Train Wreck Harms Troops and Civilians Near Granger
Rockford Ill Dec 3 soldiers of the Eighty sixth division and five civilians sustained minor injuries when a special troop train on the Illinois Central derailed near Granger Junction. Injured were treated at Camp Grant base hospital. engineer Fred Hinton suffered both legs broken. Names list includes soldiers from the 341st to 365th units and civilians from Chicago Minneapolis Salt Lake City Nashville Omaha Cleveland and Rockford. The cause is under investigation.
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Rockford
Ill
National Army
Illinois Central
Granger
Lik
Fred Hinton
Rockford Hospital
Edward Hicks
Minneapolis
Stella Snyder
Chicago
Fred P. Hinton
Freeport
Base Hospital
Camp Grant
John Kennedy
341St Infantry
Ciicaza
EB. R. Holmbed
Joseph Gilarki
Dan Kennedy
A. R. Raynum
Co. I
Minn
John E. Hayward
Salt Lake City
Utah
R. W. McCann
344Th Infantry
Albert Engell
Wim. Roell
244Th Infantry
Steve Schleichier
CG. Spades
F. H. Robles
Thomas P- Dillon
Peter Milkowski
Co. C
Edward Wall
E. G. Tsouraki
42Nd Ambulance Company
B. Bessert
Frank von Wachtenhauser
Carl A. Chilson
Nashville
Tenn
James Coyle
William J. Blatt
Good Fellows Fund urged to aid war charities
The Good Fellows campaign urges residents of Waterloo to fund war relief efforts including Liberty Bonds the Red Cross the YMCA and YWCA. The appeal notes many families cannot provide presents this year and emphasizes patriotism through giving and supporting boys and girls who will become future Good Fellows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Red Cross
M. CG. A
War Savings Stamps On Sale At Postoffice Nationwide
Washington December 3 War savings stamps went on sale at post offices and banks across the country as the first step in a broad campaign to raise funds for the war effort. The government expects to raise about two billion dollars in the next year, allocated to states by population with New York leading at about 215 million and Pennsylvania at 173 million. Iowa is allotted 47.5 million.
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Washington
D. C
New York State
City
Pennysylvania
Finois
Ohio
Iowa
Strike Riot Shuts Down St Paul Street Cars
In St Paul Minnesota street car service was halted after a night of violence as hundreds of demonstrators wrecked more than a score of Twin City Rapid Transit cars. Service resumed by morning with home guard members aboard first runs and union leaders planning a city wide convention to coordinate a broader sympathy strike.
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St. Paul, Minn
Twin City Rapid Transit Company
Gnion
Home Guard
St. Paul
State Rests in Gaston Means Trial with Surprise
Concord North Carolina December 3 The prosecution in the Gaston B Means murder trial rested its case after producing further evidence that Means misused Mrs Maude A King s estate for his own benefit to show motive for murder The defense was taken by surprise
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Concord
N. C
Gaston B. Means
Maude A. King
Means
Ten on Trial for Opposing Draft in Federal Court
Ten persons charged with conspiring to oppose the operation of the army draft law were placed on trial in federal court today in Kansas City Missouri. The defendants include Raymond I. Moore and his wife Leonora Warneson Moore, a former Kansas City school teacher. San Felice, a Great Quality Cigar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
Raymond I. Moore
Leonora Warneson Moore
Kansas City
War Budget Totals Billions for 1919 War Needs
Treasury estimates presented to Congress for fiscal year 1919 total about 13.02 billion dollars, with more than 11 billion for the war effort. Army and Navy receive the largest allocations, while other departments seek funds to cover wartime expansion and higher costs. The report notes added clerical staff and increased living costs for officials abroad, plus new items like war risk insurance and farm loan programs.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Treasury Department
Treasury
Tudleigh
Panama Canal
Postal Service
Army
Food Administration
Fuel Administration
Committee On Public Information
State Department
Department
WAR Insurance Fund
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Federal Farm Loan Bureau
Navy
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bureau of Standards
Labor Department
Department of Labor
Bolsehevik moves and armistice talks reach Europe
A Russian deputation arrived at the command of Prince Leopold of Bavaria seeking a general armistice. Leon Trotzky warns allies against interference with Soviet internal affairs. Dukhonin’s resignation refused and demobilization trends shift as Bolshevik envoys rearrange leadership.
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Berlin
London
Leopolg
Bavaria
Kerensky
Petrograd
Russia
Trotzky
Leon Trotzky
Daily Mail
Dukhonin
Red Guard
M. Tchincherin
England
Great Britain
Two Victims of Hunting Accidents
Burlington New Jersey December 3 Fred Holstain aged 0 was accidentally shot in the back while hunting. Minvlon aged 14 sustained a bullet wound and lies in a focal hospital in serious condition. Des Moines December 8 White aged 20 was killed instantly by accidental shotgun discharge while hunting near Swan in a separate incident.
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Burlington
Fred Holstain
Minvlon
Iver
Des Moines
Dec
White
Swan
Soviet Council Seeks 25 Million Rubles From State Bank Nominees
Reuters dispatch from Petrograd reports the council of commissaries ordering the state bank commissary to hand over to their nominees a total of 25,000,000 rubles. The instruction reflects centralized control over funds amid the Soviet leadership.
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Sheviks
Reuter
Petrograd
Council of Commissaries
Fierce Struggle for Monte Pertica on Italian Front
Heavy firing reported along the northern Italian front around Monte Pertica between the Brenta and Piave rivers and on Meletta range. The battle saw Hill 1459 change hands five times as Italian and allied forces defended and retook positions amid improved dispositions along the Piave line.
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Iffy
Associated Press
Ttalion
Italy
Mounte Pertica
Brenta
Piave
Meletta
Pertica
Monte Pertica
Dar
Runaway Army Balloon Drifts Toward Oklahoma Coast
A runaway army balloon from Fort Omaha Nebraska remained aloft drifting southwest. It crossed the Oklahoma state line around 2 45 p m at about 45 miles per hour. Telegraph lines were torn by the cable trailing from the balloon. Fred Garland of Tripoli was slightly injured when struck by a spark at Fifth and Sycamore streets as the machine, driven by Ci. Free, reported the accident.
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Wienia
San
Fort Omaha
Neb
Oklahoma State Line
ATO
Fred Garland
Tripoli
Anfantawanile
Firth and
Sycamore
Ci. Free
War Congress Opens Fages Big Problems
Washington December 3. Congress convened for its second war session with plans to marshal billions for the war and allied effort. President Wilson will speak tomorrow urging unified, nonpartisan war measures as the house and senate, now Democratic, prepare for heavy financial bills and possible new war declarations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
America
Congress
United States
House
Wilson
Chambber
Germany
Senate
la Follette
Wisconsin
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Bulgaria
Even Dead Gannot Escape From War Tax Ruling
Washington ND Dec 3 The bureau of internal revenue issued a decision that the tax levied by the new law on railroad transportation extends to corpses Each corpse must pay a tax equivalent to the first class fare for the distance it travels The bureau answers the poet's query Oh death where is thy sling In the war tax
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, ND. C
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bureau
Sailor Boy of Cedar Falls Killed by Train
Harald Minkel, 24, a sailor in training at Great Lakes, was killed in Cedar Falls when he tried to board a moving Chicago-bound train and was drawn under the wheels. The body will be returned to Cedar Falls for funeral services likely Wednesday. He served about three months in the navy and leaves his parents Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Minkel, plus a brother and sister.
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Cedar Falls
Harald Minkel
Chilcago
FF. W. Milukel
29 Millions Asked for Improvement of U.S. Waterways
Washington dispatch reports the 1919 fiscal year estimate for harbor and waterway improvements totaling 29,515,697 dollars. Major allocations include the Mississippi river at 12,112,000 and the Ohio river at 5,006,000 with New York harbor at 3,010,000. Details list flood control work and channel improvements up to Minneapolis and various harbor projects around Lake Michigan and Fox River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Congress
Mississippi River
Ohio River
New York
Judson
Hast
Ohio
Missippi River
Missouri
Minneapolis
St. Patth
Missouri River
Six Font Channel
Kansas City
Lake Michigan
Fox River
Byng Holds Ground After Cambrai Drive Fails
British forces led by General Byng countered a heavy German offensive in the Cambrai sector, regaining ground bit by bit and repelling ten attacks. American engineers assisted on rail lines near Gouzeaucourt and fought alongside at times. German losses were heavy with prisoners taken, while Masnieres and Bourlon Road areas saw continued fighting as British positions held.
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Byng
Cambrai
Ypres
Villiers- Grislain
la Ve
Berlin
London
Gouzeaucourt
Bri
Waliaed
Italy
Masnieres
Caimbrai
Bourlon
Bourlon Tweed
Moeuvres
Gonuelieu
la Vacquerie
Gonnelieu
Salidht
Ess EH
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Emil J. Hensen
Dnvision
Omaha
Warren Miller
343Rd
Frank J. Levy
H. Serbage
242Nd
A. Z. Cole
444Th
WN. M. Kneisley
Cleveland
John Malley
Lewis Jenkins
365Th Infantry
Morris Ferry
J. F. Merriweather
John Sheehan
313Th
Aldermman
Postoffice
Gaston
Springs
San Felice
Congreso
Ea Erent
Rainbow Troops
So Eere Shri
Con
Douglas Macalethurs
William A. Mann
Guarila
France
Douglas McArthur
Rainbow Division
Mihealn
Golomevikt
Armotige
Wild Coast
Gannot
U. S
Sailor Boy
Cour
Harold Minkel
Lakes
U.S
Tenton Rush
Cembrai
Prigay
Taos
Tovar Broadicat
Haya Kdavertioer
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