Red Cross Leader Warns of Winter Humanitarian Crisis
Henry P Davison, chairman of the American Red Cross War Council, returns from Europe warning that famine and hardship will surge this winter. He urges government relief, calls for renewed Red Cross strength, and announces a December roll call for voluntary membership at one dollar. He cites $7,000,000 in American Red Cross subscriptions and $315,000,000 in support over 11 months.
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Red Cross
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Balkans
Hoover Urges Conservation to Aid Allies
Food Administrator Hoover, in a nationwide conservation week message read in churches, urged continued American effort to feed Allied peoples amid postwar hunger. He linked relief to ongoing pledges with the Inter Allied Food Council and warned fighting hunger now prevents future chaos and world war.
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DP. C
Amerfind
Inter-Allied Food Council
America
Albert Enters Liege With Belgian Troops Parade
King Albert and the Belgian royal family entered Liege at the head of troops who defended the city in 1914. The king queen and General Eeman were cheered by crowds. Simultaneously a Belgian cavalry brigade entered Aix-la-Chapelle at German request.
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Reichstag To Be Convoked
Paris reports that the German Reichstag will be convoked shortly according to South German newspapers and a Zurich dispatch to L Information.
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Paris
Germany
Tas A& Zurich
L'Informaition
Cool Clear Weather to Last Through Several Days Says Observer
Major Allen Buell of the weather bureau forecasts extended cool clear conditions across the nation due to a broad high pressure. November set records with a rare snowfall on the 14th and unusually cold, wet weather. rainfall nears normal for the year while drought ends in the far west.
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Atlantic
Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Mayor Bell Urges Clean Sidewalks Citywide
Mayor Bell urged households in business and residential districts to keep sidewalks clean and neat. He noted the city spends thousands on street cleanliness but cannot maintain sidewalks, calling on residents to wash and maintain pedestrian paths for health and appearance.
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King Nicholas of Montenegro Deposed by Skupshtina
London report says the Montenegrin Skupshtina voted to depose King Nicholas and to unite Montenegro with Serbia under King Peter. The king’s family is listed among those deposed. Dispatch reached via Prague from the Czecho-Slovak press bureau.
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Veter
Turks Suffer Massive Greek Deportations and Massacres
Reuters reports Greek figures claim during the spring the Turks deported 700000 Greeks with 500000 refugees in Greece. Since war start through a period labeled TAT, 2140000 Greeks and Armenians were deported, 700000 Greeks and 60000 Armenians massacred, 260000 mobilized Greeks killed or died. Property loss placed at three billion francs.
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London
Reuters Limited
Greece
Weather forecast for San Antonio and overall frost risk
The weather section notes frost likely Monday night in San Antonio area with a minimum of 34 to 38 degrees and light northerly winds. It also lists temperatures and conditions for St. Louis Chicago Kansas City New York and Washington with clear skies and light to moderate winds and low temperatures around the upper to mid twenties.
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Premiers Meet in London to Outline Peace Plans
London dispatch notes Downing Street talks among Clemenceau Foch Orlando and British leaders focus on an Anglo Franco Italian program for Paris Peace Congress. Topics include Wilson’s freedom of the seas, former treaty matters, German indemnities, Adriatic ties, and enforcing Italy's concessions amid Allied strategy.
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Celine!catse
United States
Lloyd George
Brest
Permanent inter allied commission eyed for postwar talks
Paris reports a plan to create a permanent inter allied commission to handle maritime financial and food questions with Britain France Italy and the United States as members. It would replace three temporary committees now operating and be discussed by the supreme council in London amid some diplomatic opposition.
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Inter-Allied Maritime Committee
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George Rublee
United States Shipping Board
Internnial Financial Committee
Oscar LT. Crosby
the Treasury
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Louis BP. Sheldon
American Food Administrative Board
United Kingdom
Permanent Inter-Allied Commission
Press corps sail to cover Versailles peace talks
The Orizaba carried nearly 500 U S newspaper correspondents from across the country to Brest to cover the upcoming Versailles peace conference. The group includes women reporters and photographers and will be headed by the George Washington, a faster vessel bound for France to meet President Wilson.
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Dumba Appeals to Allies
Dr Constantin Dimba former Austro-Hungarian ambassador arrives as delegate of the Austrian Peace Association to present views to Entente powers. He seeks to block incorporation of German sections of Bohemia Moravia and Silesia into the Czecho Slovakia state and oppose Italianization of the Middle Naral.
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Constantin Cheodor Dimba
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P Once Association
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Moravian
Silesia
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Mauretania Brings First U.S. Troops to New York Harbor
The British steamship Mauretania arrives with about 4000 American troops, most non combatants, from England destined for Camp Mills on Long Island. The ship carries 150 wounded from France and is greeted by Mayor Hylan aboard as whistles and flags erupt in a welcoming harbor scene.
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England
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France
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North River
Hylan
Baker
New York
Chileans Rally in Major Santiago Show of Patriotism
A December 1 demonstration in Santiago drew the city’s vast 16 to 80 year old population. Veterans of 1879 marched to demand Peruland expansions and stronger armed forces while Argentine flags appeared in the crowds. In San Quentin, Mooney asks Wilson to define clemency before the peace conference.
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Weather Warnings Extend Along Atlantic Coast
Storm warnings were displayed last night from Savannah to Delaware Breakwater as a disturbance off the Northeast Florida coast moves northeast with increasing winds possibly developing into gale force off Carolina and Virginian coasts.
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Captain Davis First Officer to Receive Discharge at Camp Travis
Cap tain Charley B. Davis of Maine will be the first officer at Camp Travis to undergo a physical examination before discharge. About 28 officers from the depot brigade and attached corps will be discharged under War Department instructions. Discharges may be followed by commissions in the Reserve Corps or Regular Army, subject to fitness and vacancies.
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Huns to Probe Crimes in Belgium War Probes
London reports the German government will investigate alleged German crimes in Belgium including deportations of Belgian workers theft of machinery and the killings of Edith Cavell and Captain Wyatt. Figures named include General van Saubernweig General Beron Karl von Manteuffel and others linked to Brussels Louvain and Bruges.
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Wryatt
Amsterdam
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Brussels
Beron Karl von Manteuffel
Louvain
Taro van der Laneken
Brinkney
Migs Cavell
Navy selects Victor Blue for Bureau of Navigation reappointment
Rear Admiral Victor Blue, commanding the superdreadnought Texas, is chosen for detail as chief of the Bureau of Navigation with rank of rear admiral. He previously led the bureau for four years until August, 1918, and Secretary Daniels announced the nomination to the Senate along with Rear Admiral David Saylor’s return as chief constructor of the navy.
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Victor Blue
Texas
Bureau of Navigation
Bureau
Daniels
Senate
David Saylor
Navy
London Is Crowded By U S Troops in London
Large numbers of American soldiers and sailors on leave crowded London hotels leaving many without beds at night. The American Red Cross opened its headquarters to provide blankets and hot meals to the stranded troops.
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London
American Red Cross
Amerean Red
Pacific Coast Unions Reject Planned Strike Over Mooney
At a Portland meeting on Sunday representatives of Busmen’s groups from Pacific coast cities adopted resolutions opposing any strike in the Mooney case. They pledge to pursue a new trial for Thomas J Mooney while opposing a strike tied to employer contracts described as more than a mere piece of paper.
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Eight Days Remain for Germans to Evacuate Rhine Left Bank
Paris reports eight days remain for German forces to withdraw from the left bank of the Rhine from Lower Alsace to Hol rad. Allied and French forces, which protested the German frontier yesterday, have received strict instructions on their conduct toward the occupied population. France will be represented by contingents in enemy territory per an announcement.
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Wilson declares duty to attend peace talks in Paris
President Wilson told Congress in a joint session that he will personally attend the Paris peace conference. He said allied powers accept his peace principles and that he will stay in close touch by cable and wireless. He urged public and Congress cooperation and renewed support for woman suffrage. He stressed no private motives and called it his highest duty to fulfill what soldiers sacrificed for.
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