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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1918
Page
6
An American staff officer visits a British supply center in France and learns a simple, disciplined system: one place for every item, ready to fill orders, with extensive foresight for future needs. The writer admires the efficiency and forethought, noting guns, clothing, and fuel stability as hallmarks.
Petrograd newspapers unite in claiming German and Austrian rulers have dropped any pretense of a democratic peace. Pravda denounces German imperialism as the rock in Brest Litovsk talks, while Trotzky warns of nonresumption of negotiations. A Petrograd assembly condemns German terms as unjust and favors moving talks to a neutral country, with Stockholm mentioned as a likely site. The item ends with a tongue in cheek remark about a woman with only a gift of gab.
Washington January 4. War Trade Board eased restrictions allowing American branch houses in neutral countries to trade with the enemy when refusal would breach local law or a commercial obligation enforceable in the host country.
Berlin dispatch notes army headquarters report on Western front artillery duels. The terse bulletin describes ongoing exchanges between opposing guns with no immediate ground advances or casualties disclosed. Details remain brief and a fuller briefing is awaited.
Fragmentary wartime note reports disrupted fronts near coastal prisons and several Eastern theaters. Text mentions Bren attacks, Champagne North, Lemesnil, Macedonian and Italian fronts, claiming no change in the situation while a woman’s curiosity is noted.
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