League of Nations urged as essential for world peace
Viscount Northcliffe in Paris voices belief that a League of Nations depends on a close Anglo American partnership. He notes President Wilson’s visit to England will strengthen ties and aid Britain and America in controlling global raw materials, making the two nations pivotal to future peace.
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League of Nations
Great Britain
America
Paris
Viscount Northcliffe
Tasix
Chile
Peru
England
Europe
British leaders weigh concessions to win US trust
Paris reports that Liond George and Foreign Minister Balfour are considering major concessions to secure a full understanding with the United States amid tension over Britain’s policy.
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Lioyd George
Balfour
Paris
Britain
Liond George
United States
President Wilson visits Neuilly Hospital
Paris December 28 President Wilson visited the American hospital at Neuilly to inspect facilities and receive briefings on patient care and medical staff activity during his Paris mission. He conducted a short, formal inspection and exchanged remarks with officers and nurses on duty.
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Paris
Wilson Piuide
Cone
Neuilly
Care for soldiers at Neuilly hospital praised
The report notes soldiers at Neuilly hospital were well cared for and in good spirits. It says most are not only recovering but also proud of the service they provided, with mothers and friends reassured by their surroundings and alert, hopeful attitudes.
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Pital
Neuilly
Red Cross Details France TB Fight and Funding
Washington December 23 The American Red Cross reports France remains highly vulnerable to tuberculosis after three years of war. Underfeeding and overcrowding foster spread unseen since 1870s. The Red Cross with the Rockefeller Foundation spent 1 442 200 fighting the disease and continues canteen service and patient care in hospitals.
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Wershington
France
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Rockefeller Foundation
Warning in Wilson Speech at Sorbonne
Paris reports President Wilson warned of a strong wind of world opinion and urged peace settlement leaders to steady the course. In Washington, Carl H. Cragal may replace Director General McAdoo as chief of the US railroad administration operations division after his resignation last week.
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Paris
Prurope
Wilson
The
Sorbonne
Washington
Carl HW. Crag
United States Railroad Administration
McAdoo
President Wilken May Act as Arbitrator in Italy Claims
Washington reports indicate negotiations have progressed to the point where President Wilken can accept the role of arbitrator and conciliator regarding Italy's claims. Britain is expected to support Italy's position, France may seek modification, and the United States has not committed to either side. President Wilson's looming London visit may address peace issues.
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Mayland
England
Looden
Kaghaned
New York
United States
Washington
Wilken
Italy
Great Britain
Paly
France
London
Las
House of Commons
Russia
Ils
Gas Shell Bombardment Hits Third Division in Argonne
Report plots gas attack in the Argonne forest starting Oct 7 lasting 24 hours. The Thirty third Division, including many Illinois men, suffered severe burns and blindness with several captured or wounded during a raid near German lines.
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New York
Pec
Argonne Forest
Mongolia
Namber
Mans
Third Miines
Mangelin
Argonne
Corp
Elmer Saviermah
Cornella Avenue
Chicago
Sauerman
Savuerman
Gerans
Soldier Pred Parley Recalls Long Frontline Service
Private Pred Parley, aged thirty five at enlistment, served with the Sixteenth Infantry in France for over a year and a half. He describes the hard patrol work and a 14 night duty in the no man’s land sector as part of his frontline experiences. His hair reportedly turned white from the stress of combat.
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No Man's Law
Pred Parley
France
Sixteenth Infantry
Paris
Russia’s War Losses Reported in Major Casualty Toll
Petrograd reports Russia’s total war casualties at 6 1 0,150,000 with 1,700,000 killed 4,950,000 wounded and 2,510,000 prisoners in a formal tally.
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Petrograd
Russia
Italy's War Damages Reported in Italy Finance
Rome reports Italy's war damages exceed 700 million lira, with Finance Italia noting a total near 34 billion lire for the period. The figures reflect broad reconstruction and claims across affected sectors.
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Italy
Rome
Finanza Italia
Fire in Coblenz Draws Americans Like Home
In Coblenz on December 24, American troops joined locals at a fire, noting uniforms of local firefighters and the city’s elaborate dress of officials. Soldiers joked about mail carriers violating rules on German uniforms, while spectators filled the opera house area and streets. The scene echoed home despite foreign surroundings.
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Coblenz
M. Pos
Thespis
Aml
Kalamaron
Mich
Weichman Murder Plot Tied to Piper Honeymoon Bandits
A Michigan friend of Milo Piper claims Piper and accomplices, the Goldberg and Sheldon, plotted Miss Freda Weichman’s murder during a post office robbery in Rockford. The witness says Piper fled, then killed himself in jail after confessing nothing, while Mrs. Piper insists her husband was innocent and had warned against bad company.
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Muskegon, Mich
Milo Piper
Viper
Piper
Freda Weichman
Chicago
Rensselaer
Ind
Miss Welchman
Goldberg
Sheldon
Miss Weichman
Rockford
Mich
Freda Welchman
Freda Wetchman
Ireda Weichman
Wien
Winchman
Hamilton
Milton
Hnt
Hinsdale
Freda
Preda
Huns Wake Up at Last Has Lost
In Chillicothe Ohio on Dee 23 news on Germany's defeat spreads among German POWs at Coop Sherman who have stripped navy buttons from their uniforms worn since internment They initially refused to believe reports of Germany's loss despite early claims of victory being proven true.
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Chillicothe
Dee
Germany
Coop Sherman
Walter Hines Page Dies in North Carolina
Walter Hines Page former ambassador to Great Britain died in the North Carolina mountains after a year of ill health. The editor of World’s Work, a Doubleday Page associate, was born in Cary North Carolina August 15 1835 and known for works on southern development and national culture.
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Incehuret
N. C
Walter Hines Page
Great Britain
Page
Carolina Moo Ys
Doubleday, Page & Co
Garden City
L. 1
Wilson
United States
Cary
South
Sanity Commission For
Johnn Rockefeller
President Opposes Disposition of Captured Pert
The president rejects the suggestion to dispose of the captured Pert as wasteful and opposes the proposed handling.
Battle At Essen Reealls in Reds Being Put to the Bad
Washington reports President Wilson opposes sinking ships surrendered by Germany as wasteful. He cannot endorse such destruction. In Zurich street fighting at Hasen pits Workmen and Soldiers Council radicals against the IWW faction. radicals defeated with heavy casualties and clashes continue.
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Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Germany
Zurich
Hasen
Workman Awd Soldiers Council
Altho
Essen
Hoover Names Aids for Serbian Relief Effort
Herbert Hoover announces Colonel Wood US Army will direct relief for Serbia Montenegro and Herzegovina with six aides leaving for Belgrade. Colonel McIntosh heads supply bases at Trieste as food arrives from the United States. A relief mission including Colonel Grove Vernon Kellogg and Hugh Gibson will go to Poland with French and British support, while Romania relief is under investigation.
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Paris
Herbert Noover
Wood
Jaugé-Slavin
Ualted Aten Fed
Belgrade
McIntosh
Trieste
United States
Serbia
Herzegovina
Montenegro
Grove
Vernon Kellogg
Hugh Gibson
Poland
Roumania
Stitches in Heart Muscles Save Private Gannon at Camp Zachary Taylor
In Louisville Kentucky Private Abraham Gannon of the Fifth United States Infantry survived a bayonet wound to the heart. He was found in his barrack at Camp Zachary Taylor and rushed to hospital where surgeons inserted five stitches into the heart muscle. Headquarters gave no details on how he was wounded.
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Louisville
Abraham Gannon
United States Infantry
Camp Zachary Taylor
Gannon
Wilson to decorate Pershing with Distinguished Service Cross
President Wilson will honor General John J. Pershing with the American Distinguished Service Cross during a Christmas day visit to American troops in the field. Wilson will also pin medals on numerous Yankee soldiers at a ceremony likely held at Laugres near Chaumont.
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Taris
Wilson
General Pershing
General Pilas
Ebleft
Laugres
Chaumont
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