Dough Boys Halt Hun Troops In Meuse Breakthrough
The American Army North of Verdun reports a fifth day offensive along the Meuse with Beaumont, Laneuville, and parts of the forest of Jaulay in American hands. Pontoon bridges span the river as they push toward Sedan while eight German divisions try to stem the advance. Carrier pigeons aided communications as the Meuse flood widens and the frontline tightens on the east bank.
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Bert Ford
Verdun
Meuse River
Beaumontesse
Laneuville
Jaulay
Meuse
Clery
Petit
Petilllon
Sedan
Germany
Stenay
National Army
Bolshevik Seek Peace Report Circulates in Copenhagen
Nov 5 Copenhagen dispatch says the Bolshevik regime has handed a note to neutral diplomats requesting opening of peace negotiations with the Allies. London reports no official confirmation of the Copenhagen claim.
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Copenhagen
Russia
London
Bavarian Council President Rushes to Berlin
Berne reports military measures already in place in Bavaria following the armistice with Austria. The Bavarian council president has arrived in Berlin to confer with German officials on the situation in Bavaria.
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Berlin
Berne
Bavaria
Austria
Cologne
Allied Forces Drive German Fronts Across Western Front
Charlton notes the war has a single fighting front in the west as British French and American armies press east and northeast, steadily advancing from Valenciennes toward Sedan and Ghent. He cites dramatic gains including 2 miles by France, 5 by Britain, and 1-2 by American units, with 112,000 prisoners and 206 guns claimed in a Schelde-front push.
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Merley
France
Valenciennes
Belgium
Beaumont
Sedan
Germany
Ghent
Wace
Scheldte River
Austria Hungary First To Declare War And Dropp Out
Austria declared war on Servia on July 28 1944 and immediately began bombarding Belgrade. The German alliance has collapsed with Austria Bulgaria and Turkey gone leaving one power bloc in Europe.
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Austria-Hungary
Austria
Servia
Belgrade
Bulgaria
Turkey
Europe
National Viewpoint on Control of Hope and Senate at Stake
National Viewpoint highlights control of the Senate and House as critical in the day’s election. President Wilson stays in Washington at state department request, while Pennsylvania voters decide a governor, lieutenant governor, and a $56 million road bond, amid a dry-ticket push and tight races across states.
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Hope
Senate
Wilson
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Internal Affaire A
New
House of Representatives
Superior Court
Supreme Court
Junge
E. C. Bénniwell
Demat
Co. Ernor
S‘dry
William C. Sproul
Washington
Congress
House
State Department
Germany
Maryland
Missouri
New Jersey
Ohio
Wisconsin
United States
Union
Oklahoma
Michigan
Louisiana
Atrocities in Bulgaria as Armistice Loophole Exposed
Washington reports Corfu dispatch says Bulgarians still hold and surveil Serbian prisoners in Bulgaria one month after the armistice. Few are freed and marched on foot toward the frontier while some are killed as alleged in violation of Hague terms. Local atrocity case in Radovichie cited, with mayor Colais Georgieff linked to orders.
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Washington
Bulgaria
Corfu
Islip
Hague
Macedonia
Nicholas Andonovit
Radovichie
Sinster
Nicholas Andonovitch
Colais Georgieff
Wife of governor candidate first to vote in district
New York, Nov. 5. Mrs Katherine Smith wife of the Democratic candidate for Governor cast the first ballot in the first assembly district the polling place located directly across the street from the Smith home today.
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Whitman
Alfred EB. Smith
New York City
Maryland
Baltimore
Camp Meade
Delaware
Pennsysvania
Towa
Connecticut
Stamford
Conn
Democratic
Congress
Senate
Homer S. Cummings
Democratic National Committee
New York
Katherine Smith
Smith Hose
Germany Encircled if Surrender Not Foiled by Allies
Paris reports Col Fabry, famed French military critic, warns that Germany faces total encirclement unless it surrenders. Austrian armistice terms open the south to invasion while Allied forces push from Russia and France, with fleets menacing the northern coast.
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Paris
Germany
Col Fabry
Russia
France
Armistice terms for Germany to be delivered by Foch
Washington reports Allied armistice terms will reach German high command through Field Marshal Foch in the field rather than via President Wilson. Two reasons cited are uncertainty over German leadership and impact on military structure. Officials anticipate rapid delivery to German headquarters and potential publication within 48 hours.
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John Edwin Nevin
S. N.S
Washington
Ferdinand Foch
Wilson
United States
Germany
Austria
Versailles
Supreme Council
Foch
Paris
Diaz
Albania
Balkans
Franchet d’Esperey
Allenby
Macedonia
Austria-Hungary
Poland
von Mackensen
Romania
Hungary
Beern
Y. M. C. A. Workers Die of Pneumonia Over There
Paris reports Judson H. Beecher of Mount Kisco New York and John T. Johnson of West Point Georgia both Y M C A workers died of pneumonia.
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Paris
Judson H. Beecher
Mount Kisco
N. Y
John T. Johnson
West Point
Work of Inter Allied Council Is Satisfactorily Completed
Versailles Nov 5 the inter allied council has completed its work with entire accord among all participants. Armistice terms for Germany were agreed upon and entrusted to military authorities. Col M Houge, US representative, returned to Paris with clear satisfaction. Delegates will reunite soon as Germany faces choice between siege or peace terms.
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Versailles
Inter-Allied Council
Supreme Council of Versailles
Germany
M. Houge
United States
Paris
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