Planned Attack on Merchant Ship Tells of U S Navy Sub Rescue
Official Navy report recounts destroyers Nicholson and Fanning engaging a German submarine. After depth charges, the U-boat surfaced and surrendered at 4 28 p m. Crew of ten prisoners, one died, others rescue attempts. Germans honored with burial at sea. crew praised for conduct.
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Assectind Brass
Washington
America
Navy
Anny
Nicholson
Unnasy Department
Atta
Craw
Navy Department
Jodid D. Loomis
Nang
Abmarines
Nichlson
Prisners
Beloy
Harwell
Irancis G. Connor
N.N. V
Lakan
Gott
Three British Warships Lost in Night Actions
London report states the torpedo boat Serrettes was sunk off the Daten coast after torpedo or mine damage in foggy weather on December 29, with about 13 officers and 180 men lost. The admiralty also recalled three destroyers mined or torpedoed in Dutch coast fog on December 22, totaling 18 officers and men killed.
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Associated Press
Lasoa
London
Admiralty
Dember
Severe Cold Grips Midwest and Northeast in Blizzards
A winter storm and cold wave sweep the central and eastern United States. Chicago faced record chills and fuel shortages as rail and coal supplies strained. Des Moines and other Iowa towns reported subzero temperatures with little relief forecast. New York also contended with scarce coal and heavy snows, while New England endured its harshest cold since 1914.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Dee
Federal Weather
Charles City
Duburne
Boone
Davenport
Keokuk
Prince Albert
Sask
New York
New England
Torpedo factory foreman held on treason charge
Paul Henning a naturalized German foreman at a Brooklyn torpedo factory was ordered jailed without bail in federal court in New York on treason charges. Authorities say he supervised assembling gyroscope units that control torpedo courses. several gyros were found mutilated to render torpedoes useless.
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New York
Paul Henning
Brooklyn
United States
Henning
Trance
Railroads Refuse Big Wage Boost Amid Government Shift
Washington December 9 Railroads refuse the 40 percent pay rise demand by organized workers and turn the issue to the government. Director General McAdoo gathers advisers to run the rail system as a national unit while the industry plans a general operation scheme. The Cummins amendment fuels a Senate inquiry as officials plan to move operations to Washington and coordinate with mercantile agencies and departments.
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Washington
McAdoo
John Barton Payne
Shipping Board
Interstate Commerce
Anderson
Railroads War Board
Interstate Commeres Commission
War and Navy Departments
Fuel and Food Administrations
Federal Trade Commission
Legal Bureau
Joseph W. Folk
Commission
Cummins
Senate Interstate Commerce Commission
Oaus
Interstate Commerce Commision
Railroad War Board
Operating Committee of
Eastern Railroads
Pittsburgh
Protest by German papers over peace terms
Central powers peace terms draw fierce editorials in Berlin newspapers. The VTagische Rundschau laments surrender of all that was bought with blood and hunger. Deutsche Zeitung declares the Entente won the war’s greatest victory and diplomats wrecked what was fought for.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Vtagische Rundschau
Berlin
Deutsche Zeitung
Pershing Comments on Prohibition Policy for Troops
General Pershing discussed banning alcohol for American troops in France, noting a Dec 18 order restricting hard liquor to align with French rules. He emphasized the need to prevent drinking, the influence of local sentiment, and the goal of protecting soldiers’ morals and health while noting differences between the US and French contexts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Witte
France
General Pershing
Pershing
United States
Tharmy
Zeppelin and Seaplane Reported Wrecked in North Sea
Associated Press ledes that a zeppelin and its accompanying seaplane were wrecked in the north sea. A Copenhagen despatch cites west Jutland advices claiming the zeppelin burned and fell into the sea.
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Associated Press
London
North Sea
Copenhagen
Jutland
Clemenceau Faces Critics Over 1919 Draft Bill
Premier Clemenceau defends a government bill to draft men of the class of 1919 for military service. General Petain seeks 40 000 additional workers and soldiers from various sources to sustain cantonment and front needs. The chamber supports the measure, 425 to 73, with Clemenceau urging use of available rear personnel only if needed.
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Associated Press
Clemenceau
Celmenceatt
Petain
France
Russia
M. Clemenceau
Delays Cost Government Wool Contracts in War Effort
The Senate war activities inquiry probed clothing supply for U S troops. Senator Weeks said Boston wool offered April 8 to government would have saved money and time if accepted. General Sharpe argued no delay and that council of national defense study caused slower purchases. It was noted a profit tied to scrap sorting contracts surfaced in discussions.
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Cassociated
Washington
America
Iserate Military Committee
General Sharpe
Weeks
Boston
Sharpe
Gatid
War Department
Council of National Defense
Father Delas
Wadsworth
Baker
Munitions Board
Senate Committee
Samuel Kaplin
Town Fair Struggles as Cold Weather Looms
Town fair organizers warn attendees of plummeting temperatures tonight and Sunday. Officials urge warm clothing and shelter provisions as nightly lows approach freezing. Local volunteers set up heated tents and hot cider stations to aid visitors.
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Ters
U S. Naval
Cou
U.S
Storm’s
Associated Pregs
Chicago
Middle Western
Government Weather Bureau
State Fuel Administration
Tudiana
Ilinois
Penning
Gallulagg
Governilen
Clemenceiu
Chamber of Deputies
Wir
Petrostad
Prince Charles
Gert
Petrograd, Tec
Iridiy
Ferdinand
Rumania
Hag
Charles
Petrograd
Petograd
Romana
KGS Ferdinand
Theohenzollern
King Charles
Austria
KK Ferdinand
King Ferdinand
Pinea Leopold
Jlehengvollern- Sgmaringen
Renerals
Pie
Sigmaringen
Atushist
Getoner
Olga
Marie
Saxe-Coburz
Gotha
Victoria
Great Britain
LA Sinea
Romania
Bucharest
Qoon
Tie
Department of Agriculture
The
Food Administration
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