French Pierce Enemys Lines On Mile Front
Paris reports a surprise French attack east of St Mihiel with a one mile front penetration, 150 prisoners and several machine guns captured. British trenches held after counter attacks near Cambrai and Ypres as German artillery remains active north of Verdun. Berlin notes repulsed attempts and ongoing artillery battles across Champagne, Alsace, and the Woevre.
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St. Mihiel
Ammereweile
Alsace
Berlin
Paris
Mont Teton
Champagne
Verdun
Upper
Bullecourt
Cambrai
Boesinghe-Staden
Ypres
Asiago
Plage
Haig
Douglas Haig
Arras
Vimy
Messines
Flanders
Aisne
Germany
Cape Verde Islands
Madeira
Africa
Senegal
Dakar
Pointe
Spain
Europe
South America
Mont Teron
Avecourty
Bezonvaux
Woevre
Leichepray
Rhone-Rhine Canal
London
Ypres-Staden
War Office
Canaian
Lens
Flirey
Petrograd Famine and Anarchy Grim Christmas Scene
The Times correspondent reports Petrograd in a dire state with no Christmas 300 years, widespread dirt and crime, and a lack of police. Food shortages loom as bread is scarce and of poor quality, potatoes vanish, and meat is a rare luxury amid rising hunger and disorder.
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London
Petrograd
Times
Wilsons Speech Dominates London Newspapers War Coverage
London papers hail President Wilson's address as epoch making and a bold program for world peace clarifying terms to Germany. Editors note openness of peace talks, aid to Russia, and moral drumfire against enemy imperialism with Lloyd George accord context.
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London
Wilson
America
Lloyd George
Germany
The
Evening News
Russia
Congress
Calix Chronicle
Mississippi First to Ratify Dry Act
Jackson Mississippi January 9 Fifteen minutes after the subject was presented in Gov Bilbos message the state legislature both houses yesterday ratified the proposed prohibition amendment to the federal constitution Only eight dissenting votes were cast Mississippi assembly is the first to act on the proposed amendment
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Jackson, Miss
Bilbo
Mississippi Assembly
Four Firemen Die as Blizzard Fails City Fire Fight
Chicago reports four firemen killed and four injured when a moving picture theater on Chicago Avenue and Leavitt collapsed during a blaze. Snowdrifts blocked streets delaying hoses, with hydrants frozen. Officials blame the blizzard, as milk and fuel shortages strain the city.
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Chicago
Moving Picture
Qcbicago Avenue
Leavitt Streets
Disabled German Soldiers Attacked at Fatherland Party Meet
Amsterdam report says disabled German servicemen invited to a Fatherland party gathering faced chauvinist speakers and were barred from speaking. Disputes turned violent as critics were jeered and struck with sticks by attendees. Police ejected the disabled soldiers, while Vorwaerts notes the event exposed the party's harsh stance.
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Amsterdam
Fatherland Party
Vorwaerts
Berlin
Uwindenburg
Kaiser Praises Own Devotion to Human Weal
Emperor William praises his 30 years as champion of humanity and peaceable cooperation. He pledges full support to the Polish regency delegation and their work reestablishing an independent Polish kingdom. The statement frames recent acts as fulfilling Polish longings and promises ongoing backing from his government.
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Kaiser
Amsterdam
Wiliam
Harlin
Kingdom of
Poland
Rail Rates May Go Higher Under Federal Control
Washington reports that as government operation begins, broad readjustments of the railroad rate system are likely. Abnormally low schedules due to postwar competition will be reviewed, with possible general increases. Railroad employees beyond the four unions seek wage raises. McAdoo urges patriotic service and plans to post appeals nationwide. Delivery-truck pooling experiments aim to ease terminal congestion and may extend nationally if successful.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Four Great Brotherhoods
McAdoo
E. Heberling
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Heberling
Nimn
Suffrage Vote in House Tomorrow in Washington
In Washington D C the rules committee chose the new suffrage committee to handle the woman suffrage constitutional amendment resolution, not the judiciary committee. Representative Baker of California will lead the measure tomorrow, predicting passage by more than a dozen votes over the two thirds threshold as four hours of debate precede a 4 p m vote.
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Washington, D. C
House
Rules Committee
New Suffrage Committee
Judiciary Committee
Suffrage Committee
Baker
California
Fugitive Bride Found at Rapids Cedar Rapids I A R
Jillian Zengerman a 17 year old bride found in Cedar Rapids Iowa last night by her husband and her father. She says she was forced by her father Rom jeo to marry Zengerman whom she does not love. She denies enticement from home and says she is being returned against her will. Police seek to locate a man named Oliver.
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Cedar Rapids
Jillian Zengerman
Des Moines
Oliver
Romjeo
Zengerman
Plot to sell seized arms to spark Mexican revolt foiled
Army intelligence halted a vendetta to auction confiscated arms valued at 285000 dollars in a federal building. Agents traced an ad seeking ten strong men and arrested Nicholas Sean Zogg N A Myles and Joseph Collins. Myles, a film actor, faced habeas corpus release before rearrest on charges of conspiring to sell munitions under the espionage act.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Jen
Federal
Mexico
Army
Nicholas Sean Zogg
N. A. Myles
Joseph Collins
United States District Court
Myles
Vorwaerts Critiques Lloyd George Speech in Hidden Flair
Vorwaerts, Berlin via Tondon, January 9, accuses Lloyd George of a carefully staged disguise in his war aims address. It claims the speech was shaped to win German workers’ approval and endorses his call to restore independence to overrun states. It questions Alsace Lorraine status and questions protection of colonial natives, urging British workers’ discernment.
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Berlin
Tondon
Vorwaerts
Lloyd George
Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
Nine Missing From Sunken U S Ship Harry Luckenbach
Washington reports nine men remain missing from the torpedoed steamer Harry Luckenbach, sunk January 6. The navy department based its update on a Vice Admiral Sims report noting 22 crew members rescued.
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Washington, D. C
Harry Luckenbach
Navy Department
Sims
German schools closed in Page County by board order
After a county council of defense meeting, the Page County school board ordered three German schools closed this week. The board also decreed that all church services in the county must be conducted in English.
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Glarman
Van
County Council of Defense
Page County
Paper delivery error notice to readers
If the newspaper is not delivered by 6 o'clock due to carrier bay error or other cause, readers should PRONE S830 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 4 30 p m.
Waterloo Banks Prosper Despite War Conditions
Waterloo deposits rise to a record 13 677 005 on January 1, 1928, up from 9 090 008 in 1917 as war pressures and inflation reshape local finance. Business activity improves in 1927 with plentiful work and higher prices, though middle income workers feel the impact.
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Waterloo
Uiet
Conrar Wad
Busines
Alout
Waterloo Bank & Trust Company
2 Trust Company
Mutinous Portuguese Warship Crews Seize Lisbon Forts
Madrid reports a Portugal mutiny as crews aboard battleship Vasco de Gama and torpedo boat Duro joined attacks on Lisbon forts. The army reportedly stayed loyal to President Sidónio Paes, restoring order after the revolt. The surrender of the mutineers is said to end the disturbances.
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Madrid
Portugal
Lisbon
Sidonio Paes
Vasco de Gama
Duro
Promoted Artillerymen at Camp Doirie in Eighty-eighth Division
Camp Dodge Iowa January 1 promotions announced for forty officers in the field artillery brigade of the Eighty-eighth division. Four captains elevated to majors, five first lieutenants to captain, others to first lieutenant, with named officers Hiller Fuller Hy Freeman J C McKibbin of St Paul and C B McGrath of Sarverne. Al W Ackerman Lincoln Neb L R Bates Sioux Falls SD J B McKay Cedar Rapids IA among those promoted.
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Camp Dodge
Field Artillery
Eighty-eighth Division
National Army
Harrison Fuller
R.freeman
J. C. McKibbin
St. Paul
C. B. McGrath
Sarverne
Minn
al WL. Ackerman
Lincoln
L. R. Bates
Sioux Fails
J. B. McKay
Cedar Rapids
Patrolman Warms Bank. Bank Robbery Foiled
Patrolman Martin Flynn, exhausted by snow duties, entered the Southwest Trust and Savings bank with $80,000 in an open vault. A youth with pistols burst in and ordered “Hands up.” Flynn fired, was shot in the leg, and the robber fled with two companions who waited in a limousine.
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Chicago
Dan
Martin Flynn
Southwest Trust & Savings Bank
Flynn
New Ruling on Sammies Parcels
Fragmentary wartime notice warns that parcels to Sammies will be handled differently. It states weights, addressing, and forwarding rules under a new military postal directive issued by the post office department and a commanding general at a park of embarkation.
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Waestingtin
9. C
Dan B— Marcely
Uregps
France
Mt & Ingg
Sever Pours
Mary Ddentter
Ute
Park
Tur Post Offhce Ueepartmen
Young Wife of Farmer Dies by Hanging in Barn
Mrs Merle Young aged 28, wife of farmer, was found dead in a barn six miles northeast of Waterloo. She reportedly feared testifying against her husband in a cruelty to animals case and left farewell notes asking relatives to care for him. Her body was taken to Paterson Bros mortuary and funeral plans awaited word from relatives.
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Mra
Merle Young
Waterloo
Khority
Mra. Young
Paterson Bros’ Mortuary
Germans Raze 136 Villages in France
Paris January 3 The Rome correspondent of the Matin reports that by order of Field Marshal von Hindenburg about 130 villages behind the western front, mainly near St Quentin, were razed to improve defense for German lines to the rear. The correspondent notes, despite denials, only a third of the 200000 Belgians deported to Germany have been allowed to return home.
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Paris
Rome
The
Matin
von Hindenburg
St. Quentin
Germany
Blames fuel chief for coal shortage in Ohio
James B. Dugan inspector of the railway division of the Ohio utilities commission told the Senate Investigation Committee that the fuel administration bears full responsibility for Ohio’s coal shortage. He cited thousands of coal cars trapped at lake ports due to a lack of ships for transport to the northwest.
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Washington, D. C
Ohio
Fuel Administration
James B. Dugan
Railway Division
Ohio Utilities Commission
Senate Investigation Committee
Dugan
Two Sailors From Jacob Jones Held Captive by Enemy
Two sailors from the destroyer Jacob Jones sunk by a submarine December 6 are reported by the Navy as held prisoners in Germany. Through the Red Cross the Navy names Albert de Mello of New Bedford Massachusetts and John Francis Murphy of Newport Rhode Island as the imprisoned sailors.
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Jacob Jones
Washington, D. C
Tan
Germany
Red Cross
Navy
Albert de Mello
New Bedford
Mass
John Francis Murphy
Cook
Newport
Hospital ship Rewa torpedoed and sunk in Bristol Channel
London reports the hospital ship Rewa was torpedoed and sunk in the Bristol Channel on January 4 while returning from Gibraltar. Three crew members are missing, all wounded were saved, and the ship bore red cross markings outside the barred zone. Survivors were taken to Swansea, many without clothing. The torpedo struck despite rights under the Hague convention.
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London
I Rewa
Channel
Gibraltar
His Majesty’s
Rewa
Bristol Channel
Germany
Daily Mail
Athena
Alfonso
Spain
Ligerents
Glasgow
Atlantic
Great Britain
Wales
England
Cardiff
Swansea
American Consul Visits Italian Front Amid Snow and Risk
American consul Venice Bi Harvey Carroll Jr. joined Italian general staff on the Asiago plateau front. He climbed 4000 feet amid snow and artillery fire to visit Bersaglieri, praised readiness, and noted Red Cross mountain hoods. Bassano evacuated, shops closed, enemy fire heard seven miles away near Monte Grappa. Weather expected to rise, with a 30 degree minimum. Bootleggers Hathaway and Giamulis fined and jailed for 30 days.
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Associated Press
Italy
Harvey Carroll, Jr
Venice
Asiagopla
Carroll
Monte- Melette di Gallio
Monte Badeneche
Frenzera
Bersaglieri
American Red Cross
Consul Carroll
Supreme Command
Bassano
Consul Carroll-passed
Monte Grappa
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