Christmas Day on the Rhine by the Occupation Army
American troops on Christmas Day 1918 celebrated amid Coblenz and Remagen scenes of carols mass and a midnight service. Major Bill Donovan led a procession to a German church where 600 soldiers received communion. Chaplain Duffy preached as Private Mike Donaldson received a Distinguished Service Medal for valor at Verdun.
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Germany
Sourier
Nancy
Occupa
United States
Coblenz
Bowie
Bill
Atlantic
John J. Donovan
Boston
Knights of Columbus
Red Cross
165Th Infantry
69Th
New York
Remagen
Rhine
Bill Donovan
Columbia University
John Curtin
James Murray
63Rd Regiment
Flannery
Cuba
Francis P. Duffy
New York City
Mike Donaldson
Haverstraw
N. Y
Stanley Ketchel
Donaldson
Santa Claus
Londres-St. Georges
Verdun
Mike
Father Duffy
James Mangin
Rochester
167Th Infantry
Second
Alabama Infantry
Rhine River
Army
Patrick Dunigan
American Third Army
Army of Occupation
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson Sees London Shops
Mrs Woodrow Wilson toured fashionable London shops today, invited by Queen Mary for a midday sight seeing trip. A reception is planned at the American Women's club at four this afternoon.
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London
Woodrow Wilson
Queen Mary
American Women’s Club
Christmas Day Help For German Children
The soldiers set up a tree and held an open house for German children. General Dickman’s doughboys fed and warmed on Prussian soil, a memory the German people will long remember.
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Dickman
Estimate of Wilson as Silk Hat Handler in Peacetime Transition
London dispatch from the Manchester Guardian shows President Wilson pictured as a symbolic figure of transition from war to peace. The cor respondent notes a public calm and hopeful mood, praising his grace with the top hat and his unassuming demeanor. In Waterbury, a separate report says Mary Ryan and Domenick Caruso died of gas poisoning, initially suspected as murder but now thought to be accidental. Pershing sends Christmas and New Year wishes, praising the Y M C A’s help to American expeditionary forces and commending its moral and physical welfare work.
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Manchester Guardian
London
Wilson
Europe
Waterbury
Mary Ryan
Torrington
Domenick Caruso
West Porter Street
East Liberty Street
Pershing
Paris
General Pershing
Carter Y. Head
Fine for the Traveler
The Topeka Capital notes the railroad administration has stopped fining a Pullman rider. The piece questions whether penalties for railway misbehavior might be reduced or abolished in the future, pondering reform of policy and enforcement.
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Topeka Capital
Opposition to Promotions of Pershing March and Bliss
Washington reports opposition forming to promoting Major Generals Pershing March and Bliss to full general. The military affairs committee has seen a note from Secretary Baker backing the promotions, but Senate action hinges on committee support. Debate also swells over Brigadier Generals in the western front, notably Crowder, with questions about who deserves promotion and potential political drag on the process.
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Washington
Pershing
March
Bliss
Military Affairs Committee
W. Baker
Wilson
Senate
Enoch Crowder
General March
General Crowder
Senator Chamberlain
Noted Paris Cafe Jazz Band Plays American Dances
Maxim's in Paris hosts an American jazz band from a nearby music hall providing tunes for dancing from 4 to 7 pm. Only regulars invited, many American army officers participate, bringing New York steps to French dancers. Cocktails champagne and tea served. martinis and bronxes made from cheap gin cost five francs. champagne costs fifteen francs a bottle.
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Paris
Maxim’s
Music
New York
Fire damages steamship Florence Luckerbach at Baltimore port
Fire at Locust Point pier six badly damaged the steamship Florence Luckerbach and its cargo of canned goods and gasoline. Four soldiers aiding the blaze were injured and three city firemen were overcome by fumes. Hold No 3 sustained the heaviest damage, with total losses running into thousands of dollars.
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Baltimore
France
Florence Luckerbach
Locust Point
Connecticut Names Among War Casualties
A wartime roll lists 258 killed in action and 340 wounded severely with 1138 missing in action. Section One names Died of Disease and Died of Disease entries include Privates Denis Breen and others from New Haven, Waterbury, Bridgeport, Hartford, and more. Section Two lists Killed in Action including Walter F. Lawson of West Haven and Augusto Tornaciari of Stamford. Additional entries cover Died of Accident and Other Causes with Sergeants and Corporals named.
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Connecticut
Denis Breen
New Haven
George Burros
Bridgeport
Francesco Gregorio
James M. Costello
Waterbury
George C. Dosch
Meriden
Fred Schade
Arlington
Eric A. Schall
Hartford
Harry G. van Wagner
Norwalk
Walter F. Lawson
West Haven
Augusto Tornaciari
Stamford
John J. Butler
Lorin C. Johnson
Joseph F. Comerford
William Gilmartin
Frank J. McHugh
Lewis H. Merrill
Aleck Rusiczky
North Manchester
Immigrant Jilleba Arrested in Deep River for Parole Violation
Hartford dispatch reports John Jilleba a Dutchman wanted in Baltimore by immigration authorities was arrested yesterday in Deep River by Deputy U S Marshal John J. Kelleher on a warrant from U S Commissioner Richard F. Carroll. The alien allegedly attempted to enter the United States in violation of parole and had worked as a ship's steward paroled ashore, later employed in a Deep River factory.
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Hartford
Baltimore
John Jilleba
Deep River
United States
John J. Kelleher
Richard F. Carroll
Jilleba
Famine and Anarchy Tangle in Times-Dispatch Note
A Richmond Times Dispatch passage declares famine as the mother of anarchy and, by an ironic relation, shows anarchy as the mother of famine, linking two calamities in portentous terms.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
HAPPENINGS IN THIS VICINITY AROUND THE CITY
A mixed local notes column reports on James Burke's long unsolved disappearance, a Baptist cantata at Russell Library hall, upcoming building projects for the C H L and Williams Library, and a county building contract lasting to January 1895. Also mentions tramps, a barn fire at John Bransfield's in Portland, local fishing, calendar distribution, and tax and finance items from Hartford news.
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James Burke
Baptist Sunday School
Russell
Williams Library
John Bransfield
Portland
Louie Pease
Dillie Edwards
Adolph Oldack
E. M. Taintor
New York
I. B. Palmer
Jane Ann Mather
Samuel Fenn
Middlesex Rubber Co
Stiles & Parker
Abner Roberts
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Mrs. Wilson
Maang
General Mangin
Frank G. Ford
Wetmore St
Tel
J. Atwell
Main ST
Baker
Broadway
Main Street
Middlesex
Boston Rolls
Hamburg
H. H. Frazier
Holcomb
Merri . Webster
Treasury
Avery
S. Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield, N. J
Cure
Ft. Brewer Cosy, Wain and
Court Streets
Brainard & Logan
the Joggery Shop
Opposit& the Pos
FiCgé
B. Stern & Son and
International Tailoring Co
J. F. O'Connell
Prop
Corey
Iphani
Offic Setueck
Kelco
Kelly
H. Siege
A. E. Holmes
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