Harding Plan To Offer Solders Farm Ownership After War
Senator Warren G Harding proposes that every returning United States soldier should gain access to land and become a farm owner. He argues land distribution is essential to national well being and that government action is needed to make land available at fair prices under supervision to prevent tenant farming and idle land.
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Major Benedict Crowell Appointed Assistant Secretary of War
Major Benedict Crowell of Cleveland has been named Assistant Secretary of War in a historic federal appointment. The selection elevates his role in national defense and administration amid ongoing military reforms. Crowell’s background as a senior military officer and public servant is cited as key to guiding policy and logistical operations.
Pacifists Riot In Switzerland Over Pacifist Push
Jurigy Nov 19 violent pacifist demonstrations erupted in Zurich with about 2000 marching to Place Helveti, smashing blinds, as police fought rioters with sabers and revolvers. Four people were killed including a policeman and a 14 year old boy. A machine gun ended the riot at 1 am. The clashes followed a meeting by Dastwiler and Rotter urging Swiss army boycott and disarmament. Riot spread to a munition factory where managers were urged to suspend work.
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Arrests In Bomb Case Reported In Chicago
Federal authorities linked two arrests to a bomb panic at the Auditorium theater during an operatic performance. One suspect, Mueller, was a scene painter at the theater. The analysis showed buckshot and powder in the device, prompting authorities to investigate further after a conference with pacifist delegates.
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Submarine VA 05 Arrives Montreal For Loan Campaign
The German submarine VA 05 once a mine layer has reached Montreal from New York to aid the water loan effort. In New York federal court Mrs Whitney Warren was fined $800 for undervaluing gowns from Paris. Three persons burned to death at Medina, New York, when the 11 year old son of Nicholas Toregdk poured kerosene oil into a kitchen fire.
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War Savings Stamps Set for Sale December 3
Treasury officials and war savings committees plan to place stamps on sale in at least one million establishments when the drive opens December 3. Retail outlets may obtain stamps for sale but are not required to buy. Stamps and certificates will be distributed through post offices, banks, with dealers able to obtain stamps by providing security bonds.
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Lake Steamer Cut in Two for Welland Passage
Great lake steamer too large for Welland Canal locks, being cut in two at Cleveland shipyards. Acetylene gas tasks severing. bow and stern ends separated for canal transit. Vessel moved down St Lawrence to Montreal, then to Atlantic coast yard for reassembly.
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Split among maximalists coalition government sought
London dispatches report the American embassy in Petrograd asked for a train to evacuate 200 Americans to Harbin amid a split among the Maximalists. Interior, agriculture and supplies ministers resign, urging a coalition Socialist government. Kerensky proposes a truce and peace talks as Korniloff calls for Bolshevik withdrawal from Petrograd.
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Hoover's Position on Nonessential Industries Hearing
Washington on November 18 government will only cut shipments to nonessential industries after all threats are exhausted Lovett and Garfield told by railroad war board coal and transport denial to 500 commodities not imminent Lovett says no early auction planned but may act if coal shortage demands it Chemists Trooped Into Service for Explosives Board November 19 six top chemists named to study explosive materials and advise on production and sale regulation
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Wilson Urges Allied Unity For Peace Effort
London report states President Wilson calls for unity of plan and control among all Allies and the United States to secure a just lasting peace. Colonel House to confer with allied leaders and attend the supreme war council meeting with General Bliss. meeting set in Paris before month end.
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Farmer Crushed to Death in Threshing Accident
Sidney Ohio November 19 Charley Smith Tan 0 farmer killed when his threshing outfit crashed through creel bridge near Houston. Smidle was crushed between the tractor and tender.
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New Draft Regulations Shield Men With Dependents
Washington reports new draft rules place men with dependent relatives in a more secure position under the selective service law. Deferred classifications may be revoked if later granted for other causes, but dependents cannot be called out of turn. Registration districts and total board questionnaires are the main steps for protection.
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Invaders Blocked Across Piave in Desperate Battle
London reports Italian defense along the Piave River repelling repeated German Austro Hungarian crossings. Italian forces counterattack along the western bank, seizing prisoners and machine guns as they push back attackers. In the hills north of Feltre and toward Lake Garda, Austro German assaults are repelled. British forces advance toward Passchendaele while Palestine operations seize Jaffa from the Turks. German warships flee north while being chased by British ships.
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Soldiers Refuse Pay at Camp Sherman Amid Quarantine Easing
Chillicothe Ohio November 19 The mild quarantine on the 300th infantry at Camp Sherman has been lifted with few pink eye cases. Meanwhile Amish Mennonites, base hospital workers, refuse pay as soldiers saying they have not earned it. James Kelly leads about 70 of them who stopped taking $30 monthly, with 56 walking out and only two still following officer orders. The majority now do nothing related to soldiering, deemed utterly hopeless by officers. In Ohio Cleveland police investigate the stabbing death of Schwenk, 35, in the exclusive residential district amid an argument with a man resisting him on the job. Police seek two suspects.
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Nineteen Lost When Rochester Sunk in War Zone
Novelist reports from Washington state that the American steamer Rochester was torpedoed in the war zone on Nov 2. Nineteen crewmen are feared dead, including six naval armed guards. Early Navy updates cited two killed by the explosion, with later cables counting four dying of exposure, one missing after an open boat, and 11 others still unaccounted.
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American Soldier Executed by U.S. Army in France
A U.S. Army private of General Pershing's forces was executed by firing squad in France after a court martial for rape and murder of a French woman. War Department officials expect a full report, noting Pershing had authority to carry out sentences without presidential approval. Separately, a shootout in Youngstown area leaves two men wounded or dead as police pursue two armed suspects.
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