Situation in Russia Balks as Allies Consider Separate Peace
Reports say Russia teeters toward civil war as Bolsheviks press for armistice and German and British actions shift on the front. Kaledin seizes grain regions and gold reserves while mutinies and hunger spread among Russian troops. British Byng holds gains on the Cambrai front as German artillery pounds Ypres Verdun and Passchendaele fronts. In Italy, Italian forces repulse Austro German assaults near the Piave and Brenta rivers as British cavalry move toward Jerusalem against Turkish resistance.
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Petrograd
Russia
Kaledines
London
Bhanger
Bourlon Wood
Cambrai
Byng
Moenveres
Fontaine Notre Dame
Ypres
Verdun
Flanders
Passchendaele
Passchendaele-Gheluvelt
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Meuse
Brenta
Piave
Jerusalem
Price lists for turkeys to be distributed today
New York November 27 price lists of cold storage turkeys approved by federal state and city food administrators will be distributed by the police today to shops dealing in fowl Texas plain wholesale 23 to 25 cents per pound retail up to 28 cents per pound Texas fancy wholesale up to 30 cents retail 35 cents northern plain wholesale up to 28 cents retail 32 cents retail based on a cash and carry basis
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New York
Texas Plain
Texas
Northern Plain
No Advices Declaring Strike Settled Reported
Wilmington Delayed reports say neither railroad clerks nor Atlantic Coast Line officials have received orders settling the strike. Clerks appeared at offices seeking work amid rumors of an adjustment.
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Wilmington
Navy
Atlantic Coast Line
Travel writer’s loop reports strong crops and profits in region
Clarence A. Smith travels through 26 counties starting from High Point then circles Mt. Airy Pilot Mountain area visiting Greensboro Battleground Summerfield Stokesdale Madison Stoneville Price and back to High Point. He notes good roads farmers prosper with tobacco corn and wheat at high prices and claims fertilizer costs yield about 39 per acre with 90 profit per acre as typical.
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Clarence A. Smith
High Point
Caswell County
Mt. Airy
Rehearsal Progress Hinted For The Man Who Dared
Odd Fellows members and High Point residents attended last night rehearsal of The Man Who Dared at the School auditorium Thanksgiving view. Producer Chas Park has lifted the show with International Productions Co. talent. Park to appear in a light comedy role opposite Miss Dorothy Palmer as Polly. Harry Glattly, formerly with Barnum and Bailey, will play a comedic part. Theatrical event of the season is anticipated.
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Odd Fellows’ Lodge
High Point
Thanksgiving View
Chas Park
International Productions Co
Mr. Park
Dorothy Palmer
Polly
Harry Glattly
Barnum and Baily” Circus
Atlantic deeper waterways convention under way in Miami
The tenth annual Atlantic deeper waterways association convention opens in Miami with large delegate turnout. The group aims to promote a national canal chain linking Boston to Key West along Atlantic coast waters for inland navigation and strategic transport benefits.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association
Atlantic Coast
Boston
Key West
Death of Jack Adams No One Held Responsible
Danville Virginia November 27 a coroner jury found no one responsible for the death of eight year old Jack Adams who was accidentally killed while watching linemen tighten a wire when a rope snapped and broke his neck. The incident occurred last Friday afternoon and the boy stood with Z V Johnson Jr at the scene.
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Danville
Little Jack Adams
Z. V. Johnson, Jr
Adams
Tobacco Market Sets New Rocky Mount Record
Rocky Mount reports 18.35 million pounds of tobacco sold this season, averaging 29.53 dollars per hundred. The current total surpasses last year’s near 17 million pounds, marking a new sales record for the market.
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Rocky Mount
Navy decorations by foreign powers flagged by Daniels
Secretary Daniels stated opposition to foreign governments decorating American navy officers or men for war services. He said, if asked, he would advise adherence to the Constitution which prohibits such honors.
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Washington
Daniels
First One Breed Poultry Show Opens in Columbus
The first one breed poultry show in Columbus runs Nov 28 to Dec 3 under the Ohio Leghorn Club. Only Leghorns will be exhibited.
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Columbus
Ohio Leghorn Club
Relief train reaches Jassy with American relief supplies
The American Red Cross relief train arrived at Jassy Kuymania on November 18. Delayed in transit it carried 55 cars of hospital equipment and food from the United States destined for relief efforts.
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Petrograd
American Red Cross
Jassy
Kuymania
America
Hungarian Opposition Leader Seeks Allied Contacts in Berne
Count Michael i Narolyi tells Berne correspondent that his Berne trip aims to gauge sentiment among anti central power factions. He plans to openly state he seeks talks with Britain and France to explain Hungarians are not conquerors or oppressors.
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Amsterdam
Michael i Narolyi
Berne
Budapest
Auto overturns injuring three women near Newton
Three women were hurt when an automobile turned over an embankment near J. W. Lawrance's home about ten miles from Newton. Miss Nannie Frye dislocated a shoulder while Mrs. Oscar Frye and sister fractured collar bones. Mrs. Frye's young son was bruised and shaken. The group had just returned from Spartanburg and was driven by Miss Frye who may have had dim lights making the road hard to see.
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Mamie
Nannie Frye
Inspectors Appointed Across States Under Federal Explosives Law
Washington November 27 President Wilson announced inspectors for 43 states to enforce the federal explosives law under the Bureau of Mines. Among those named is Daniel A McDonald of North Carolina with others listed for Tennessee Virginia and South Carolina.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Wilson
North Carolina
Daniel A. McDonald
Straus to Entertain Negro Soldiers in Welfare Drive
Nathan Straus plans to entertain 50 Negro soldiers from the national army at Camp Upton on Thanksgiving Day as part of a campaign to raise 1,000,000 for welfare work among Jews in national service. He aims to show impartial welfare efforts beyond race.
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New York
Nathan Straus
Camp Upton
British Cavalry Seize Bittir and Ain Karim Near Jerusalem
A British official communique says British cavalry captured Bittir station about six miles southwest of Jerusalem and Ain Karim three and a half miles west, as of this evening, expanding a westward operation near the Holy City.
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London
Bittir Station
Ain Karim
Jerusalem
Death of Rear Admiral Walter C Cowles in Redlands
Redlands California November 27 Rear Admiral Walter Cleveland Cowles retired died at his home after a week long illness Mrs Cowles and a son Lieutenant W B Cowles U S N were with him at the time He was 64 a native of Connecticut
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Redlands
Cal
Walter Cleveland Cowles
Presidents Wilson reviews 940 officers in training camp
In Washington on November 27 President Wilson reviewed 940 successful candidates at Fort Myer Virginia. Secretary Baker outlined hopes officials and the nation place on their ability to help train the national army.
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Washington
Wilson
Fort Myer
Baker
Federal warning urges cooling home temperatures nationwide
Washington on November 27 reports the fir administration urges households to keep indoor heat at or below 68 degrees to save coal and help meet fuel demand.
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Washington
Fir
Representative Elias Kahn Promotes Universal Service Bill
Representative Elias Kahn a Republican member of the house military affairs committee announced that his efforts in the coming Congress session will focus on the passage of the universal service bill. He stated all energies would be directed toward this objective.
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Man Francisco
Elias Kahn
House Military Affairs Committee
First Salversan patent licenses issued to three firms
Washington November 27 three chemical manufacturers in New York and Philadelphia have been granted the first licenses for using German Salversan patents to produce the blood poison treatment.
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Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Three Jurors Selected to Try Gaston Means Murder Case
Concord, Nov. 27 three jurors were chosen to try Gaston B Means for the murder of Mrs Maude A King from among 30 veniremen. C B Culp a farmer R B Buchanan a weaver and M M Lipe a farmer were seated as the first three jurors. The state did not exercise any challenges on the first 30 men and will rely on circumstantial evidence and expert testimony to connect Means to the death.
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Gaston Means
Concord
Gston B. Means
Maude A. King
C. B E. Culp
Farmer
R. B. Buchanan
Weaver
M. M. Lipe
C. K E. Culp
Gaston B. Means
Buchanan
Veniremen
Venireman
Tenant Thrown From Cart Left Insane in Street Accident
In Kinston on Queen and King streets Dave Taylor a 45 year old farm tenant was hurled from a cart when a mule team collided with his vehicle. His feet tangled in the reins and he was dragged a short distance before help arrived. He became a raving maniac and had to be restrained while taken to a hospital with suspected skull fracture.
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Kinston
Dave Taylor
Queen and King Streets
Taylor
Riot by Negro Convicts at Tennessee Penitentiary
Nashville reports a riot by about 600 black convicts at the state penitentiary. One inmate killed by a guard and two injured after a guard was rebuked at supper. The killer was serving a murder sentence. Guards regrouped after three shots to restore order.
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Nashville
Tenn
State Penitentiary
Relief sugar famine prompts cross country shipments
San Francisco reports individuals and western cities sending twenty pound sugar packages to relatives in the east to help ease the nationwide shortage. Railroad officials confirmed the exchanges as a response to the prevailing scarcity.
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San Francisco
Hoover Plans Sugar Purchase For Foreign Account
Washington on November 27 reports Food Administrator Hoover's plan to take a large quantity of sugar for foreign account and pay with government funds, approved as legal yesterday by the comptroller of the treasury.
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Washington
Hoover
Comptroller of the Treasury
Police hope arrest to reveal maker of bomb outrage
Milwaukee police say many suspects were rounded up in early hours in connection with Saturday's bombing that killed 10. They hope to identify the man who made the bomb soon and believe the detainees are anarchists.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Post Office and Banks Closed Thursday
The post office will be closed all of Thursday Thanksgiving and banks in the city will also close. All business nationwide will be suspended for 24 hours.
Wireless station near Buenos Aires halted after ministerial action
The arrest of Count Luxburg, former German minister to Argentina, stopped a German company’s giant wireless station near Buenos Aires. The ministry closed the plant and sent a navy officer to dismantle the apparatus, citing failed experiments but aiming to block secret German communication during the crisis after Luxburg’s expulsion.
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Buenos, Aires
Liuixburg
Buenos Aires
Lusturg
South Dakota Educators Convene in Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls hosts the annual convention of the South Dakota Educational Association with a large turnout of teachers. The program features discussions on school work in wartime and includes many well known educators and speakers, signaling a highly successful meeting.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Seaman Majewski Lost Overboard From Jouett
Casimir A. Majewski of West Olive Michigan aboard the destroyer Jouett was washed overboard and lost Wednesday in the war zone. The ship’s foremast was snapped away while Majewski was on lookout duty in the crow’s nest.
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Washington
Casimir A. Majewski
West Olive
Mich
Jouett
Navy Department
Majewski
City church choirs unite for Thanksgiving practice
Church choirs of the city meet at First Baptist Church this evening at 7 30 for a joint service rehearsal ahead of Thanksgiving morning service.
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First Baptist Church
Conference Meets Next in Concord
North Carolina Methodist Protestant conference at Mebane adjourned to meet in Concord November 20 1918. Reports show 228 churches 211 Sunday schools 19296 scholars 935127 raised. five young men ordained elders. officers listed. host Rev Kennett praised for hospitality. stationing committee names incomplete due to text cut.
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Concord
Paul S. Wennett
Ss. M. Needham
J. B. O'Briant
A. D. Shelton
B. M. Williams
W. M. Pike
Liberty
The
Theological Seminary
R. M. Andrews
C. W. Bates
S. W.taylor
J. W. Gerringer
C. B. Way
J. EB. Pritchard
W. FP. Kennett
Mebane
WW. Bates
Juilfard
W. HH. Neese
High Point
Clearge
Brown
Welch Memorial
A. L. Hunter
Cold Weather Report From Lake Regions and Northeast
Very cold weather with temperatures 10 to 16 degrees below normal stretched from the lower lake regions to the mid Atlantic and New England. Canton New York registered 16 degrees below zero as the cold snap persisted today.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Canton
N. Y
Bandits Loot Hubern Brewery Paymaster For $500
Five bandits attacked the Hubern brewery company paymaster in Toledo and escaped with 500 dollars, according to police.
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Toledo
Hubern
Paymister
Mrs D Saulles pleads remorse in murder case
In Mineola on November 27 the defense read a letter from Blanca De Saulles, saying it was her greatest regret not to be a good wife. The letter, written at sea in 1916 en route to Chile, is shown during cross examination as the prosecution seeks to challenge claims of husband neglect. De Saulles argues her husband made her believe she was to blame.
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Blanca de Saulles
John L. de Saulles
Chile
Virginia professor accused of disloyal propaganda
President Edwin Alderman asked the University of Virginia board to dismiss Professor Leonidas R. Whipple for alleged disloyal speeches. He alleged Whipple planned far reaching propaganda to spread sentiments from a Sweet Briar speech and claimed Whipple said democracy was unsafe and aided Morris Hillquit’s mayoral campaign instead of buying Liberty bonds.
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Charlottesville
Edwin Alderman
Board of Visitors
The
University of Virginia
Leonidas R. Whipple
Whipple
Morris Hilquit
New York
Cotton futures open steady. prices ease after early gains
Realizing holiday buying and scattered southern selling cause market reactions in New York. Opening shows a two point decline to a three point advance with Liverpol as a buyer for March and May. Demand softer after yesterday’s rise. prices fall from early highs to around 30.10 for January 29.33 for March and 28.19 for May.
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New York
Liverpol
Marek
Death toll from heart disease tuberculosis and pneumonia rises
Washington reports nearly 300000 deaths during N16 from heart disease tuberculosis and pneumonia. Vital statistics cover 70 percent of the population with 114171 tuberculosis deaths and 1059 pneumonia deaths. Fewer influenza deaths again below the year average.
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Washington
New Russ Government Formed In Protest Against Anarchy
American consul in Tillis reports the establishment of a new Russian government as a conservative move to curb disorder. The new regime, said to be controlled by an assembly of 36 men, aims to stabilize affairs and resist the ongoing wave of unrest.
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Washington
Tillis
Russia
Severe November Cold Grips Northern New York
New York state endures a brutal cold wave with Watertown reporting frigid conditions. Northern New York faces record low temperatures for early November as thermometers hover near single digits with severe wind chill.
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Max
Ane
Tennessee
Albert M. Leach
Clarksville
Virginia
Martin Williams
Pearisburg
South Carolina
Wiliam Banks
Columbia
Calvary
Bittir
West OF Jerusalem
Rear Admiral
Cowles
King George
U. S
McKinstry
England
France
Mak
South Dakota
J. E. Pritchard
Bandits
Mineola
Hisquitt
Sweetbriar
Mareh
Russ
Watertown
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