German Children and Doughboys Share War Tales
A Philadelphia traffic policeman, Hesser, befriends a German girl Matilda in Coblenz during the war, despite anti fraternizing rules. They share a laugh over a Santa Claus doll and bread as doughboys escort children on sled rides while German authorities enforce liquor curfews. General Pershing’s proclamations and allied reactions frame the scene as war life in a divided city.
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Eant Charlesphia
Little Matilda
Peranti
Santa Claus
Hesser
Jack Imes
Imes
Matilda
Coblenz
Summer Palace
Philadelphia
Eddie Hainey
Rhine
Pershing
Big Bout May Be Staged In Paris
European boxing promoters pace activity with Paris matches. Georges Carpentier signed to fight Bombardier Wells in Paris. Charles Ledoux to face Jimmy Wilde in the same club. English promoters bid 25 000 for Wilde versus Pat Moore in London. Flyer Hite Tree unhurt after crash near New Haven. Sergeant Cato escaped injury, plane wrecked en route from Norwich to Mineola.
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Paris
New York
London
Georges Carpentier
Bombardier Wells
Charles Ledoux
Jimmy Wilde
Jimy Wilde
Pat Moore
Memphis
New Haven
C. T. Cato
Waco
Tex
Curtis
New Haven Country Club
Cato
Norwich
Mineola
L. L
Chicago Labor Official Murdered After Meeting
John W. Digiovan ni, business agent of the Hod Carriers union, is killed returning from a Chicago Federation of Labor meeting where a new political party was launched. He was shot by two men who emerged from near his home and fired their revolvers.
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Chicago
John W. DiGiovanni
Hod Carriers’ Union
Chicago Federation of Labor
America to hold big merchant fleet after the war
Paris dispatch quotes Edward Nash Hurley, chairman of the National Shipping Board, predicting the United States will control 5 percent of world merchant tonnage postwar while Britain holds about 50 percent and the rest goes largely to Scandinavia. He discusses plans to take over 30 to 40 White Star ships, fly the British flag for three years, repatriate 35,000 to 40,000 troops in two weeks, and restore normal troop and passenger movements. He praises army supply work and notes increased South American trade and ship scheduling to maximize cargoes. The North Sea fishing area totals about 300000 square miles.
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Paris
America
Edward Nash Hurley
National Shipping Board of
United States
England
White Star Line
France
Europe
Hurley
South America
Army Supply Department
General Harboard
Shipping Board
Mr. Hurley
London Getting Back to Peace After War
London returns to peacetime life as wartime restrictions lift. The city regains light and order with restored arc lamps and clocks, theatres reopen the White Way, and Westminster buildings escaped damage. Officials ease bans on auto use, meat captions end, and social season resumes amid a shift from uniforms to civilian dress and glamor.
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London
Westminster Abbey
Parliament
Food Ministry
Royal Air Force
Three New England Governors Stricken With Flu
Three governors in New England are ill with Spanish influenza. Massachusetts Governor McCall shows improvement and may sit up by New Year’s. New Hampshire Governor Keyes cancels a capitol visit and will have his farewell address read to the legislature. Maine Governor Milliken stays in bed, with hope of strength by Thursday for the inauguration.
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Boston
New England
McCall
Massachusetts
Keyes
New Hampshire
Haverhill
Milliken
Maine
Turkish chamber dissolves amid Young Turk revolt
London dispatch reports a political debacle in Turkey as a grave Latin broke out in the Turkish chamber of deputies at Constantinople. The chamber has dissolved following a rift over measures backed by the Young Turks.
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London
Turkey
Athens
Chamber of Deputies
Constantinople
Tur
678 Casualties In Three Lists From World War II Reports
Washington reports 678 casualties across two Army lists and one Marine Corps list. The Marine list names Lt Emil Jessen and Pvt Whiting Geer among Connecticut honorees, while an additional entry notes Lt Robert Martin from New Bedford declared dead in France. The Army list tallies 541 names with breakdowns by cause and status, including 68 missing in action and 284 wounded severely.
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ARMY
Marine Corps
Connecticut
Washington
Vincent S. Whyland
Avraan Ezratty
Emil Jessen
Bridgeport
Whiting Geer
Warehouse Point
Conn
New Bedford
Mass
Robert Martin
War Department
France
Martin
Camp Devens
Virginia
Eckman’s Alterative Aids Weak Lungs and Coughs
A health advertorial notes Eckman’s Alterative helps stop coughing strengthen lungs and restore health for weakened lungs. Available in 80c and 1.50 bottles at druggists or from Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia.
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Eckman
Druggis
Ckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Happenings in This 25 Years Ago on Local Scene
The last common council meeting of the year noted expenditures exceeded estimates by 2533.76 dollars. Alderman Hills sought an extra 1545 to cover department shortfalls. Ice is smooth and skating fine. Middlesex Mutual paid full insurance on the Bransfield barn burned Wednesday morning. Capt Jerry Haling fished well through the ice at Job's pond yesterday. Willie Kieft received a Langshang from New Hampshire. Henry Parmelee, Wilcox & Crittenden teamster, sick with grippe. John Hopkins acts as temporary Fountain's shoe store clerk during clerks’ absence. B H Douglas Jr Fife and Piccolo Band plans to attend a Y A ball at Colchester January 8. Dr W P Barnes and Gilbert F Peckham returned from a duck hunt with five ducks. A large plate glass window at W Caulkins and Post cracked last night. Four men returned from East Hampton Lake with a fine winter fishing string, many pickerel 2-4 pounds and six perch over a pound. Landlord Chaffee to serve last season’s dinner Sunday with quail partridge squirrel coon wild duck and venison.
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Common Council
Hills
Middlesex Mutual
Bransfield
Jerry Haling
Job’s Pond
Willie Kieft
New Hampshire
Henry Parmelee
Wilcox & Crittenden
John G. Hopkins
Fountain’s
B. H. Douglas Jr
Colchester
W. P. Barnes
Gilbert F. Peckham
W Caulkins
Post
East Hampton Lake
Chaffee
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