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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
1
General Pershing pays tribute to heroism of United States fighters as soldiers receive gratitude from the nation.
General Pershing’s public report to Secretary Baker recounts American Expeditionary Forces operations through German collapse. It highlights the 26 April entry of the First Division at Montdidier, the Cantigny assault, and the urgent March to Marne crisis, praising officers and troops.
Two government biplanes reached Monroe at 1 20 pm after a flight from Ellington Field Texas in the effort to map air routes for postwar commercial and mail service. Officers aboard included Lieuts Russell MacDonald Karl A Davis and L W Kuhn with mechanic John E Gray. The party planned a possible stop in Winona Miss as they head toward Payne Field. Residents greeted the pilots with fuel and a dinner after their park landing.
On the George Washington President Wilson spends the first day of his voyage working in his office while a close escort of destroyers and minesweepers keeps the route secure. Mrs Wilson releases carrier pigeons to Admiral Gleaves as notes of thanks. The ship plans Azores passage and rapid mail stop with a personal typewriter aiding speech preparation for France.
London reports from Amsterdam in the Daily Express that Germany’s political scene remains unusually obscure with everyone quarrelling and Socialist members vying to outdo each other in a fever of republicanism.
London reports there will be no formal surrender of 2000 airplanes as assembling that many planes at one place proved impracticable. The surrender of Germany's air fleet is proceeding piece by piece due to doubts about reliable pilots and logistics.
Paris dispatch reports a planned Berlin revolution Friday evening led by Liebkenicht with about 1,509 well armed men. The Zurich based Journal correspondent says Berlin faces marauding gangs and a collapse of authority.
The News-Star announces two new Goodfellows, R bb Chilton and J C Amman, bringing seven local honorees and a $22 fund. It urges Monroe and West Monroe residents to donate to prevent empty stockings, noting Christmas time is near and cooperation is essential.
Washington reports Representative Carter Glass of Virginia has been nominated by President Wilson to serve as secretary of the treasury succeeding Secretary McAdoo.
London reports Winston Churchill, minister of munition, announced in Dundee that Britain will not return Flergeland from Germany and pledges no naval limits. He also said railroads will be nationalized as part of wartime policy. The government insists on maintaining naval supremacy.
Constantinople correspondent reports four years of CUP rule have wrecked Turkey. He cites mass killings and widespread misery with three million killed and another million near starvation as consequences of the policy and corruption.
Washington December 5 Robbert Lovett resigns as director of the Railroad Administration division of capital and expenditures and will return January 1 to his former duties as chairman of the executive committee of the Union Pacific.
President Wilson designated Colonel Whittlesey Captain MccMurley and Private Neibar to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for actions in the Argonne and at the ridge near Cote de Chatillon during 1918. The three are cited as leaders of the Lost Battalion and a key defender against a major enemy charge.
Paris struggles with crowded streets and soaring costs after twenty five hotels were requisitioned for the peace conference. Hotel room prices have doubled and tripled, and food prices are rising alongside demand.
Washington reports the discharge of about 140 000 navy personnel, roughly twenty percent of war time strength, to return to civilian life. Enlisted sailors and student groups will be released as training completes and graduates go to reserves.
Arthur Dunning secretary of the American Association of Commerce and Trade of Berlin has been summoned to Spa to confer with American military authorities and Food Administrator Hoover during the armistice commission session in progress there.
New York reports the British transport area carrying 1922 American troops arrived from Liverpool. It is the fourth transport bringing returning American soldiers home.
Washington December 5 by unanimous vote the Senate Foreign Relations Committee disapproved Senator Cummins proposed resolution to send a Senate committee to Paris for the peace conference.
Copenhagen reports indicate machine runs used to quell food riots in Cologne on Tuesday. Several stores looted across the city and there were casualties among the demonstrators.
President Wilson nominates Jules Alexander of Jackson Mississippi to be United States attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi with a Washington assignment announced December 5.
The National War Labor Board refused to assume jurisdiction in the case by Omaha city firemen seeking higher wages and the right to organize. It held that municipal employees organizing is separate from industrial plant organizing. The decision places the dispute over municipal employee rights outside wartime labor controls.
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