Universal military training debated by Senate committee
Hearings on Senator Chamberlains universal military training bill continued as Universal Military Training League figures advocated compulsory service. Secretary Baker suggested a fair trial for the National Guard, while Major General Hugh L. Scott and Colonel W. C. Brown reported on guard mobilization and strains of border duty.
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Washington, D. C
Chamberlain
Military Committee
Howard Cross
Chicago
Universal Military Training League
Wane
Steward H. Gross
Edward Harding
New York
Senate
Gross
Harding
United States
Baker
House Military Committee
Wilson
Congress
General Staff
Army
Hugh L. Scott
National Guard
W. C. Brown
War Department
Scott
Brown
Tenth Cavalry
General Pershing
Villa
Mexico
Senator Lee
Maryland
Turks Permit 200 Americans to Go
Two hundred Americans detained in Syria and Palestine by Turkish authorities are allowed to leave via Beirut after one month to neutralize any military information. The United States pressed for release. Ambassador Elkas in Constantinople relayed the decision. The cruiser Des Moines will sail from Alexandria to Beirut to escort the refugees.
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Washington, D. C
Syria
Palestine
Beirut
United States
Elkas
Constantinople
State Department
Des Moines
Alexandria
Bandits Loot Skiatook Bank in Oklahoma
Tulsa report details a bank robbery at the Oklahoma National Bank of Skiatook Oklahoma. Bandits blew the safe and escaped with about $20000 in currency and silver before daylight. They cut telephone lines and likely fled by automobile, with Osage Hills area suspected as hideout.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma Bank
Oklahoma National Bank
Skiatook
Osage Hills
TROOPS TO PROTECT AJO IN BORDER MINING TOWN
General Funston orders Col. Richard H. Wilson to move troops from Yuma to Ajo to guard the mining town near the Arizona border against possible Mexican outbreaks. The action comes amid ongoing unease from Villa sympathizers in Sonoyta across the border.
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Ajo
Arizona
Funston
Richard H. Wilson
Yuma
Sonoyta
Trusties to Spend Christmas at Home in North Carolina
Governor Craig ordered three day parole for North Carolina prisoners to allow Christmas at home. About 800 inmates were paroled last year under similar terms and all returned by noon on December 27.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Craig
Weather for Tourists From The Light Forecast
City by city temperatures and conditions for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington. Conditions range from snow and colder winds to clear and cloudy skies with varying wind speeds. Temperatures span from 2 to 23 degrees as the forecast notes the coldest and warmest readings in the last 24 hours.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Refugee Flood Strains Russia as War Rages
Treated as a major crisis by Odessa and Kiev, thousands of Roumanian refugees pour into southern Russian cities. Russia struggles to feed and clothe them after prior Polish and Jewish migrations, with relief efforts by Russian committees and American aid groups led by Thomas Whittemore assisting the effort.
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Petrograd
London
Russian Empire
Odessa
Kiev
Russia
Thomas Whittemore
Tatiana
Twelve Farm Loan Banks to Be Located Across Nation
The Federal Farm Loan Board plans to announce the sites of twelve new farm loan banks within a few days. Although a December 20 date had been hoped for, districts and locations remain undetermined in some cases.
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Washington,d. C
Federal Farm Loan Board
Gas explosion in Edgewater mine near Birmingham
A gas blast at the Edgewater mine of Tennessee Coal, Iron & Coke near Birmingham kills a state picker and seriously burns a coal loader. About 800 miners were at work in two shifts when the explosion occurred. rescuers cleared the shafts and 800 men stampeded but remained calm after seeing rescuers.
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Birmingham
Ala
Edgewater
Tennessee, Coal, Iron & Coke Company
West nomination for Western District of Texas moved forward
Senator Culberson called a judiciary sub committee meeting for tomorrow to consider the nomination of Duval West to the Western District of Texas. He expects the nomination to be reported to the Senate and confirmed as routine since West satisfies both Texas senators.
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Washington, D. C
Culberson
Judiciary
Duval West
Western District
Texas
Senate
West
Democratic Electors Vote Tallies in Texas Canvass
Texas election canvass shows Democratic electors led by Marshall Hicks with 286 415 votes. Counts list per elector across the slate while counties like Comal Dewitt Gillespie Guadalupe Kendall Lee Maverick Washington Zapata favored Republican.
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Austin
Tex
Wilson
Marshall
Marshall Hicks
Bexar County
Comal
Dewitt
Gillespie
Guadalupe
Kendall, Lee
Maverick
Washington
Zapata
Dallas
Harris
Bexar
Cullen Thomas
Henry B. Paulus
Hamp Abney
R. P. Dorrough
J. P. Adams
George P. Thompson
Owen P. Smith
Frank W. Wozencraft
L. C. Ki
Ben l L. Cox
Wheat Opens Lower as Market Gears on Peace Prospects
The wheat market opened nervous on Lloyd George’s speech with May delivery slipping from $1.64 8-4 to $1.62 1-2 and July down to $1.36. Prices ended the day weak, May $1.61 1-2 to $1.62 and July $1.35 3-8 to 1.85 3-4, as peace talks weighed on sentiment.
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Chicago
Lloyd George
Stocks Show Firmer Tone On Opening Trade
New York, Dec 20. Stocks opened firmer with fractional gains in leading issues. Shipping shares fell as Mercantile Marine preferred and common dropped 2 1 4 and 1 1 4 points on rumors of tighter British control. United States Steel rose to a full point after an initial 15 000 share widening.
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New York
Mercantile Marine Preferred
Common
United States Steel
Boston Votes to Retain Liquor License After Heated Campaign
Boston residents chose to continue licensed liquor sales with 53,459 for and 29,997 against after a campaign intensified by a widely advertised evangelist. Last year 46,115 favored and 31,877 opposed.
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Boston
British Steamer Flimston Sunk by Submarine
The British steamer Flimston, 3492 tons net, was sunk by a submarine off Brest. Her captain and first engineer were captured. the rest of the crew were rescued. She had departed Buenos Aires on November 18 bound for London.
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Brest
Flimston
Buenos Aires
London
Parisian Store Fire Destroys Birmingham Shop
A blaze at the Parisian, a women’s ready-to-wear store on Third Avenue, Birmingham, caused by faulty elevator wiring swept through the building. The fire wiped out over 200,000 in contents. a water tower collapse injured one fireman and three others narrowly escaped.
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Birmingham
Ala
Third Avenue
Judge Lambdin Dies in Savannah Office
Judge W. W. Lambdin of the United States district court died in his Savannah office after a brief illness. He was stricken at 11 o'clock in what appeared to be acute indigestion or heart failure.
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Savannah
W. W. Lambdin
United States District Court
Cold Wave Grips Nation With Severe Low Temperatures
Weather Bureau warns a broad cold wave will lower temps across the country with 18 to 25 degrees in San Antonio and single digits in parts of Texas panhandle. A storm area may ease the worst heat tonight but raise temperatures from Thursday onward as the system shifts northwest to southeast.
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San Antonio
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Panhandle
West Texas
Montana
Dallas Cold Wave Forecast Sees 16 Degrees At Night
Dallas weather observer J. L. Cline reports the coldest weather of the winter coming tonight across Dallas and surrounding areas. Forecasts predict a low near ten above zero in some spots and Gulf coast temperatures from 26 to 34 degrees above zero.
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Dallas
Tex
J. L. Cline
Gulf
Cold Wave Grips Southwest with Record Low Temperatures
Kansas and Missouri report their coldest spell of the winter with widespread zero readings and subzero snaps yesterday. Oklahoma City logged 19 above, Amarillo 6 below, Arkansas cities down to 34 at Fort Smith and 52 at Little Rock as forecasts warn of more cold and possible hard freezes tonight and tomorrow.
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Kansas City
Southwest
Arkansas
Texas
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Amarillo
Panhandle
Fort Smith
Little Rock
Abilene
Tex
Fort Worth
Record coldest of season across Nebraska region
Twenty six below zero was recorded in Valentine with other towns such as Sioux Falls at 22 below and Omaha at 10 below at 9 pm. Sioux City Norfolk and Lincoln also showed subzero readings signaling a deepening cold wave across the area.
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Omaha
Neb
Valentine
Sioux Falls
Sioux City
Norfolk
Lincoln
Omaha Weather Bureau
Temperature Plunges Forty-Seven Degrees in Gainesville
In Gainesville Texas this morning the thermometer fell 47 degrees in six hours from 65 to 18. Snow was falling and the temperature marked the season's lowest.
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Gainesville
Tex
Grain damaged by freezes in West Texas counties
Reports from Fort Worth indicate that sudden frequent freezes this month have damaged grain across many West Texas counties. Dry weather compounds the effect and farmers urgently need rain to revive the wheat.
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Fort Worth
Tex
West Texas
Russian Council Backs Duma on Peace Talks
The council of the empire adopted an order of the day identical to the Duma, stating unanimous opposition to entering peace negotiations with Germany under current conditions. The decision was reported from Petrograd by Reuters.
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London
Council of the Empire
Duma
Germany
Reuter
Petrograd
Food Control in England Fails in Early Test
London reports say two days of the first food control measure failed to curb consumption. Critics cite lack of supervision and loopholes allowing multiple servings or meals across different places. Some newspapers advocate ticketing or restaurant bill checks as in Paris.
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London
Dee
Paris
Nationwide coal inquiry asked and rail leaders clash
Chicago coal dealers urged a nationwide inquiry by the Federal Trade Commission into the coal shortage, tracing the crisis from New England to the West. Railroads and shippers failed to agree on curbing reconsignment penalties as proposed, with tariffs ready for the Interstate Commerce Commission review.
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Chicago
Til
Federal Trade Commission
New England
Rocky Mountains
West Virginia
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fire Damages Fort Worth Stores
A morning blaze at 2:30 damaged the Leeds Woolen Mills Store and an adjoining barber shop with second story apartments on Main Street between Third and Fourth. Total loss unlikely to exceed $50,000.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Leeds Woolen Mills
Main Street
Fire destroys Atlanta department store diamonding loss
A fire in Atlanta today destroyed the J. P. Allen Company department store causing an estimated 200000 dollars in damage. The blaze origin was not determined.
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Atlanta
Burns
J. P. Allen Company
Dr. George Ben Johnson Dies in Richmond
Dr. George Ben Johnson a noted surgeon died suddenly at his home in Richmond Vaz of heart failure. obituary note.
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George Ben Johnson
Richmond
Vaz
Lawmaker Pushes Food Price Regulation Motive Shifts
Representative David J. Lewis moves toward federal control of staple food prices. He favors a maximum rate set by the Federal Trade Commission under current law, with fallback legislation by Congress. A House bill proposes a postal rate cut for farm to kitchen goods to bypass middlemen and spur direct purchases by housewives.
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David J. Lewis
Bank Robbery in Ravender Narrows Losses in Northeast Ark
Two unmasked bandits robbed the Bank of Ravender in Northeast Arkansas, forcing cashier N R Moore and three customers to lie down and taking about 1500 dollars. Moore hid 2000 dollars in silver beneath money sacks. robbers fled into the hills and were pursued by residents.
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Little Rock
Ark
Bank
Ravender
Arkansas
N. R. Moore
Moore
President Wilson loses temper over eight hour law
Warren B. Stone, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, recounted at the Society for Ethical Culture that President Wilson briefly lost his temper during a conference with railroad leaders before the Adamson eight hour bill passed. Stone quoted Wilson saying he would rather be right on the eight hour question than win re election.
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New York
Wilson
Warren 8. Stone
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Stone
Society For Ethical Culture
French plan defense vote split in chamber committee
In Paris the Chamber of Deputies formed a 33 member committee to report on Renaudel's constitution revision resolution and a joint session of the Senate and Chamber as a National assembly. A 33 member panel was chosen with 27 opposed to the resolution while 23 oppose the cabinet decree for urgent defense questions.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Renaudel
Senate
Chamber
National Assembly
War Department awards contracts for Vickers machine guns
The War Department let four thousand Vickers machine guns and accessories for 5.5 million dollars under the original special machine gun board recommendations. Further contracts would push spending to about 9.5 million for the regular army and national guard, ending debate over adopting the Lewis gun as standard.
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Washington, D. C
Special Machine Gun Board
War Department
Regular Army
National Guard
Seven Refugees Arrive at El Paso From Mexico
Seven foreigners arrived at Eagle Pass Texas from Parral to El Paso. The group includes Americans Thomas Filan Pagan W A Scott Jacob Myer and W C Palmer Swiss citizen Edgar Koch acting German vice consul Julio Senner and a man named Schaefer. Officials report they had been previously listed as killed by bandits in Mexico.
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EL Paso
Tex
Mexico
Eagle Pass
Thomas Filan- Pagan
W. A. Scott
Jacob Myer
W. C. Palmer
Edgar Koch
Julio Senner
Schaefer
Parral
Lloyd George Calls for Mass Labor Mobilization in War
Premier Lloyd George signals a voluntary plan to mobilize labor for vital industries with potential Parliament approval for compulsory powers if needed. Neville Chamberlain heads national service to coordinate essential industries and labor. Irish relations and eight week recess measures loom as Britain weighs production boosts and postwar terms.
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London
Lloyd George
Neville Chamberlain
National
Chamberlain
Ireland
Germany
Manchester Guardian
Asquith
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Russian Council
Baudelio Uribe
Chihuahua
Juarez
Carranza
Chihuahua City
Home Guards
England
Nationwide
Federal Trade Commission For Action
Committee of Deputies
Vickers
Mexico Beach
Home Industrial Army
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Ien
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