Ruination of Germany Predicted by Industrial Leader
Berlin December 23. Dr Emil Rathenau head of the German General Electrical Company predicts ruin for Germany and Balkanization of Europe if Entente and the United States place war costs on German people. He warns of famine risk, mass emigration, and lasting political and economic collapse. He cites plans with Ludendorff and notes indemnity could reach about five billion dollars.
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New York Herald
H. J. Greenwall
Berlin
Germany
Trever
Ludendorf
Paris
Bondon
Amdl
New York City
Alsace-Lorraine
South America
Far East
Russia
Dr. Rathenau
Belgium
France
In Memoriam Henry Fairbanks Death at St Johnsbury Academy
Resolution adopted by the Academy trustees honors Henry Fairbanks a lifelong trustee and long time president since 1886 noting 69 years of service and vast educational impact. Memorial includes praise from Prof James Colby of Dartmouth and sympathy to his family.
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Academy
Henry Fairbanks
St. Johnsbury Academy
Fairbanks
James VP. Colby
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth
Lavee
Casualty List Reports Eight Vermonters Among War Losses
Washington lists 1589 American Expeditionary Forces casualties with eight Vermonters among the killed in action wounded or missing. Names include Pvt Frank Wilfore Barre Pvt Clinton Laducer Lyndonville and Pvt Harry Sherman Enosburg Falls among the KIA and others among the wounded missing and missing in action. Private Frank Whesler of Lowell is cited as severely wounded and a stepson of William Collins.
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Washington
American, Expeditionary Forces
Frank Wilfore
Barre
Clinton B. Laducer
Lyndonville
Harry V. Sherman
Enosburg Falls
Robert M. Burns
Cambridge
Willian H. Munsell
Wels River
Charles B. Lawton
South Strafford
Austin Magoon
Greensboro Bend
Charles Trentini
Fred Brown
Burlington
Frank Whesler
Lowell
William Collins
Fort Ethan Allen
108D Infantry
Red Cross Christmas Roll Call Totals Near 2500
The Red Cross drive in St Johnsbury closes with about 2500 memberships expected after late returns. Team results include Fairbanks factory with 459 members and St Johnsbury Academy girls adding 143, while Center teams and others round out a strong showing amid praise for giving during wartime.
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Red Cross
St. Johnsbury
St. Johnsbury Center
St. Johnsbury Academy
Fairbanks Factory
Caledonia
Bowling League Match Between Teams 3 and 5
Team No 3 faced Team No 5 in a Monday night bowling league contest. The match highlighted player performances and team standings as the night’s results determined early season positioning.
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Fairbanks
Barqain
J.?drummond
Emerson
Cc. Perry
C. Rathburn Long
Tod
An Bi Logan Fournier
Guyer
Lengender
Coleman
Vermont Visit of Major General Edwards Publicized
Col H Q Johnson released the Vermont itinerary for Major General Clarence R. Edwards. He will arrive in Montpelier mid month, visit Barre January 16, Burlington January 17, address the Legislature January 16 afternoon, and return to Boston January 18.
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Montpelier
H.Q. Johnson
Vermont
Clarence R. Edwards
Barre
Burlington
University of Vermont
City
Boston
Secretary Lane Coming
Lunenburg December 24 many friends of Ernest Silsby will be glad a letter dated December 2 says he is well and en route to Germany. He fought at Verdun Chateau Thierry Ardennes Forest and St Mihiel and escaped without wounds. Speak in Burlington in January on Good Roads. Snow tonight. Wednesday cooler.
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Lunenburg
Ernest Silsby
Germany
Verdun
Chateau- Thierry
Ardenne Forest
St. Mihiel
Burlington
Harry H Petty Writes Home From France Front
B C Healey received a letter from Harry H Petty dated November 24 1918 from a convalescent camp in France. Petty recalls gas exposure in the Argonne Verdun area before armistice, describes artillery at St Mihiel, time in French towns, and a theatre with moving pictures. He mentions comrades Charles Brownlow and Harlow Hatch and plans to return to his unit while anticipating turkey at Thanksgiving.
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Bert
de Roche
Argonne
Verdun
Nevins
Chateau Thierry
St. Mihiel
St. Miriel
Charles Brownlow
Harlow Hatch
Harry
Government life insurance guidance for discharged servicemen
The Red Cross Home Service outlines advantages of maintaining Government War Risk Insurance after discharge. Policies may lapse if premiums are not paid within 195 days. reinstatement is possible within six months after lapse and the policy can be kept for five years after peace is proclaimed. Conversion options include ordinary life and 20 pay life. contact Home Service for details.
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Home Service Department
the Red Cross
United States
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Attention of Insurance Section
Treasury Department
Washington, D. C
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Home Service of the Red Cross
Secretary Lané to Speak on Good Roads in Burlington
Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lané will visit Burlington in January to address Good Roads under Vermont Patrol Committee auspices. Warren R. Austin of St Albans is named permanent chairman of the Patrol committee’s Legislature panel with Judge Edward Griffith of Manchester as secretary. Judge Marvin C. Webber of Rutland will draft a bill to be reported to the Legislature.
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Franklin K. Lané
Burlington
Vermont Patrol Committee
Warren R. Austin
St. Albans
Edward Griffith
Manchester
Marvin C. Webber
Rutland
President to Dine With Troops on Christmas Eve Banquet
London reports planners prepare a big Buckingham Palace banquet for the President on Friday evening. The throne room will not be visible. The piece recalls Lord Harcourt describing how Britain declared war in 1914 and the rapid communications that followed.
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London
Associated Press
England
Lord Harcourt
Empire Parliamentary Association
Downing Street
Berlin
Big Ben
Colonial Office
British Empire
Pacific
Colonial Committee of Defense
Buckingham Palace
Commandant Finds Two Little Orphans in Refuge Camp
In a scene from A City of Refuge by Henry van Dyke, a stern commandant offers to adopt two children, Hendrik and an unnamed boy, sparking a dramatic moment as a woman claims them as hers, crying out that she has found her lost sons.
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Pan
Santa Claus
Hendrik
City of Refuge
Henry van Dyke
Scribner
Revenue Bill Passed by Senate For 1919 and 1920
The Senate approved the war revenue bill without a record vote, aiming to raise about 6.0 billion dollars in 1919 and 4.9 billion in 1920, compared with 8.2 billion proposed for next year. The final vote came after nearly 14 hours in session, and the chamber began a three day holiday recess while the House lacked a quorum to adopt the same plan.
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Washington
Senate
House
President Wilson to Review 10000 Troops at Chaumont
Paris dispatch notes the president will visit American army headquarters at Chaumont and England, proceed to lunch with soldiers, dine with Gen Pershing, and deliver a prepared address after reviewing ten thousand troops from several divisions. Rhodes's condition improves after a crash near Paris.
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Gen. Pershing
Rhodes
Paris
Chaumont
England
General Pershing
Denmark
London
Buckingham Palace
Washington
Judge Advocate’s
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Panama
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Burungten
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Army Training Corps
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John RR. Mott
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Unenburg
Harry H. Petty
B. C. Healey
Commandant
Lieut
Gilpin
Treves
Calais
American Armistice Commission
Randall's Department Store
E. N. Randall & CO
Railroad
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