Pershing Announces Stern U S Rule Over Occupied Lands
General Pershing proclaims the American army will govern occupied areas under international law while protecting civilians who submit peacefully. Reich authorities report high food prices but adequate supply. Treves hosts aircraft deliveries and German civilians show restrained reactions to the advance toward the Rhine. American military governors begin civil administration with local cooperation noted.
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Pershing
Smith
Tershing
Germany
Rhine
Dickman
Treves
Brown
President Wilson Leads First Lady to Lifeboats Aboard
On the U S S George Washington President Wilson and Mrs Wilson evacuated to lifeboats during a drill as heavy seas chal lenged the crew. The President aided his wife with her life preserver while destroyers escorted the carrier and seven of twelve escort ships turned back.
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First Lady OF Land
George Washington
Wilson
France
McCauley
All Night Saloon Fades as Liquor Use Eases
Harrisburg reports dwindling twenty four hour liquor dispensaries to two or three as closing hours move to midnight or earlier. Public opinion and police support curb late night drinking with potential work and crime reductions noted. several famed all night venues have closed in the past month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Market Street
Liquor Dealers’ Association
Dundoff Murder Trial Jury Sworn In Courtroom One
After exhausting jurors in Courtroom 1 Vasil Dundoff is on trial for murder. Two jurors excused previously were ordered to appear and were accepted for service as the last juror was sworn at noon. Fifty six called. seventeen challenged by defense, fourteen by the Commonwealth, two for cause by each side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vasil Dundoff
Steelton
Ray Bowman
Lykens
John Brooker, Jr
Middle Paxton Township
Harry Blyler
Philip H. Falkroad
Upper Paxton
George Bacastow
Lower Paxton
Joseph H. Chambers
George A. Gohl, Jr
Middle Paxton
Joseph East
Williamstown
James Keen
Williams Township
John W. Nye
Clarence N. Wolfley
Charles Hitz
Commonwealth
Com
Increase in Pay For School Teachers Advocated
A school board committee may be formed at today’s meeting to aid in securing a legislative appropriation for a 25 percent teachers salary rise. The plan would have the state fund the increase while districts maintain current pay levels through year end.
Huckster Wright Steers His Car Into Three Cars
Oscar Wright, a peddler, crashed into three automobiles near Third and Briggs streets last evening. All three cars were damaged and his vehicle sustained injuries during its belligerent run down the street. Ten inches of snow fell in Maine yesterday causing heavy traffic delays in Bangor.
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Oscar Wright
Third
Briggs Streets
Maine
Bangor
Rev S W Herman Elected Head Of Lutheran Synod
At the seventy seventh annual session of the Eastern Pennsylvania Synod held in Wilmington Delaware the Rev Dr Winfield Herman pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in the city was elected president. The synod covers eastern Pennsylvania southern New Jersey and Delaware. Next year’s convention will be in Harrisburg and Herman spoke at the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Pennsylvania Synod
The
Lutheran Church
Wilmington
Delaware
Winfield Herman
Zion Lutheran Church
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Harrisburg
Keystone Men Citied for Battle Deeds in Argonne
The 655th Brigade of the Keystone division earned a rare official citation for its 14 day Argonne offensive against the 109th and 110th regiments. Battalions were led by a second lieutenant and a top sergeant after heavy losses, with Captain E. J. Stackpole Jr recovering from wounds. Brigadier General D E Nolan issued the commendation from France on Oct 15 1918.
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Keystone
France
Pennsylvania
Argonne
Chate] Chehery
D. E. Nolan
Nolan
110Th Infantry
Nosstalion
E. J. Stackpole, Jr
110Th
Home
Breede
110Th Infantry Regiment
Academy of Medicine Hosts 23rd Annual Meeting Tonight
The Harrisburg Academy of Medicine plans its 23rd annual meeting in Harrisburg with Dr. Howard Fussell of the University of Pennsylvania delivering a talk on influenza. A banquet follows. The society, tied to the Dauphin County Medical Society, lists about 120 members and names Dr. J. B. Dickinson as chair of arrangements with local doctors and Dr. Earl Whipple of Steelton on the committee.
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Howard Fussell
University of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg Academy of Medicine
J. B. Dickinson
Jesse Lenker
George Bauder
H. Hershey Yarnsler
City
Earl Whipple
Steelton
Harrisburg Weather Prophecy Foiled by North wind Conspiracy
A fanciful notice recounts a secret council of Jack Frost General Cold and King Boreas planning a surprise attack on Harrisburg. The Weather Bureau warns a northwest storm from Norfolk to Boston with high winds and possible gale force reach off the Delaware capes.
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Harrisburg
Boreas
Cold
Knave
Knaves
Ack Frost
United States Weather Bureau
Norfolk
Boston
Delaware Capes
J, Frost
Yanks to March in Hu Capital
Berlin reports Allied and American forces will temporarily occupy Berlin as police, citing a Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung dispatch intercepted by Germans. The paper says Mannheim will be similarly occupied. The action follows a prisoners camp supervisor shooting three Frenchmen in a reported incident.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Berlin
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Mannheim
Governor seeks state song as war ends
Governor Brumbaugh issued an appeal urging a Pennsylvania state song to honor soldiers. Despite prior efforts in six legislative sessions, rivals stalled adoption. Brennan and Barrett songs gained attention, with Barrett first sung at the 1914 Capitol dedication. others in Pittsburgh Erie Punxsutawney and Philadelphia also offered tunes.
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Brumbaugh
Capitol
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
George J. Brennan
John E. Barrett
Brennan
Mr. Barrett
Barnard Statuary Groups
Pittsburgh
Erie
Punxsutawney
Philadelphia
Nation's Men of Commerce to Be Near Peace Body
Atlantic City December 6 The reconstruction congress of war service committees decides to send a commission to Europe to aid American peace delegates in economic problems during negotiations. Harrisburg is represented by Francis J. Hall involved in steel allocations in Washington.
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Nation's Men OF Commerce
Atlantic City
N. J
United States
Reconstruction Congress of War Service Committees
Europe
Harrisburg
Francis J. Hall
Washington
Germans Shift Guilt For War Before Peace
Berlin debates accountability for the war with the Ebert government studying diplomatic documents to decide if individuals behind the conflict should be prosecuted. English papers condemn attempts to exonerate Kaiser Wilhelm and other leaders, while Lloyd George asserts the Kaiser must be tried for war crimes.
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Associated Press
Berlin
The¢bert
William
Hugo Haase
Ebert
Vienna
London
Rupprecht
Bavaria
von Bethmann
Hollweg
Germany
Lloyd George
Profiteering in Foodstuffs to Be Hard Fought
The Dauphin County Food Administration warned that rescinding food restrictions will not allow profiteering dealers to exploit housekeepers. As sugar restrictions lift, households will stock up, but officials stress vigilance against price gouging and shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauphin County Food Administration
Man Joins Red Cross After Grandsons’ Battlefield Help
At Red Cross headquarters Mrs. H. E. Lucas assists a man in joining the campaign. He contributes four dollars for himself, his wife, and two grandsons. He recalls a grandson’s note about a Red Cross captain killed in France while serving coffee.
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Red Cross
Third
Locust Streets
H. E. Lucas
Loyal women volunteer to aid Red Cross drive in Harrisburg
Three colonels were appointed to direct the Red Cross membership drive in Harrisburg city and received many calls from women offering help in any capacity. Mrs J Bradley Markward will oversee the district north of Forster street and Mrs Gilbert L Culmerry is named for another area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Harrisburg City
Yesteryday
J. Bradley Markward
Forster Street
Gilbert L. Culmerry
Famine in Petrograd Amid Starvation and Ruin
Stockholm reports famine in Petrograd with no food beyond herring sold at five rubles. Half of two million residents remain, middle class barred from eating houses, many displaced, with vacant hotels and smashed windows. Bolshevik cruelty and rumors of Entente intervention heighten fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Stockholm
Russia
Petrograd
Carey Heads Glen Falls Board In New Term
J. T. Carey, president of the Tennessee Northern Northern? continues leadership as head official at Glen Falls, with changes announced for the forthcoming term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Falls
J. T. Carey
The
Tnn
Milk bottle prank leads to teen arrests in city
Patrolman Snyder arrested 16 year old Albert Eckenrider and four companions ages 16 to 17 for breaking milk bottles on Logan and Muench streets. Eckenrider and three others were cited after a hearing in police court. The youths admitted mischief as the motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Eckenrider
North Third Street
Logan
Muench
Eckenrider
Aternoon
Herbert King
Herman Higgins
Sylvan Shuster
James Breech
Snyder
Britishers to Hold Dinner for Great Britain Day in Harrisburg
Harrisburg residents invited to a seventh day observance dinner at 7 30 p m in the Y M C A assembly room. Participants must notify A J Sims at 22 North Fourth Street Bell phone 2020 W before 11 30 a m tomorrow. The event features reminiscence songs speeches and tales of British prowess in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Harrisburg
A. J. Sims
North Fourth Street
Bell Phone
Masked Bandits Loot County Bank In Bridgeville Heist
Two masked men followed the cashier and teller of the First National Bank of Bridgeville near Pittsburgh this morning. They bound the cashier and forced the teller to open the gate, looting $18,000 from each vault and escaping in a waiting car with Liberty Bonds.
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Pittsburgh
First National Bank of
Bridgeville
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