Britain Will Maintain Navy In Spite Of All
Winston Churchill writes in the Glasgow Sunday Post that Britain must keep a strong navy for defense and independence. He argues naval strength has never been used selfishly and cites past threats from Spain, Louis XIV, Napoleon, and the Kaiser as reasons to defend liberty and federation.
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J Paul Stevens Dies in Covington
J Paul Stevens born near Utica Ohio died in Covington today from influenza. He was the son of George W Stevens federal manager of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad and left many relatives in the Utica area.
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Barnett Covington
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Chesepeake & Ohto Railroad
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Want More Money From Uncle Sam
Washington December 9 Secretary McAdoo asked Congress to authorize loans after peace to governments allied with the United States for fooding and reconstruction of devastated countries. He estimated about 4 million dollars of war bonds available, but funding cannot continue without specific legislative authority. a hearing was scheduled for Wednesday before the ways and means committee.
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Lefagwell
Cunard Liners To Use German Piers At Antwerp
The Cunard liner service will call at Antwerp and has asked city authorities to use the former North German Lloyd pier for berthage. The arrangement sets the port as a regular stop on the route, signaling a shift in sailing plans and port usage.
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Allied delegates weigh society of nations at peace conference
The Petit Journal reports that during preliminary talks to set the program for the peace conference allied delegates may decide whether to form a society of nations at the peace congress or defer to a future conference.
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Paris
Dec
Hivas
Organization of A Society of Nations
Pelice
Petit Journal
Enthusiastic Soviet blast destroying Tunnel 36
Soviet newspapers praised the destruction of Tunnel 36 on the Trans-Biberian Railway east of Irkutsk in the Lake Baikal region. They claimed the detonation of 1040 pounds of dynamite would hinder American and Japanese forces for six months to a year as they moved to aid the Czecho-Slovaks. The tunnel was part of a chain of forty eight that carried the railway through mountainous terrain by Lake Baikal.
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United States Army Transport Sierra Arrives in New York
The US Army transport Sierra with 36 officers and 1531 enlisted personnel arrived from abroad. Harbor craft whistles and fireboat streams welcomed the ship as she passed the Statue of Liberty on her way to its Hoboken pier.
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Spanish Minister in Berlin Relieved from Office
Madrid reports a decree relieves Polo de Bernave the Spanish ambassador in Berlin from his office sanctions. La Liberte of Paris cites Madrid saying the premier planned to expel the German ambassador von Tratner and aides accused of spying and agitation against the Spanish royal family. A separate item notes a man shot a girl then killed himself near Kent.
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Ban Lifted From Cotton Exchanges Policy Eased
New York December 1 The ban on foreign and speculative short selling of contracts on the New York and New Orleans cotton exchanges removed today by decision of the War Industries Board committee on cotton distribution.
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Forming plans for big M E celebration
District chair men laymen of the Methodist Episcopal church from 42 districts in the Cincinnati area gather in Columbus to discuss expanding interest in the centennial celebration set for June 20 to July 7, 1919.
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Cincinnati
Ares
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Tidlans
Ohio storage reservoir act upheld by Supreme Court
The Ohio act authorizing a storage reservoir to prevent flood recurrence after the 1915 Dayton disaster was declared constitutional by the U S Supreme Court. The Associated Press report from Washington, D C, notes the ruling confirms the state’s flood control measure.
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Banner
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Dayton
United States Supreme Court
French Army General DuPont Arrives in Berlin
Washington reports General duPont of the French army has arrived in Berlin and set headquarters in the former French embassy palace. He is entrusted with transport and repatriation of French prisoners held in Germany.
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Feeling Against the Dutch in Belgium
An Associated Press dispatch from Paris reports rising sentiment in Belgium toward the Dutch government over permission for German troops to move through the Dutch province of Limburg with arms and baggage. The article notes renewed antipathy tied to Dutch policy amid wartime tensions.
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Six Yank Sailors Drowned Returning To Lansdale
One officer and six crewmen drowned off Tangier when their boat capsized while attempting to reboard the destroyer Lansdale after an afternoon ashore. The Lansdale, launched in Quincy Massachusetts on July 22, was named for Lt. Philip Van Horn Lansdale UBN who was killed in Samoa.
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Paris
Menu
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Quincy
Mass
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Samoa
Pooling of Wires Proposed by Vail
Theodore N. Vail urges pooling of nation’s telephone telegraph facilities and marine cable lines under a single executive head without breaking up properties. He says full consolidation isn’t feasible but a coordinated system could improve service, educate the public, and foster favorable attitude toward coordinated government and private operation while preserving private incentives.
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Burleson
Theodore N. Vail
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
Vil
Mr. Vail
Nine French Prisoners Shot by Germans at Langensalza
Paris reports nine French prisoners shot and 15 seriously wounded at Langensalza prison camp in German Saxony. The Spanish ambassador in Berlin notes the act as excessive repression. The French government is said to seek reparations for this incident joining a long pattern of similar events.
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Germans to Leave Poland Serne
The Polish bureau reports that Germany, through Warsaw envoy Count Kessler, has formally informed Poland that the German government is ready to withdraw from the districts of Rosson, Fiodayou, Konswntinow and Diala.
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Konswntinow
Diala
British troops rush to Cologne as unrest grows in Germany
The report from Aix la Chapelle notes unclear trouble in a German city with Red forces and opponents rioting. British troops are moved toward Cologne to maintain order while infantry reach Duren and passes tighten on the frontier. Haig cites advance troops reaching the Rhine between Godesberg and Cologne amid military occupation actions.
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Godesberg
Cologne
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Aix-La-Chapelle
Associated Press
Haig
Bonn
McAdoo urged to remain as railroad chief by Ohio Clerks
Ohio Brotherhood of Railway Clerks adopts a resolution urging MP W G McAdoo to withdraw his resignation, praising his fair treatment of labor and urging Ohio senators and representatives to press for his retention. Other resolutions call for a new Mooney trial, government ownership of utilities, and oppose Ohio state police. Governor of California condemned for commuting Mooney’s sentence to life imprisonment.
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Dec. S
W. G. McAdoo
United States
Ohio
McAdoo
Thomas J. Mooney
San Francisco
Tfe
California
Mooney
Trig
Froud
Two Aviators Die In Plane Crash Near Rockwell Field
Lieutenant Herbert Chasse of Pasadena California and Lieutenant Charles Drake of Mankato Minnesota both pursuit pilots and instructors at Rockwell Field San Diego were instantly killed when the aircraft plunged to earth landing in a southern residential section of the city.
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Los Angeles
Dec
Herbert Chasse
Pasadena
Cal
Charles Drake
Mankato
Kun
Rockwell Field
San Diego
Casualty List Shows 5118 Names From War Department
The War Department announces a casualty list totaling 5118 names. It breaks down by killed in action wounded severely wounded slightly died of wounds missing in action died of accident and other causes died of airplane accident died of disease and other undetermined wounds includes 1080 wounded degree undetermined and notes Ohio men among those listed.
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United States War Department
Clemenceau reads French peace party names
Paris report says Premier Clemenceau, head of the French delegation, may designate key collaborators for the peace conference. Possible appointees include Captain Andre Tardieu, Jules Cambon, Marshal Foch, and ministers Laygues and Coillard.
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Paris
Clemenceau
Wils
Andre Tardieu
General Commission
United States
Jules Cambon
Ministry of Foreign Affirs
Marshal Foch
Navy
Georges Laygues
M. Coillard
Trustees Elected by Madison County Board
Marysville December 7 The Madison county full board backs the elected trustees John P Foye Ly K R Bontwith John Houston and Robert C Rea The Board will meet and organize the first Tuesday in January.
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Ly K R. Bontwith
John Houston
Robert C. Rea
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