Berlin Unrest and Allied War Report Amid Global Fronts
Berlin crowds overturn streetcars and clash with police as military control tightens. Reports cite strikes across Germany, with Krupp in Essen and shipyards in Hamburg, while Brest-Litovsk talks show Bolshevik moves in Ukraine. France, Italy, and Palestine fronts see raids, advances, and allied coordination buoyed by the Versailles council.
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Germany
Berlin
Bud
Spandau
Krupp
Essen
Hamburg
Danzig
Kiel
Holland
Amsterdam
Switzerland
Brest - Letovsk
Poland
Brest- Litovsk
Warsaw
Ukraine
Kiev
Bolsheviki Rada
Kerava
Finland
Petrograd
Viborg
France
No Man's Land
Supreme War Council
Versailles
Bliss
General Pershing
Great Britain
Italy
Havrincourt
Epehy
Ypres
Cambrai
Passchendael
Arras
Lens
Aisne
Alsace
Flanders
Rhine
London
Paris
Dunkirk
Calais
Boulogne
Rcroft
Col del Rosso
Monte di Val Bella
Val D'Astico
Val Guidicaria
Balkan Front
Lake Doiran
Seres
Vardar
Palestine
Baker Warns On German Uprisings And News Of American Front
Secretary Baker cautions the nation against overreacting to German strikes while reporting American troops have joined the actual battle front. He notes Allied manpower and artillery on the western front remain strong despite Russian-gathered reinforcements and describes a January raid by German forces met with quick American resistance and minor casualties.
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Washington
Germany
Baker
Monroe's Whiteway Praised By Electrical Inspector
Raleigh correspondent Col Tom Best notes in the Greensboro News that Monroe has a well protected wiring system praised by Insurance Department Inspector N B Cannady. He cites Wadesboro Hamlet Rockingham and Monroe as towns nicely like real municipalities with extensive lighting and safety focus.
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Piedmont
Cannady
Tom Best
Raleigh
Greensboro News
Monroe
Insurance Department
N. BE. Cannady
Hamlet
Rockingham
Wadesboro
French language praised for telephoning speed over long distance
The text notes that French is preferred for long distance telephoning with expert operators transmitting messages from Paris to London at 190 words per minute. It urges prudent spending and saving with a call to buy War Savings.
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Paris
London
Water shortage looms as Alderman pushes river pipeline plan
Alderman T C Collins warns Monroe faces water famine next summer unless action is taken now. Funds are tight due to paving debts, so a private or corporate pipeline from the Catawba River is proposed. A reservoir expansion is suggested as a temporary fix while a line is secured. The city could pay dividends to a building company, with growth boosting returns. Meanwhile Claude Simpson delivers a Duroc-Jersey hog for 125 to fund breeding efforts.
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Alderman Collins
Monroe
T. C. Collins
Mr. Collins
Mr.Collins
Catawba
Chamber of Commerce
Collins
Richardson Creek
Rocky River
Claude Simpson
Goose Creek
Express
Hogan
Young Simpson
Boys
Must Buy Other Cereals With His Wheat Flour Ruling
The county food administrator explains a wartime policy requiring farmers to purchase cereal substitutes with wheat flour and for retailers to sell flour only with an equivalent amount of substitutes. The ruling aims to conserve scarce supplies and supports the war effort despite perceived hardship on farmers. The piece shifts to celebrate a local temperance advocate, Sullivan, highlighting his long fight against liquor and his unlikely start as a boxer in Boston years ago.
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H. Witherspoon
Crossin’ de Bridge
Icemarlee Road
Witherspoon
Secrest
Darkey
Journal
Robert Howie
Chatman Creek
Sandy Ridge
Lee Griffin
Anl
Europe
Sullivan
John Barleycorn
Liberty Loan
Boston
John L Sullivan Dies at West Abington Home
John L Sullivan famed prize fighter dies of heart disease at his West Abington farm after a brief illness. He was preparing to visit Boston to see Captain James F Sullivan when he collapsed, revived, and died en route to medical care. Funeral services planned in Boston. messages of sympathy pour in from across society.
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Massachusetts
Abington
Mass
John L. Sullivan
West Abington
Boston
James F. Sullivan
Boston Police Department
George M. Bush
John L
America
Sullivan
John 1
Corbett
New Orleans
Hquor
Ground Hog Shadow Forecast Questioned by Local Cleric
The piece notes the ground hog did not appear on the traditional day due to heavy winter conditions. Rev. J. B. Abernethy mentions a Wagnerville man who keeps four hogs year round and observes the forecast, claiming one hog often emerges six weeks late.
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J. B. Abernethy
Wagnerville
Mr. Abernethy
Hitchcock Questions Baker on War Plans and Shipments
Senator Hitchcock denounces Secretary Baker's claim of half a million U S troops in France and ships for a million more as preposterous and exaggerated. He urges centralized war management with a wart cabinet and munitions director, criticizes shipping, fuel, and food distribution failures, and asserts the government lacks a coherent war plan despite Baker's assurances.
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Washington
Baker
Senate Military Committee
United States
France
Hitchcock
Senate
Wilson
Nebraska
War Department
New York
Bake
Military Committee
Greek hotel man held after assault trial
John Nick the Greek hotel proprietor was found not guilty of criminal assault on Eunice Deese after a lengthy jury deliberation. He faced a separate disorderly house charge and received a six month road sentence in Recorder's court, suspended on condition he leave town within fifteen days. Jury members named include J. W. Billue and W. M. Clontz among others.
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John Nick
Eunice Deese
Harding
Recorder's Court
Pratt
Nick's
J. W. Billue
W. M. Clontz
H. Hudson
J. Luther Baucom
L. M. Austin
Sam W. Helms
J. D. Biggers
J. H. Strawn
F. O. Caudle
J. E
White Man Ty Road Force Urges Farm For Chain Gang
Grand Jury report to Judge Harding recommends Capt. Fletcher be given a small farm to help the chain gang become partly self sustaining. Also notes no white convicts in camp for first time, calls for improved heating at county home, roofing, lighting, and a direct telephone link to Monroe exchange. Monroe Grammar school students bought War Savings stamps totaling 1021.11.
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Grand Jury
Harding
Capt. Fletcher
Fletcher
Court House
Clerk of Superior Court
Register of Deeds
Public Instructions
County Commission
Chain Gang
Monroe
T. C. Eubanks
G. W. Lathan
H. W. Laney
F. A. Austin
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Inspector
Stampa
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Monroe Grammar School
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