Desperate Romanian defense of Bucharest reported
Exchange Telegraph in Zurich via Rome says Romanian authorities prepare for a desperate defense of Bucharest as civilians evacuate the city and government officials move toward a Russian frontier town. Russian and Austro German forces clash along the front with Bucharest a focal point as a wide offensive unfolds.
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Russian War Department
Frontline Battles Report Amid Romanian Theater Fires
War office bulletin dated December 1 from Bucharest reports ongoing clashes along northern Romania and western regions. Violent assaults continue in Moldavia Bezeu valley and Golesti sector near Pireshthi with heavy artillery and infantry actions. Romanian forces claim several hundred prisoners and multiple machine guns captured in the Dobruja front.
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London
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Rumania
War Office
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Bezeu
Butal
Bratocea
Prahovo
Jtor
Pireshthi
Alea
Glacacion Valley
Mlavor
Koman
Sauthern
Dobrudja
Heavy fighting on Italian line reported by war office
Rome dispatch says heavy artillery and aerial bombardment ongoing along the Averro front. Activity increases on both sides with Schwerpunkt in Adige Astico valleys and areas near Gorizia and the Carso. Hostile aircraft raids quelled by anti aircraft fire. bombs hit stations near Vorjan and Kitemberga. Our air squadrons bombed Vorjan station and stations in Branissa valley causing fires.
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London
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War Office
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Gorizia
Lon
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Origno
Bugana
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Kitemberga
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British Advance in East Africa Victory Reports
British war office says a strong German force led by Major General Wahle dislodged near Tabora and clashes near Iringa and Mahenge forced the western German contingent to break apart. The main German force split, one part retreated from Luemba, the other at Hembulo surrendered about 600 on November 26. Remaining Germans retreat toward Mahenge with heavy losses and disabled artillery.
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Thuhudje
Lupemba
Hembulo
Wable
Mahenge
Girls and Women Torn From Homes
London reports a Reuters dispatch from Amsterdam stating Belgian male inhabitants aged 15 to 56 in Hasselt and Lanaye, and women conscripting sowing machines, are to be deported to Germany. The message notes a mass removal of residents as part of wartime measures.
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Faaquemont
Amsterdam
Haasellet
Lanaye
Belgium
Germany
Clinic Isolates Germ Claimed To Cause Infantile Paralysis
Mayo Clinic physicians in Rochester announced the isolation of a germ believed linked to infantile paralysis. Researchers led by Dr. F C Noxenow and colleagues described a peculiar polymorphous streptococcus found in throats and tonsils of acute paralysis cases, noting varying forms in different media and preliminary vaccine and serum work. They cautioned the organism may be the paralyzer agent but did not confirm definitively.
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Mion
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G. W. Wheeler
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Dispatch
Unclear Polio Etiology Notes From Early Research
Fragmentary remarks discuss evolving ideas on polio origins and pathogens. The author questions established concepts, suggesting a smattered organ system could reflect how streptococcus varies under certain conditions, possibly affecting the central nervous system. The text hints at differing forms as investigators pursue explanations.
Hours of labor to be reduced for Chicago clothing workers
Chicago clothing workers under the 64 hour weekly pay scale will now receive eight hours' pay daily starting today. Jacob Abt, president of the Chicago Whitesale Clothes Association, said time and a half will be paid instead of straight wages, projecting over $1,000,000 additional yearly payments to employees across Armour, Swift and Morris packing company plants.
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Wage Increase For Two Thousand Men In Toledo
Dec 1 report from Toledo notes wage increases affecting two thousand workers across industries. At the War Increanea plant 300 employees of the Walker railroad receive an 8.19 percent raise across all classes. Edward Ford Plate Filars company adds 110 workers to an 8 percent raise, totaling a 20 percent rise for the year.
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Bin
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Edwant Ford Plate Filars Company
Probing Supply of Goura Feathers in Chicago
An investigation by the United States treasury department examines the source of guara feathers used in woman’s headgear sold by Chicago dealers. Despite prohibitions on import, the supply remains and about 25,000 dollars worth of feathers have entered Chicago recently, largely from Tampa, Florida.
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Aritta
United States Treasury Department
C Way
Tampa
Fla
Food Boycotts Spread as Turkeys Sit Unsold
A wave of food boycotts moves through New York commerce as thousands of turkeys remain unsold. Officials meet with weighmasters to discuss remedies amid declining egg and fowl prices and calls for a national cold storage law. State and local groups push price cuts on butter eggs potatoes and poultry, with actions planned at a St Louis gathering of the German American Alliance and Missouri Alliance. John Hays Hammond III shows improvement after health concerns in Baltimore.
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Joseph Kertman
Mitchel
Boscott
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Gaycett
Toule
Dec
Iirectora
St. Louis
Gonnan American Alliance
George Withan
Missouri Alliance
St Louis
Minacurl
PF. W. Keck
St. Lodto
Naval leaders press stronger blockade to curb German submarines
London reports Admiral Haron Gerenford warns of unprecedented danger as German U boats shift from coastal waters to the open sea. Speakers urge continuous aerial strikes on Zeebruggs bases, arming merchantmen, and tighter blockade to prevent diverted Allied food shipments.
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Shallow
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Pacific
Baron Derrsford
St Zeebruggs
Atlaira
United
England
Shortage of supplies said to doom Carranza troops
Warbington Dec 1 ambassador Derignale Arredondo states the Carranza forces in Chihuahua City were defeated by Wilz bandits due to food and ammunition shortages rather than morale. He claims Trevino's troops evacuated but offers no official confirmation that Freling (Freving) had abandoned his position.
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Wilz
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Freving
PRIMARY LAW FOR PRESIDENT PRIMARY LAW FOR PRESIDENT
Miles Pointer and Poindexter outlined measures in Spokane to influence presidential primaries and party loyalty. They urged a direct tariff change, a constitution altering Interstate Commerce Act, and granting District of Columbia residents representation in Congress.
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United States
Miles Pointerter
Washington Today
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