Enfields Ready for Army in Week
Washington January 1 Major General Crozier chief of ordnance told the senate military committee that complete rifles for all American forces will be ready within a month. Springfield for every regular and national guard man before February 1 and remodell ed Enfields for the first national army within a week. He said a full American made machine gun supply will be ready by July 1 and rifles for the next draft would be on hand before camps. He defended his record against Lewis gun charges and noted allies offered heavy guns to aid the expeditionary forces.
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Crozier
Senate Military Committee
Isaac N. Lewis
War Department
England
France
Secretary of War
Congress
General Crozier
General Pershing
United States
Department
Dupont
Baker
Hitchcock
Pershing
Vickers
War College
Aviation
Wiusworth
Camp Funston
Fort Riley
British push near Jerusalem in Palestine operations
British forces hold four strong positions between the enemy and Jerusalem reversing a Turkish attempt with German aid. They advanced seven miles northwest of Bireh and occupied several nearby points on the Mablus road. Coastal patrols reached Kuleh east of Jaffa and destroyed an enemy depot. In Cambrai, Germans briefly captured Welsh ridge trenches but were driven back by a heavy British counterattack. Snow hampers offensive plans with six inches to six feet of snowfall.
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London
Jerusalem
War Office
Palestine
Bertin
Bethel
Bireh
Balna
Cambrai
Welsh Ridge
Field Marshal Haig
Marcoing
Scarpe
Ypres
Reuter Cor
France
la Jacquerie
Hindenburg
Injured in Runaway Sues for 20000 Damages
Stark D Hubbard sues Milo Cissna and W Putz alleging injuries from a runaway team on Twelfth Street last September. He claims paralysis for life and seeks 20000 in damages, with attorney Rolia Babcock handling the case. The suit notes Hubbard lost clothing later linked to a broader Adams County crime case in September 1912.
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Sheperd
Mr. Hubbard
Ray Planidt
Adams County
War Prisoners Reach Holland From Germany
A first party of British war prisoners returned from Germany arrived in Scheveningen Holland. They were welcomed by Dutch ministers and British figures. The prisoners, though cheerful, showed signs of privations. Messages of welcome came from King George Queen Mary the admiralty and others. Newspapers called the prisoners an honor to the British nation and noted they hailed from English Scottish Irish and Welsh regiments. The men remained silent about conditions in Germany.
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Ottawa
A_ Reuter
Hague
London
Germany
Holland
Scheveningen
King George
Queen Mary
Admiralty, Board
Sir Edward Carson
Ielland
Mississippi at St Louis posts record low river level
The Mississippi River at St Louis dropped to 3.11 feet below the gauge zero on Monday the cold wave freezing thousands of feeder streams is blamed for the historic low as weather officials began gauge readings in 1861.
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ST. Louis
Weather Bureau
President Wilson Visits Shipping Board on Shipyards Plan
President Wilson met with Shipping Board Chairman Hurley for thirty minutes in Washington to review plans to speed ship construction. Hurley outlined double and triple labor shifts, electric lighting in yards for night work, and efforts to recruit additional labor from other industries.
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Washington
Wilson
The
Shipping Board
Hurley
Lloyd George Urges Nation to Work and Save for Victory
Premier Lloyd George in a New Year message calls on the public to work hard save money and buy war bonds. He says the measures will bring safety for the people and victory for the cause.
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Lloyd George
London
Pershing replies to women greeting from Washington
General Pershing answers Dr Anna How ard Shaw chairman of the women's committee of the council of national defense with a message of gratitude for the Christmas greetings from American women to the expeditionary forces The reply praises the patriotism of American women as noble and assures constant inspiration until the capital task is accomplished He sends best wishes for the coming year and confidence in final victory.
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Washington
Pershing
Anna Howard Shaw
Council of National Defense
Women of America
American Expeditionary Forces
America
Crowder orders boards to use common sense on dependents
Washington Jan 1 Local draft boards told by Provost Marshal General Crowder to apply common sense and sympathy to facts of each case when deciding adequate support for dependents of men in war service. Instructions define subdivison placements based on spouse and child support, other sources, and adequacy of support.
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Washington
General Crowder
Crowder
Railroad War Board Dissolved in Move to Ease Freight
Washington Jan 1 Orders went to eastern railroads to clear freight congestion regardless of prior priorities and schedules. Western lines may supply locomotives to ease eastward traffic while a five member advisory cabinet replaces the war board. Wage talks and systematic east freight campaign are planned with attention to coal and food movement and curtailment of passenger trains.
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Washington
McAdoo
New York
New England
Mississippi
Ohio River
War Board
Railroad War Board
Hale Holden
The
Burlington
John Skelton Williams
Henry Walters
Atlantic Coast Line
Edward Chambers
Food Administration
Brotherhoods
Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation
A. H. Smith
New York Central
Robert S. Lovett
War Industry
Washington debates on Bolsheviks and peace talks
Officials consider how to neutralize Bolshevik propaganda as Britain and France weigh Paris talks. Rumors say Germany seeks to split the allies, pressing Russia to influence late allies. Any decision from a Paris meeting would be reported to the American state department.
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Washington
United States
Paris
Agment
Rssia
T Americas State Department
Germany
Russia
Vatican
New Year's thrift plea urged by Federal Reserve Board
The Federal Reserve Board issued a New Year’s appeal urging banks to promote thrift campaigns to help finance wartime efforts. It outlines four benefits of saving: funding governments, freeing export goods, enabling Allied purchases, and reducing inflation by lowering demand and bond payments from savings.
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Washington
United States
Federal Reserve Board
Onlu
Washington: Ji terminals at New York
Unclear readable text mentions Washington and New York terminals with garbled OCR. Cannot extract clear events or entities. Summary limited to noting geographic references and a likely transport or terminal topic without verifiable details.
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Ath
Washington
New York
Swiss Officer and Joe Smuggler Condemned by Swiss Court
Major Maurer of the Swiss officer is condemned by court for complicity in the smuggling of cotton into Austria. Testimony shows cotton prices and cross border movements with francs, marks, and centimes reflecting profits in Switzerland Austria Germany. The case outlines degradation and implied months of punishment.
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ST. Gall
Switzerlan
Maurer
Austria
Germany
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