westman deputy foreign affairs minister resigned amid allegations he handled the Luxburg and Oronholm messages for Germany. The note notes his role as undersecretary and the political fallout in Sweden.
Reports from Petrograd via a credible Russian citizen say six hundred killed at Kiev and 150 Russian army officers slain in Moscow as Bolsheviks gain control. The Kiev fighting lasted over six days and marked a reign of terror.
Ottawa Ont November 20 The casualty list names two Americans killed in action W W Burton Detroit Michigan and B J Burne Hartford Connecticut as part of the ongoing roster.
Washington November 20 The War Department issued orders appointing 2 050 provisional second lieutenants to the cavalry infantry coast artillery and field artillery units across the army.
Boston November 29 The initiative and referendum bill was adopted for submission to the people by the state constitutional convention.
An American flight lieutenant from Seattle who served with Britain for a year arrived in London after escaping a German prison camp. He survived three near death incidents including a near electrocution on Dutch frontier wires. He sought transfer from British to the American flying corps at the U.S. Embassy.
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