Italian Armies Menaced by New Austro German Stroke
German and Austro German forces cross the Tagliamento River threatening the Italian line as Cadorna withdraws southward toward a new defense near the Paive and Livenza rivers. Morale reportedly improves with replenished food supplies amid ongoing retreats and renewed Haig offensive in Flanders.
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Flanders
Haig
Passchendaele
Italy
Tagliamento
Pinzane
Isonzo
Cadorna
Pinzano
Livenza
Venice
Livanza
Paive
Taglamento
Carnie Alps
Belluno
Adriatic
Wild peace rumors spread over Holland
Amsterdam reports wild peace rumors circulating in the Bourse via the Exchange Telegraph that the Central powers may issue proposals for a preparatory Berne conference before December 1. It is said each side would send two delegates with Germany selecting Prince von Senlow and Dr Karl Helferich.
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London
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Berne
Germany
Prince von Senlow
Karl Helferich
North Carolina Housewife Food Pledge Drives Follow Up
North Carolina reports about 250000 housewives signed the food pledge during the campaign from October 27 to November 4. State Food Administrator Henry A Pepe urged a follow up through teachers and pupils to boost participation, with some counties achieving near full enrollment where schools cooperated.
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Raleigh
Food Administration
North Carolina
Henry A. Pepe
Carpenters Strike for Shorter Workday in Twin City
Nearly 100 members of the local Carpenters and Joiners union walked out after employers failed to supply the required signatures to a pact for a shorter workday. Building operations in Winston-Salem were suspended as the local organization awaits a representative of the international union to resume negotiations with nonsigning contractors.
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Winston-Salem
Carpenters’ and Joiners
Central Labor Union Hall
W. W. Kimble
International Union
Food pledge drive enrolls thousands of women
Lenoir county plans to report 2500 to 3000 women enrolled in the food pledge campaign to the food administration. More than half signers are in Kinston with at least 500 African Americans. La Grange’s part is delayed as Dr James M Parrott opened the drive Sunday with an address on food conservation in winning the war.
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Kinston
Lenoir County
Food Administration
la Grange
James M. Parrott
Persons urged to obtain US Food Administration licenses
Washington reports the United States food administration urges all potential traders to apply for licenses under the October 8 1917 proclamation. The rule requires license numbers on contracts invoices orders and quotations and prohibits transactions with unlicensed persons. Applications are available from the food administration license division Washington DC.
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Washington
United States Food Administration
United States
Food Administration
License Division
Washington, D.C
Housing laws urged for country towns and cities
The National Conference on Housing in Chicago called for nationwide reforms to curb overcrowding and substandard housing in rural towns as a health imperative. Overcrowding in country rooms correlates with higher sickness and death rates, including influenza, colds, and tuberculosis, highlighting the spread of contagious diseases through crowded living spaces.
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Chicago
New York City
Equal Suffrage League Meets in Goldsboro
Goldsboro North Carolina November 6 the annual convention of the Equal Suffrage Association of North Carolina will be held in the city Tuesday and Wednesday. A public meeting at the courthouse Tuesday night will open the event with a strong program. President Mrs J S Cunningham of Durham and James K Barrett president of the State Trades Union will speak along with Mrs Pattie Ruffner Jacobs of Alabama an officer of the National Woman Suffrage Association. Tomorrow will be devoted to convention routine work and election of officers. The next annual meeting location will be decided later.
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Goldsboro
Hqual Suffrage Association of
North Carolina
J. S. Cunningham
Durham
James K. Barrett
State Trades Union
Pattie Ruffner Jacobs
Alabama
National Woman Suffrage Association
Rowdline
War tax on newspapers based on bulk weight
Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper announced a 1 cent levy per 20 cents or fraction thereof on express deliveries of newspapers. Tax assessed on bulk weight of newspaper bundles, no need to weigh each package separately.
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Washington
Nov. T
Internal Revenue
Roper
Express
Strike Camps Stewart and Hill Halt Work at Newport News
At Newport News 400 carpenters walked out threatening broader stoppage unless arbitration is used. The action ties up can tonments work at the port including Camp Stewart and Camp Hill with more workers expected to quit.
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Newport News
Camp Stewart
Camp Hill
Enlisted states near coast to face barred zone
New York reported that fires along the Brooklyn water front and other coast cities prompt officials to expect a barred zone within 100 miles of the coastline. The order would expel Germans from coast states and affect thousands who have lived in harbor centers like New York for years.
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New York
Brooklyn
Coast Line
United States and Japan Reach Far East Accord
Washington reports a US Japan agreement covering China and cooperation in military naval and economic efforts. Secretary Lansing released notes with Viscount Ishii affirming Japan’s interest in China while pledging independence and territorial integrity of the republic and upholding the open door.
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Washington
Japan
United States
China
Lansing
Viscount Ishii
Republic
Far East
Government weighs moving enemy aliens from coast
Washington on November 6 Attorney General Gregory said no orders were given to remove enemy aliens 100 miles from the coastline but indicated the government is considering steps to prevent them from gathering in formations and posing a threat.
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Washington
Gregory
France plans vast war memorial for allied sacrifices
Paris reports France is discussing a grand memorial inviting allies to join. A sacred four hundred mile road will run from Alsace to the Belgian coast with forested sides and a white ribbon, preserving wreckage and dead villages as a testament to wartime suffering.
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Paris
France
Alsace
Sons of Freedom
Missionary Convention Underway in Wilson NC
The 73d annual North Carolina Christian Missionary convention opened at 7:50 p.m. in the Christian church. Calvin Woodard gave the welcome. P. U H. Johnson replied. Rev. Tyson Campbell preached the convention sermon as delegates gather from Winston Salem and cities such as Greensboro Raleigh Greenville New Bern Asheville Rocky Mount Farmville Wendell and others.
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Asheville
Raleigh
Rocky Mount
Farmville
Wendell
Points
Russia asserts resolve to stay in war amid misinterpretation
Premier Verensky says Russia will continue to do her duty and carry on the war. His secretary protests London press misquote of the interview, noting Russia has devoted all its might from the start and will persist in the common cause against the enemy.
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London
Russia
America
Poisonous Gas Used by Austrians in Attacks
Amsterdam reports via Budapest Pesti Hirlap that Austrians attacked Gorizia with a new poisonous gas, claimed to be an invention of a Viennese professor. Rain kept fumes near the ground, Italian masks ineffective, and the gas described as tenfold more deadly than prior agents.
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Amsterdam
Gorizia
Budapest
Pesti-Hirlap
Simplicity for Clubwomen at Georgia Federation Meeting
Augusta Ga November 6 The Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs opened in Augusta with a simple agenda due to wartime. The convention emphasizes practical support for the nation, with business sessions focusing on ways women can aid the war effort and minimal social entertainment.
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Augusta
Strikin
Georgia Federation of Women’ Clubs
Fire in Goldsboro City Hall Causes Basement Blaze
A basement fire at Goldsboro City Hall was found in the steam heating furnace area and caused heavy damage to lower floors. Firemen quickly contained the flames with chemicals, and city officials estimate a $200 loss.
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Goldsboro
Yelverson
Women in War Use Half of Crop in Belgium
The Heaue, Netherlands, Nov 6. Vig Belgie reports the German administration in Belgium will take for German use half of the entire crop of potatoes, fruit and vegetables. The remaining half is partly used for extra rations to workers employed in German projects.
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Heaue
Netherlands
Vig Belgie
Belgium
Germany
Miss Sallie Winecoff Buried in Rowan County
Salisbury reports the burial of Miss Sallie Winecoff in Cornelius on Sunday. Daughter of Noah Winecoff of Bear Poplar Rowan county she was 17 and died after an hour illness with acute indigestion while a student at the State Normal Greensboro.
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Salisbury
Sallie Winecoff
Cornelius
Noah Winecoff
Bear Poplar
Rowan County
Miss Winecoff
State Normal
Greensboro
Canadians Gain Near Passchendaele
Canadian forces in the Ypres sector advance northeast of Passchendaele and establish positions about 100 yards beyond the village, according to a front telegram from France dated November 6.
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London
Ypres
Passchendaele
France
Italian Line Won by Austro German Forces
Berlin reports the Austro German forces have won the Italian line along the river to the Adriatic and the Italian line has been evacuated.
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Berlin
London
Adriatic
Italians fall back to form new line in northern mountains
Nov 6 report says Italian forces evacuated mountain territory north of the plains of northern Italy to establish a new defensive line. The enemy moved into the vacated sector after the Italian withdrawal.
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Tome
Italy
Germany declares democracy after crisis inwege crucial week
Berlin reports Mathias Erzberger of the Centrist party told the Associated Press that Germany has shifted from an autocracy to a democracy in five days as central allies advance on the Tagliamento front. He calls the change the most momentous since empire founding and says past July and October events doomed the old system.
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Berlin
London
Germany
Mathias Erzeberger
Associated Press
Prayer Service Program At Wesley Memorial Church
Daily 5 30 p m prayer in the ladies parlor with yesterday’s program led by Mrs H A Millis on Christ's Three-fold Prayer Our Goal for 1917 led by Mrs J W Kearns Why We Should Give to Missions in Time of War led by Mrs Dred Peacock Medical Missions in China sung by Mrs Mack Hiatt This afternoon Mrs W S O Neal leads subject The Compassionate Christ The women’s week of prayer continues Monday Tuesday and Wednesday with invitation to all to attend
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Wesley Memorial Church
H. A. Millis
J. W. Kearns
Dred Peacock
China
Mack Hiatt
W.S. O'Neal
Christ
Sharp fight develops in hitherto quiet campaign
Boston reports a newly sharpened political contest in Massachusetts as debate over state aid to private institutions becomes a key issue on the ballot. Governor McCall and Democrat Mansfield vie for a third term while the war looms and the campaign pales beside national events.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Grovernor McCall
Frederick W. Mansfield
McCall
Nation wide campaign launched against rats
Washington reports the Department of Agriculture has started a national effort to reduce property loss from rats and mice. Biologists call them the worst animal pests, carriers of disease, destroying grain and supplies across homes, factories, stores, camps, ships, farms. States, communities and individuals are urged to take eradication steps.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Girain
Change of horse terms
London to Nov. 6 War influence shifts racehorse names at Newmarket with titles Armageddon Verdun Bapaume Jutland Grand Fleet Home Service Entente Cordiale Big Push and Dawn of Peace reflecting public events and figures in the era
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London
Newmarket
Armageddon
Verdun
Bapaume
Jutland
Grand Fleet
Home Service
Entente Cordiale
Big Push
Dawn of Peace
Antidraft Leader Ralph John Arraigned in Federal Court
Ralph John, named as a leader in anti-draft propaganda in the region, was arraigned in Federal court in Bismarck. He faces the charge of making threats against President Wilson’s life.
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Bismarck
N. D
Ralph John
Spr
Wilson
County approves funding for detective children treatment
Newton November 6 the county commissioners in session here yesterday appropriated 500 for the treatment of detective children in Catawba county with the understanding that the state will appropriate SOUND.
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Newton
Catawba County
Baby Choked to Death by Intruder in Raleigh Home
Police theorize a burglar entered the Raleigh home of Vic and Mrs J Kemp Plummer, choked four month old Lucy Henderson Plummer to silence her cry after being disturbed at 2 a.m. No arrests. The intruder fled after dropping a coat in transit.
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Raleigh
Lucy Henderson Plummer
Vic
J. Kemp Plummer
Captain Duncan
Plummer
Ohio Votes on Suffrage and Prohibition Today
Ohio voters decide statewide prohibition and presidential suffrage in today’s election. Campaigns claim large margins for both sides with suffragists hopeful and anti-suffragists predicting defeat by about 125 000 to 175 000. Prohibition will appear as a constitutional amendment tomorrow, while suffrage is a Reynolds law referendum granting women the vote for president.
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Columbus
Ohio
Drys
Oia
Virginia Contempt Cases Set For Wednesday Hearing
Judge J. T. Hundley of Charlotte County will hear contempt charges against Dr Douglas Freeman editorial writer for the Richmond News Leader and attorney W. G. Lancaster of Farmville. The hearing, postponed due to election day, will proceed Wednesday morning.
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Danville
J. T Hundley
Charlotte County
Douglas Freeman
Richmond News Leader
W. G. Lancaster
Farmville
Hundley
United States Recognizes Japan Interest in China
Baron Gonzuke Tsuyashi, Japanese minister to China, reported that Viscount Ishii and Secretary Lansing signed an agreement on November 2. The pact confirms the United States recognizes Japan's special interest in China and reaffirms the open door policy.
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Peking
Navy
Baron Gonzuke Tsuyashi
China
Chinese Foreign Office
Kikujiro Ishii
United States
Lansing
Japan
Chicago Election Mirrors War Mood In Voters
Chicago voters head to the polls as Socialists, Democrats and Republicans campaign to reflect or curb wartime sentiment. The municipal election press previews indicate clear divisions over the war and national policy.
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Chicago
Rev Mr Grant Goes as Chaplain
Ch'dsboro reports chaplaincy for J Hiram Grant native Goldsboro boy elder son of Maj H L Grant now in Ohio ministry since ordination has joined Ohio troops in Montgomery Alabama and will serve with them in France Major Craft has a grandson Grant Gay a volunteer already in France
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Mr. Grant
Ch'dsboro
Nov
teoRes J. Hiram Crant
Goldsboro
Maj
H. L. Grant
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