Russia approves $32 million machine gun contracts in U S
New York announces that the Russian buying commission in the United States has approved contracts totaling 32 million dollars for 32,000 machine guns with four American companies. The order is described as the largest of its kind from any belligerent since the war began. Russia also seeks contracts in the United States for about 10 million high explosives and shrapnel shells.
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New York
United States
Tofay
Russia
Germanius
Submarine E-2 Explosion at New York Navy Yard
The E-2 submarine blew up while being tested in dry dock No 2 at the New York yard, killing at least one and injuring several others. Reports say hydrogen gas and internal batteries caused the blast, with rescue parties hindered by gas fumes.
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SAN Antonio Light
San Antonio
Texas
U. S
New York Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Navy Yard
Naval Hospital
German reply to Britain in Baralong case rejects neutrality probe
Berlin reports Germany will suspend negotiations with Britain and halt observe of international law in submarine warfare. It defends actions as lawful reprisal and rejects a neutral-board examination of Baralong and other alleged breaches, demanding German investigations and decisive punishment for offenses.
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Berlin
Sayville
Germany
Great Britain
England
Ruel
Worlds Largest Gas Well Caverns In Corpus Christi Crater
The Guffey company’s giant White Point gas well near Corpus Christi Texas drilled December 31 and capped January 7 blew off its cap January 13 creating a forty foot crater and threatening uncontrollable flow. Experts fear continued cave ins could render it beyond control possibly prompting dynamite to choke the gas. The well produced high quality gas free of water and sand and its exact flow remains unmeasured.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Guffey Company
White Point
Guffey
Gagas
Texas
Cardinal Mercier Arrives in Rome Praising American Aid
Cardinal Mercier arrives in Rome and is welcomed by Belgian ministers and Rome officials. He praises American generosity to Belgian refugees and notes improvements at home as Belgians slowly return. He predicts the war may last into next winter.
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Cardinal Mercier
Belgium
Vatican
Henry Howard
Prince Colonna
Albert
Associated Press
Mercier
America
Price Convicted in Wife Murder Case in Minneapolis
Frederick T. Price, a Minneapolis businessman, was convicted by a district court jury of killing his wife Mary F. Price, a member of a wealthy Minnesota family, in a January verdict reported from Minneapolis.
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Frederick T. Price
Mary F. Price
Minnesota
Mexicans Arrested for Huertista Plot in El Paso
Luis Fuentes, son in law of the late Victoriano Huerta, and Aristarco Carrascosa, linked to a Huerta conspiracy to spark a new revolution in Mexico, were taken into U S custody. Fuentes posted bond for 2500 dollars. Carrascosa remained in jail.
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EL Paso
Tex
Luis Fuentes
Victoriano Huerta
Aristarco Carrascosa
San Antonio
Huerta
Mexico
United States Department of Justice
Fuentes
Carrascosa
Child Dies After Inhaling Steam In Cleburne
Four year old child of Joseph Gutowski died in Cleburne Texas after inhaling steam from a tea kettle causing suffocation. Physicians confirmed the cause.
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Cleburne
Tex
Joseph Gutowski
Unsettled Tonight and Sunday Cold Snap for San Antonio
For San Antonio and vicinity the weather turns unsettled tonight with chances of rain. Sunday brings colder conditions and a notable drop in temperatures across the area.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Home Weather For Tourists Forecasts By The Light
Weather snapshot for multiple cities. St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Washington report temperatures ranging from 2 below zero to 26 with snow clouds and varying winds. Forecast notes include cloudiness changes and a mix of clear and snowy conditions.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Gunners Set Record for Target Practice in 1945
Atlantic fleet gunners achieved the highest average scores in open sea target practice for 1945. Admiral Fletcher’s annual report to the Senate notes this record alongside details of officer and crew shortages on fleet ships.
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Senate
Fletcher
Lodge
France blocks milk shipments to Germany and Austria Hungary
In Washington on January 15 France refused for military reasons to allow condensed milk shipments by American charitable groups to Germany and Austria Hungary for babies. The American Red Cross would supervise distribution to ensure the milk is used for that purpose.
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Washington, D. C
France
United States
Germany
Austria-Hungary
American Red Cross
Naval Militia Association to Meet in Washington
The Naval Militia Association will hold its annual convention in Washington D C starting January 28. Delegates from member units are expected to attend this January event.
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Naval Militia Association
Washington, D. C
Naval training for citizens planned on Atlantic coast
The Navy League's naval reserve committee aims to establish a volunteer training camp on the north Atlantic coast for summer instruction in naval routine and discipline. It follows a Chicago Great Lakes plan and seeks recruits yachts and motor boats to form a second line of defense with trained crews learning submarine hunting and convoy duties.
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New York
Naval Reserve Committee
The
Navy League
North Atlantic
Great Lakes
Chicago
Navy
Navy Department
England
Purely Greek policy stance at Athens from Berlin envoy
Dr. Friedrich Kraus reports King Constantine pursues a purely Greek policy in Athens while England’s sea power complicates neutrality. He notes most Greeks wish to remain neutral as the Balkan war and Gallipoli Turkish victory shape opinions, with central powers appearing likely to win.
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Berlin
Sayville
Friedrich Kraus
Athens
Constantine
England
Gallipoli
Entente
Mexican Woman Arrested in Laredo Smuggling Case
Francesa Lozano of Nuevo Laredo was arrested in Laredo Texas by federal authorities after a large quantity of drawn work was found pinned to her undergarments. She faces smuggling charges.
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Laredo
Tex
Francisa Lozano
Nuevo Laredo
Colonel Powell Dies in St. Louis at 89
Colonel J. M. Powell last surviving commander of Hood's Fifth Texas Brigade, Confederate Army, died in St. Louis at his son's home. Death caused by bronchial pneumonia. He was 89 years old.
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ST. Louis
J. M. Powell
Hood
Fifth ‘Texas
McNamara Named General Traffic Manager of Wabash
St. Louis January 15 J Daniel McNamara appointed general traffic manager of the Wabash railroad He began his railway career as a ticket checker.
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ST. Louis
J. Daniel McNamara
Wabash Railroad
Unclaimed Massacre Victim Identified Among Slain
In El Paso Texas a long known miner Thomas Johnson remains unidentified after the Santa Ysabel massacre. The bodies of three other victims Thomas Evans M B Romero and J H Woon were buried quietly amid tense American Mexican patrols following threats.
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EL Paseo
Tex
Arizona
Thomas Johnson
Santa Ysabel, Mex
Thomas Evans
M. B. Romero
J. H. Woon
Austrian cruiser sunk by submarine in Adriatic
It is officially announced that the French submarine Foucault attached to the Italian fleet torpedoed and sank Thursday in the Adriatic a Austrian scout cruiser of the Nvo Vara type.
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Rome
London
Foucault
Adriatic Sea
Emperor William Announces Quiet Remembrance for January 27 Birthday
Kaiser William urges the German nation to mark his fifty-eighth birthday with quiet thoughts and prayers. Gifts are requested to heal war wounds and support soldiers' families while the nation remains focused on achieving a decisive victory and a lasting peace.
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Berlin
Sayville
William
Beach Shooting Leads to Arrest in Alpine Texas
Howard Seay, a prominent Alpine resident, was arrested after the shooting of S D Beach who died Thursday night in his home. Seay was bound over to the grand jury in 2500 bond after an examining trial. Beach was buried yesterday. others are implicated.
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Alpine
Tex
Howard Seay
Beach
Seay
Russian count injured near Phoenix in mining claim attack
Count Moraijeska, a Russian nobleman and joint owner of Tortolita mining claims 70 miles from Phoenix, was beaten and shot and left for dead on his property last Monday. He was found four days later by Countess Morajeska after she learned of his trouble. The Dutch steamer Maashaven, abandoned after a mine strike near Galloper lightship, went ashore near Calais and is a total loss.
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Ariz
Moraijeska
Morajeska
London
Galloper
Calais
Three Marion men killed, injured in auto wreck near Seguin
Herbert Hartwig was instantly killed, Frank Vickers suffered three broken ribs and other injuries, and Wm Winkelmenn was bruised when their car rolled over near Marion in Seguin County last night. All three were prominent young men in Marion community.
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Seguin
Tex
Herbert Hartwig
Frank Vickers
Wm. Winkelmann
Marion
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