12 Dec 1918
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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1918
Page
1
Dear Friend New Mexico reports near 200 percent of assigned quota for patriotic agencies. Editor Perry thanks readers for support in the joint government effort. Enclosed is a contributor list. notes many also joined the Lick the Kaiser Club and other patriotic citizens whose names may not appear.
British government plans to concede wide naval freedom to the United States after the peace conference, welcoming renewed American seapower as a key guarantee of world peace. Also notes Belgian and German political shifts and a U.S. note urging Peru and Chile to resolve their dispute with U.S. mediation offered.
Associated Press reports dated December 12 from Paris state that talks on the prolongation of the German armistice opened today at Trever in the Rhine Province. Delegations from the involved powers assemble to discuss terms and compliance.
A penniless fisherman with lobstering duties survives a night attack by a wild cat seeking his hens. He uses a rope and meat on a hook set near the roost, the cat steals into the room, and the fisherman fatally stabs it with a carving knife. The corpse's skin is mounted as a wall memento.
Washington reports the railroad administration has no intention of reducing wages for railroad workers after peace, an authoritative statement made today. Dee Washington notes officials clarified the position amid postwar labor concerns.
The U S battle fleet set sail from Portland to meet the liner 90 miles from Brest and escort the George Washington into Brest by nine o clock tomorrow morning. The plan aims to bring the carrier into port with the fleet in position for the operation.
By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 12. Discharged soldiers who do not wish to continue their payments on Liberty Bond subscriptions made through army organizations will have the payments already made returned and their subscriptions cancelled. The bonds thus released will not be thrown on the market.
Admiral Badger of the General Board urges large navy appropriations before the House Naval Committee. Information from the State Department ties Cuba’s general strike to revolutionary propaganda linked to I W and ene movements, signaling broader regional tension.
Townspeople packed the Crawford theatre to view Americas Answer a government produced film. The educational presentation depicted camp life and the vast resources mobilized for recent hostilities with soldiers receiving rounds of applause.
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