First U S 8 Men Cross the Rhine at War Front
Dispatches describe American divisions advancing to the Rhine north of Koblenz as German forces hold riverside positions. The Thirty-second, Ninetieth, Forty-second and other regiments prepare to cross if needed while German and American action intensifies near Coblenz.
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PUT BACK PASSENGER TRAINS Washington December 12
Restoration of passenger service is undertaken by the railroad administration. Director General McAdoo announces withdrawal of his prewar plan for wartime restrictions. Regular troops can be mobilized. Military affairs discussed before Parliament. One Philadelphia prisoner sentenced to bead labor at Fort Joy.
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Corn Yields Decline In Final US Grain Report
Final department report on United States grain production shows cropland yields below private estimates. Corn output falls to about 2.582 billion bushels, winter wheat 380 million, spring wheat 898 million, oats 1.589 billion, rye and barley also down from last year amid broader agricultural figures.
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Will Police the Sea Big as Any Nation Urges Huge Navy
Admiral Badger urged appropriations to build a six year program to construct 12 battleships and 12 battle cruisers, arguing the United States and England could police the seas. He cited German submarine totals and warned a strong fleet is needed to deter and defend.
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House Naval Committee
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Re Dore
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Germany
Smyrna Deportations Report Slavery Atrocities
Smyrna reports thousands of former inhabitants arriving from inland districts after deportation by Turkish authorities. Observers say about half died from malnutrition or ill treatment, with women subjected to brutality and young girls sold as slaves to Turkish nobles. Violent demonstrations followed their arrival.
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German Plot to Start World War Exposed in Senate Hearing
Berlin conference details the claim that 130 German civilians were mobilized to spread pan German propaganda worldwide including 31 in the United States. Captain Lester testified about German espionage links to Viereck Feuhr and Albert, noting pro German volunteers and a changed anti Japanese Mexican villain rewrite in a 1917 film.
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Viereck
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Marshall Kelly
William Randolph Hearst
Baltimore
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Baltimore Sun
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Captain Lester
Canada
Wilson Home Visit Highlights Paris Welcome
A German suspected spy was arrested near President Wilson's Paris residence as the U.S. leader and Mrs. Wilson attended services. After visiting Lafayette’s tomb and meeting with Poincare and Clemenceau, Paris hosted a record reception at City Hall with crowds in the streets.
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2600 Captive Yank POWs Freed From German Camps
Berlin reports that 2600 American prisoners of war from Camp Rastett have left for Switzerland. An additional 200 Americans held in various German camps are traveling via Holland and Denmark. The final evacuations are expected to complete by midweek, ending a long ordeal for POWs.
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Vice President Marshall Presides Cabinet Meeting First Time
Washington reports Vice President Marshall took the chair at a cabinet gathering for the first time, explaining he acted out of deference to the president’s wishes during the meeting. The event marks the first instance of a vice president presiding at a cabinet session.
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Pershing Brother Urges Tough Peace Terms At Rally
James Pershing brother of Gen. John J. Pershing told an One Hundred and Forty-ninth field artillery meeting that the president was right to seek peace talks and Germany must be made to pay. He called for confiscation of German newspapers and burning of German texts. In Tokyo Roosevelt named honorary member of the Japanese Red Cross and to receive a decoration.
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Visitors and Staff Courtesies at the Office
A reader notes that visitors are often embarrassed by office noise and delays as staff fail to greet entrants. Any nearby employee should politely greet the stranger and offer assistance or directions, as impressions of the employer hinge on courteous behavior, per Biddy Hye.
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Biddy Hye
Principle of Turbine and Water Wheel Types
Necessity spur and principle of turbine. A water wheel, driven by flow reaction, impact and resistance, powers turbines. Turbines are usually horizontal wheels on vertical shafts and divide into reaction, impulse, or combined types. Modern turbines convert a high percentage of water energy into work as water passes through the wheel.
England's Demand for Germany's War Debts Sets Peace Tone
Edward W. Pickard reports that Britain insists Germany pay the full war cost of 120 billion, with Britain, France, Belgium, and others ready to enforce restitution. Germany’s future government, the fate of the Kaiser, and Vienna’s collapse frame a tense postwar scene as Allied aims for a hard peace clash with German resistance and political upheaval across Europe.
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Chance to study in France offers to American soldiers
Andre Tarneau, high commissioner of Franco American affairs, cables Secretary Baker proposing to place French education resources at the disposal of American occupation troops and delayed returnees. The plan would allow American college students to study in French universities with teaching and rearm options. Baker had not replied.
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Education openness for Americans at French institutes
Hes of arts sciences medicine and law schools in Paris and the provinces would be opened to Americans with access to study resources laboratories collections thearies etc. Along with American students officers and privates every French university would admit at least one American professor to lecture in English on his specialty and train American military students.
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German Emperor Culture Reigns Phrase At Baltimore Congress
Edward de Billy, French high commissioner, told the Southern Commercial congress in Baltimore that Germany seeks to preserve its prestige by propaganda and would bargain for peace terms. He urged the United States to withhold peace efforts until Germany proves a changed heart and friendship. He cited Germany and its allies as seeking to negotiate for favorable terms rather than accept Allied victory.
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