Turmoil Across Europe as Cabinet Resigns and Fronts Harden
A Lisbon dispatch reports all Portuguese cabinet members resigned in a body. Paris and Geneva bulletins note rail and military moves in Serbia Romania and Alsace Loraines, with tunnels blown, Danube transit halted, and French forces in Alsace advancing amid deep snow and harsh winter conditions.
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Associated Press
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Lisbon
Geneva
Paris
Alsace
Landwehr
Lorraine
Burnhaupt
Thann
Vosges
Teete de Faux
Col du Bonhomme
Victory of Lodz Not Officially Confirmed
London reports from December six say the Battle of Lodz may have ended in a Russian victory but no official confirmation exists yet. Continued on Page Seven.
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Lodz
London
Novelist Appeals For Aid For Destitute Belgians
A novelist urges Americans to donate food to starving Belgians, arguing relief is needed more than battlefield action as the war drags on. He warns that famine threatens civilians unless aid flows from the United States.
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America
Submarine Shows Its Importance as Commerce Killer
A French ministry statement says the German U-21 demonstrated submarines as commerce destroyers after sinking the Malachite and Primo near Havre. The U-21 fired torpedoes on Nov 25 and 28, set fire to the Primo, and evaded a torpedo flotilla near Cape Antifer.
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Bordeaux
Paris
Havre
Ministry of Marine
Cape Antifer
Norway Concern Orders Four Ships for Canal Trade
Christiania December 5. The Norwegian Steamship Company has ordered four diesel steamships to trade with western ports of America via the Panama Canal. The ships will cost 2 million dollars.
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Norway
Christiania
London
Norwegian Steamship Company
America
Panama Canal
Indiana Legislators Indicted in 1918 Lobby Scandal
Marion county grand jury charges Lieutenant Governor William P. ONeill Secretary of State Homer L. Cook and 11 others with signing false claims for legislative expenses in 1918. Total funds drawn exceed 160000 with 100000 paid to nonmembers. Indictments cover 34 counts alleging false claims paid from legislative funds.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Treasury of
Indiana
Marion ‘County
William P. O'Neill
Homer L. Cook
General Assembly
William P. O’neill
Mason J. Niblack
House
Most Pitiless Fight of War Near Lodz
From Petrograd the Associated Press reports a brutal clash southeast of Lodz between German and Russian forces. German troops penetrated to Tuszyn and, surrounded, fought toward Brzeziny to join the main body. Repeated Russian counterattacks failed as Germans broke through at bayonet point for fifteen miles. The action is described as the bloodiest and most pitiless of the war with heavy German officer casualties and regiments reduced to small remnants.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
London
Lodz
Tuszyn
Brzeziny
Hoover Reports Belgium Relief Progress and Hardship
Herbert Hoover, head of the American Commission for Relief in Belgium, returns to London after a week inspecting Belgium. He says food distribution proceeds but famine still threatens 7,000,000 people, with Germans and Allies differing over food imports and a near total lack of communication inside Belgium.
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Associated Press
London
Herbert Clark Hoover
American Commission For Relief
Belgium
United Tes
Hoover
Commission
The New Mrs Tod Robbins Boston Heiress Joins 2nd Wife
Tod Robbins the Brooklyn athlete and author wed Lillian Ames Chatam a Boston heiress niece of the late Governor Ames at Brookline Mass The marriage follows Robbins divorce from his first wife and recalls his 1909 elopement with Edith Norman Hyde The couple share custody of two sons in half year terms
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Tod Robbins
Boston
Brooklyn
Lillian Ames Chatam
Brookline
Mass
Chatam
Governor Ames
Massachusetts
Robbins
Edith Norman Hyde
Douglaston
L. L
Jersey City
Von Buelow Named German Embassy Head in Rome
The formal announcement says Prince Bernard von Buelow will head the German embassy in Rome while Ambassador Von Flotow is absent three months for health. The move provokes comment in Italian circles with debate on Germany Italy and neutrality in the ongoing conflict.
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Rome
Bernard von Buelow
Herr von Flotow
Germany
Salandra
Italy
Prince von Buelow
Quirinal
Ora
Schooner Donnelly Sinks in Chesapeake Bay Tragedy
Off Thimble Shoal in Chesapeake Bay the coal laden schooner Donnelly from Baltimore foundered in rough seas. Captain John R. Philps survived after clinging to a hatch cover for hours. two crew members perished. The ship carried 176 tons of anthracite coal bound for Hampton.
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Newport News
William Donnelly
Baltimore
Hampton
Thimble Shoal
Chesapeake Bay
John R. Philps
Phillips
Willoughby Beach
Hampton Roads
Norfolk
Donnelly
New British Navy Names Include Canada Tipperary and Botha
The December navy list shows a new British battle ship named Canada and two flotilla tenders named Tipperary and Botha. The names were published by the Associated Press from London dated December 5.
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Associated Press
London
Canada
Tipperary
Botha
Millionaire Colonel Alexander Held on Mann Act Charge
Providence December 5 Col Charles Alexander a Providence millionaire merchant was arrested by federal officers on a Mann Act warrant from Chicago. He is accused of transporting Miss Jessie Cope from Los Angeles to Chicago in February 1941. Bail set at 7500 and case continued for January in Chicago federal court.
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Associated Press
Providence
R. I
Col
Charles Alexander
Chicago
Jessie E. Cope
Los Angeles
Cal
We City
United States
A "Calder
A. Ing
Henry W. Hayes
Alexander
Rumstick Point
Williamstown
Mass
Charles F. Clyne
Jessie Cope
Colonel Alexander
Clyne
Miss Cope
Alexander Brothers
Dian Steel Company
Los
Karlsruhe Cruiser Reported Back in Atlantic Steamship Lane
An Associated Press report from New York states the German cruiser Karlsruhe has returned to the North Atlantic steamship lane near South American waters while allegedly hunting for ships bearing Allied flags. Jamaica reports from Port Antonio last week mentioned the cruiser in the area, with Zacapa steamer officers confirming details.
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Associated Press
New York
North Atlantic
Germany
Zacapa
Yterday
Jamaica
Port Antonio
Maica
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