Armistice terms strip Austria of military power
United States dispatches report that Austria-Hungary is to be eliminated from the war, with terms public this afternoon that will rob Austria of military potency and signal Germany must surrender. Germany’s fate hinges on accepting Allied terms as Austrian troops head home amid collapsing fronts.
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Austria
Germany
Washington
Austria-Hungary
United States
Berlin
Wilson
Praise for Americans in Argonne Meuse sector
French critics in Paris on November 4 praised American troops for breaking through three fortified German lines in the Argonne Meuse sector north of Verdun. They noted the advance across 21 miles of front, reaching 12 kilometers from Sedan and 18 miles from Mezieres, highlighting courage endurance and the audacity of new American staff.
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Paris
Argonne-Meuse
Verdun
America
Argonne Forest
Meuse
Fabry
Sedan
Mezieres
Laon
Weather Forecast for New Haven and Connecticut
New Haven forecast shows light rain tonight and Tuesday morning with warmer conditions tonight and cooler Tuesday. Connecticut unsettled with rain tonight into Tuesday, warmer tonight, cooler Tuesday. winds from south then west. Observations list varied readings across cities, New Haven at 38 and cloudy, Albany 56 clear, Boston 40 cloudy, Pittsburgh 50 rain noted.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Lake Huron
Lake
New England
Macon
Georgia
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Block Island
Boston
Chicago
Denver
Detroit
Hartford
Jacksonville
New Y
Norfolk
Pittsburg
Portland
St. Louis
Washington
German Armies In Critical Position On Western Front
Washington reports the German armies on the western front are in a critical state as Franco American and British Belgian forces advance. Austria’s surrender shifts leverage, signaling endgame discussions at Versailles. Officials expect armistice terms soon and reject Teutonic trade at the peace table while Balkan borders and a postwar league are outlined.
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Washington
Austria
Germany
Balkan
League of Nations
Mrs Russell Sage dies in New York at ninety
New York November 4 Mrs Russell Sage philanthropist and widow of John L Sage died at her Fifth avenue home after three days of illness from a complication of diseases. She was ninety. Known as America’s wealthiest woman she gave away an estimated thirty million of the seventy five million left by her husband. She traced ancestry to Miles Standish and Col Henry Pierson. Born in Syracuse New York.
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New York
Russell Sage
America
Fifth Avenue
Mrs. Sage
Margaret Olivia Slocum
Miles Standish
Col
Henry Pierson
Syracuse
N. Y
Nurses Needed For Army Corps In 1918 19 Hartford
More than 10 090 additional nurses will be needed for the Army Nurse Corps by January 1 1918 with another 25 000 required by January 1 1919. The Connecticut State Council of Defense reports the figure through Miss Hannah J Patterson resident director of the women’s committee.
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Hartford
Army Nurse Corps
Woman’s Committee
Connecticut State Council of Defense
Hannah J. Patterson
Council of National Defense
Fourth Liberty bonds trade at 98 in early New York market
Trading opened for the new Fourth Liberty loan 41-48 with small buys totaling about 400000 at 98. A block of 3800000 followed at the same price and a further 500000 moved at 98 as well, despite the odd non sequitur inserted about marriage and happiness.
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New York
Liberty
Congress Turns 10 Problems of Peace
Washington reports that after twenty months focused on war measures Congress begins planning for peace and reconstruction. Leaders say the next session will center on revenue and reconstruction legislation with debates shaped by election outcomes.
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Congress
Washington
Martin
Simmons
Finance Committee
Senate
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
Wilson
Lafer
America
Food Administration
War Trade Board
War Industries Board
Depravity of German Troops Revealed On Front
American engineers with the British army report German plans to blow up a church at St Martin Riviers on the Selle river by wiring sacred vessels. In Germany brutal treatment of American POWs is alleged in camps at Lemburg Gressen and Darmstadt with Red Cross supplies being seized as war booty.
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le Cateau
St. Martin Riviers
Selle
London
Lemburg
Gressen
Darmstadt
Geneva
Daily Express
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Sub-Treasury Gains 616000 From Banks Saturday
New York November 4 reports the sub-treasury gained 616000 from banks on Saturday. The cash net gain since Friday stood at 185000.
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Sub-Treasury
New York
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Young Men’s Christian Association
Young Women’s Christian Association
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War Camp Community Service
American Library Association
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Middletown National Bank
the Central National Bank
Middletown
Main Street
Chester L. Hull
Emery
Madras
Main St
J. F. O'Connell
Prop
George F. Redford
Petit Parisien
Basle
Nourse-Sherman Co
Middlesex
Grovern
Brainard
Logan Dletown
Kaiser AS
Arthur M. Davis
Kaiser
William A. Wellman
Lafayette Flying Corps
H. C. Witmer
John Price Jones
Hinzen’s Book Store
Middletown Coal Co
Corey
Stueck
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