Hunger in Berlin Theater Crowds Amid Shortages
Berlin dispatch describes pervasive hunger, shortages, and rising hardship as residents crowd Metropole Theatre for Carnival Fairy while prices soar for toys, candy, coffee, and hats. Observers note destitution beneath surface, with scarce soup, scarce gasoline, and derelict goods in shops.
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Metropole Theatre
Berlin
Fritsi Massary
Kaiser
Freidrichstrasse
William Hohensollern
Senate Approves 10 Percent Tax on Child Labor Profits
In Washington a 59 to 12 senate vote passes an amendment to the revenue bill imposing a 10 per cent tax on profits from child labor. It targets employers using children ages 14 to 16 beyond eight hours daily six days a week or outside 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Red Cross appeal links to aiding wounded soldiers.
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Senate
Solid South
British Papers Oppose Allied Plan In Russia
Multiple British dailies condemn an Allied operation to occupy Petrograd suppress the Bolshevik regime and restore order, citing soldiers’ complaints and urging public consultation before any major commitment. Opinions split among liberals and moderates, with projections for large troop needs in the North and Ukraine.
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Russia
Petrograd
Soldiers Indorse Ebert Government in Berlin Voting
Berlin dispatch reports the soldatenrat unanimou sly endorsed the Ebert Haase coalition and granted the government absolute civilian control with army supervision kept by the soldiers. The people's council governs nationally while military affairs need parliamentary approval. A Berlin dispatch also states the Ebert Haase government suppressed the Bolshevik regime at Neu Ocean arresting workmen and soldiers council members.
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People's Council
Soldateriat
Amsterdam
Ebert Haase
Neu Ocean
Workmen's and Soldiers’ Council
Berlin
Yanks Clearing England of Troops After Evacuation
London reports Britain has nearly cleared American forces with camps in Winchester and Liverpool still active. Remaining unit under Maj. Biddell’s staff includes 2,600 wounded, being sent home. Washington notes the Moon post office appropriation passed without a vote. airplane mail goes to army aviation and rural parcel post receives one million dollars.
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England
London
Great Britain
Winchester
Liverpool
Maj. Biddell
Washington
House
Moon Post Office
Army Aviation
Bratianu Forms New Romanian Cabinet in Bucharest
In Bucharest on December 17 Premier Bratianu begins assembling a new Romanian cabinet amid political shifts. The move follows delayed reports of government reorganization and signals potential policy changes at the national level.
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Bucharest
Bratiano
United States to Aid Greeks and Armenians in Asia Minor
Washington reports government backing for a plan to send doctors nurses agricultural gear clothing and food to Greeks and Armenians in Asia Minor. A bill to form a relief committee is in Congress and a U. S transport with relief supplies may depart soon led by Henry Morganthau. The project, funded at about 30 million dollars over years, includes reactivating abandoned American hospitals with British protection and French support, and Turkish officials consented.
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Washington
France
Erratic Flu Situation Prompts City Health Warnings
Spanish influenza reports puzzle health authorities as Seattle sees a Thursday dip with seven new cases and sixteen deaths. Health Commissioner McBride urges reducing crowds and cautions that dances spread the disease while vaccine stations, including eight in public schools, operate under Ira C. Brown.
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McBride
Seattle
Ira C. Brown
California Thru With Influenza Epidemic Ends
San Francisco reports the influenza epidemic in California is over and the state board of health states 80 deaths. No curative or preventive measures will be added beyond those already in place.
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San Francisco
California
State Board of Health
World Revolt Platform Hailed by Spartacists
Berlin’s Red Flag prints a Spartacist program calling for confiscation of dynastic fortunes and large estates, a single socialistic republic, soviet rule, six hour workday, food seizure for the people, disarmament and a workmen militia, with Mohenzollern trials and public utilities under state control.
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Washington
Red Guard
Syndicate for Booze Traffic is Discovered
Seattle police say they uncovered a whisky smuggling operation using auto trucks from a Lacota beach rendezvous via Everett. W. D. Smith and George Slomer were arrested at 419 Lake Drive with 410 quarts seized. letters allegedly from Raleigh Faulkner, a bootlegging king serving six months, detail the route and costs of nine whisky transactions totaling $6,402 with paid attorney fees.
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Seattle
Lacota Beach
Everett
D. Smith
Diamond Transfer and Storage Co
Smith
George Slomer
Lake Drive
Raleigh Faulkner
King
Pierce County
Ludendorff Admits Paris London New York Necessary but Unachievable
London reports Gen Ludendorff acknowledged in 1917 that victory required capturing Paris London and New York, a feat he said could not be done. Dr Ratheman head of the German General Electrical Co. warns Germany faces riots and sickness if Allied food relief is not sent within two months.
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Chronicle
Lloyd George
Russia
the Express
Manchester Guardian
London
Kerenaky
Liberala
Eugene de Miller
East Front
Archangel
Ukraine
America
Laudendorff
Paris
New York
Ratheman
German General Electrical Co
Berlin
Germany
Ludendorfft
Navy chief eyes end to competitive big naval buildup
Secretary Daniela told governors in Annapolis that peace talks may halt arms race while US should keep a strong navy to enforce international tribunal decrees. He warned demobilization abroad may take one to two years and noted the wartime effort to move two million soldiers home from France.
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Daniela
United States
Candela
France
Theo Karle Receives Warm Welcome at Seattle Return
Theo Karle a Seattle tenor returned to singing after Army discharge at Camp Lewis. A large Metropolitan Theatre audience, with Misa Carmen Frye assisting, urged another listening of his final ballads. Paris dispatch notes Paderewski to Poland to rally Poles against Bolshevik forces.
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Theo Karle
Seattle
Metropolitan Theatre
Paris
Jan Paderewski
Poland
Margett Claims Knife Attack by Former Seattleite
Former Seattle patrolman F E J Margett says he was stabbed in San Francisco by a man linked to local history. He told United Press that Seattle detectives hope to identify the assailant, noting the attacker taunted him and referenced Dan McLennan’s 1911 white slavery conviction.
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Margett
Seattle
F E. J. Margett
San Francisco
United Press
Margettin
Dan Mc-Lennan
City faces sidewalk clash on First Ave route
The Olympic Trustee company urged the city council to refrain from laying a concrete sidewalk on First Ave 8 between Atlantic and Horton Streets, arguing for an in house construction alternative.
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Olympic Trustee Company
First Ave
Atlantic and
Horton Sts
Rome College of Law awards honoris causa to President Wilson
The faculty of the Rome College of Law conferred upon President Wilson the degree of honor causa. A later item notes investigators probing a reference by Margett as part of a records check. The piece also mentions Red Cross canteens and a call for public involvement.
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Rome
Rome College of Law
Wilson
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