02 Dec 1917
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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1917
Page
1
German forces launch a large assault against British positions, employing massed infantry and artillery in a stiff engagement. The attack targets key trenches and fortifications, with heavy casualties reported on both sides amid shifting frontline pressures.
Washington reports British politics underlie the Marquis of Lansdowne war aims and peace suggestions. Officials split on whether the proposals aim to wreck Lloyd George’s regime or open a frank war-aim discussion aligned with American ideals of world justice and democracy.
British forces hold position as German attack on Cambrai fails. Reports cite Haig about losses and counterattacks across a five mile front. German strength estimated at nine divisions with 9,000 troops. tanks support British defense and push back enemy near Bourlon and Gouzeaucourt.
Washington December 1 United Press reports a War Department order announces a single gold bar on shoulder straps to designate second lieutenants. Brown braid on sleeves replaces the black worn by first lieutenants.
In Gaston B. Means murder case, Chicago bankers testified his account with benefactress Maude A. King rose from zero to 105000 in 60 days and fell to 47000, later withdrawn after Mrs. King was shot at Lean in Blackwater Springs. Adjourning to allow defense to copy seized papers from Means' New York apartment.
Bianca De Saulles, 23, the Chilean heiress, was found not guilty of murder in Mineola. The jury deliberated under three hours and jurors shook her hand as she rose to receive the verdict. She thanked each juror and said she would likely return to Chile, facing further legal battles over custody of her child.
A United Press report quotes a U S food administration official urging Americans to cut consumption to spare food for the war. He cites German data showing reduced deaths among insureds during rationing and argues less eating would lower suicides and dyspepsia while boosting mood and wartime efficiency.
The Kramer Egg and Goullet Magin teams are favored in the sixth day bicycle races to start at midnight Sunday in Madison Square Garden. The main event offers a $3,000 prize.
An American aviator in France received the French War Cross for valuable observations during a recent French infantry assault. The award was announced from American Field Headquarters on December 1.
In Spartanburg South Carolina two Brooklyn soldiers Privates Martin and Joseph Curti were killed when a motor truck carrying four others was struck by a Charleston and Western Carolina train. Injured are Corporal Hoyt Private Otto Koehner Corporal J T O'Neil and a negro fireman seriously hurt. All were with the 47th infantry 27th division stationed at Camp Wadsworth.
Stamford Connecticut December 1 Stuart Landrueter radio operator of the torpedoed patrol boat Alcedo tells his parents how he and other survivors endured 50 miles in an open boat after the attack He suffered a broken rib a wrenched back and a bitten tongue and broke a piece of a front tooth but said you can't notice it much
United Press reports the Brotherhoods of Railway Train and Conductors filed a demand for a 40 percent wage rise with the Southern Railway headquarters in Washington. Railroads face a 30 day reply period and mediation with possible arbitration after President Wilson’s accord to avoid wartime transportation disruption.
Washington reports the Shipping Board deems drafting labor for the emergency fleet program inadvisable. Chairman Hurley told Senator Hitchcock that private yards face steel-ship delays due to labor shortages while seeking detailed information for Congress. He cited 582 ships totaling 3 721 809 dead weight tons in trans Atlantic service and aims to reach 6 000 000 tons in 1919. Three government yards Hog Island Port Newark and Bristol Point will launch standardized ships in May.
Pittsburgh Pa December 1 The Duquesne Light Company announced a weekly power cut from 7 am to 5 pm on Wednesdays to conserve fuel This will suspend operations for one day each week at munitions plants in the Monongahela Valley affecting about score or more plants and over 15 000 workers Most residences will lose electricity on these lightless days
The international revenue bureau ruled that music with meals is taxable as cabaret. If no admission is charged a 20 percent tax applies to money spent at the venue.
The City of Cleveland plans to introduce business operations as officials seize six carloads of Wisconsin potatoes stranded on local tracks. The potatoes will be sold to customers at 95 cents a bushel, with officials coordinating the sale.
Congress looks to the prescent orts program railroads asked to pay increase of forty percent. Wage rises proposed by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Conductors would cover about 250,000 workers with December 31, 1917, as the deadline for replies. The plan sets minimums per mile and per day across several railroad job classifications with no cut in existing pay or conditions.
A Camp Greene trolley car carrying 70 soldiers bursts into flames on a steep grade at 9:45 after insulation in the front controller fails. Soldiers jump from windows in a chaotic evacuation with several injuries including Private Nickerson with a severe back sprain and Private Reshak with head and leg cuts. others receive treatment at a local hospital and return to base soon after.
Washington December 1 1917 Congress nears its second war session awaiting President Wilsons message. Taxation of excess profits and bonds funding loom. Prohibition and suffrage poised for quick votes as plans center on war taxes transportation and control of industries.
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