Work of Twenty-Eighth Division Outlined by March
Gen March items the Twenty-Eighth Division as a Pennsylvania National Guard unit that trained with the French on the western front. It fought at Chateau-Thierry and Ourcq, crossed the Vesle, and helped drive back German forces before Armistice. He notes divisions relieved from French-British duty and plans to repatriate 175,000 men in December.
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Tie
Pennsylvania
Chateau-Thierry
Julvis
Ourca
Vesle River
Pridee
Camp Hancock
Augusta
War Department
America
Xen
Wiliam
First Delegates Arrive For The Peace Session At Versailles
Paris Nov 36 The Portuguese peace delegation leads arrivals for the peace conference with allied diplomats due next week. France may reveal its delegation on Premier Clemenceau’s return from London as preliminaries begin and the real talks likely start before Christmas. Transports Zealandia ship 15 734 sacks of gifts for soldiers, and War Department requests around 3 billion for next year replacing earlier higher figures. Generals Bliss, Liggett, Bullard, Dickman, Harbord to receive the Distinguished Service Cross. Early return plans include the 39th and Highly Seventh divisions with troops from Mississippi Louisiana and New England trained at Camp Pike Beauregard and Devens.
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Clemieneau
London
Associated Powers
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Hoboken
War Department
March
Gen
Pershing
Tasker H. Bliss
Hunter Liggett
Robert L. Bullard
George P. Dickman
McAndrew
J. G. Harbord
Chateau- Thierry
Alexandria
New England
Vermont
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Camp Devens
Wilson to name McAdoo successor before leaving
President Wilson plans to announce the successor to William G. McAdoo as secretary of the treasury and as director general of railroads in his final acts before departure for Europe. Meanwhile the Senate prepares resolutions to monitor peace negotiations in France and keep the upper chamber informed.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
White House
New York
Europe
Wm. G. McAdoo
Treasury
United States
Turmiully
Senate
Cummins
Iowa
France
Weather Forecast: Fall Tonight and Sunday With Snow Flurries
Washington weather bulletin notes a fall tonight and Sunday with probable snow flurries near Lake Erie. Forecast issued for 8 p.m. Sunday.
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Washington
Lake Erie
Legislation Aims to Avert Future Coal Shortages
Washington in November reports the Senate Manufactures Committee preparing proposals to curb coal shortages. Ideas include regulating interstate commerce, banning rail transport of overpriced coal, restricting transfers to long undeveloped lands, blocking transfers that stifle independent mining, and a possible government takeover or lease of mines under the interior secretary.
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Senate Manufactures Committee
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Mark
Secretary of the Interior
Kenyon and
Vardaman
Senate
Evi
Mrs Fairbanks Separation From Agile Doug in Abdication
London reports a new decree of abdication signed by William II dissolves the imperial Crown rights and oath of allegiance. The document, received via Berlin, appears drafted at the urging of the new socialist government after the Kaiser fled to Holland.
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Mrs. Fairbanks
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Doug New
Bill
London
William Ll
Folland
Amsterdam
Berlin
Holland
Decree of Divorce Granted to Beth Fairbanks in New York
Mrs Beth Fairbanks was granted an absolute divorce from Douglas Fairbanks in New York Supreme Court Justice J Addison Young chambers New Rochelle on November 30 1919. No alimony was specified though reports say Fairbanks agreed to pay support. The couple married July 11 1907 and have a child Douglas Jr aged eight.
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N. Y
Beth Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbank
Supreme Court
J. Addison Young
Pairban
Fairbanks
Vielasca
Dan Sully
Cotton King
Douglas, Jr
Watch Hill
R. T. Fairbanks
New York
Peru Denies Chilean Apology Over Diplomatic Move
Peru's Foreign Ministry through Consul General Eduardo Higginson in New York denies a Chilean claim that Peru apologized for withdrawing its consul representatives from Chile. The statement clarifies Peru's position on the diplomatic incident.
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New York
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Peru
Eduardo Higginson
Chile
George Washington to Unfold Trial Run Before Wilson Voyage
The steamship George Washington of the United States Transport Service will undergo a trial speed test today off Hoboken in preparation for President Wilson's transatlantic trip. Engineers have worked around the clock to fine tune the vessel as pilots vie for the command of the voyage.
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New York
Wilson
George Washington
United States Transport Service
Hoboken
Stormy days at Spa before the ex Kaiser abdication
An American correspondent describes at Spa the mutiny among Prussian troops, the Kaiser’s abdication after trembling loyalty, and the siege atmosphere. He notes the troops’ reluctance to protect the Kaiser, the armistice terms, and the chaotic retreat as supplies and roads fail.
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Spa
John McHugh Stuart
Paris
Germany
Belgium
Liege
William
Col House Bedbound Ahead of London Peace Talks
Paris reports Col. E M House is ill and confined to bed making attendance at the allied leaders conference in London unlikely next week. The American diplomat fights weather and fatigue while seeking to preserve strength for the forthcoming peace preliminaries. He has met Hoover and Hurley but did not leave his rooms as Clemenceau visited at his bedside.
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Flittchcock
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
United States
Paris
Col. E. M. House
London
Col. House
Col, House
Herbert C. Hoover
Edward N. Hurley
Shipping Board
America
Clemenceau
Col
M. House
Austria Ready to Stop Over Year Ago
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch says Vienna Tageblatt reported that in 1917 former emperor Charles sent Count Czernin to German headquarters to urge peace. Ludendorff warned of war if Austria sought any separate peace, while Czernin conveyed that Austria must stand by Germany to the end.
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London
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Charles
Austria
Copenhagen
Vienna
Count Czernin
Christmas candy not restricted by administration
The food administration announced that Christmas candy will not be restricted this holiday season despite a sugar shortage. Some candy stores have voluntarily limited sales to one pound per customer, but the measure is not considered necessary for conservation.
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Washington
Food Administration
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