Northern Pacific grounded at Fire Island amid heavy seas
Navy plans to move 2480 troops from the transport Northern Pacific after it grounded on a sandbar off Fire Island. Three officers and one soldier were landed wounded. rescue boats ferried crew and troops as seas pounded the ship.
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New York
Fire Island
Navy
Northern Pacific
Theos
Coast Guard
Vesnils
Washington
Iqiressport
France
York
Coast Guards
Capture of Turks Spectacular Event
General Allenby's Palestine report details a major Allied operation in September involving British French Italian and Arab forces. A 15 minute bombardment preceded a swift breakthrough tearing gaps in Turkish lines and trapping units near the Mediterranean coast as cavalry exploited the breach and blocked Turkish retreat toward Damascus and Aleppo.
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Tordon
Alis
Palestine
Jordan
Allenby
Etrele
Jeash
Damascus
Aleppo
Full Swing Next Schools Resume Next Day Morning
The school board announces a return to classes after a period of closure due to an influenza outbreak. Teaching staff will be ready, buildings ventilated and heated, and pupils excused until the next day. If cases rise, authorities will act to protect children and prevent further spread.
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Vocatello
Keepi Av
Peace Conference Reports Across Paris and London
Reports from Paris and London describe early peace conference dynamics as delegates discuss an allied policy on Russia and the agenda includes significant talks led by Colonel E M House and President Wilson. The tone notes orders to proceed and coordination among Britain the United States and France.
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Paris
E. M. House
Wilco
Presoce Clemenceau
Peace Congress
Petit Journal
Honse
Balfour
How
Col. Howe
England
United States
Daniels urges merit promotions for Navy officers
Secretary Daniels told the House naval committee that Navy promotions should rely on merit rather than seniority and officers in each grade should select promotable personnel. He proposed permanent wartime pay raises from 6 to 15 dollars, a one month discharge gratuity, and a temporary expansion to 250000 personnel including 60000 regulars and 53000 reserves for transports. He outlined plans to add 2000 permanent officers by July 1920 via transfers and upcoming academy and reserve numbers.
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Washington
Daniels
House Naval Committee
Navy
Department
Naval Academy
President to Meet Officials at Italian Border and Rome
Plans show the president meeting aides of King Victor Emmanuel and ambassadors Page and Count di Cellere at the border. He will travel by royal train to Turin and Genoa, greeted by city officials, then arrive in Rome Friday morning at 10:80.
Hohenzollern Reported Ill in Berlin Army Context
Amsterdam dispatch says former German emperor William II is very ill with a bad cold and high fever. He cannot leave his room as advices from Americans warn of his fragile condition amid wartime strain.
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Amsterdam
William HohenzOllern
Ameroengen
Navy to Run Atlantic and Pacific Fleets in Joint War Games
Secretary Daniels outlined plans for two rival fleets based on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to train in war games next summer. Each fleet will be commanded by an admiral and stay on ships for two years. The program includes bases at San Diego Key West and New London and expansion of marine corps strength to 26,297.
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Washington
Pacific
Atlantic
Daniels
House Naval Committee
William S. Benson
Europe
San Diego
Cal
Key West
Fla
New London
Congress
Marine Corps
Warines
Gaida Seizes Perm in Major Allied Victory
General Gaida leading Czecho Slovak and Siberian forces crushed Bolshevik Third Army at Perm in the Urals, taking 31 000 prisoners. His troops captured an armored train directing Lenin's operations, 5 000 railway cars, 120 field guns, 1 000 machine guns, 30 automobiles, wagons, armored trains and thousands of horses. Lenin escaped but several Bolsheviks were captured.
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Vladivostok
Associated Press
Perm
Ural Mountains
Gaida
Boshevik
Nikolai Lenine
Lenine
Polish In Sight Domino Game Berlin Gates Not AU Fast In Pocatello
Geneva reports Polish forces near Berlin aiming for a tearing raid into Germany with infantry artillery and cavalry support. They have seized railway centers and stock with little resistance as fighting looms. In Posen Polish and German troops clash with Poles occupying the fortress and disarming over 20,000 Germans. the Sixth grenadier regiment resists surrender while Polish civilians aid the troops. Eight Orientals arrested for dominoes behind barred doors, later released on bonds. several others plea guilty to intoxication and face short jail terms.
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Berlin Gates
Pocatello
Geneva
Berlin
Germany
Lausanne
Warsaw
Posen
Polie Court
Sutherland
Hamlin
Bowns
Wester
South First
Bootler
Pacehus
Polish Troops Enter Frankfort on the Oder Front
Berne dispatch to the Express says Polish forces have reached Frankfort on the Oder about 50 miles east of Berlin and have occupied Beuthen in Prussian Silesia and Bromberg in the province of Posen.
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London
Frankfort-on-Oder
Berlin
Beuthen
Prussian
Silesia
Bromberg
Posen
President to Visit Brussels This Month
President Wilson is expected in Brussels early this month as guest of King Albert. He will stay at the former residence of Princess Clementine. The king plans a state banquet at the winter palace in his honor.
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Washington
Wilson
Brussels
Albert
Clementine
Winter Palace
Mint Makes Record Output at Philadelphia in 1918
The Philadelphia Mint produced 397,925,000 coins in 1918, a record. Domestic use accounted for 367,845,006 pieces and 29,480,000 went to foreign governments with a total value of 15,720,301 dollars. In 1917 output was 344,005,828 coins valued at 21,869,513 dollars. The drop in value reflects high demand for small coins, notably 288,104,634 pennies minted, with most foreign work for Central and South American nations.
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Philadelphiay
Philadelphia Mint
Poland pleads for quick relief from Bolshevik invasion
Warsaw dispatch reports Poland in despair over Bolshevik invasion and Western indifference. Telegrams seek Allied intervention, but no reply arrives. Internal strife and worsening conditions add to the crisis as Poland appeals for aid.
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London
Poland
Warsaw
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