Wilson Plans Ships to Supply Army in Europe
President Wilson chaired a late night conference with Shipping Board chief Hurley to map tonnage for troop movements and supply convoys to France. Officials discussed halving imports to free ships, allied tonnage contributions, and expanding shipyards and labor reserves to meet the 6 million ton goal.
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Wilson
America
France
Supreme War Council
War Department
Europe
United States
Pulid
Uuion
Hariey
Shipping Board
South America
Orient
War Trade Board
Trade Board
Versailles War Council
Washhat
Hurley
Frederick R. Harrin
Naval Bureau of Yards and Docks
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Senate
Harris
J. W. Powell
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Solone
Ireland
Australia
Cam
Grave faults in transport plan cited by Miller on port needs
Representative Miller of Minnesota urged U S control of one French port and one railroad to the front, citing inadequate dock facilities, congestion, and a broken rail link hindering war supply. He warned reforms are needed to systematize ocean transport and ensure timely unloading of ships with steel billets destined for France.
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New York Times
Washington
Co. B. Miller
Minnesota
France
House
Debarkation
Battlefront
Miller
Acute coal shortage grips nation as winter tightens
Washington reports a severe coal shortage with only a day’s supply in many states and plants shutting down. Officials debate continuing Monday closings while rail movement suffers, and households prioritized for fuel despite widespread industrial impact.
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Washington
Gofield
McAdoo
Fuel Administration
British Face Food Crisis in the Next Two Months
Lord Rhondda Food Controller told over 100 Members of Parliament that the coming two months will be the most difficult for food stocks. He discussed extending compulsory rationing and urged voluntary surrender of hoarded stocks next week with immunity from prosecution for those acting in good faith.
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London
Lord Rhondda
House of Commons
House
New Places of Sale for The New York Times
The New York Times and other New York newspapers announce new sale stations operated by United Newspaper Delivery Company. Locations include Manhattan near Greenwich Avenue Sixth Avenue at 408 and 25th Street Ninth Avenue near List Street and more across the Bronx Brooklyn and Queens, with addresses such as 156th Street and Broadway 877 Tenth Avenue and 130 B East 28th Street Lexington and 730 Lexington Avenue Madison and 182 East 316th Street Fordham Road Nostrand and Gates Kings Highway near Brighton Elevated Station.
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Greenwich Ave
St. St
Sixth Ave
25Th St
Ninth Avenue
List St
St. Nicholas Ave
Tenth Ave
207Th St
28Th St
Lexington Ave
5Th St
Madison Ave
S6th St
316Th St
Old Ave
Fordham Hd
Webster Ave
New York Times
Times Building
Times Square
United Newspaper Delivery Company
Flatbush Avenue
Tilden Ave
Belvidere Street
Broadway
Third Avenue
70Th Street
Myrtle Avenue
Stephens Street
Germans Show Growing Activity on American Front
News brief notes rising German activity near the American front lines. It mentions villages shelled, a planned trench raid thwarted by American artillery, and a question about training 150,000 Americans under consideration by the Supreme War Council.
Mayor Advises Strikers To Resume Newspaper Sales
At a conference called by a committee of news dealers and their counsel, Morris Hillquit with Mayor Hylan urged dealers to resume selling newspapers for public convenience and under the publishers return privilege for sixty days. The aim is to evaluate the new system and allow dealers, the public, and publishers to assess grievances after the period.
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Morris Hillqult
Hylan
German Newspapers Distort Baker's Army Figures
Geneva reports Secretary Baker expected about 500000 American soldiers in France early this year but German papers trimmed the cipher. The Munich Nachrichten claimed 50000, Cologne Volkszeitung cited only several divisions, while Swiss papers mock the German deception.
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Baker
Geneva
France
Mimchner Nachrichten
Cologne Volkszeitung
Railroads Strained East as Cold Weather Halts Traffic
Railroad officials report the eastern network crippled by five blizzards and zero weather. Trains run late or not at all, jobs unsafe, and coal and fuel oil given priority as workers suffer frostbite at posts. A first Allied food train reached Bayonne but froze at the ice and tidal conditions hindered loading.
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Mississippi
Atlantic
New England
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Ohio
Cox
Washington
Lincoln
McAdoo
A. H. Smith
Mr. Smith
New York
Bayonne
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Constable Hook
German Plotters Hit With Maximum 18 Month Terms
Nine German subjects and two American citizens were convicted in New York federal court of plotting to destroy the British transatlantic cargo steamer Kirk Oswalt. Judge Harlan B. Howe imposed the maximum sentences allowed, stating regret at not being able to offer harsher punishments. The trials occurred under the old law, not the later Espionage Act, due to timing.
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Frank Rintelen
United States
Federal District Court of
New York
Harlan B. Howe
Vermont
Lawrence Farley
Farley
James W. Osborne
Mr. Osborne
Osborne
Germans Battle Hard and Gas Attacks Mark Front News
Report from France describes intensified artillery and air activity as American troops repel German attempts to raid trenches. Gas shells and shelling strike villages behind the front while patrols inspect damaged trenches and fight continues amid poor visibility.
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France
Associated Press
No Man's Land
Colonel Roosevelt Is Ill Again Brought Here After Operation
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Aged 48, was moved from Sagamore Hill to New York City after an operation to treat a recurring fever and abscess. Doctors stated recovery within a week to ten days. upcoming speeches in Boston and the West were canceled. Roosevelt rested quietly at the Langdon Hotel as further care was arranged.
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Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Oryster Bay
N. Y
Theodore
Walton’ Martin
East Sixty-third” Street
St. Luke's Hospital
Martin
New York City
Hoston
Chamber of Commerce
Pilgrim Publicity Association
West
Langdon
Colonel Roosevelt
Harvard Club
Fighting at St Mihiel Reported by Berlin
Fighting activity revived yesterday afternoon on the Meuse heights north and south of St Mihiel the latter continuing. Berlin dispatch from London notes renewed clashes in the sector with reports of increased combat in the St Mihiel area.
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ST. Mihiel
Berlin
London
Meuse
All Teuton Allies join in Berlin Conferences
Wireless Press from Berne reports Berlin meetings with the German Emperor and Crown Prince receiving Bulgar ian Premier Radoslavoff Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister Count Caernin and Talaat Pasha. Austrian Food Controller Hifer travels to Berlin seeking relief for Austria's food shortages amid ongoing discussions. The Hague notes Reichstag is unreceptive to diplomacy as Berlin conferences continue.
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London
Berne
Berlin
Radoslavoff
Count Caernin
Talaat Pasha
Herr Hifer
Germany
Austria
Poles Seize Krylenko and Bolshevik Centers Amid Allied Reports
Berlin reports from Kiev via Amsterdam say Polish forces captured Mohitev and Ensign Krylenko with his staff, while Petrograd notes Tartar troops occupy Yalta and advance on Sebastopol. Other dispatches state Bolshevik forces lose Niesig and Kiev remains a flashpoint as sectors resist Bolshevik rule.
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London
Berlin
Kiev
Amsterdam
Mohitev
Krylenko
Petrograd
Yalta
Taurida
Sebastopol
Russia
Black Sea
Minsk
Niesig
Verkhovski
Kerensky
Deadlock Seen in Brest-Litovsk Peace Parley
London and Paris papers report a deadlock in Brest-Litovsk peace talks with Ukraine as the focal issue. Trotzky’s silence and the return of German and Austro Hungarian ministers to Berlin are noted, as are conferences with the Kaiser and Turkish Bulgarian envoys.
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London
Paris
Brest-Litovek
Trotzky
Richard von Kuhlmann
Count Czernin
Berlin
Turkey
Bulgaria
Ukraine
Hermin
Amsterdam
Tageblatt
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Zeitung Im Mittel
Loou
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Columbus
Battle Zone
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Asheville
N. C
Howe
Brands Groevenor Nicholas & Co
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Tack
George Renwick
New York Times Company
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Prussia
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Vorwirta
Vorwirts
Lierr Segnitz
Munich Post
Pinehu Ber
Chu Chin Chow
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