Pershing Visits Rhineland After Armistice
General John J. Pershing made his first Rhineland visit in a private car, unseen by most residents. American airmen in France downed 854 German planes and 82 balloons with 271 American losses, per war department release.
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France
John J. Pershing
Rhineland
Dickman
Army of Occupation
Third Army
Pershing
Washington
Harbord
War Department
Air Service Mechanics Regiment
Air Service
Overpaid Shopmen face wage cut in Harrisburg district
Harrisburg December 23 est 4800 shopmen on the Pennsylvania and Reading systems in the Harrisburg district may lose wages or repay money after a mis interpretation of a railroad wage commission ruling. The workers are paid on piecework and a mistake reportedly occurred in applying the new ruling.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Reading Systems
Railroad Wage Commission
Former Ambassador Walter Hines Page Dies in Pinehurst
Walter Hines Page former American ambassador to Great Britain died in Pinehurst New York on December 23 after suffering heart disease He resigned in August due to ill health Page was editor of The World's Work and a partner in Doubleday Page Co of Garden City Long Island appointed ambassador to London by President Wilson in March 1913
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Page
Pinehurst
N. Y
Walter Hines Page
Great Britain
Doubleday, Page & Co
Garden City
L. I
Wilson
London
England Continues Buying U S Wheat
Philadelphia reports deny Hoover linked contingency contracts with allies and assure U S wheat price at 2 dollars a bushel is guaranteed until July 1 1920. Irwin, second VP of US Grain Corp, says no reduction in purchases and no risk of surplus.
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Philadelphia
America
Herbert Hoover
United States
H. D. Irwin
United States Grain Corporation
Irwin
Germany
England
Hoover
Fall Breaks Only Watch In Plane Crash Tale
Uniontown Pa December 23 On his return from Europe Arthur Harman described a scouting flight accident in which the plane plunged about 1000 feet. Harman an airplane gunner escaped unharmed aside from a damaged wrist watch belonging to him. The pilot also avoided serious injury.
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Uniontown
Europe
Arthur Harman
Harman
New York Raises Over Five Million for Jewish Relief
In New York a two weeks campaign raised 5,089,101 for relief of Jewish wartime sufferers surpassing the 5,000,900 quota. The total exceeded the target by more than eighty thousand dollars.
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New York
Nations List U S Casualties Honoring 1197 Names
Washington reports total U S casualties since July 15 rise to 1197 with 3455 names in the latest list. Most are wounded 3141 with 55 killed in action and 72 died of disease. Names include John A Waite Bellefonte Eurias C Hayes York James C MacConahy Tyrone and many others across Pennsylvania cities and towns.
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Washington
John A. Waite
Bellefonte
Eurias C. Hayes
York
Olive Oil Enlivens Fish In Bedford County Scene
In Ajtoona Pennsylvania on December 23 a deputy revenue officer halted a planned auction of five confiscated barrels labeled as olive oil sent to a society in Robertsdale. He dumped the contents into a stream, and observers said the fish cavorted as if intoxicated.
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Ajtoona
Robertsdale
Bedford County
Caldwell
Altoona
Senate War Revenue Bill Retains 1920 Tax Provisions
The Senate approved all 1920 tax provisions in the war revenue bill by party lines to raise about 4 billion dollars. Debate focused on the 1920 individual income tax rate cut and corporate normal rate drop from 12 to 8 percent, with continued contention over war profits levies and potential extra session timing.
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Washington
Senate
McCumber
North Dakota
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Finance Committee
Jones
New Mexico
Simmons
Snator Penrose
Congress
Italy Lost 500000 in War and Half Million Taken Prisoner
Paris reports Salvatore Barzilai, ex Italian cabinet member, tallies Italy's war toll. He cites 500000 dead, including 260000 killed in action and 300000 dying from disease, with 300000 severely wounded and 500000 captured among 5,009,000 mobilized. He argues for Italian territory claims at the peace conference.
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Paris
Salvatore Barzilal
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Signor Barzilai
America
Albania
Macedonia
Piave
Russia's War Casualties Reported by Petrograd
Copenhagen telegram cites Russia's total WWI casualties at 9,150,000 with 1,700,000 killed and 1,450,000 disabled. It notes 250,000 wounded and 2,500,000 taken prisoner, according to the Petrograd message.
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Copenhagen
Russia
Petrograd
McAdoo Town Demands Rail Chief Show Family Spirit
In McAdoo Pennsylvania residents fault the director general of railroads for poor train service. They note a subpoena or court attendance lasting after noon keeps locals from returning home by nine o clock. Townspeople adopt the slogan McAdoo must help McAdoo to press for better accommodations.
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McAdoo
Washington
Pottsville
Queenstown Invites Wilson to Treland Visit
At a mass meeting in Queenstown on December 23 citizens unanimously adopted a resolution inviting President Wilson to visit Treland next week.
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Queenstown
Wilson
Treland
Children in Gotham Starve as East Side Crisis Grows
A New York relief drive forms after reports that East Side children faint in class and die at home from hunger as milk prices soar. Bankers and citizens heed pleas to feed pupils first while investigations continue.
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New York
East Side
Joseph S. Markus
Undertaker Admits Delaying Burial for Fee
Cincinnati report states Walter Streibig admitted he forgot to bury a child’s body for almost a year. He pled guilty to removing a body without a burial permit and obtaining money under false pretenses. Fined $100 and $10. The undertaker billed the child’s mother, Elizabeth Wendworth, prompting the investigation after she sought to decorate the grave.
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Cincinnati
Walter Streibig
Streibig
Submarine U-9 Delivered to Britain for Reward
Amsterdam reports the German crew of U-9 agreed to surrender the submarine to Britain after Admiral Beatty did not demand its delivery, the Volks Zeitung says. The crew valued the 500 marks each offered for taking the boat to England despite the vessel’s noted wartime exploits.
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Amsterdam
Admiral Beatty
Grand Fleet
Weddigan
Cologne
Volks Zeitung
England
Munition Wage Tops Household Ties in Divorce Case
In Pittsburgh Ida Maloney chose munition factory pay over domestic life. James T. Maloney seeks severance after she refuses to return, citing her higher earnings. Master backs divorce. Separately New York announces June polar expedition by air to survey the north pole, led by Captain Robert A. Bartlett, under Aero Club of America plan conceived by Rear Admiral Peary.
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Pittsburgh
Ida Maloney
James T. Maloney
Maloney
Pole
New York
Robert A. Bartlett
Polar
North Pole
Aero Club of America
Robert E. Peary
Allies to Take Up Russia First
London reports the Allies weighing the Russia issue with President Wilson to discuss prompt action. Estimates on Bolshevist strength vary, while opposition leaders flee abroad. Provisional anti Bolshevist governments form in Kuban Don and Crimea with British inquiries into their forces.
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London
Russia
Reuter
Wilson
Siberia
Kuban
Alexieff
Denikine
Sergius Sazonoff
M. Astroff
M. Stephanoff
Don
Krasnoff
M. Harlamoff
Crimea
Ukraine
Paris
Red Cross rolls 12 million members in Christmas Roll Call
Washington reports the American Red Cross membership at 12,000,000 as the Christmas Roll Call closes. Central division leads with about 4,000,000, Atlantic 2,850,000, Lake 1,410,000, and Southwestern 1,050,000, with some divisions delaying reports due to weather and influenza.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Atlantic
Germans Evacuate Reval and Advance Near Kiev
Berlin reports German forces evacuated Reval the Estonian capital and engaged Bolshevik units on the Ukraine front. Near Zhit six miles southwest of Kiev the Germans captured fifteen Bolshevik guns in the push.
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Amsterdam
Reval
Bosthonia
Gulf of Finland
Berlin
Zhit
Kiev
Ukraine
Papes Diapepsin Advertises Quick Stomach Relief
An advertisement promises instant relief from sourness gas acidity indigestion and stomach distress when taking a tablet of Papes Diapepsia. The copy asserts all symptoms including belching heartburn and flatulence vanish and notes the tablets cost little at drug stores.
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Pape
The Greatest Tragedy of the Great War
A plea from the American Committee for Relief in the Near East urges Americans to donate by December 12 19 1919 to fund aid for Armenian Syrian Greek and other exiles. The message emphasizes large ongoing needs as refugees face starvation and displacement in Western Asia.
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Secriean
Western Asia
Verers
Nis
Anerican Committee
Pells
Near Ets
Joan Ry
United States
Near East Relief Appeal Urges American Generosity
Dr. Samuel T. Dutton, chairing the East Relief executive committee, urged Americans to back the January fund drive for Near East relief. He described Ottoman cruelties and widespread hunger, arguing thirty million dollars is a modest return for safeguarding homes and industries.
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Near East
Dutton
Sdutten
America
Weather Stripping Advice to Save Coal
The United States Fuel Administration urges weather stripping for all doors and windows to curb heat loss. Seal loose crevices and consider double windows for northern exposures. With anthracite shortages in the Middle West, households are advised to use wood and conserve fuel by cutting on holidays and spare time.
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United States Fuel Administration
Middle West
Piper hanged self in jail after near guard
Milo H. Piper a local insurance broker in Muskegon Michigan killed himself in his jail cell just moments after a guard stationed outside his cell to guard against death by his own action. Miss Freda Weichman of Chicago was the woman he had been charged with murdering.
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Muskegon
Mid
Milo H. Piper
Freda Weichman
Chicago
Revolt Reported in Bulgaria At Moment of Turmoil
Amsterdam dispatch notes a Bulgarian revolution breaking out, according to Lokal Anzeiger reports reaching Bulgaria via tre. The item cites upheaval and political instability as authorities scramble for control amid rapid events.
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Amsterdam
Bulgaria
Lokal
Anzelger
Tre
Tumble Restores Speech After Fall Injury
In Scottdale Pennsylvania on December 23, Miss Sarah Butler of Browntown, who had lost her speech three months earlier to influenza, suddenly recovered it after falling headlong down stairs. Her mother found her and she exclaimed she was not hurt, later regaining speech.
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Scottdale
Sarah Butler
Browntown
The Weather Forecast for This Section
Rain to day unsettled tomorrow with moderate winds. Forecast covers the local area with a focus on precipitation and wind strength. Short-term outlook notes changing skies and improving conditions after the coming unsettled period.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Offers Cure for Deafness
Catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications and requires a constitutional remedy. The ad claims catarrh inflames the Eustachian tube causing deafness and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine to restore normal function. It offers $100 for any case not cured and promotes free circulars and drugstore availability.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Adyv
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