Paris Welcomes Wilson and Pledges Punishment for Kaiser
Paris welcomes President Wilson at the Elysee Palace as France and the United States vow to punish German aggression. Poincare lauds Wilson and the Allied cause, urging a peace based on justice, eternal principles, and strong cooperation to secure world security and future freedom. The leaders discuss war aims, aid of American forces, and the need to prevent renewed aggression.
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Paris
France
Belgium
Wiltoday
Amert
Elysees Palace
Wilson
United States
Unite States
America
Permat
French
Republc
Madame Poincare
T Poincare
Presi“Wilson
Red Cross
Pershing
Holy Land
Lafayette
Rochambeau
Demobilization Accelerates As Army Announces Large Exits
Washington reports more than 15 000 officers and men discharged daily with numbers set to double. General March details demobilization progress, ships sailing from France, and units returning to the United States including the 51st coast artillery and several aero squadrons. Yuletide gifts for AEF troops are shipped. new law allows one set of uniforms to be kept. The article lists the infantry divisions and regiments composing the American Third Army.
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Washington
March
Varna
France
United States
51St Regiment
Coast Artillery Corps
Twenty-third Aero Squadron
176Th Aero Squadron
247Th Aero Squadron
264Th Aero Squadron
Air Service
Hines
Ously
Baker
War Department
Army of Occupation
Exhumation Orders Tied to Skeels Poisoning Case
In Passaic New Jersey December 14 orders to exhume the bodies of Mrs Elizabeth Wilkins and Nellie Wilkins arise in the case of Mrs Bessie May May Wilkins Skeels who stands indicted in Andover Massachusetts for poisoning Miss Florence Gay The exhumations follow arsenic traces found in the stomach of Mrs Skeels brother Albert Wilkins and involve the two Wilkins women connected to her during her brothers illness
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Skeels
Passaic
N. J
Elizabeth
Nellie Wilkins
Bessie May May Wilkins Skeels
Andover
Mass
Florence Gay
Elizabeth Wilkins
Albert Wilkins
Stephen OMeara dies led Boston police commissioner and publisher
Stephen O Meara a police commissioner and former prominent newspaper publisher died suddenly at his Boston home. He had been at police headquarters yesterday and was born in Charlottetown Prince Edward Island in 1854.
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Boston
Stephen O’meara
Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island
Fire Destroys Zeppelin Plant in Cranagerr
London reports a blaze at the Cranagerran Zeppelin plant, believed incendiary, destroying half of the facility. Telegraph dispatch notes the fire caused extensive damage and raised concerns over security at the site.
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Zeppelin
London
Ncendiary Sim
Zeppe
Cran Aggeraing
Germany appeals for hastened peace talks in turmoil
Germany, amid internal disorder and intrigue, sent a fresh appeal to the United States via the Swiss legation, urging a convocation of a peace conference and a formal declaration of peace as soon as possible. The armistice timing remains unclear, with no official word of an extension to January 17, 1919, and Austria also pleading for food supplies amid shortages.
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Germany
Washington
United States
State Department
Legation
W. S. Solf
Ebert
London
Armistice Extended and Allied Plans Debated
London reports the armistice extended to January 17 1919 and subject to ally consent for renewal beyond. Allies may occupy neutral Rhine zones with six days notice and amass 2.5 million tons of German shipping for re-victualling, while Baden replaces Mackensen as the British demand.
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London
Treves
Rhine
Cologne
Holland
Amsterdam
Marshal Foch
Herbert Hoover
Germany
Baden
Mackensen
Marshal Joffre's Welcome to President Wilson
Paris dispatch reports Marshal Joffre welcoming President Wilson in a letter published today. He praises the United States entry into the war and expresses confidence in the service of French soldiers. He declares France united with the U S and their president in a long live sentiment.
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Marshal Joffre
Paris
United States
Wilson
France
K of C First to Reach Coblenz in Occupation
An American occupation convoy reached Coblenz on December 13 with a Knights of Columbus unit leading a truck train under John J. Donovan and Fred Riley. They opened a Rhine bank depot and distributed a free Christmas stock of pipes cigarettes tobacco stationery and gum drops to troops. The Salvation Army followed with Wash Anderson and Miss Florence Turk among those directing aid from Chicago and Manchester.
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Nancy
Knights of Columbus
Coblenz
K. of C
John J. Donovan
Boston
Fred Riley
Torrington
Conn
Bank of the Rhine
Salvation Army
Rge
Wash
Aise Anderson
Eee
Florence Turk
Manchester
Elsie Hodges
Richmond
Chicago
German Propaganda Tactics Aimed at Black Americans Exposed
Senate testimony details German efforts to influence Black communities in the south during World War I. Propagandists funded a Fuehr publicity bureau in New York, using Mexicans and local leaders to spread messages that white mobility and lynching were countered by German rule. High U S wages hindered their plans. a July 26 1918 proclamation and industrial wage growth helped end the effort.
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Washington
South
George B. Lester
Senate
Lester
Fuehr Publicity Bureau
New York
Mexico City
Reiswitz
Chicago
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Europe
Germany
France
United States
Committee On Public Information
Disappearance Mystery In Norwalk Seizes City
Norwalk authorities probe the baffling disappearance of Grace Burrell, 25, who told her mother on December 3 she would work in a local factory. She never arrived, nor did factory inquiries locate her, prompting police to issue alerts to nearby towns.
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Norwalk
Grace Burrell
Mary Burrell
State Guard Nominated by Gen Burpee in Waterbury
Gen Lucien F Burpee urged maintaining the state guard noting its need mirrors April 1917. He awarded first prize to Private HB A Tuscano and second to Captain John J O Neil for a revolver shoot in Waterbury CT. Waterbury produced the best marksmen while some towns face drilling costs and may discharge guards.
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Burpee
Waterbury
State Guard
Lucien F. Burpee
Hartford
HB. A. Tuscano
John J. O'Neil
Connecticut
Liebknecht Said to Be Mad by Vorwarts Paper
London dispatch reports Vorwarts branding Karl Liebknecht as mad and morally insane like the former kaiser. The paper cautions his words should not be trusted until he is medically certified.
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Liebknecht
London
Vorwaerts
Karl Liebknecht
Kaiser
Kaiserin Suffers Serious Mental Breakdown Report
Copenhagen dispatch reports the former Kaiserin has endured a serious mental breakdown, with advices received today from Amerongen confirming the condition.
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Kaiserin
Copenhagen
Amerongen
Paris welcomes Wilson with grand democracy march
Paris bursts with cheering crowds as President Wilson visits for the peace conference. A massive parade through the streets, flags everywhere, and a train salute greet Wilson with Poincaré Clemenceau and dignitaries in attendance. The event features aircraft overhead and a navy of French soldiers lining the route.
Women Vote in England Today
London reports women voting for the first time as a new British Parliament is elected. Expected to elect at least two women, including Christabel Pankhurst from Smethwick and Viola Markham from Mansfield, with Tory and Labour seats forecast. Henderson defends Labour against Bolshevik charges amid the campaign.
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London
British Isles
House of Commons
Christabel Pankhurst
Coalition
Smethwick
Viola Markham
Mansfield
Labor Party
Cotton Crop Over-estimated by 1918 Bureau Claims
Representative J Thomas Heflin of Alabama charged in the House that the bureau of crop estimates over estimated the 1918 cotton crop by at least 500000 bales. He cited lower gains compared with 1917, pest damage from red spider and boll weevil, reduced fertilizer use, and a historic July drought as factors.
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Washington
Bureau of Crop Estimates
J. Thomas Heflin
Alabama
House
Southington Woman Arrested for Shoplifting
Grace Walker, 31, daughter of General Assembly member Thomas Walker, was arrested in a New Haven department store by Detective John Carton on shoplifting charges. Police say she admitted going to the cell to gather material for a novel.
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New Haven
Grace Walker
Thomas Walker
General Assembly
Southington
John Carton
Hartford Post Publisher Dead
Hartford newsman James Jay Parshall 34, publisher and general manager of the Hartford Evening Post, died of pneumonia. He also published the Geneva Free Press in Geneva, the Star Beacon in Ashtabula, and the Erie Dispatch in Erie. Earlier he worked as a purchasing agent for the B and C line Great Lakes Steamship Co.
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Hartford
James Jay Parshall
Hartford Evening Post
Geneva Free Press
Geneva
Star Beacon
Ashtabula
Erie Dispatch
Erie
B. & C. Line
Great Lakes Steamship Co
Reichstag heads to Frankfurt as Hindenburg sends troops
President Fehrenbach of the German Reichstag asked the body to assemble in Frankfurt. General von Hindenburg dispatches troops to guard deputies. Government officials threaten treason charges for deputies who accept the invitation.
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Zurich
Fehrenbach
Reichstag
Frankfort
von Hindenburg
Pershing reports Third Army crosses Rhine into Coblenz
Washington dispatch states General Pershing informs the War Department that the American Third Army crossed the Rhine and occupied the Coblenz bridge head in an official communique dated December 14.
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Pershing
Washington
Rhine
Coblenz
War Department
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Vienna
Neue Erie Press
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U. S
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Shing
Tory
Blue Devils
Fort Mont Valerian
Bois Boulogne
Brest
Poincare
Clemenceau
Lansing
Frazier
Mme. Poincare
Gourand
England
Heflin
Hartford Post
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