Churchill speaks on pacifist talks endangering allies
Bedford address warns pacifist arguments threaten the allied war effort. Churchill asserts Russia’s defeat by German intrigue cost the allies their prize, stresses that Britain must persevere with unchanged aims since 1914, and argues for a free national vote on war policy. He calls for continued Anglo American unity and opposes territorial gains as war aims.
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Bedford
Winston Spencer Churchill
Churchill
Wilson
Russia
United States
Briain
Armerica
Russias
Sicel
Bel- Rrumn
Asquith
Lord George
Buckwheat Bread and Cake Recreation in Ohio Tests
Buckwheat bread and buckcake are described as appetizing substitutes for wheat. The Ohio experiment station baking lab notes that buckwheat bread resembles German or whole wheat bread in color and flavor, detailing ingredients and steps for batter, rising, and baking. Buckcake uses mostly buckwheat flour with wheat flour, sugar, and salt, plus milk egg and butter, baked in a hot oven.
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Ohio Periment Station
Medical Aid in the War and Wound Survival Rates
Dr Woods Hutchinson, speaking before the Royal Society of Medicine, notes that medical care in war has reduced deaths despite large numbers engaged. He cites survival gains from early treatment and base hospital care, with anesthetics and antiseptics lowering amputations and permanent crippling.
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Woods Hutchinson
Royal Society of Medicine
Kilts and Colonels Turn German Charge Back
A Western Highland battalion letter recalls a German assault halted by a colonel’s bold stunt. He climbed a sap and rallied the troops with a shout invoking Gordon, Cameron, and Seaforths, stunning the enemy and prompting a retreat before any clash. The writer credits the colonel’s wit for the Irish-like courage and fearsome effect.
World Wheat Output Falls Sharply in 1917 Shortfall
Mc. T. K. Doherty of the International Institute says 1917 wheat production around 93 million bushels below 1916 and about 414 million below prewar average. European and Mediterranean nations show a 19.2 percent drop from 1916 and 27 percent from prewar average, with France hardest hit at 172.66 million bushels below its five-year prewar average.
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Mc. T. K. Doherty
Canada
The
International Institute
Denmark
Nee
Greeces
Maly
Holand
Nor' Portugal
Cyprus
Malta
Great Britain
Egypt
Tunis
Switzerland
Belgium
France
Conservation of life and intelligent guidance for prosperity
Thomas Adams argues at the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation that life must be saved through better training, environment, and opportunity. He calls for skilled labor, improved education, reduced wasteful speculation, and controlled immigration to boost production without expanding liability. He urges intelligent land use planning as primary production and housing support, noting limited resources of the commission to guide effectively.
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Iiso
Commission of Conservation
Thomas Adams
Dutch Caution on Frontiers Amid Air Raid Threats
War Minister De Jonge warned in the Hague that Dutch frontier towns face risk from air raids. He said while flags will be raised from church spires, no effective protections exist yet. He added foreign governments have not refused compensation for damage caused by their forces.
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The
Hague
de Jonge
Saint
Greatest Crime of War in World Conflict Debates
A Spanish review gathers European opinion on the war’s gravest offense. Contributors name torpedoing of hospitals, the destruction of Rheims cathedral, Belgium neutrality violations, Armenian deportations, German intellectual barbarity, and the ruin of international law as the era’s ultimate crimes.
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L’america Latina
Europe
Hospi
Field French
Great Britain
Stephen Pichon
Rheims
Auguste Rodin
W. H. Dunit
London
Belgium
Mgr. Baudrillant
Catholic Institute of Paris
Vicente Blasco Ibanee
Germany
Turkey
James Bryce
Alfred Capus
The
Figaro
Lisle
Edouard Clunet
Germiny
Signor Gomez Car Wo
al Lord
Terror of the Air Downed by French
Fantomas the feared German aviator known for enfilading trenches and attacking isolated targets was shot down within French lines. The body revealed Walter Rutt, famed German bicyclist turned aviation ace, previously admired in Paris and New York races. Rutt, born 1833, fled to France to avoid military service and later served Germany as a despatch bearer before joining aviation.
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Fantomas
Germany
France
Guyenmer
America
Archies
Walter Rutt
Europe
Rutt
Paris
New York
Guynemer
India's War Service and Loyalty to Britain
A historical Globe article praises India's wartime role, detailing native and British troops, Gallipoli, Neuve Chapelle, Mesopotamia, and India as empire granary. It cites wheat supplies, ammunition, rifles, field guns, boots, and large financial contributions. It argues for fuller self-government in light of these efforts.
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Montagu
India
Germany
Berlin
Britain
Turkey
Gallipoli
Hellespont
France
Neuve Chapelle
Mesopotamia
Addittion
Torourte Globe
The First Requisite for a Durable Peace
The New York World argues that law and treaty power fail without military defeat of Germany. It warns that a truce without complete victory leaves Germany capable of renewed aggression. A lasting peace requires crushing Prussian autocracy, or Germany wins the war regardless of concessions.
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Germany
New York World
France Faces Severe Food Shortage After War Crop Decline
In a statement by Maurice Long, France's minister for general revictualling, 1917 wheat output fell to 39,900,000 hundredweights from 87,830,000 in 1913. Total cereals, potatoes, and beet root reached 222,000,000 hundredweights versus 358,000,000 in 1913, signaling imports of at least 40,000,000 hundredweights next year, chiefly from North America.
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Maurice Long
France
Largest Canadian coal reserve spans three provinces
The greatest coal reserve in Canada lies in Alberta Saskatchewan and British Columbia. About seventy percent of fires in Canada are attributed to carelessness and neglect. U S anthracite resources are dwindling causing higher prices. Many farmers lack proper gardening knowledge in parts of the country.
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Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
United States
British war airplane flight to Constantinople from London
A British long distance bombing flight from Hendon via Paris, Lyon, Marseilles, Spezia, Pisa, Rome and Naples to Constantinople carried out by Handley Page and Basil Johnson. The crew attacked Goeben, The General, Turkish war offices and Goeben again, bombing from 800 feet after a 320 mile journey. Despite anti aircraft fire, engines coped. one engine failed but they returned safely.
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Constantinople
London
Handley Page
Basil Johnson
Rolls Royca Lira
Cuba
Hendon
Paris
Lyons
Alps
Marseilles
Spezia
Pisa
Rome
Naples
Savoy
Llandley Fage
Tom Salonski
Betuba
Sea of
Marmara
McZeilan
Lieut. Rawlings
German Grand Admiral von Tirpitz Accuses Allies in War Speech
The Hamburg Fatherland party reports Grand Admiral von Tirpitz warned that Britain has won the war so far and that a peace based on the status quo is unacceptable for Germany. He dismissed rumors about yielding Zeebrugge and Ostend for Calais, said the Channel tunnel will be a postwar reality, and urged securing Calais Boulogne and Antwerp for true security. He argued Britain and America can be pressured by cargo space shortages and warned final decision will come as civilian distress grows, stressing the need to keep coal.
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von Firpitz
Hamberg
Fatherland Party
Great Britain
Germany
Sumor
Zeebrugge
Ostend
Calais
von Tirpitz
Channel Tunnel
Flanders
Antwerp
Boulogne
America
Means Greater Sacrifice Warns Food Chief Hoover
Herbert C. Hoover, food administrator, warned Americans must sacrifice far more to feed the allies and friendly neutrals. He said starvation abroad could ensue unless a hearty domestic response preserved ample supplies for essential needs amid reduced shipping and poorer ally harvests.
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Herbert C. Hoover
Food Administration
The Bulldog Has His Teeth In The War
A wartime exhortation urges total national effort for a long conflict. It likens Britain to a bulldog gripping the enemy, insisting that endurance and sacrifice will secure liberty and global leadership. The text emphasizes economy and privation as necessary.
Shortage After the War Warned by Agriculture Expert
Mr. E. F. Smith of the United States Department of Agriculture told the National Academy of Science at the University of Pennsylvania that after the present war there will be a wheat shortage for many years. He said every gun fired in Europe used up a fixed nitrogen essential for grain growth as fertilizer.
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E. F. Smith
United States Department of Agriculture
National Academy of Science
University of Pennsyvania
Europe
West Needs Mora Reserves in Western Canada
Article argues for broader forest reserves in Western Canada, criticizing the limited areas designated since 1913. Highlights the value of protected forest lands for conservation and resource protection, urging government action to extend reserves and secure long term benefits.
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Canada
Licenses to Sell Cereals Regulations Issued
The food controller issued rules on cereals in packages under 28 pounds. From January 1, manufacturers cannot sell breakfast cereals in Canada in original packages under 20 pounds without a license for each cereal type. License fees start at $10. Wholesale and retail dealers selling cereals made under license are exempt.
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Canada
Great Atlantic Confederation urged by Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune argues for a united Atlantic Confederation joining Britain France and the United States to counter Central Europe. It claims the United States should commit its full strength, and that any gains for the allies add to the anti Germanic power, without severing ties to any ally.
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Avantia
Great Britain
United States
Central Europe
Atlantic Confederation
Germany
Chicago ‘Tribune
Equal Start of Life and Time for All
A reflective piece argues that all people begin life equally with a shared 24 hour day. It emphasizes time as the equalizing factor, noting every individual has the same daily allotment to shape their fate.
Fire Water Only Clerk at Small Town Hotel
A fragmented exchange shows a patron asking for water to be sent to a hotel room. A clerk responds with a terse question, hinting at limited options and possible escape from responsibility. The scene conveys a cramped, tense moment in a quiet town hotel.
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Colonel Bluegrase
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