Weeding Out Unfit Soldiers in American Army in France
The classification office near the Loire screens officers and men sent from Verdun sector battles to determine if they remain fit for combat work. Unfit may return to fighting units, be assigned to industrial tasks, or go back to the United States. Most deemed unfit are not disgraced and many were wounded or underperforming in their prior roles.
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Associated Press
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France
Oe Loire River
Marne
St. Mihiel
Meuse
Argonne
United States
Verdun
Milnes Named Private Secretary to Governor Campbell
P R Milnes editor of the Prescott Journal Miner has accepted the post of private secretary to Governor Thomas E Campbell and will assume the role when Campbell is sworn in January 1. Milnes, a ten year Arizona resident from Eureka California, is a longtime Republican and early Campbell supporter.
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Prescott. Ariz
P. R. Milnes
Prescott
Miner
Thomas E Campbell
Milnes
Arizona
Eureka
California
Journal
J. W. Milnes
Yavapai County
Campbell
Red Cross to Care For US Prisoners in Germany
Sick and wounded American soldiers held by Germany will be cared for by the American Red Cross through Alfred Ney the Swiss delegate. The plan is to centralize care in a hospital and provide American medical staff if possible. Red Cross relief has been active at border points with supplies blankets food and canteens for prisoners at Metz Nancy Stenay and Stenay.
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Associated Press
Washington
Red Cross
Alfred Ney
Paris
Germany
Stilement Hospital
Metz
Nancy
Stenay
Serbian Crown Prince Regent Named for Jugoslavia
Basel dispatch reports Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia named regent by the national council at Agram. A Mate council from Serbia and Montenegro is summoned to Sarajevo to appoint a cabinet and organize elections for a constituent assembly to decide the state's form and adopt a constitution.
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Basel
Nol
Alexander
Serbia
National Council
Agram
Laibach
Montenegro
Sarajevo
Austrian Empress Zita Recalls Wartime Role With Children
Vienna reports former Empress Zita receiving AP correspondent at Kartena Castle. She shows Otto, almost seven, and shares concerns over chocolate and milk shortages impacting her children. Otto, greeting in English, asks about America as Zita notes past care during the war and ongoing worries for their future.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Wien
Zita
Octrian
Hungary
Kartena Castle
Otto
America
Unions Push Mooney Strike Across the Nation
About 600 000 workers across the United States have begun strikes in support of Thomas J Mooney with many more to join. Demonstrations are planned in 14 southern states from Atlanta with mass meetings set for December 5 in New York and Newark. The motion involves Railway Trainmen and Locomotive Engineers as well as metal trades in the San Francisco Bay area. The grand jury adjourned to further probe alleged improper local official actions related to Mooney case.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
United States
Thomas J Mooney
International Workers’ Defense League
Mooney
Brotherhoods of
Atlanta
New York
Newark
N. J
Seattle
Birmingham
Ala
Brooklyn
Portland
Ore
Boston
Tacoma
Oakland
San Francisco Bay
John W. Densmore
Densmore
Federal Employment Service
William Bb. Wilson
Labor
Hate Is Chief Motif In German War Songs
Fragments from German war poetry reveal pervasive hate, with lines praising burning and violence against enemies. The verses, attributed to writers signing as Michael and King Bear-heart, condemn Allied allies and urge harsh justice and expulsion of perceived foes.
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London
Michael
Bernhard Konig
King Bear-heart
Germany
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