Government Ownership of Lines Urged by Burleson
Postmaster General Burleson urges government ownership of telephone and telegraph lines after peace. He cites wartime efficiency, calls for making lines part of the postal system, and argues against profits. He notes a large 19 million dollar postal surplus and outlines expanded use of air mail and rural truck service.
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Rotary Club Meets as Aviation Party Guests Depart
The Rotary Club gathered about forty members at Leon's last night with four aviators detained after a park accident. Lieut Russell MacDonald spoke on postwar aviation plans including a possible East West mail and passenger route. Marian Kaplan announced hotel plans for Monroe a 125 room project estimated at 350000 and a preferred lot opposite the post office on St John Street.
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Allied forces to occupy Berlin and Mannheim briefly
Copenhagen reports a German newspaper says Allied and American forces will temporarily occupy Berlin and Mannheim as police supervision after a prisoner camp incident. The U S government stresses postwar duties including demobilization and homecoming work for soldiers and sailors. A December 2 1918 Council of National Defense resolution urges state and local bodies to aid postwar readjustment and demobilization.
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Berlin unrest reports spark shooting in major streets
London reports serious disorders in Berlin with considerable firing in principal streets. The disturbances are linked to German Bolsheviki activity and reach the Dutch German frontier via Exchange Telegraph Amsterdam.
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Berlin
Amsterdam
British seeks to retain colonies at peace talks
Walter Hume Long secretary of state for the colonies said natives of Germany's colonies want to come under British rule. He urged representatives at the peace conference to present the case for retaining these colonies with full strength.
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Dec
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Walter Hume Long
Europe Threatened With Anarchy Warns Swiss Committee
A cablergram from the Swiss Committee for Durable Peace urges President Wilson to move up the peace conference. It warns that prolonging the present situation endangers Europe with anarchy and calls for immediate action in Washington.
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Swiss Committee For Durable Peace
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Germans show sullen indifference to invasion on Rhine route
With the American Army of Occupation, Dec. 6. The Germans again showed sullen indifference as troops moved toward the Rhine. Blinds were drawn and most residents stayed indoors. General Pershing issued a proclamation urging people to resume normal life if military affairs proceed without disruption.
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Pershins
German officials to be held responsible for war prisoner abuses
Lord Robert Cecil said in London that German officials guilty of injurious acts toward prisoners of war should be held personally responsible and, if necessary, tried for their lives. He added this should apply to the Kaiser or any subordinate.
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London
Robert Cecil
Bodies of Soldiers to Remain Buried in France
The War Department has decided American soldiers who died in France will remain buried there until after the war. The agreement with the French government was disclosed in Major General Harris’s annual report made public today.
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War Department
France
Harris
Hearst paid German agent named in 1916 probes
Senate inquiry reveals cables alleging Hearst papers employed Bayard Hale as a German agent and journalist. Berlin lists Hale as Hearst confidente with contracts to June 1918, and claims he was paid to influence opinion and potentially steer Romania into war.
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von Rintelen
Hospital Ship Comfort Delayed by Heavy Storm
New York reports Army authorities cannot reach the hospital ship Comfort by wireless since Thursday afternoon. The vessel returning from Europe with 400 wounded soldiers was delayed by a heavy storm but is not in danger.
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United States
Comfort
Europe
Lloyd George calls for Kaiser trial and punishment
London dispatch quotes Lloyd George stating the Kaiser must be prosecuted for the war crime. He pledges full British influence at the peace conference to ensure justice, insisting high officials must not escape accountability despite status.
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London
Lloyd George
Atlas Cereal elevator fire in Kansas City destroys 100000 loss
A five story Atlas Cereal Company elevator in Kansas City burned late today, totaling 21 000 bushels of corn and 79 000 bushels of oats destroyed. The damage is estimated at 100 000 dollars. Investigators suspect a hot box from the machine room as the cause.
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Atlas Cereal Company
War Department halts 14 construction projects including Camp Beaurecard
Washington December 6 War Department announces abandonment of construction on fourteen projects including the permanent fakery at Camp Beaurecard.
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War Department
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