Navy to form two sea fleets with joint drills
Secretary Daniels outlined a plan to create two balanced fleets based on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts with annual war games and joint maneuvers. Each fleet will have a designated commander and sailors will serve two-year tours aboard ships to maintain readiness. The program aims to prevent naval retrogression after conflicts and will include visits to both coasts for public viewings. Open bases at San Diego Key West New London will stay manned, with training at Chicago Hampton Roads and Newport RI for eastern seamen.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Atlantic
Daniels
House Naval Committee
William 5. Benson
Europe
Aniels
Pacific
San Diego
Calif
Key West
Fla
New London
Federal Chief Gives Child Labor Report
Washington Jan 2 Miss Julia Lathrop chief of the children's bureau says the time has come to rethink child labor with education as the key. The bureau will uniform reporting of work certificates to aid data, with 6,500,000 children weighed in a campaign to prevent 100,000 infant deaths. Public health nurses and care for mothers and infants urged. Delinquency rose in war cities, concealed weapons cases up, and immorality among Chicago girls blamed on admiration for soldiers and sailors.
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Washington
Julia Lathrop
Bureau
Chicago
Master Mind Of Big Army Railroad Home
Colonel Wilgus, creator of the American Expeditionary Force rail transport system in France, returned to America aboard the Opagne. Since May 1917 he led the American Railroad Transportation Corps, with commands at Arc and Tours, handling troops and supplies and supervising U.S. port gasens on the Gironde. He recalled moving 25,000 tons of material daily at the armistice, an average of tens of thousands monthly.
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New York
Wilgus
France
America
Opagne
American
Wilgun
President Wilson Heads to Rome for Diplomats Visit
President Wilson sails for Rome to meet King Victor Emmanuel and Italian leaders, planning talks with Premier Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonnino. He will also visit the Pope and the Methodist college, aiming to shape postwar peace conference plans and discuss British and French diplomacy. The trip follows talks with Lloyd George and Balfour and clears the way for continued American commission work upon return.
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Paris
Wilson
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Pope
Methodist College
Orlando
Baron Sonnino
Murat
Admiral Grayson
Madame Poincare
Col. E. M. House
Sonnino
David Lloyd George
Balfour
England
Italy
Washington
American Congress
France
First Cold Wave Grips Several States With Frigid Start
The first winter cold wave hits the northwest, west, southwest and midwest, Chicago seeing 25 degrees drop to 10 above zero. Low temps range from 16 to 37 below in Wyoming and Nebraska, with blizzards in north west Texas and Nebraska. Train service suffers across western Kansas and Colorado as milder air edges in.
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Chicago
Illinois
Papeete
Texas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Gore
Long Pine
Neb
Denver
Kansas
Colorado
I A
Paris Note On Public Information Committee Visit
George Creal chairs the committee on public information and accompanies resident Wilson to Italy.
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Paris
George Creal
Wilson
Italy
Tragedy on Iolaire: 270 Sailors Drowned Off Stornoway
In Scotland on New Year’s leave, the British steam yacht Iolaire struck rocks near Stornoway harbor known as the beasts of Helm. About 300 onboard, 270 died, only around 30 saved. all officers and crew perished. The 382 ton vessel built in 1902 belonged to Sir Donald Currie’s estate.
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London
Iolaire
Stornoway
Scotland
Stornoway Harbor
Tolaire
Donald Currie
Poincare thanks US for aid in Great War
Paris, Jan. 2. President Poincare expresses gratitude to the American people through the Associated Press. He lauds American troops for liberating St Michel and Verdun, notes Belgian towns, and the deepening friendship between France and the United States. He calls for a just peace with England, Italy, and other allies.
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Associated Press
Paris
Poincare
United States
France
St. Mihiel
Verdun
Nancy
England
Italy
Rome Prepares Reception For President Wilson
Rome readies for President Wilson with night long preparations. Via Nazionale deflagged from railway to Quirinal, flags topped by gilded victory emblems. City hall to crown him citizen of Rome. halls hung with tapestries and flowers. Shops display American colors and Wilson portraits as papers publish biographical cuts.
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Associated Press
Rome
Wilson
Via Nazionale
Quirinal
President Wilson
Washington
Lincoln
Fiume
Spalato
Coal Production In 1918 Breaks Records
Washington January 2 1919 output of bituminous coal reached 587 500 000 tons breaking all prior U S records and surpassing 1917 by about 36 million tons The National Coal Association said wartime demand was met in full and with proper distribution there should be adequate coal for the coming winter avoiding a repeat of last year’s shortage.
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Washington
United States
National Coal Association
Haig And Beatty To Be Given Earldoms
London reports Earldoms will be conferred on Field Marshal Haig and Vice Admiral Beatty in recognition of wartime services. Generals Horne Plumer Byng Rawlinson Birdwood and Allenby also expected to be elevated to the peerage with possible accompanying monetary grants.
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London
Field Marshal
Haig
Beatty
Mail
Horne
Plumer
Byng
Rawlinson
Birdwood
Allenby
The Whig Want Ads Cleanup Pitch for Attic Goods
The old attic holds items with value if sorted and offered for sale. Remove useless pieces and sell the rest to turn clutter into cash. The Whig Want Ads assures buyers for attic finds and helps fill pockets.
Transport ashore on land reef off Fire Island
Relatives of U S soldiers aboard the transport Northern Pacific learn safety as navy and coast guard coordinate rescue plans. Weather delays removal. 2480 aboard includes 1700 sick or wounded. A relief medical expedition sails from Hoboken. another vessel, the Tjisondari, runs aground in the Delaware river but remains in no danger.
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New York
United States
Fire Island
Connelly
Associated Press
Northern Pacific
Hoboken
Brest
France
Atlantic
Navy
Coast Guard
Albert Mahanic
The
Life Service
Valentine
Herrick
Philadelphia
Tjisondari
Delaware River
Fort Dupont
Fire destroys American Milling plant near Peoria
A fire at the American Milling company plant in South Bartonville, a Peoria suburb, caused about 750000 in damage and burned the mill, warehouse, poultry feed factory and power plant to the ground. Limited water pressure hampered firemen, but the large elevator and office building were protected. President J. G. Atwood pegged losses at 750000 with 500000 insured. About 200 workers will transfer to Owensboro Kentucky until the main factory is rebuilt. rebuilding contracts were let at a board meeting following the blaze.
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Peoria
American Milling Company
South Bartonville
J. G. Atwood
Comany
Owensboro
Rebils
Flinks Return to Kansas City Route Patrols
Lieutenants Samuel Yarborough and J H Gima, from Boston Mold Belleville Illinois, on return trip between Atule and Kansas City, have arrived in Kansas City after departing ten days ago.
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Flinks
Ansas City
Samuel Yarborough
J. H. Gima
Bostt
Belleville
Coria Mall
Atule
Kansas City
Kansas
Nervy Yanks Face Arrest at Berlin Mission
Five American soldiers of the 125th Infantry, who arrived at Coblenz, attempted to reach Berlin ahead of others from the expeditionary force. They were absent without leave and ran into the American military commission handling prisoner repatriation. One man has been captured. Berlin police hunt the remaining four.
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Associated Press
Erlin
Berlin
Coblenz
American Military Commission
Pope Hopeful Of Future Asks Peace Conference Gains
Pope Benedict delivers a New Year message to America via AP urging a world order with a league of nations. He calls for abolition of conscription, international tribunals, reduced armaments, and peace based on justice, harmony, and equal rights under a new world framework.
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Rome
America
Associated Press
Pope Benedict
League of Nations
Wilson
Paris
Vast Relief Work Needed in France
Washington dispatch reports Herbert Hoover in Paris describing immense relief needs in northern France. About 1.5 million residents escaped invasion and require food clothing and housing as destruction spans barracks sites. an enlarged relief organization is under construction with supplies from the U S Army quartermaster. Navy volunteers oversee barrack construction near ruined villages amid widespread industrial paralysis and mine closures.
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Washington
France
Commission For Relief
Belgium
Commission
Herbert C. Hoover
Paris
Quartermaster's Department
Army
Navy
Hoover
Acarcely
Losses on Railroads Put at 130 Million Dollars
Washington reports government losses in railroad operations at just under 130 million dollars after guaranteed returns minus government net income. Six more months of higher freight rates needed to recover, with broader losses tied to loans and potential private ownership. Net federal compensation projected near 950 million, with railroad earnings around 800 million for the year.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Congress
Wilson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gothas Used In Paris Raids Sent To Yanks
COBLENZ Tuesday December 31 Forty airplanes including seven Gothas said to have bombed Paris were accepted today by the American army receiving commission. Two hundred machines are now in Coblenz or on the way and will be taken to France soon. Each plane must be in perfect condition before acceptance and German aviators are testing them. Twenty five hundred machine guns also were accepted today.
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Associated Prassa
Coblenz
Paris
Coblens
France
Soldiers Break Up Suffragists' Party at White House
Riotous scenes erupted Wednesday as 80 sailors soldiers and citizens clashed with police near the White House. Demonstrators aimed to press demands for universal suffrage and equal rights, with tensions rising around the National Woman's Party event and a protest at Lafayette Park.
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Washington
Jan
White House
Lafayette Park
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