German Strike Spreads Across Empire Amid Berlin Turmoil
Berlin faces mass walkouts with 700,000 striking workers including 58,000 women. Clashes with troops reported in a Berlin suburb. Hamburg, Rhine Westphalia and Bavaria idle as Krupp and other plants halt. Newspapers suppressed, arrests of Socialists noted, talks for peace and civil order urged.
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Berlin
Rhine, Westphalia
Bavaria
London
Exchange Telegraph
Copenhagen
Hamburg
Niel
Rhine
Westphalia
Nuremburg
Furth
Voryachts
Krupp Works
von Ilindenburg
Vorwaerts
Avorkers
Amsterdam
Daily Telegraph
Rotterdam
Vulcan
Blohm and Voss
Reichstag
Jondon
Socialist Party
Germany
Berliner Tagebiats
Central News
Kaempf
Tageblatt
Altona
Wandsbeck
Hamburg Echo
Wandsbeek
Koelnische Volkszeitung
Geneva
Switzerland
Herr Walraff
Berin
Copenhagen Politiken
Kiel
Chemnitz
Saxony
Brest Litovsk
Norddeutsche Allegemeine Zeitung
Italians Gain Ground on Northern Front in War News
Italian forces push west of the Brenta capturing Col del Rosso Col de Chelle and Monte di Bella with 2,600 prisoners, six guns and 100 machine guns. Austrians suffer heavy losses as Entente air raids strike Zeebrugge and Paris. Berlin reports Italian attacks repulsed southwest of Asiago. Italian line near Frenzela valley improved. French patrols take prisoners amid front-line activity.
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Brenta
Col del Rosso
Col de Chelle
Monte di Yal Bella
Entente
Zeebrugge
Belgium
London
Paris
Berlin
Asiago
German War Office
Rome
Frenzela
War Office
Associated Press
Italy
Alpini
Sassari
Col del Rassa
Monte di Val Bella
Possion
Guillemin
Lancreux
Thiaucourt
President Wilson asks farmers for utmost effort for record crop
President Wilson, in a message delivered via the Urbana Illinois farmers conference, urges Americans to provide supreme sacrifice and effort to win the war. He stresses national liberty and the need to expand food and material supplies, warning that the conflict’s outcome hinges on this year’s harvest and industrial output. The message underscores Germany’s threat and the nation’s resolve to prevail.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Wilson
University of Illinois At Urbana
James
University of Ilinois
Houston
Urbana
Germany
Europe
Western Hemisphere
America
United State
Fuel Flight Lowers Waterloo Business Hours and Rules
The Waterloo fuel board imposed tighter hours and conservation measures. Stores and druggists adjust to one half ton coal limit. public venues like clubs and lodges close or cut hours. churches and theaters face energy restrictions amid a severe cold spell with rail traffic expected to normalize if snow stays away.
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Lal Club
Itfa
Des Moines
Fuel Board
Fuel Board Teday
Masonic Lodge
Knights of Pythias ‘Sedge
First Presbyterian Church
Sted Cross
First M. BE
Waterloo Ministerial Association
Est
Abe
Waterloo East
Vaulag
Waterlon Theatre
Fast freight garry food for allies to port
New York January 31 fast freight trains loaded with food and supplies for entente allies depart the Midwest for New York and other Atlantic points under war measures amid British French and Italian assurances on food relief. 25 ships will dock at New York harbor as trains arrive on a 61 hour run between Chicago and New York. One hundred locomotives are reassigned to speed the movement under the plan to pool trans Atlantic shipping.
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New York
Middlewest
Atlantic Seaboard
New York Harbor
Sno
Rr. Lovie
Chicago
Easter Roads
Washington
D. C
Danate
Cedar Fails to Close School Conserve Coal
Cedar Falls school officials meet to discuss closing schools to save coal. A special board session decided to keep schools open indefinitely with aim to save about 40 tons of coal daily. Surplus fuel would be distributed to households in need to prevent property damage.
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Cedar Falla
Cedar Alls
Board of Educatiom Sociaty
Yarlong
American soldiers face fog bound raid on French front
In dense fog at dawn, an American sector was shelled after a heavy artillery barrage. Two Americans were killed and four wounded, with one more missing believed captured. The fogged front saw much shelling and sporadic machine gun fire as troops held positions amid daily casualties.
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France
Washington
Cold Wave Hits Much Of Nation With Zero And Subzero Temps
A government report places a broad cold wave across the upper Midwest and central U S with temperatures at or below zero from Michigan to Minnesota and extending into Oklahoma. Iowa records include 26 below at Sioux City and 20 below in Des Moines, while Nebraska and nearby states endure heavy snow and rail disruption. Des Moines veteran James A Brewer dies. his son serves with the Tawa troops in France.
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Washington
D. C
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Janas
Saskatchewan
Rocks Mountains
Lower Lake Region
New England
Iowa
Des Moines
Sioux City
Charles Quy
Dubuque
Federal Weather Bureau
Davenport
Es Moines
Towa
Charles City
Chicago
Gismmarck
Denver
Punduth
Dubieque
Kansas City
Keokuk
Milwakee
S. Omaha
Sioux Ty
Wichita
Nebraska
Omaha
Boston
Mass
Lan
James A. Brewer
Maj. Brewer
Tawa
France
Food Prices Rise and Fall in December 1917
Washington reports food prices regained 1 percent in December after a 1 percent drop in November. Of 27 items, 16 grew, 3 stayed the same, 8 fell. Butter and hens up 3 percent. onions down 14 percent. Over the year, food prices rose 24 percent from December 1916 to December 1917.
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Washington
D. C
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Higgs
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British Admiralty
Jegel
Aldershof
Spandau
Mariendorf
Empire
San Felice
Tack
West Front
Indy
Waterloo
Reigi
Derea
Ba. m. Te
Suralay
Prblic
Antil
PAGH
el Tovar
Havana
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