Crozier explains delays in war ordnance supply
Washington December 12 Major General Crozier chief of ordnance testifies before Senate military committees at the start of a general inquiry into war contracts. He admits home ordnance shortages for training, but not overseas, and says Europe has English and French artillery. Delays blamed on estimates and appropriations, private labor, and plans to retain munition workers. Committees plan broad reviews including clothing ammunition and navy preparations.
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Washinton
Ordnance
Crozier
Senate Military Committees
Congress
Europe
Roxier
General Crosier
Cromer
Baker
Senator Swan
Senator Post
Increase in British Ship Losses Reported
London December 12 A slight rise in British merchant ship losses was released by the Admiralty tonight In the past week fourteen vessels over 1600 tons were sunk and seven ships under that tonnage were also lost
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London
Admiralty
The Chancellor Kicks He Wants His Eats
Amsterdam reports that Count George T. Hertling and many patrons sent foodstuffs from Bavaria to Berlin to aid the chancellor. The circulars were seized as violations of regulations and the senders were arrested. Hertling telegraphed Bavarian authorities to release them and have the packages sent to him.
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Amsterdam
Munich
George T. Hertling
Bavaria
Berlin
Prussia
Count Hertling
Boy page Mr Hoover this man is cheating
Dallas diary item recounts a hotel waiter refusing extra sugar to a customer who demanded more. The customer then added sugar to the first cup and left the second cup unsweetened. The incident is reported with a light, humorous tone as a local anecdote.
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MR. Hoover
Dallas
Tex
Prescott Eyes Local Company for Fourth Arkansas Regiment
Prof. C M Hirst met with Governor Brough and Adjutant General England in Little Rock to discuss forming a Prescott recruited company of 100 men for a Southwest Arkansas battalion in the new Fourth Arkansas Regiment. Hirst to serve as recruiter. Prescott officers to be chosen locally. Readers urged to consider volunteering and visit the office for details.
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Prescott
Fourth Arkansas
C. M. Hirst
Little Rock
Brough
England
Arkansas
Prof
Hirst
Gov. Brough
Germans Try 10 Drive New Wedge Near Cambrai
German forces attempted to break the British line west of Cambrai using superior numbers but gained only a minor advance. The attack between Bullecourt and Queant failed to dislodge the British, who held firm except at one point. Germans suffered heavy losses as British fire stopped the push by dawn.
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New York
Cambrai
Byng
Cambrai Salient
Gonnelieu
Italian Forces Back Counterattack Reclaims Hill Positions
On Tuesday enemy forces resumed fighting in the hills and captured several positions. The Italians counter-attacked, reclaiming their ground, after which artillery duels resumed but with diminished strength.
Halifax Explosion Toll Reaches 1226 Dead
Halifax officials fix the death toll from the Mont Blanc explosion at 1226 including identified and unidentified bodies and the missing. Relatives reunite and refugees return as workers report 300 to 500 blinded and 200 children left as orphans. Boston relief ship Calvin Austin enters harbor.
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Halifax
Boston
Calvin Austin
Cotton Market Sees Major One Day Decline in New York
In New York on December 12, the cotton market retraced much of the prior day's gains. January slipped to 29.02 cents, 83 points below the previous high, closing at 29.06 cents with the general list down 34 to 49 points. The session opened steady, moved to a lower range as selling by spot houses and traders with Southwestern ties intensified.
Sergeant Puts One Over On The Chief
In St Louis on December 12 a gray bearded man reported a burglary to Chief Young. The man peeled off a white wig and whiskers to reveal Sergeant William Stinger, head of the gambling squad, admitting he had fooled the chief.
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St. Louis
Young
Police Department
William Stinger
Bolshevik Forages Lose Two Battles in Russia
New York reports Cossacks under General Kaledines defeated Bolsheviki forces in two fights at Mohilev and Tamanovka with heavy Bolshevik losses. The Bolsheviki have dispersed Petrograd’s Senate and courts, set up revolutionary tribunals, and plan nationwide courts by December 20. Moscow faces food shortages, unrest among troops, and attempts to control the constituent assembly. Smolny announces assembly opening with 400 members. free matinees and a day of rejoicing marked the event, while risks of postponement linger. Berlin cites a new Russian commander authorized to seek peace with Germany. demobilization begins as Romanian front braces for indefinite armistice.
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Kaledines
Mohilev
Tamanovka
Senate
Petrograd
People's Commissaries
Moscow
Constituent Assembly
National Commissaries
Smolny Institute
Russia
Teutonic
Berlin
Germany
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Try & Wanted
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Don Cossacks
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Brazil
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