Proclaims Operation and Possession of the Nation's Railroads
President Wilson announced government operation of the nation's railroads for the war to take effect at noon on December 28. William G. McAdoo remains in cabinet as director general of railroads with the Railroads War Board guiding operations. The move unifies all rail systems under federal supervision and seeks to guarantee prewar earnings with potential government-backed securities and tariff adjustments.
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Wilson
William G. McAdoo
Congress
War Baker
Railroads War Board
McAdoo
Gregory
Interstate Commerce Commission
England
United States
Railroad War Board
Labor's Part in the World War Address in Little Rock
Crawford Vaughan former premier of South Australia will speak in Little Rock on Labor's Part in the World War under the Council of National Defense. He cites Australia's volunteer army of 230,000 with over 150,000 union members and argues English colonies share war aims with England.
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Little Rock
Crawford Vaughan
South Australia
Council of National Defense
Australia
Ovueh
England
Basil
United States
Arkansas Rice Crop Estimated At 4 667 900 Bushels
Little Rock reports the Southern Rice Growers Association estimate for 1917 shows Louisiana 4 198 170 bags Texas 1 592 442 bags Arkansas 1 458 716 bags total United States 8 638 710 bags. A bag weighs 189 pounds making Arkansas about 4 667 900 bushels.
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Little Rock
Southern Rice Growers Association
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
United States
French Armies End 1917 With Notable Victories On Front
From the French front in 1917 a year of marked success is cited with the Hindenburg line breached and positions overrun. More than 62,000 prisoners and 1,400 cannons taken, plus hundreds of square miles reclaimed, underpin a strategic shift into 1918. The air was dominated, and German lines were rolled back from the Hindenburg positions as Allied offensives began in April with Prince-British support.
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Hindenburg
France
Arrastanith Sich
Suissons
Italian Front Holds Christmas Counter Attacks Amid Snow
News from New York reports fighting along the northern Italian front remains intense but limited elsewhere. In the Brenta region Italian counter attacks recaptured several positions as Austro German forces pressed on Col Del Rosso. The Berlin war office notes heavy Italian counter attacks failed under German losses. Peace talks with Bolsheviks stall as German delegation seeks delay. A German commission travels to Petrograd to mend ties and discuss prisoner exchanges.
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France
Brenta
Col del Rosso
Monte de Val Bella
Berlin
Petrograd
Germany
Russia
We Stand On The Side Of Right In This Conflict
Dean Carroll M Davis, ex chaplain of Base Mospital Unit Nod at Rujen, Trane, declares the side of right in the conflict and questions divine guidance amid wartime. He urges belief in human progress and the duty to support rightful governance. See us for a scholarship in a good business college.
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St. Louis
Dean Carroll M Davis
Rujen
Trane
Mid-Winter Meeting of Arkansas Press Association
The mid winter meeting will be held at the Hotel Marion in Little Rock on January 28. Plans will be discussed for the National Editorial Association meeting in Little Rock and Hot Springs next June. Afterward, the journalists travel to Memphis for the first Tri-State Press Association meeting.
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Arkansas Press Association
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National Editorial Association
Hot Springs
Memphis
Tri-State Press Association
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