Armistice Extended to January Seventh and Rhine Occupation
Copenhagen reports the armistice extended to January 7 with allies granted right to occupy the neutral Rhine bank from the Cologne bridgehead to the Dutch frontier if new guarantees are sought. Germany may surrender 500 engines, 140,000 freight cars, and 5,000 motor lories. 2,500,000 tons of cargo space in German harbors to be placed under allied control to feed Germany.
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Copenhagen
Germany
Rhine
Treves
Cologne
Marshal Foch
Herbert C. Hoover
Bade
Mackensen
Erzberger
Lories
Yank troops force German band to play Star Spangled Banner
Rev Thomas Allan relays a World War I tale from his son Corp EW Allan of the 319th Infantry. In a surprise attack without a barrage the regiment captured a 60 piece German band intact. While escorting prisoners to rear they halted and the Americans sang and whistled the Star Spangled Banner to make the Germans perform the tune. The prisoners then moved to prison cages as the anthem ended.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas Allan
Corp
E W. Allan
319Th Infantry
Allan
United States
Americans Cross Rhine Extend Coblenz Bridgehead
American forces crossed the Rhine and broadened occupation of Coblenz Bridgehead. They used four bridges and two ferries to push a front stretching more than 85 miles on the west bank.
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West Bank
Hine
Rhine
Coblenz
Labor Welcomes Wilson at Paris Peace Address
President Wilson received a greeting from representatives of the French General Federation of Labor. The document praised his 14 peace points as an epoch in world history, saying the plan sheds light in a night of blood and war.
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Labor
Wilson
Brest
General Federation of Labor
France
Memphis on air mail route from St Louis plan
Airplane mail service will extend from New York to Chicago on December 18 with a further extension to St. Louis. Memphis is to be placed on an air mail route from St. Louis to New Orleans along the Mississippi River, possibly as a night flight. Otto Praeger, third assistant postmaster general, said the date remains somewhat indefinite.
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Washington
Memphis
St. Louis
Otto Praeger
New York
Chicago
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Bayar Chemical Plant Sold to Sterling Products
Albany report states Bayar company a maker of chemicals dyestuffs and proprietary compounds with a large Rensselaer plant has been sold at auction to Sterling Products company of Wheeling.
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Albany
N. Y
Bayar Company
Rensselaer, N. Y
Sterling Products Company
Wheeling
Troops Fight Fire in Brownsville During Flu Epidemic
When Brownsville Texas fire department fell ill with influenza troops from nearby camps were assigned by commanders to protect the city from fire.
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Brownsville
Tex
Problem For Chicago Budget Faces Liquor Revenue Loss
Chicago's finance committee weighs the city budget as saloon license revenue falls. City records show liquor sales decline, and if liquor is prohibited after July 1 the city could lose over 6 million dollars in revenue taxes from saloons and allied industries quitting business.
Restoration of normal passenger service underway
The Director-General McAdoo announced the restoration of normal passenger service under federal control. Several trains will be added to schedules in the coming weeks as the war emergency ends. The policy will focus on the best possible service, excluding trains run purely for competitive reasons. Plans include service to California, Florida, and the Southeast during the coming winter.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
McAdoo
California
Florida
Southeastern
Railroad
Petition to the Presidentdemands honor for mistreated women
The National Woman's Christian Temperance Union executive committee in annual session in Chicago proposes punishing central powers officials responsible for mistreatment of French and Belgian women. It seeks that peace conference recognize these victims as honorably wounded and plans to have 6,000,000 American women sign the petition for presentation to President Wilson in Paris. A committee led by Miss Anna A Gordon and including Mrs. Ella Boole and Mrs. Lenna Lowe Yost will carry the petition to Wilson.
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Chicago
Paris
National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Anna A. Gordon
Evanston
Ella A. Boole
Brooklyn
Lenna Lowe Yost
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Army Reaches Rhine as Occupation Forces Advance
Washington reports General Pershing announces the American army of occupation has reached the Rhine while marching into Germany. The report is dated December 10.
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Rhine
Washington
Cable and Telegraph Merge Authorized by Postmaster General
Washington reports the amalgamation of the Western Union Telegraph and Commercial Cable marine systems under George G. Ward of the Commercial Cable company authority, as approved by Postmaster General Burleson.
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Cable and Telegraph
Washington
Marine Cable
Western Union Telegraph Company
Commercial Cable Company
George G. Ward
Burleson
Training School Closed at Camp Lee Va Authors War Department order
The officers' training school at Camp Lee Virginia is among military construction projects ordered abandoned by the War Department.
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Washington
Camp Lee
War Department
Americans Enter Coblenz Occupation Zone
Germans who had lived in the United States greeted U S troops in Coblenz. Ernest Westfall, son of a man in Enid Oklahoma, once with the Missouri National Guard, left Kansas City at war outbreak and later joined the German army in Berlin before discharge due to illness.
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United States
Coblenz
Ernest Westfall
Enid
Okla
Westfall
Missouri National Guard
Kansas City
Berlin
$50 Per Soldier Transported Overseas
Admiral Badger testified that the United States and Britain agreed to pay $50 for each American soldier transported overseas in British vessels. England pressed for a higher amount, but no increase agreement was reached.
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Washington
Admiral Badger
United States
England
Washington increases Belgium loan by 3.2 million
The United States upps Belgium credit to 213,320,000 dollars with a new 3,200,000 dollar addition. Credits now authorized to all the allies total 3,223,540,702 dollars.
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Washington
Belgium
United States
Suppression of Gen Kalmikoff Eases Ussuri Tension
The American and Japanese military authorities jointly warned Gen Kalmikoff, commander of the Cossacks on the Ussuri front, to stop high handed methods after reports of arrests, killings, and robberies in the Khabarovsk district. Russians describe the region as terrorized as villagers vanish and bodies are left for dogs. Kalmikoff, aged 28, is said to have led the locals and is viewed by many as a bandit figure.
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Khabarovsk
Kalmikoff
Majon
William S. Graves
Siberia
Gen. Olani
Ussuri
Bomb Explosion Kills Ten In Ghent Fire
A Western railway station in Ghent was accidentally set ablaze, triggering an explosion of a bomb hidden by Germans. Ten people were killed and several more injured in the blast at the station.
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Ghent
Schwab resigns as head of Emergency Fleet Corp
President Wilson accepts the resignation of Charles M. Schwab from the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Schwab will retire to head his private interests and return to Washington. A wireless message of regret was sent from the George Washington to the White House for Mr. Schwab.
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Wilson
Schwab
Washington
Charles M. Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
George Washington
White House
President Wilson Accepts Schwab Resignation
President Wilson states he accepts Schwab’s resignation because it is desired by Schwab and fair to him. He praises Schwab’s generous and invaluable services and thanks him cordially, saying his associates in the government will remember the service as unusual in value and distinction.
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Schwab
Woodrow Wilson
Piez Succeeds Schwab as Emergency Fleet Head
Washington announces Charles Piez elected director general of the Emergency Fleet Corporation to replace Charles M. Schwab who resigned last week. Piez previously served as vice president and general manager of the corporation.
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The
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Chas. M. Schwab
Piez
Navy to release 174000 sailors by July first
Secretary Daniels announced the Navy will trim wartime ranks by July 1, releasing 174,000 men from a current 524,000 strength. The plan aims to balance manpower with needs, proceeding as rapidly as possible while considering service convenience.
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Navy
Washington
Daniels
Wilson Opened France Heart with Unprecedented Welcome
Paris welcomed President Wilson with unmatched ardor as the American leader arrived by special train. Crowds filled the Champs Elysees while Premier Clemenceau and President Poincare greeted him. the day featured guards, band music, bouquets, and flags as Paris proclaimed strong Franco American friendship.
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Wilson
Paris
France
America
Paria
Clemenceau
Brest
Bois de Boulogne
Champs Elysees
l’Amerique
Poincare
President
Mme.Poincare
National flavors in Christmas carols across nations
The piece notes how Christmas celebrations in Italy England and America imprint national character on carols and literature. It traces a lineage from old English folk songs like As Joseph was a-wakin to modern English carols such as Hark the herald angels sing, showing how culture shapes festive music across centuries.
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England
America
The First Christmas in New England Reflections
The piece recalls Longfellow and Christmas themes as settlers face a cold New England harbor without bells or chapels. It contrasts the old world warmth with a fireless sun and iced masts. Civil War shadows tint the verse as bells of peace fade under distant cannon fire.
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America
New England
Provincetown
Christ
Longfellow
Dressing Christmas Dolls at the Orphanage Ward
A charity worker dresses 50 dolls for orphans, insisting the outfits be removable. She buys patterns, notes fit issues, and emphasizes dolls should be dressable and redressable for Christmas joy. The feature also reflects on Christmas culture, poetry, and Santa Claus lore in English-speaking communities.
Christmas Day Poem and Santa Clause Lore
A children friendly verse by Ruth Raymond titled Christmas Day blends dialect charm with Santa Claus imagery. It echoes James Whitcomb Riley on childhood Christmas, recalling stockings by the chimney and gifts from Santa.
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Ruth Raymond
Chile
Santa Clause
Christmas Echoes In Verse And Patterned Dolls
A compile of Christmas poetry in dialect by Paul Laurence Dunbar and Margaret E. Sangster, followed by a note on doll pattern cutting for dolls from 14 to 30 inches, with tips on alterations and using scraps for garments and trims.
Americans Extend Christmas Cheer to Belgian Soldiers
Mr and Mrs Ralph C Norton plan a 40000 gift of chocolate toilet soap and candies to every Belgian soldier, with a Flemish and French greeting card 1918. They have aided Belgian troops since 1915 earning royal and military recognition and expanding their League of the Holy Scriptures to over 120000 soldiers, including 6000 in German prison camps who requested Bibles.
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Ralph C. Norton
Jesus Christ
Norton
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
League of the Holy Scriptures
Wilson's Welcome Beyond That of Kings and Emperors
Paris reports a daylong triumph as President Wilson arrived. Crowds filled boulevards, massed processions halted traffic, and citizens sang Vive Wilson. Press reaction praised his stance against the enemy and his call for a peace aligning French and American ideals.
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Wilson
Paris
L'Liberte
Portugal's President Shot at Lisbon Station
Dr. Sidorio Paes, president of Portugal, was killed by three bullets at a Lisbon railway station while waiting for a train to Opor to. Reports say the assassin was lynched by the crowd. Tamaginini Barbosa, minister of the interior, has become president.
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Portugal
London
Sidorio Paes
Lisbon
Oporto
Paris
Havas
Tamaginini Barbosa
Interior
World Notes from the Era on Population and Tech
England’s prison population fell from 18 000 to 9 500 before the war. Portable electric machinery screens coal for loading into wagons. Of 3000 plus Philippine islands only about 400 are inhabited. An English driver saves 20 percent fuel by adding camphor to five gallons of gasoline. A new pulley with depressions claims belts won’t slip. Japan plans three wool farms to meet future national demand. Some Japanese women have joined Mino Electric trains due to labor shortages. more may follow if they prove satisfactory.
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England
Philippines
Mino Electric Company
England theater built with thin walls near 80 by 45 foot size
The Emergency Fleet corporation operates a girls chorus led by Miss Beatrice Eaton. A concrete motion picture theater in England measures 80 by 45 feet and stands 18 feet high with only two inch thick walls. Swedish Viking era bread loaf shows peas cultivated in Europe over a millennium ago.
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Emergency Fleet Corporation
Beatrice Eaton
England
Sweden
Europe
Prune Juice Fixes Wasps in Santa Clara Valley
In Santa Clara California orchardists and schoolchildren report wasps drinking waterlogged prune juice after recent rains. The fermented juice intoxicates yellow jackets making them fall from vines and sparking efforts to exterminate them amid prunes drying in the sun.
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Santa Clara
Cal
Santa Clara Valley
Yellow Jackets
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