Rainbow Division Commander Named Air Service Director
Major General Charles T. Menoher, who led the Rainbow division in France, is named director of air service succeeding John D. Ryan. Col. James A. March becomes acting director of aircraft production. The moves integrate air service into the permanent military establishment ahead of staff reorganization.
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Associated Prese
Washington
Charles T. Menoher
42Nd
Rainbow
France
Air Service
John D Ryan
General March
James A. March
William C. Potter
March
Aviation Service
Menoher
General Staff
Clarkson Named Director of National Defense Council
Grosvenor B. Clarkson of New York elected director of the Council of National Defense to replace W S. Gifford who resigned. Clarkson has served as secretary to the council during the war. Telegraphic reports from state councils indicate most of the 18 000 defense units are cooperating with demobilization efforts.
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Associated Press
Washington, DC
Grosvenor B. Clarkson
New York
Council of National Defense
WS. Gifford
Clarkson
Defense Council
Tack Hendricks Returns to St Louis Club
Word arrives that Tack Hendricks, manager of the St. Louis National League baseball club, has returned from service in France where he served as a Knights of Columbus field secretary. He arrived today aboard the Megantic.
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Tack Hendricks
Dec
C. Sath
Vricks
St. Louis
National League Baseball
France
Knights At Columbus
Megantice
Walsh witness for Berger in Sedition Trial
Associated Press report notes William J. Walsh testifying in the Berger sedition trial in Washington. He described visiting Washington July 14 1917 with Athos Pinchot Clarence Darrow and others to protest barring small newspapers from the mails and read a letter to Postmaster General Burleson.
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Associated Press
Seceed
Cettaves
Pee
Frank P Washo Kateas
Wiliam Foon
Jefon
Victor L. Berger
Chireond
Walsh
Athos Pinchot
Clarence Fl. Darrow
Morris Huillquit
Burleson
Washington
Wilson
Doom of competition in grocery business seen
Washington December 21 Retail and wholesale groceries on a competition basis will be wiped out within a few years unless present tendencies in the meat packing industry are eliminated. Chairman Colver of the federal trade commission told the house interstate commerce committee hearings on the administration bill to regulate the packing business. The cause, he contended, was that packers had obtained control of numerous industries not directly related to packing. The consumer pays more said Mr. Colver. Since packers have become heavily interested in the salmon industry, prices have advanced without economic reason except control.
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Associated Press
Washington
Colver
Federal Trade Commission
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Daniels Consults Shipbuilders Over Destroyer Plans
Secretary Daniels met with shipbuilders in Washington to review navy destroyer contracts. He announced plans to cancel unstarted work to reconfigure keel projects for future war needs and reduce costs while keeping the destroyer program intact with over 360 contracts outstanding.
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Associated Prese
Washington, D. C
Daniels
Japanese Baron Akatani Appointed China Financial Adviser
Baron Akatani a leading Japanese financier is named financial adviser to the Chinese government. Ambassador Morris at Tokio reports Akatani plans currency reform toward a gold standard and aims to improve Sino Japanese trade relations with this appointment.
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Washington, D. C
Baron Akatani
Japan
State Department
Morris
Tokio
China
Mayor and Army Officer Freed of Arson Charges
In Little Rock Arkansas on DD 21 Dr DD M Pixley mayor of North Little Rock and Lieut Paul Gabro were acquitted of arson in circuit court. After prosecution presented evidence Judge Wade instructed the jury to acquit. The charges related to the February burning of the Army Athletic Association clubhouse where Gabro was manager and Pixley alleged to have interest.
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Little Rock
Ark
Dee
DD M. Pixley
North Little Rock
Paul Gabro
Oda
Wade
The
Army Athletic Association
Gabriel
Pixlev
Nine Socialist Deputies Quit Army Committee in Paris
Nine Socialist members of the Chamber of Deputies resigned from the army committee in Paris after Deputy Renault refused to summon Premier Clemenceau for an interrogation on Germany’s demobilization. Albert Thomas and Pierre Renaudel were among those stepping away.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Renault
Clemenceau
Germany
Albert Thomas
Pierre Renaudel
Wireless links allow soldiers to contact kin at sea
Relatives and friends of soldiers returning on transports may communicate with them by wireless and receive answers to their NPSs under a wave department agreement announced by the third district officer of communication. Messages may be filed at any telegraph office.
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New York
Wave Department
Third District Officer of Communication
U S Ends Milk Control In New Federal Move
Federal control of milk distribution and price ends as administration shifts to city and MTA officials and the dairymen's league and milk distributors in New York.
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U.S
New York
United States
MTA
Dairymen's League
Denver Faces Prohibition Fallout on 5000 Packages of Liquor
The Associated Press report describes Denver authorities working to determine the status of about 5000 liquor packages held by the American Railway Express Company. Attorney General Hubbard said the state would arrest anyone who withdraws liquor from delivery points under the new Prohibition law effective at midnight. The hearing before Judge Jane Denison examined the seizure and implications for shipments and prescriptions.
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Associated Press
Learsd Werer
American Railway Express
Denver
Smiler
Elae- Seere
Janee Denison
Broausht
Hubbard
Expres Company
Peruvian Ambassador Denies Competing With Panama Canal
Peru's new ambassador to the United States, Dr. Francisco Tudela Y. Varela, rejects any Peruvian plan to challenge the Panama Canal via the Tehuantepec railway. He asserts Peru supports the canal for its direct trade route to the eastern United States and Europe and notes Peru already benefits from canal access.
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Associated Press
Panama
Mexico
Panama Canal
Peru
Francisco Tudela Y. Varela
United States
Washington
Europe
Bolsheviki Strikes Aim to Close South American Ports
Montevideo reports show Russian maximalists behind a planned general strike to paralyze the port within 24 hours. The agitation targets Montevideo and Buenos Aires simultaneously while attempting to sow discord among police and firemen.
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Montevideo
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Government Attacks Cable Injunction in New York Court
The government moved in federal court to dismiss injunctions filed by Commercial Cable and Commercial Pacific Cable to halt government ownership of their cables. Assistant federal attorney Harold Harper argued the court lacked jurisdiction as the cables were seized by President Wilson under war powers. Proceedings scheduled for December 27.
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Associated Press
New York
Commercial Cable Company
Commercial Pacific Cable
Postmaster General Burleson
Newcomb Carlton
Harold Harper
Wilson
Congress
Harper
Bandits Rob Payroll at GE Plant in Everett
Six masked men in a touring car held up Frank R. Brown paymaster of General Electric. They stole 12 600 dollars the weekly payroll for the steel foundry and critically wounded him before escaping through a crowded area. Brown was taken to a Boston hospital in critical condition.
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Everett
Mass
Frank R. Brown
General Electric Company
Brown
Boston
Tank Steamer Fleet Released by Shipping Board
The United States Shipping Board announced a partial release of the 174 tank steamers acquired in October 1917. About 1 400 000 tons capacity will be retained for army and navy fuel oil needs, with the rest released as ships return cargo and are practicable at U S ports.
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New York
Woeiffe Coast
States
Army and Navy
Cie
United States
W. OD
W. OD. A. Walker
Sffipning Control Committee
Shipping Board
Mexico
Censorship Board Reverses Cablegram Code Ban
The Washington government censorship board revoked the 21 War time regulations requiring confirmations of cablegrams to be in plain language. The move ends the code ban and allows standard phrasing in cable communications.
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Washington
Der
Government Censorship Board
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