Redfield Seeks Waterway as Postwar Trade Asset
Secretary Redfield urges expansion of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to aid U.S. manufacturers in postwar trade, support a government owned inland waterway, increase commercial attaches and resident trade commissioners, and extend standards and science work to boost economic security and military needs.
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Coblenz under American military control tonight
Coblenz is placed under complete American military control with municipal authorities cooperating. The development comes as Allied occupation intensifies in the city, signaling a shift in local governance and security arrangements amid ongoing postwar transition.
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Associated Press
Coblenz
No Nobel Peace Prize Awarded in 1918
Christiana Dec 11. The Nobel committee has resolved not to award a Nobel peace prize in 1918.
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Christiana
Norway
Noble Committee
Ordnance Experts Plan 24 Inch Gun
Washington reports ordnance experts foresee a 24 inch rifle becoming practicable with a nominal range near 40 miles. Major General E W Coe notes longer ranges possible for special types and hints at a successor to the German big Bertha. Harbor defenses may require the highest power guns in fixed emplacements to keep fleets moving.
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Washington
E. W. Coe
Coast Artillery
Coe
Swiss Army Officer Praises Yank Morale
Geneva reports a mild sensation over two American Sanitary trains transporting released prisoners from Lyons. The Geneva Red Cross chief notes 550 trains of prisoners have passed since the war began, but credits American morale and enthusiasm as exceptional. Major Senzel of the Swiss army commends the discipline observed in the new American army.
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Geneva
Lyons
Withdrawing Liquor To Escape New Taxes
Washington reports reveal liquor dealers pulling whiskey and other spirits from bond to dodge a doubled tax in the new revenue bill. Officials estimate under 100 million gallons of distilled spirits remain in bonded warehouses nationwide.
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Washington
Treasury
United States
Yanks Get Cheerful Welcome in Ruined City
Reports from occupied Coblenz describe a holiday spirit among American troops. Generals and officers praise the 77th Division after the Lost Battalion incident. Germans hand over stores and ammunition as Americans supervise local affairs without disrupting daily life.
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Germany
Lieut
Whittessy
Whittlesy
Argonne Forest
Prince
Rhea
Coblenz
Treves
Workmen's Council
Mathias Erzberger
Old Lake Squatter Stripped of Lands In His 'District
CHICAGO December 11 Old Cap Streeter loses the last parcel of land on the lakefront within the District of Lake Michigan in a case ending decades of squatter sovereignty battles. Streeter, now 84, built a shack on accreted land and fought riparian owners for years, seeing his district erode as courts remove sections amid riverfront development.
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Cap” Streeter
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Lake Michigan
George Wellington Streeter
United States
Doughty
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