Postal Unions Fight Across Government Salaries Rise
Postmaster General presents annual report to Congress amid clashes over government employee affiliation with outside unions. He warns strikes threaten public welfare as postal workers form and join outside groups while salaries and costs rise. The report details postal savings growth and depositors amid wartime strain.
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Puton
Dee
Urleson
Congress
Vestal
Td Postal Savings
Youngest Major in U S Is 9 at Houston Camp
Nine year old Jane Walwer, cited as the youngest major in the United States, served as an officer at a Houston camp. She wore her uniform daily, helped entertain soldiers, and even attended Sunday school in the outfit. Her father ran the hotel where officers stayed during construction of the camp.
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Jane Walwer
Houston
Tex
Jane
United States
Bank Robbery in Culver City Nets $10000000 Losses
Two men posing as film crew robbed the Culver City Commercial and Savings Bank, escaping with $10,000. The incident occurred in Culver City California on December 8 as police launched an investigation into the heist tied to a staged movie crew.
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Culver City
Calif
Dee
Revolution in Portugal Splits Lisbon and Porto
A dispatch from Madrid reports a revolution in Lisbon, Portugal with outbreaks said to occur also in Oporto. The capital and major cities face unrest as details remain unclear.
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Madrid
Lisbon
Portugal
Oporto
Tuy
Stormbound relief trains reach Halifax after deadly explosion
Halifax reports a blinding snowstorm and forty mile gale that strand relief trains and deepen suffering of the homeless from Thursday's blast. City and Dartmouth buildings suffer extensive damage. survivors face renewed danger as aid efforts proceed.
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Halifax
Dartmouth
German Drive Suffer Heavy Losses in Italian Front
Semi official Rome reports say German invaders in Italy endured enormous two day losses and were decimated by their own artillery in at least one stand.
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Washington
Italy
Rome
Bureau Chief Medwin Dies After Pulmonary Hemorrhage
Washington dispatch reports Dee Medwin, chief of the meat packing and poultry industry and authority on botulism and mouth disease, died today from a pulmonary hemorrhage.
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Washington
Dee
Medwin
Escape from Huns explains his grin
American Erin of Sieut Patrick Offrien of Momence Illinois explains his grin after escaping a German prison camp and reaching Leodon in safety. He served in the Britten flying corps on the western front when captured.
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Erin
Sieut
Patrick Offrien
Momence Il
Leodon
Tie
Britten Flying Corps
Mysterious ships sighted near Halifax before explosion
A steamship captain reports two large craft seen off the Nova Scotia coast near Halifax the night before the explosion. One vessel appeared to tow a submarine and signaled toward another ship or shore.
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Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Service Flag With 650 Stars At Georgetown
Washington D C Dec 8 six hundred fifty stars the largest number displayed in a service flag in Washington since war began will be in the Old Glory raised on Georgetown University campus tomorrow the stars represent Georgetown students who have entered national service since the war started
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Georgetown University
Georgetown
Estimate Dead 1500 at Halifax
Halifax dispatch reports the relief train from Boston has arrived. No precise death toll is possible, but 1500 is widely accepted. morgues hold 300 bodies with 200 unidentified. The citizens committee says 3,000 to 4,000 dwellings of the poor were destroyed affecting about 25,000 people with 20,000 left destitute as two feet of snow covers the area.
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Halifax
Associated Press
Massachusetts
Boston
Citizens’ Committee
Idaho Lawyers Offer Free Help for War Registry
The Idaho bar will provide free legal advice to registrants facing the war questionnaire. In the Pocatello district the committee includes Jesse R. S. Budge T. F. Terrell and W. A. Blakely. Attorneys will be available at local boards or other venues on dates to be published to ensure accurate answers and protect registrants rights.
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Idaho
United States
War Department
Pocatello
Jesse R. S. Budge
T. F. Terrell
W. A
Saving the Czar's Neck Rumor of Escape
Washington reports a rumor that the former Czar of Russia may have escaped Tiflis but there is no confirmation. In London guards surrounding Nicholas Romanoff near Tobolsk were disarmed by Bolsheviki soldiers who plan to move him to a safer location to avoid lynching.
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Washington
Tiflis
Russia
London
Nicholas Romanoff
Tobolsk
Siberia
Exchange
Nicholas
Borah Seeks War Declaration Against Turkey and Bulgaria
Senator Borah released a statement arguing for a war declaration against Turkey and Bulgaria. He labeled the Teutonic alliance as unified under Berlin and described Turkey as a brutal instrument against Christians and civilization.
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Washington
Borah
Turkey
Bulgaria
Teutonic
Berlin
Germany
Explosion at Atlas Steel Casting Kills Three
An explosion at the Atlas Steel Casting plant on Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo leaves three workers dead and several others fatally injured, according to telephone reports from nearby factories.
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Buffalo
Atlas Steel Casting Company
Elmwood Avenue
War Leader Rejects Turkish Exclusion In Speech
A wartime speech condemns mass killings and defends humanity and democracy. The speaker refuses to exclude Turks, arguing unity against oppression and tyranny in the global conflict.
Giant Fleet of Airships Proposed by Rubber Makers
Washington reports that America could field an air fleet of 150 000 to 200 000 airplanes at a cost of 3 to 6 billion dollars if major rubber manufacturers push their suggested plan. They propose converting all U S factories to ship parts for a vast air program coordinated by the aircraft board to beat Germany swiftly.
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Washington
America
Aircraft Board
Germany
Ecuador Breaks Off Ties With Germany
Guayaquil reports Ecuador has severed diplomatic relations with Germany. The move marks a sharp shift in foreign policy as authorities announce end of official contact and exchange of ambassadors.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Germany
President weighs government railroads for war emergency
The president concentrates on the railroad problem deciding whether the government should operate the railroads for war emergency or extend aid as requested. A key issue is finding a suitable administrator, whether a railroad man or a top executive from another field.
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Washington
Dec
Corn and Oats Prices Reported
Chicago on December 8 reports corn at 1.2044 and oats at 0.71, reflecting market quotes for grains traded today.
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Chicago
German Diver Strikes In Dark sinks Jacob Jones
Washington reports the American destroyer Jacob Jones, one of the newest and largest submarine hunters, was torpedoed in a night attack and sunk in the war zone. Two thirds of her crew were lost, marking the first major U.S. naval loss since entering the war.
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Washington
Jacob Jones
Surviving Officers List Omits Bagley in Naval Loss
Dispatches report ten survivors from a naval disaster. 37 officers and crew were rescued by lifeboats, while many others remain unaccounted for. Lieutenant Commander David Worth Bagley, brother of Mrs. Josephus Daniels, is not listed among survivors and is feared lost with his ship.
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Sims
David Worth Bagley
Josephus Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
Loss of Jacob Jones Believed To Be Heavy With Many Lives
Survivors named include Lieutenant John K. Richards Ensign Nelson N Gates Assistant Surgeon L L Adamkiewicz Charles E Pierce and others. The attack at 8 o clock night likely by a torpedo sank the destroyer with lifeboats unavailable. rafts carried survivors and the ship vanished in icy North Atlantic waters. Estimates place casualties upward of sixty as the Jacob Jones escorting a merchant convoy may have been struck amid harsh winter seas. The Jacob Jones previously aided the Orama, saving 305 aboard after a torpedoing on October 19.
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John K. Richards
Nelson N. Gates
L. L. Adamkiewicz
Charles E. Pierce
Timothy Edward Towomey
John C. Johnson
Henry A. Starke
Edward F. Brady
John J. Mulvaney
Myron Flood
Jones
North Atlantic
Hunter
Jacob Jones
Orama
Greatest Canadian Disasters Ranked by Death Toll
The Halifax catastrophe is described as the worst disaster in Canadian history, with more than 2000 deaths. It contrasts with the Empress of Ireland sinking in 1913, the Porcupine forest fires, and the Miramichi forest fire of 1862, noting towns wiped out and extensive property loss.
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Halifax
Dominion
Canadian Pacific Railway
Father Point
St. Lawrence River
Porcel
Ontario
Cocchrame
Matheson
Canada
New Brunswick
Douglastown
New Castle
Meatless and Wheatless Menu for Chicago Banquet
The Indian Society of Chicago will serve what may be the first strictly meatless and wheatless banquet menu in Chicago at its annual dinner tonight at the Congress hotel. The committee aims to make the event a major patriotic occasion.
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Chicago
The
Indian Society of Chicago
Congress Hotel
Jusserand to Be Guest of Honor at New York Dinner
French ambassador Dr J J Jusserand will be guest of honor at the nineteenth annual dinner of the Pennsylvania Society of New York at the Waldorf Astoria. Speakers include Colonel Roosevelt and Senator Lodge of Massachusetts.
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New York
J. J. Jusserand
United States
Pennsylvania Society of New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Roosevelt
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Nation Faces Meat Shortage as Crop Records Fall
Washington reports record crops this year but beef and hog supplies fall short due to rising exports and livestock declines. Secretary Houston outlines increased production goals, notes a 4 million hog decrease, and details emergency use of forest ranges and a $3 million saving from targeted storage and seed stock surveys.
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Washington
Houston
Congress
Europe
Maine
Vermont
Massachusetts
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