Brief Global News Notes From The Week
A Boston sailor Axel Janssen is jailed four months for disobeying orders and sleeping on watch endangering a trans Atlantic liner. Fires destroy John D Rockefeller home in Ohio. Textile expos at Greenville S C draw about 40 000 attendees. Riot clashes in Bridgeport leave police and several citizens wounded. Newsprint Manufacturers association dissolves following restraint of trade ruling. German propaganda case leads to arrest in Yonkers. Western front German and eastern front shifts noted by The Times. Philippine warning to ships about German raiders near Singapore. Fuel administration imposes two heatless nights weekly. War ordnance shortages discussed before Senate committee. Wheatless and meatless days to be expanded. German extraction troops moved to non combat duties. Cuba declares war state with Austria Hungary. American engineers killed by German bombs. two American soldiers die in hospital from prohibition. United States moves toward nationwide prohibition enforcement. Oshawa Canada election yields decisive government victory. Transports and war vessels added to Navy service as per Quartermaster Sharpe. Seventeen U S Army Signal Corps enlisted missing in action.
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German peace terms and North Sea convoy losses amid war news
Reports from Berlin claim Germany will present peace terms through neutrals but keep Alsace Lorraine private. A British destroyer and five neutral merchantmen were sunk in the North Sea by German forces during a convoy attack from Scotland to Norway. The loss total reaches about 8,000 merchant seamen. Elsewhere, two neutral vessels and a teacher were sunk off the coast on December 12. The war front includes British and Allied maritime setbacks, with notes on armistice talks and Allied countermeasures.
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Germans Prepare for Great Offensive on Western Front
A weekly news review notes German preparations for a major west front attack as Allied aviators report vast troop trains and heavy artillery activity. It also covers Italian front struggles along Piave, Jerusalem occupation, and a Senate probe into war preparation delays and rail policy.
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Lloyd George Outlines War Aims for Peace
British Prime Minister David Lloyd George declares in the House of Commons that a complete restoration of territory and compensation for damage will be demanded for peace. He emphasizes Britain sought honor, not territorial gain, and says Jerusalem will never be restored to the Turks.
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Train collision near Bardstown shocks Kentucky
In Shepherdsville Kentucky a rear end crash between Louisville and Nashville passenger train No 7 from Cincinnati to New Orleans and Bardstown Louisville and Springfield accommodation train 5 yards south of the Bardstown station killed thirty three and injured forty to fifty. The faster train struck as the slower left the station after a stop. The impact wrecked two passenger cars and baggage cars on the accommodation train. Most aboard the accommodation train were killed or severely hurt. passengers on the fast train suffered few deaths and only minor injuries. A Louisville crew helped until the line was cleared and the New Orleans train resumed. Jesse Weatherford telegraph operator described the fatal sequence and actions taken.
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New Orleans
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Property of Americans in Germany Taken Over
Berlin reports that American property in Germany has been placed under trusteeship by the German government. It states there is no plan to confiscate property or infringe on personal rights of the holders.
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French Sink Two U Boats in Gulf of Taranto
French destroyers report sinking two enemy submarines in the Gulf of Taranto during operations off Greece. No further details available on the periscope depth or tonnage of the submarines.
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Babst Predicts Sugar Abundance for New Year
Washington Earl D Babst president of the American Sugar Refining Company told the Senate Investigating Committee that a plentiful sugar supply is expected for the coming year He opposes domestic consumption limits arguing they would increase the surplus unsellable abroad and worsen the balance.
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