Germans Crossing the Rhine as War Losses Update
News from Copenhagen and London reports German losses at 6,330,000 and Austrian-Hungarian losses at 4,000,000 with 800,000 killed and 17,000 officers among them. German Fifth Army begins Rhine crossing toward Coblenz in three columns, while U S engineers inspect bridges for mines and guard crossings into Prussia.
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Wormeldange
Germany promises more humane treatment of returning prisoners
Amsterdam dispatch reports Germany vows humane treatment for released prisoners in response to Allied threats of renewed hostilities. Berlin says steps are taken to ensure orderly and comfortable returns, with Allied observers to assess actual reforms and conditions at the frontier.
Samuel Gompers Heads American Delegation to 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 will be held in Paris alongside the peace congress opening soon.
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American Federation of
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John R. Alpine, James Duncan
Frank Duffy
Australia Raises Income Tax in Federal Bill Passage
Melbourne November 20 The federal house of representatives has passed a bill imposing a 30 percent addition on federal income tax.
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Australia
Melbourne
Federal House of Representatives
Rainbow Division cited for bravery and service in France
General Summerall honors the Forty second division known as the Rainbow for its bravery while with the Fifth army corps in France. He commends the Eighty fourth infantry brigade under Brig. Gen. Douglas MacArthur for its assault on fortified positions and capture of key positions.
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France
Charles P. Summerall
Fifth Army Corps
Summerall
Douglas McArthur
McArthur
Flill
Kreimhild Steilung
Tuilerie Farm
Bole de Catillon
Swiss Army Chief Requests Relief From Duties
Commander Wirthh Wille of the Swiss army has urged the federal council to relieve him of duties after the armistice, stating his services are no longer needed.
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Berne
Wirthh Wille
Federal Council
Rail Clerks to Hold Jobs in Readjustment Period
Washington reports that about 100000 women railroad employees added during the war likely will be retained permanently. Clerks and stenographers comprise most of the group and while action is up to each railroad, officials believe labor demand during readjustment will require keeping the women.
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Railroad Administration
France Bars Hun Money Decree Prohibits German Currency Imports
Paris reports the government issued a decree banning the importation of German bank notes coins and any other monetary medium. The move aims to curb enemy financial assets during the ongoing conflict.
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Gov Lowden Hails Free Peoples After Armistice Surrender
Springfield November 20 Gov rank O Lowden speaks at a Thanksgiving mass meeting in the arsenal reaffirming belief in free peoples due to wartime achievements. He says all new around the world are working with a lighter heart and a fluster purpose following the autocrary surrender.
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Rank O. Lowden
Mooney Death Sentence Commuted to Life in California
Governor Stephens commutes Thomas J. Mooney's pending death sentence to life imprisonment. Mooney had been slated to die December 18 after a prior conviction in Sacramento County.
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Americans Sail From French Port to Rotterdam Prisoner Exchange
An American miner will sail from a French port to Rotterdam to repatriate six American officers and 2,000 prisoners of war held in Germany. Maj. Gen. Garberd orders rations clothing tobacco canned goods and other supplies for the voyage and a brass band to greet the prisoners on departure. The Mauretania arrives in New York with thousands of U S troops and aero squadrons returning from England, part of nearly 11 000 troops en route home after the war.
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Austria to Try Ex Ruler and War Officials
Vienna will try former leaders and wartime ministers including Count Berchtold and Count Czernin, with emperors and generals to face trials. Vienna faces severe food shortages as reports from a Daily Express Vienna correspondent describe desperate conditions and official access behind the scenes.
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Vienna
Berehtold
Count Czernin
Copenhagen
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Daily Express
British revise war losses
It is announced that during the war British forces lost nearly 1,000,000 men killed or dead from various causes. Earlier figures put losses at 58,704 but did not include missing men presumed dead nor deaths from disease.
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Berlin
London
Great Britain
Lloyd George demands Germany pay war costs to capacity
Premier Lloyd George said Germany must bear war indemnities up to its capacity and pursue a stern but just peace. He warned against vengeance, urged accountability for German submarine crimes, and vowed to investigate war guilt while seeking final reckoning.
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Germany
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Secretary Daniels Urges Peace Conference Principles
Secretary Daniels speaks at Buffalo New Mexico Thanksgiving service calling for guidance by justice mercy and calm in shaping the peace conference. He thanks God for the victory and honors those who died in France Flanders and at sea under white crosses.
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Sala
Daniels
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God of Nations
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Bolshevik Capture Pskov and Raids Reported
Reports from the Baltic provinces say Bolshevik troops captured Pskov 160 miles southwest of Petrograd. Dunaborg near Riga and Narva southwest of Petrograd were also involved with bombardment and unclear fate of the volunteer northern army.
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Bathonia
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Petrograd
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Riga
Narva
Mackensen Army Internment Demand from French Commander
Copenhagen reports General Iy''esterey the French Balkan commander demands that Hungary intern the army of General Mackensen. The appeal targets the German field marshal's forces amid Allied pressure during the Balkan theater.
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