Terrific Battle Over London Reported as Air Raid
London reported ten killed and seventy injured in last night's raid with five outsiders wounded. One German plane shot down and another believed destroyed. From sixteen to twenty raiders attempted to reach London, five succeeded in dropping bombs. Two crew were rescued after a raider dropped into the channel. Casualty totals remain incomplete. British fighters returned safely.
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London
England
War Office
English Channel
Kent
Spanish Steamer Sunk Unwarned. 30 of Crew Saved
A Spanish steam ship, Noviembre, 3,654 tons gross, was torpedoed by two submarines near Bilbao with no warning. Thirty crewmen were landed, the rest spent an hour in the sea before French patrol ships rescued them and forced the submarine to flee.
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Paris
Noviembre
Biarritz
Excelsior
Bilbao
Big Additions to Buildings Planned by U.S. Government
Washington, D. C. December 19. The Public Buildings Commission has recommended to Congress a plan and expenditure of over 58 million dollars for land and new buildings to house all government activities in Washington. The report notes a 100 percent rise in local government employees over 15 years, excluding wartime inflows, and current rents of about 1 million dollars annually for private Washington buildings.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Congress
Public Buildings Commission
Daniels
Poeymaaster
McGowan
Navy
House Naval Subcommittee
Jie
al Iles
Danilels
Committee
Britten
Navy Department
Sims
Admiral Sims
Musician Kills Mother-in-law in Chicago Shooting
Dec 19 Veto Destita of the Chicago Grand Opera orchestra shot and killed his mother-in-law and probably fatally wounded his wife last night. He surrendered to police today, unable to tell a coherent sequence of events, and appeared deeply disturbed as Mrs Estila cited her husband's morbid reaction to ongoing ill health.
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Chicago
Veto Destita
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Estila
Good Fellows Appeal Urges Dolls and Coats for Children
Christmas fund drive by the Good Fellows appeals for clothing and dolls for needy children. A letter from Merle and Ruth describes a boy in France fighting with Canadian forces and requests coats for school. Headquarters at the Courier lobby invites donations and provides contact numbers for Mrs Muldoon and Mrs Cowin as the deadline approaches.
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Good Fellows
France
Sister
Merle
Ruth
Ths
French Transport Chateau Renault Sunk in Mediterranean
The French cruiser Chateau Renault, used as a transport, was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean on December 14. Ten crew members are dead while the submarine attacker was destroyed. Passengers were soldiers or officers and were saved. The ship, laid down in 1896, measured 442 feet with a 55.7 feet beam and displaced 7,598 tons. Prior to the war she carried 600 men and had also served as a mine layer.
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Paris
Chateau Renault
Mediterranean
Theatres Denied Exemption From Lightless Night Order
Washington, Dec. 19. Vaudeville theatres asking exemption from the lightless night order were denied by the fuel administration. They argued their patriotic service included allowing four minute men and liberty bond solicitors on stage for Red Cross and other funds.
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Washington, D. C
The
Fuel Administration
Liberty Bonds
Red Grass
Teutonic Strike Two In Italy Front And French Front Raids
German attempts to press along the Asiago Piave line meet Italian resistance with heavy losses on the Austro German side. Italians claim success around Monte Solarolo as Berlin touts captured positions and 1,000 prisoners. On the French front, German raids near Four de Paris are beaten back with losses. aerial bombardment of Engel airdrome reported. German patrols active near Passchendaele with few prisoners secured.
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Brénta
Asiago
Piiave
Monte Solarolo
Brenta
Piave
Berlin
Rome
France
Haig
London Times
Paris
Argonne
Four-de- Paris
War Office
Iest Juvincourt
Four-de-Paris
Lorraine
Flirey
Nauroy
Dunkirk
London
Engel
Flanders
Admiralty
Engel Airdroame
Passchendaele
Union Calls on Miners to Work Holidays
Indianapolis December 19 Coal Miners nationwide are urged to skip the usual holiday break and work only Christmas and New Year in a United Mine Workers of America statement. It cites severe coal shortages from snow and cold, urging economy and public service amid fuel constraints.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
United States
Winter wheat acreage reaches record high despite poor conditions
The Agriculture Department estimates 42,170,000 acres planted to winter wheat for next year, the largest ever. Dec 1 condition stood at 79.3 percent of normal with a forecast crop around 540 million bushels, amid drought in Kansas Oklahoma and Texas and calls for boosted spring wheat and rye sowings to aid war needs.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Burbac
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Idaho
Washington
United States
Food Administration
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Boat Factory Burns and Loss of Valuable Plans
Albany N Y Dec 19 A fire destroyed valuable patterns for specialized equipment used in submarine chasers for British French and Italian navies. The Thatcher company plant suffered extensive damage with estimated losses around 100000 dollars. The plant also produced for the United States government in addition to allies contracts.
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Albany
N. Y
George i. Thatcher
United States
Paper delivery notice with phone contact details
If the paper is not delivered by 6 o'clock due to carrier error or other cause, call 3320 and a copy will be sent. After 6 30 o'clock, telephone No. £.
Gun Makers Blast Delays by Indifferent Ordnance Bureau
Washington reports that slow ordnance makers blamed the Ordnance Bureau for delays in weapon orders despite spending heavily in anticipation of war. Witnesses told the Senate War Inquiry that changing rifle and gun specifications caused months of holdups, while many praised the Browning and Lewis guns as superior.
Lorraine to Raise Monument to Three American Heroes
Lorraine plans no monument in France yet to Gorpernh J. Grostau M D Uns and Muright the first three American Expeditionary Force fatalities buried near a village in Lorraine. A letter to Mayor J. G. Armstrong from the local prefect confirms the three heroes faced the enemy and died at duty's call.
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Pitshburgh
Jarraine
France
Gorpernh
J. A. Grostau
Evansville
Indi
M.D. Uns
Gudden
Hw, Muright
Pittsburgh
J. G. Armstrong
Libs Fetter
Gral
Nolle
Lorraine
Change in rifle and ammo spurs defense policy debate
Senators questioned if earlier preparedness would have allowed interchangeable American and French ammunition. Mr. Kimball defended the rifle change as justified by using superior U S ammunition. Winchester officials said the new Enfield rifle production was delayed by War Department negotiations and standardization talks, but orders and deliveries moved forward after Gen. Crozier mediated.
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Kimball
Altchcockl
Wnrdsworth
Ift
Kinpall
Remington
England
War Department
Forieles
Otterson
Winchester Company
Con. Crozier
Col. Thompson
Ordnance
Gen. Crozier
Gorgas Blames Camp Epidemics on Sanitation
Washington reports Surgeon General Gorgas assigns disease outbreaks at Camp Bowie Camp Funston Camp Doniphan and Camp Sevier to inadequate clothing overcrowding and poor sanitary conditions. He notes base hospitals lack completion except Funston and urges observation camps for newcomers plus 50 square feet of living space per man. Winter clothing delays worsen pneumonia risks.
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Washington, D. C
Camp Bowie
Tex
Camp Funston
Kan
Camp Doniphan
Okla
Camp Sevier
D. C
Gorgas
Baker
Funston
Submarine Disaster Sinks During Fog Kills 19 Sailors
Navy reports nineteen lives lost when the submarine F-1 was rammed and sunk by F-3 in home waters. Five survivors were rescued by F-3, including Lieutenant A Montgomery, with a list of the dead released by the Navy Department. Names span sailors from Texas to California and Washington state, reflecting a wide national loss.
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Washington, D. C
Daniela
A. Montgomery
Comiom Lng
New York
J.L Schmiesauter
Hille City
Tenn
Henry I. Brown
Macon
Joseph J. Burns
San Pedro
Cal
John J. Stewart
Ehip
Navy Department
John R. Belt
Seaman
Ritbes
Texas
Frank
M. Bernard
Oakland
Willam L. Cartwright
Wee Fresno
Harry
L. Carson
Electric Tea
Long Beach
James Goonan
Guntrer
Y. Lima
O.simon Philadelphia
Dudley
Stouzmate
Vallejo
Charles F
Vinc Exeter
Thomas A. Walash
Hillyard
Wash
Clyde W.wratt
Venice
Gat
Edward
EB. Hail
Machinist
Seattle
Ray BH
Scott
Electrician
Elbeyo
Drastic Drug Price Cuts Ordered by U S Trade Body
Washington DC December reports that the U S federal commission will cut profits on drugs by licensing Abbott Laboratorial to manufacture Vermonial a hypnotic and nerve sedative at $20.3 per pound and 15 percent profit reducing the price from $40 per pound to Barbital. Rector Chemical and Farbwerke of New York licensed to produce Novocain now priced about $95 per pound from $720. Right to fix prices reserved by the commission.
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Washington, D. C
Leansesi
Abbott Laboratorial
Chicago
Rector Chemical Company
Farbwerke Company
New York
Rector Company
Commission
Enlist Grocers in Conservation Crusade
Springfield Missouri announces a drive by the Missouri Retail Merchants association to enlist 15 000 grocers in 260 cities to conserve food. A pledge card will urge dealers to reduce delivery use substitutes for wheat and meats and promote perishable product use. Names of non signers will be shared with federal food authorities.
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Springfield
Missouri
Missouri Retail Merchants’ Association
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U.S
Merry Christmas Fund
D.C. McGrady - Uarddt
Strayer
John T. Rackey
Bryant
A. Bryant
Shoemaker
3. T. Muldoon
BR. N. Cowin
San Felice
Teutong
Italy
Toyar
Havana
Drouth
Boat Factory
Burns
Ordnance Bureau
Senate
Army Ordnance Bureau
Stoddard
Marlin Arms Corporation
Col. Rice
Ordnance Department
goRelt Way
Department
Senate Military Committee
HH. Kimball
Tyler
Gorgag
GRAS
Wael
Terz
Albert P. Smith
iMerced
Guy R. Stewart
Mmetetrrtet Mate
Loa Angeles
Lyman F. Lovely
Machintet
Denver
Calo
Ralph HB. McCicer
Electrictan
Troit
Mich
Duncan A. Meflac
Electric
Diaine
John “P
Messsage
Tate
Philadelphia
Grover E. Metz
San Francisco
Grocers
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