Navy to discharge twenty percent of wartime sailors
Washington Dec 5 The Navy will discharge about 100000 personnel, or twenty percent, as swiftly as possible while preserving service needs. Private craft already taken by the Navy will be returned by February. 700 vessels will be struck from the register. Enlisted men may be released to reclaim youth duties, and aviators in schools will complete training before discharge. Special students and graduates from Annapolis and Princeton programs will enter the reserve.
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Cleveland Car Men Return to Work After Strike
Cleveland car men who walked out Tuesday over the employment of women conductors are expected to return to work at 4:30 this afternoon. Cars will run on all lines, and the strikers will assemble at the usual meeting place under their union leader, who has agreed to terms for the men.
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War Department puts U. K. on Major League ball plan
The War Department signals a pause to revive major league baseball with government approval. General March advised resting the season under current conditions, and the department indicated it would proceed cautiously, presenting the plan to General March for review.
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Chicago
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Night Fire Forces Evacuation at Moore Hotel
A fire at the Moore hotel caused 75 guests to flee in their night clothes. The incident caused about $1.50 in damage with no injuries reported.
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Noouwale
Doc
Moore Hotel
Brother Killed and Sibling Wounded in France Action
A Greek family hears of Jacob Selwarge killed in action in France while Alfred Schwartz and Willam Schwartz, brothers, learn of his loss and another brother recovers from wounds as the war touch reaches home.
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Wily
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Alfred Schwartz
Willam Schwartz
France
Senate Rejects Plan to Send Committee to Paris Peace Talks
The Senate disapproved Senator Cumming of Iowa's proposal to send a Senate committee to Paris for the peace conference. The vote was taken in Washington as part of today’s relations committee actions.
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Senate
Cumming
Iowa
Paris
Transports Bring Good Yanks Home
More than 6,000 American soldiers arrived from England aboard the Lapland and Minnekahda amid a huge homecoming reception in New York. President Wilson appeared on the George Washington as crowds cheered the peace prospects and the returned troops headed to Camp Mills. A British ensign on the Minnekahda honored Walter Hart of Mulakkot, who died during the voyage, and Lieutenant James H. Weaver of Denver died aboard the Lapland during the crossing.
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Casualty List From War Department War Report
War Department casualty list shows 2,050 personnel with a breakdown by killed in action died of wounds died of other causes wounded severely and slightly missing. about 150 civilian and military personnel reported in combat regions. Names and exact figures are partially obscured in the text.
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Train accident claims Marion drummer aged 35
A Marion man, 35, a major in the Werle tally road band and the Eagles drum corps, was killed when he was cut in two by a train after stepping from the rear footboard of a yard engine and being struck.
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Charle S. Luler
Werle Tally
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Dicking Yard
Schools Ordered Closed in Chillicothe Amid Epidemic
Chillicothe authorities order all Israile aehools closed due to an outbreak threat. The board acts on concerns of a health crisis and cancels classes to prevent spread, with local officials monitoring for further developments.
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Lee
Chillivotity
Board of Wealth
Copland Passes Bar Exam and Local Tragedy Report
Copland is now qualified to practice law after passing the bar exam in Columbus. In a separate incident, Edward Cooper and his wife and two children were found dead by asphyxiation in their home, believed dead since Saturday. In Fostoria, the Y M C A reports a gain of new members from a district campaign.
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Davidl Gor
Vernon
Copland
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Dat
Edward Coople
Knox Co Men Leave Cantonment Today
Troops from Knox county begin demobilization at Camp Sherman Ohio with about 1500 men discharged daily. They will head home tonight and a convoy service will transport the discharged soldiers as the division’s demobilization proceeds toward completion.
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Sherman
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Spoeind Ivins
Germany Not Required to Return Belgaland
London dispatch reports British authorities will not demand the return of Valgaland to Great Britain. Churchill, in a speech at Duneden to the Wight Me, announces the decision as part of national policy. Me dies hours later after a train incident at the Toledo Central.
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Panal
Ualgoland
Great Brit
Goriuiny
Spencer Churchill
Chicenill
Boy shooter injures playmate in Stafford incident
A Stafford incident left a youth named Ty Thoullot with a gunshot wound just above the heart after a playmate, Dee, accidentally discharged a weapon during a game. Authorities, including Mefevnl and Tuberk Stafford, are reviewing the case.
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Dee
JeTtay Moward
Need AL
Stafford
Ty Thoullot
Inemy
Epidemic Claims Three In Marysville
A garbled notice reports multiple deaths in Marysville including a child and several adults linked to an illness resembling influenza. Names appear distorted but missions indicate pneumonia and broader illness sweeping the town.
Navy wartime manpower cut announced by secretary
Secretary Becretary announces a reduction of the Navy's wartime strength by 100,000 men starting May 14, with men to remain in training until graduation and then be commissioned. Transports Lipland and Minnekahda reach New York harbor with 0,000 American soldiers. Knox County men from Camp Sherman discharged Thursday. British transport Orca arrives with 1,922 American soldiers.
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Carter Glass
Virginia
Mreident Wilken
McAdgo
Treasury Department
Orca
President Wilson Deliberates on Speech Drafts at Sea
On the George Washington traveling 460 miles from the Azores, President Wilson reviews official wireless messages with his stenographer while the crew keeps steady at 17 knots. Clear, cold weather. the president sleeps late and plans a French address. Representatives of the Associated Press travel aboard.
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Navy department estimate trimmed by billions for next year
Washington December 5 secretary Daniel disclosed that the navy's proposed expenditures for the coming fiscal year were slashed by more than one billion dollars. The revised estimate was sent to Congress Monday and reflects changes tied to the war program and ongoing defense planning.
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Navy
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Congress
Representative Carter Glass Nominated to Head Treasury
Washington December 1 Representative Carter Glass of Virginia was nominated by President Wilson to be secretary of the treasury. The move follows McAdoo’s resignation and Glass will assume duties December 16 after confirming work and qualification steps. Glass resigns his House seat after 18 years of service and enters Treasury with no expected policy shifts.
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Tuoudas
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Europe
Machine Gun Suppresses Cologne Rioters in Food Crisis
Reports from Copenhagen say German forces used machine guns to quell food riots in Cologne on Tuesday. Several stores were looted, and casualties occurred among demonstrators as the welfare committee ordered harsh suppression. Police clashed with mobs throughout the night.
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City employees bid to organize clashed with court ruling
The national war labor board refused jurisdiction in a case brought by Omaha’s city firemen seeking the right to organize separately. The decision touches municipal labor rights amid wartime authority. In other dispatches, King Nicholas allegedly remains on the throne after rumors of a deposition, and Sergeant Kay A. Kiktner of the 1st Battalion 7th Infantry was killed in France moments before an armistice winddown.
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National War Later Board
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France
New Decoration Pass Creates a Controversial Order of the Year
Reported in Washington a plan to establish a new order titled the Order of the Year prompts questions about its legitimacy and the selection process. Named figures include Marshal Fouk and Chwai of WO Lam Kluney, with reports noting their detention or status in custody, while other details remain unclear.
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Elin
Saya
Marshal Fouk
Washington
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WO Lam Kluney
Clovsland
Heyl Yeuth
Lovett Resigns as Sub-Director at Railroad Administration
Associated Press reports Lovett resigns as director of the railroad administration's division of capital expenditures and will return January 1 to lead the Union Pacific executive committee. He had been considered for director general to succeed McAdoo, and his resignation does not rule out future appointment.
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Dass
Associated Press
Washington
Rovert G. Lovett
Rairoad
Union Pacific
McAdoo
Cox commutes death sentences to life for two Portsmouth men
Governor Cox halts the planned electrocutions, commuting the death sentences of George W. Baker and Paolini Pangttino to life imprisonment. The men had pleaded guilty to killing a Portsmouth grocer, and were scheduled to die at the penitentiary after midnight.
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Portsmouth
Movement Against Jews Continues in Russia
In Moscow, anti Jewish agitation persists despite prior Soviet condemnations and appeals. The council of peoples commissars warns severe punishment for nationalist incitement and pogroms, affirming the Jewish worker as a brother. The German government backs antisemitic sentiment by banning the Yiddish language in officials.
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