Labor Convention Condemns Burleson Autocratic Postmaster General
The American Federation of Labor adopted a resolution denouncing Postmaster General Burleson for an autocratic policy toward postal employees and planned to seek a White House audience to present evidence of labor oppression. Delegates overturned a committee report and passed the Flaherty Gainer amendment after debate. The session also condemned conscription of allied nationals and urged parity of treatment for workers at major defense-related firms.
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The
American Federation of Labor
Burleson
Executive Council
Federation
Wilson
Restilution Comittee
Portal
Resoluthat
Plaberty
Durleson
Duncan
Secord
Resolutions Committee
Gompers
Black
United States
Thomas Black
Carr
Toronto
Canada
United States Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
National Erectors’ Association
Lack
Liberty Loan Fraud Netted a Fortune
Elmer Dwiggins former New York manager of the Bankers Life company of Des Moines was indicted for mail fraud in liberty loan bond sales. He was arrested in Montgomery Alabama after fleeing New York and is accused of collecting about 80000 on the second issue with a total shortage around 150000. Bankers Life officials testified no instructions were given to Dwiggins and that he promised to straighten bond delivery issues with the state superintendent.
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New York
Elmer Dwiggins
Babkers’ Life Company
Des Moines
Dwiggins
Montgomery
Ala
United States
George Kuhne
Bankers’ Life Insurance Company
Twiggins
J. Magarle
New Yorkk State Insurance Department
Italians Hold Lines Near Asiago in Tough Front
Tuesday report from Italian Army HQ in northern Italy notes mutual pleasantries as the Prince of Wales met Signor Bisso lati. It details Italians repelling enemy assaults near Asiago while central Piave Bren ta sector sees intensified attacks, with key positions abandoned northwest of Guero and a critical northern front near Monte Mantenera and Monte Tonba shaping the outcome.
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Italy
Prince of Wales
Signor Bissolati
Reform Socialists
Asiago
Piave
Brenta
Thiaz
Guero
Querto
Monte Montenera
Monte Tonba
D Piave
Government urged to run railroads during war
A brief to the Interstate Commerce Commission argues the government should take over railroad operation for the war, with guaranteed prewar dividends and profits as a government bond like earnin gs, potentially about one hundred million dollars annually. It cites banker Frank Vanderlip and Pennsylvan ia Railroad president Samuel Rea noting limitations of bond flotations and wartime adjustments.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Comsession
Clifford Thome
Thorns
al Vanderup
New York
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania Railroad
France
Russia
Thorne
Russian Soldiers Oppose Peace in Bolshevik Russia
Reports from Tornea relay a Bolshevik backlash with regiments parading in Petrograd against separate peace and minority rule. The anti Bolshevik coalition seeks press liberty and disarms the Red Guard while food rations shrink. Lenin pact decrees alter fundamental laws as resignations rise.
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Stockholm
Tornea
Petrograd
Nicholas
Central Committee of
Anti Bolsheviki Socialist Coalition
Red Guard
Maximo Gorky
Volna Narodna
Morris
Marximalists
Nikolai Lenine
Byngs tanks lead British advance at Cambrai front
Associated Press reports at British troops broke German defenses in the Cambrai sector as tanks and cavalry spearheaded a successful assault begun Tuesday. Four German divisions were said to be badly damaged with about 6,000 prisoners taken and hundreds of noncombatants released from captured towns. General Byng, famed for Gallipoli and Vimy, planned the drive and led the operation with tanks and cavalry proving decisive.
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Associated Press
France
Byng
Hindenburg
Cambrai
Mwny
Masnieres
Marcoing
Ribecourt
Uavrincourt
Graincourt
Flesquieres
Bourlon
Arenchhes
British Capes
Gallipoli
Vimy Ridge
Greatest British Assault Tops German Lines On Western Front
Washington officials hailed a dramatic British victory on the western front as the greatest blow to the German army since the war began. Tank use and surprise tactics aided a rapid advance, with details on prisoners and materiel still awaited to gauge the full impact and possible shifts in the Italian front strategy.
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Washington
Field Marshal
Naig
Honor List Names 21 Lost In Chauncey Torpedo Boat Sinking
Washington reports Lieut Commander Walter E. Reno and two junior officers died when destroyer Chauncey collided and sank in wartime service on Monday. Seventeen enlisted men are named with hometowns from Bedford to New York and Rhode Island. Next of kin listed include wives and mothers in Philadelphia Chevy Chase Mount Washington and other towns.
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Washington
Walter E. Reno
Charles F. Wedderburn
Harry G. Skinner, Jr
Chauncey
Navy Department
Sims
Stanley
Anthony
Bedford
Mass
Honore M. Claggett, JR
Laurel
Daniel B. Crane
Los Angeles
Joseph $8. Ewart
Newport
R. I
Charles A. Goodrich
George J. Goodrich
Oakwood
Algen H. Guttridge
Cullison
Kas
Henry G. Haman
Buffalo
N.Y
Josepita
William JT. Hlampel
Randburg
Mich
Iraf, Kopp
Jesse F. Kopp
Harrison Street
Davenport
Charles A. O'Connor
Yeoujan
Boston
Francisco Pagtakistan
Qlongapo
P. J
Joan Rainehart
Black Island
John L. Smith
New York
Joan Williams Stribling
Waring
Tex
Oswald J. Terkildsen
Brooklyn
Nicholas HW. Wagner
Fullerton
George Wornell
San Francisco
Reno
Beatrice Reno
South Twenty-first Street
Philadelphia
Wedderburn
Gertrude P. Wedderburn
Chevy Chase
Ensign Skinner
Warry G. Skinner
Mount Washington
The Joneses comic strip notes and humor abroad
Pop cartoonist keeps up with The Joneses series drawing funny characters and situations. The Joneses are a major daily feature in this paper, delivering hearty laughs to Whig readers as they appear.
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Pop
Joneses
Becker Acquitted on Murder Charge
Springfield, Ih November 22 William Becker was acquitted in the circuit court of murder charges arising from the killing of his parents near Mason City on December 16, 1916. The state was found to have no case. Dr. S. T. Craig testified that Springfield detective Hugh Strumphner offered $5,000 to ensure no evidence was presented against Becker at trial.
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Springfield
William Becker
Mason City
S$. T. Craig
Havana
Hugh Strumpher
Becker
British Drive Breaks German Front Near Cambrai
British forces aided by tanks captured Flesquieres Premy Chappelle and other positions. Haig reports progress west and southwest of Cambrai with thousands of German prisoners and several guns taken as British tanks cut through barbed wire and disorganized German trenches.
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London
Haig
Cambrai
Crevecour Sur L’escaut
Muasnieres
Scheidt Canal
Marcoing
Noyelles Sur L'Escaut
Flesquieres
Cantaing
Moeuvres
Annmeux
Bourlon Wood
Bapaume-Cam
British Tanks Break Through in Cambrai Sector Assault
In France on November 22 British forces launched an attack on the Hindenburg Line in the Cambrai area. A line of tanks advanced with infantry, signaling with colored lights while German guns struggled to respond. Haig prepared quietly for weeks, and the tanks moved through a largely intact landscape, overrunning out posts and breaching barbed wire as infantry followed. By 8:34 a.m. seven tanks and troops were in Havrincourt station. Havrincourt itself escaped major damage compared with Somme-district towns.
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Associated Press
France
Cambrai
Trindenburg
I Tavrincourt
Flesquieres
Cantaing
Marcoing
Masnieres
Premy Chappelle
Havrincourt
Duconts
No-Man’s Land
Scrimsh
Hindenburg
Batte
Haig
Field Marshal
Europe
Ypres
Landers
Sabai
Somme
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Montreal
Kaiser
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War Office
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Rumilly
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