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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1917
Page
7
The piece argues 300 Y M C A secretaries should be sent to Russia to boost morale and support war effort. It notes Americans raised 50 million dollars for wartime work, half to Russia for morale of Russian troops and education. It warns Bolshevik morale would rise if extended and urges further policy statements.
The Whig lauds Herbert Corey for clear reporting on Germany's economy. Readers cite facts over gloom as Corey notes Germany is not near collapse but fatigued yet buoyed by a hope of victory. He questions the impact of U boat warfare and the empire faces a difficult blow to shatter that hope.
A fragmentary speech by A C Townley is cited, arguing that farmers and labor form a political force. The piece notes Townley’s influence on credit and transport controls, describes farmer debt, and advocates forming a new political movement to reform parties and elections. It mentions a 35 percent farmer vote and 27 percent labor vote as potential power.
Indianapolis dispatch analyzes Lenine’s move as a German plotted truce with representatives from Petrograd and German agents. It argues the Kaiser’s aim is demoralizing Russia while allies will not recognize a Lenine government and questions the true Russian national representation and impact on ongoing war policy.
In Minneapolis and St Paul, labor tensions over the Twin City Transit dispute escalated Friday night as several hundred carmen and a thousand sympathizers urged the national defense council to order the lines renationalized for the war period. The city council passed the resolution despite one dissenting vote. Company officials refused arbitration, stating differences had already been sent to arbitration. Union leaders vow to keep to their position demanding badge removal or idle status.
Paris Dec 1 official journal lists recipients of hospital work silver medals. Among them are the Duchesse De Choiseul once Claire Coudert of New York, the Marquise De Chambrun formerly Mecaret Rives Nichols of New York, and Mrs Elsie De Wolfe.
Yowler the Bobcat creeps toward a Gobbler roost in the Green Forest seeking an easy meal. He climbs the tree as gobblers wake and scatter when a branch snaps, ending his plan in a burst of disappointment.
Gen. P Elias Calles telegram directs extermination of Yaqui people. About 1,400 Yaquis concentrated at Hermosillo, moved to Guaymas and aboard for Manzanillo then Mexico City for disposition. Policy to extend to Ures and Guaymas districts.
In Our School Saturday recounts Fatty Bellowes plotting a birthday visit to Pansy Cook, only to find no party yet. Amid wartime rationing, Mrs Cook explains there will be no cake, prompting Fatty to abandon plans and lash out at Torp Stebbins’ stones.
Robert Goldstein, author and producer of a motion picture play, was arrested in Los Angeles on a federal warrant for producing a publication tending to cause disloyalty and mutiny among U S armed forces. He was arraigned and held for the federal grand jury under $5,000 bail and seized films placed in U S marshal custody during the war period.
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