Bitter Senate clash over Stone 3 at Tage storm
Washington Jan 22 bitter debate in the senate arose after Senator Stone Missouri attacked Republicans and Theodore Roosevelt, urging adjournment for two days as war investigations proceed. Lodge defended Roosevelt and exposed tensions over war prep and ongoing probes while Penrose mocked European mission chatter.
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Germans Lose 3 Airplanes in Duel at Verdun
In a Verdun air duel, six German planes attacked the city. French pursuit units destroyed three German aircraft after a fierce fight. A German observer balloon was set on fire and crashed. A second German plane fell to French fire, and a third was downed by the same French squad. A fourth German airman died Sunday near Verdun.
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East Coast Snow Threatens Fresh Transportation Tieup
Snow blankets the eastern United States from New England to the Mississippi, seizing rail lines and delaying schedules as a five day shutdown aims to clear lines. Coal movement to Atlantic ports steadies while storms threaten further disruption. Ice jams in New York harbor hinder bunkering as heavy snowfall snarls rail and freight movement.
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War Cabinet Bill Doomed by President's Denunciation
Washington reports President Wilson denounced Senator Chamberlain's attack on the War Department and endorsed Secretary Baker, hardening opposition among Senate Democrats to a war cabinet bill. Chamberlain Hitchcock and Wadsworth vow a straight fight on the measure, planning substantial debate when the Senate reconvenes.
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German Spies Track Rainbow Division Movements
A Washington dispatch reports German spies in France tracked the Rainbow division’s movements from camp to a new site five miles east by south. German planes observed the camp for days, dropped bags with messages, and the spy search yielded no results, a pattern seen with other Allied units.
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Food saving rules eyed by US government
Washington January 22 new food conservation drive targets housewives with a proposed card calling for one meatless day two porkless days and two wheatless days weekly. Officials said nothing would be compulsory for homes though hotels and restaurants may face mandatory denial days under pending legislation. A separate bill to empower President Wilson to fix prices of essential foods and commodities was sent to the House committee chaired by Lever but faces delays and likely opposition.
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Roosevelt visits capital to aid war program aims
Washington date 22 Colonel Roosevelt arrives at the capital to speed U.S. entry into the war and to back universal military training. He plans meetings with Senator Chamberlain and Representatives Madden and Kahn, insisting his aim is to advance the president’s war policy and address allied concerns. He rejects replying to Senator Stone’s Senate remarks and notes his role beside his daughter Mrs Nicholas Longworth.
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Credit expansion and war loans shape 1937 Federal Reserve report
The Federal Reserve’s annual 1937 report to Congress warns that credit expansion helps push prices up while urging wartime savings. It calls for absorbing government loans from personal savings and restraining new bank credit to prevent inflation, with governance of railroads under government influence and commentary on Reserve Bank earnings and gold reserves.
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Outside Miners Plead for Voice in Wage Scale
Indianapolis January miners from the outlying district press for representation in wage terms guiding central field contracts. Union officials resist, arguing outlying areas are not harmed by the midwest basic scale. Samuel Gompers of the AFL plans to address the convention this afternoon.
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Pat O'Brien Hero of Daring Escape Visits His Mother
Airman Pat O'Brien reaches home after a perilous 72 day escape from German captivity. He traveled 260 miles across Holland under cover of night, swam rivers, and evaded electrified fences before reaching British territory. King George saved him from further front service, and a banquet awaits in Momence as locals expect his full account of the daring escape.
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Chicago Fuel Crisis Closes Schools and Halts Work
Chicago faces the worst fuel shortage in history as coal stocks fail to meet demand. John H. Williams warns of a 1,266,000 ton deficit to restore normal supply, forcing extended school closures and industry slowdowns amid blizzard disruptions and cold. Parochial and private schools are closed. grade schools also shut for a week. High schools stay open while conditions persist.
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Five River Boats Sunk by Ice Floes
Memphis Jan 22 five boats valued over 150000 sunk between Memphis and Cairo as ice floes choke the Mississippi north of the city. Several coal barges worn from moorings and other crafts damaged amid the season's most serious river conditions in years.
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Carson Resigns From British War Cabinet
London dispatch notes Sir Edward Carson resigns from the war cabinet and questions whether Lord Northcliffe will succeed him. The Star asks if Northcliffe is being ushered into the war cabinet via the American mission chair.
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Deadly Shell Used Against Submarines
Washington January 22 the new anti submarine shell perfected by naval ordnance experts combines a depth charged fuse with a dive initiating design. The weapon aims to strike submerged submarines by exploding at the water surface or at a set depth and to cause a direct bite against hulls.
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U S Gunboat Monocacy Fired On By Chinese Bandits
Washington reports the Monocacy, 50 miles above Yochow on the Yangtze Kiang, was fired upon by Chinese bandits. The commander says the boat returned fire and silenced the attack, with H L O'Brien fatally wounded and W N Donnelly slightly wounded.
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Australian Wheat Crop is Very Poor
A Reuters dispatch from Adelaide reports South Australia’s wheat crop for the year at 286.5 million bushels, down 15.5 million from last year. The government cites smaller sowing area and wet unfavourable conditions after planting as the cause.
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Navy Uniform Violations Lead to Arrests
On January 22 Captain William A. Maffett the commandant sent letters to two governors in the central district urging joint action with the navy department. The goal is to arrest and punish unauthorized persons including girls who wear any part of the navy uniform such as blouses buttons and adornments amid ongoing abuse reports.
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William A. Maffett
Navy Department
Austria Near Cataclysm Aims for Peace Amid Revolt
London dispatches report Austria-Hungary pressed for peace as hunger and labor unrest spread across the empire. Premier von Seydler signals no new terms, while fear of a cabinet crisis grows. Reports of resignations lack official confirmation, with censorship scrutiny and Brest Litovsk talks shaping commentary.
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Farm products to have transportation facilities
Washington DC Fan 22nd Director General McAdoo advised the department of agriculture that the railroad administration had no intention of issuing a list of non essentials from farm products and that plans now being laid would provide adequate transportation facilities for all farm products of the country.
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