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Newspaper
The Nome Daily Nugget
Location
Nome, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1917
Page
1
Arizona state race for governor sparks militant tension as Governor Hunt and rival Campbell claim office and arms are readied. Fires destroy Valdez business district amid incendiary reports, with extensive losses and ongoing court battle over official results.
Berlin reports the Entente reply to the German peace offer is verbose and inconsistent yet effectively a refusal to end the war. Officials say the text notes aims to partition Constantinople and regional straits, while public sentiment lingers in disappointment but resolve remains to press on into the new year.
International News Service reports the new rural credits law spurring farm loan banks to provide loans at reasonable rates. A Bermuda commission is studying a similar system for farmers, per Consul Loop's report to the state department.
Berlin reports sharp fighting on the eastern fronts favorable to German forces. Caspian region advances eastward noted as valuable to wartime effort. Moldavian front sees Russians and Roumanians pushed northward but snow slows progress.
In Washington on January 2 the Mexican question stands at a standstill. The United States shows no openness to modification and presses Carranza to sign the protocol. If Mexico refuses, conference efforts may be abandoned as American commissioners push for adherence to the plan.
Two small metal pieces from a Zeppelin destroyed over England were received by the navy department. Officials plan chemical analysis to identify the metal, which resembles aluminum but is slightly heavier and much stronger.
The War Department reports total enlisted line strength at 106 456 under the national defences act with 38 infantry regiments 61 231 men 17 cavalry regiments nine field artillery regiments three engineers and Coast Artillery Corps 21 423 star corps and departments and other units totaling 180 880 authorized enlisted strength across the army. Subscriptions noted for The Nome Nugget at $2.00 per month.
Fort Yellowstone Wyoming, long the troop post policing Yellowstone National Park, has closed and troops reassigned. Thirty park rangers will take over, as the National Parks Bureau shifts to civil policing policy since the park’s founding. The text also mentions Nome Bowling Club alleys open to all from noon to midnight.
In a move to increase food supply, Mexico’s de facto government canceled duties on many food commodities. A telegram from the American interests representative in Mexico City says a decree allows imports of barley lentils beans peas flour oil rye corn sugar and other staples free of duty through February 28, 1917.
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