History Will Fix World War Blame
London reports Herr Kautsky, compiling a White Book, assigns primary blame for the war to the former crown prince Ludendorff and von Tirpitz, the industrial magnates, and pan Germans. He expects four months for the first volume, with Austria to issue a parallel document. Archives may align with Lichnowsky and Muelson.
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London
Ludendorff
von Tir
Herr Kautsky
Foreign Office
Berlin
Evening News
Kautsky
England
Prince Lichnowsky
Muelson
Germany
Great Britain Builds 35 Knot Submarine At Sea
Edinburgh dispatch reports a British submarine capable of 35 knots with a cruising radius. The vessel, about 300 feet long, blends surface and submerged operation with automatic furnace banking. It resembles a whaleback, featuring a high bowed, arched deck and a fishlike stern, and includes modern crew safety and comfort devices.
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Great Britain
Edinburg
Scotland
Great Lakes
Rue Wilsons Across French Towns Honor President Wilson
Paris reports about five thousand rues named Wilson in towns and villages across war ravaged France. After liberation civilians set up Wilson streets amid debris as Allied armies advanced. Doughboys and foremen posted signs from cartridge boxes bearing Wilson Avenue while German soldiers reportedly left Wilson Strasse in Champagne before capture by souvenir hunters.
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Paris
Wilson
Wilson Avenue
Champagne
Bartlett to Lead Polar Flight Fleet Expedition
Captain Robert A. Bartlett will head an Aero Club of America expedition to explore the polar region and polar basin by air. The $250,000 project will be funded by club members with support from major geographical societies and scientific bodies, aiming to depart the United States next June.
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Bartlett
North Pole
Polar
Robert A. Bartlett
Aero Club of America
United States
France May Back League of Nations
Paris reports indicate France will support the League of Nations alongside the United States as a step toward the peace conference. The American peace commission plans a quiet Christmas in Paris with President Wilson and staff attending dinners, and measures are taken to curb revelry. Red Cross workers prepare pies and sweets in Hotel Regina for wounded troops.
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Society of Powers
France
United States
Wilson
Chaumont
Lansing
House
Henry White
William G. Sharp
Tasker H. Bliss
Pershing
Europe
Hotel Regina
American Red Cross
President in London for ceremonial visit with royal escort
President and Mrs. Wilson arrive in London on Thursday with guards and royal escort, followed by King George and Queen Mary. The route to Buckingham Palace is decorated like a coronation, streets festooned with colors and flags. Friday set for talks with British ministers at Downing Street, Lancaster House dinners invite 70 prominent guests.
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London
British Wireless Press
Downing Street
King George
Queen Mary
International News Service
Buckingham Palace
Paris
Lancaster House
K of C Christmas aid for overseas soldiers
Forty five Knights of Columbus roller kitchens will serve plum pudding to American forces abroad during Christmas week. The group will distribute 40,000,000 cigarettes 1,000,000 sticks of gum and 185,000 pounds of candy and gum drops. Supplies were sent more than six weeks ago and a cable from Paris confirms every day will be Christmas for the troops until New Year.
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New York
Knights of Columbus Roller
William P. Larkin
William J. Mulligan
Paris
Paris, By Mr. Larkin
Connecticut Vegetable Growers to Convene During Farmers' Week
W C Pelton secretary of the Connecticut Vegetable Growers Association announced that the next annual convention will be part of Farmers' Week in Hartford, opening January 30, 1919. He outlined three main aims: standardizing vegetable packages, standardizing products, and creating an economical plan to buy and use packaging.
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Hartford
W. C. Pelton
Connecticut Vegetable Growers’ Association
Baruch to Cancel War Industries Rules to Boost Jobs
Hartford December 24 all the rules regulations and directions issued by the priorities divisions of the federal war industries board will be cancelled and all pledges made on the suggestion or request of this division will be revoked. Bernard M Baruch former chairman of the war industries board sent the notice to the Connecticut State Council of Defense. Washington believes this removal will raise employment for laborers.
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Hartford
Federal War Industries Board
Connecticut State Council of Defense
Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Washington
Peace Mission To Hold Daily Preparatory Conferences
Paris December 24 The American peace mission will hold daily conferences next week, arranging through their staffs a mass of data needed before the opening of the peace conference.
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Paris
Lord Reading to Attend Peace Conference as Consultant
Lord Reading, the United Kingdoms special diplomatic envoy to the United States, will participate in the peace conference in a consulting capacity but will not take a seat at the negotiating table, the Manchester Guardian reported.
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Lord Reading
London
England
United States
Manchester Guardian
Sub Treasury Report Loss After Bank Run
New York December 24 reports the Sub Treasury lost 462000 dollars from banks on Monday, cutting the week’s net gain and signaling continued strains in the financial system. This drop follows a Friday decline as investors reassess liquidity and exposure in major banks.
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Treasury
New York
Sub-Treasury
Happenings In This Vicinity Twenty Five Years Ago
Christmas falls Monday this year and frost lies 14 inches deep in the ground. Eight inches of ice cover the river as towboats Ward and two others struggle upstream and are sent to New Haven for repairs. Local merchants sell the best turkeys at 25 cents a pound and distribute Christmas candies. Colchester Rubber Works closes for inventory until July 3. Durham Rifle Club plans a Christmas shoot at Atwell's range with birds as prizes. Many residents will travel south for the event while churches prepare elaborate holiday music and decorations.
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New Haven
Colchester Rubber Works
Durham Rifle Club
Atwell
Future of National Commission to be decided soon
New York December 24 reports say the reorganization of the national baseball commission may unfold at the joint major leagues meeting on January 16. Ban Johnson met with President Heydler to discuss the game’s future, with Herrmann possibly resigning as chairman before the January 6 annual meeting and a new chairman chosen after the joint session.
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National Commission
New York
National Baseball
Ban Johnson
Heydler
Garry Herrman
Commission
British Premier Plans Reception for Wilson in London
London reports Premier Lloyd George has returned to prepare for meetings with President Wilson on Friday. Authorities expect talks to forge close Anglo American naval policy cooperation and clarify freedom of seas ahead of the president's arrival. Confidence grows that Wilson will understand England’s stance and accept a degree of agreement toward a league of nations.
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London
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Great Britain
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England
League of Nations
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