Victory Fleet Returns to New York in Grand Naval Review
Secretary Daniels reviews America’s returning fleet aboard the Mayflower as 8000 sailors parade through New York. Crowds line the Hudson and Fifth Avenue watching battleships including Arizona Oklahoma Nevada Utah Pennsylvania New York Texas Wyoming Arkansas and Florida pass in review with guns, whistles, and cheering from a wintry crowd. The event honors the Allied war effort and marks a triumphant homecoming for the navy.
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Hudson River
Peg
Newark
Hudson
Mayo
Pennsylvania
Daniels
Hugh Rodman
Thomse S. Rodgers
Marines
Ilors
Fort Washington
Harbor
Lower
Anhattan
Fifth Avenue
Eadnaughts
Fire Island
Paware
Liberlty
97Th Street
Vessgels
Franklin Roosevelt
New York
Ari‘gona
Battle Squadron
Henry T. Mayo
David Beatty
Texas
Victor Blue
Harley H. Christy
Arkansas
Louis R. DeSteigner
Florida
Montgomery
SAXONIA RETURNS 4000 YANKEES AS ARMY FACES WINTER
New York reports the liner Saxonia returning 4,006 American troops from France amid a blinding snowstorm. In Washington the Surgeon General cites 7,463 sick and wounded arriving in one week. General March announces 17,500 more troops and 675 fliers traveling to the United States.
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New York
Xonia
France
New |Ork Harbor
Washington
Land
Nia
Newark
Newport News, A
United States
General March
Famous French Ace Shot Down Over a Hundred Planes
The French ace Rene Fonck, famed for downing more than a hundred German planes, is officially credited with 78 victories. General Magin announced the figure at a luncheon with American correspondents in Mainz, as reported by Courier to Vancy.
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Wancy
Rene Konck
Magin
Mainze
Fonck
Riot Bloodshed in Berlin as Guards Storm Revolution HQ
Reports say more than a hundred people were killed in fierce street battles in Berlin on Tuesday and Wednesday as federal troops stormed the headquarters of revolutionists. The violence disrupted the German capital and drew international attention to the upheaval.
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Federal Guards Storm
Berlin Turmoil as Counter-Revolution Seizes Power
Reports from Copenhagen Amsterdam and London describe street fighting in Berlin with at least 100 killed. Rebels hold the Marstall building and ex Kaiser palace while sailors and troops shift sides, demanding Ebert resignation and a radical leadership change.
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Berlin
Marstall
Ebert
Alexander
Franzer
Amsterdam
Kiel
London
Republican Guards
Koenigstrasse
Spartacus Group
Hugo Haase
Haase
Lebebour
Liebknecht
Lebedour
Wilson Promises Good Peace After Christmas Review
President Wilson reviewed 10,000 American veterans at Chaumont and said the men could expect a good peace. Weather cleared for the event as airmen performed and Pershing and the Wilsons rode in the presidential car. The procession featured tanks and troops past the reviewing stand and the Seventy seventh division insignia was presented.
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Henry G. Wales
I. N.S
Chaumont
Wilson
Mrs. Wilson
Pershing
Dent
United States
Humes
Seventy-seventh Division
Twenty-sixth Division
Montigny-le-Roi
GUNS AT DOVER CASTLE FIRED FOR FIRST TIME IN WAR
Dover England December 26 the 21 gun salute boomed from Dover Castle in honor of President Wilson arriving marking the first firing since the war began Dover had previously not honored royal salutes with the castle guns leveling their reinvigorated salute on this occasion as a notable departure from prior practice
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Dover Castle
Dover
England
Wilson
Famine and Epidemics Sweep Northern Russia
Thousands die from starvation as influenza and other epidemics ravage the northern regions. The report notes widespread hunger, collapsing health services, and accelerating death tolls across remote communities.
Famine Grim in Northern Russia as Death toll Rises
An American reporter arriving from Petrograd and Moscow declares thousands dead from starvation in northern Russia. Famine, influenza, and epidemics devastate the population while Bolsheviks favor the red guard. Archangel shelling continues as communications collapse, sparking talk of a London conference when Wilson visits.
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Dell M. Edwards
N.S
Paris
Russia
Petrograd
Moscow
Red Guard
Germany
Archangel
London
Wilson
Demobilization of Canadians at Front Begins in February
The Montreal Gazette reports the demobilization of Canadian forces at the front will commence in February. The notice cites official plans and timing for the return of personnel.
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Montreal
Montreal Gazette
Sorrowful brides bid farewell to Yank sailors in Queenstown
Twelve American destroyers led by the Melville sailed home from Queenstown as 109 sailors had married Irish girls during the stay. Wives could not depart on the warships, and the honeymoons would resume once the crews found a way to bring wives to the United States amid cheering crowds and whistling ships.
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Queenstown
Melville
United States
American Consul Treadwell Arrested by Bolsheviki
Washington confirms the arrest of American Consul Treadwell in Russian Turkestan. He is detained in his room at Tashkent, having a roving commission but assigned to an undisclosed investigation. The State Department seeks help from European capitals and the Indian government to secure his release.
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Washington
Treadwell
Russian Turkestan
State Department
Tashkent
Turkestan
Pekin
Christiania
Calcutta
Teheran
Bombing Planes To Relieve Devastated French Regions
Paris December 26 The government decided to use bombing planes to revictual areas in France where highways and railroads remain unrepaired. A number of American aircraft are available for the relief effort.
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Paris
France
Czech Troops Reach Saxony Border Amid Invasion Fears
Czech troops have reached the Saxony border and Prague has appealed to Berlin for aid to stop any invasion, according to Dresden reports dated December 26.
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CEZCH
Saxony
Amsterdam
Berlin
Dresden
King George and Queen Mary Welcome Wilson at London Station
President Wilson arrived in London with Mrs Wilson to a jubilant reception as airplanes accompanied the royal train to Charing Cross. A 41 gun salute rang from the Tower and Hyde Park while King George and Queen Mary greeted the visitors.
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Earl C. Reeves
I. N. S. Star
London
Wilson
Dover
Charing Cross
Tower of London
Hyde Park
King George
Queen Mary
Strand
Trafalgar Square
St. Martin’s Church
Nelson Monument
Buckingham Palace
South gripes over contract contrasts in wartime
Senator Fletcher of Florida told the Senate that a Pennsylvania firm alone has more war contracts than the entire South. He said the Shipping Board has spent 10,285,000 dollars on housing in the South, while Pennsylvania spent 23,029,800 dollars and New Jersey 13,000,000 dollars.
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Fletcher
Florida
Senate
Pennsylvania
Shipping Board
South
Fletcher l
New Jersey
Turkish Chamber of Deputies Dissolved
Washington reports say the Turkish Chamber of Deputies has been dissolved after the fall of the Turkish ministry. The interior minister announced the action, reviewing the war as unnecessary for personal ambitions, with no reasons given for the dissolution.
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Washington
Chamber of Deputies
Constantinople
Turkey
Washington Forecast: Pennsylvania Tonight and Friday
Weather bulletin from Washington reports a generally fair night and Friday for Pennsylvania with some warmth expected on Friday.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
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