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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1917
Page
1
About 250000 miles of track were placed under government control as major lines were merged into a continental system. Officials described the move as creating a coordinated network to manage wartime freight and troop movements across regions and borders.
Soldiers acting under Finance Commissioner Menshinsky seized all private banks in Petrograd including the National City Bank of New York. Manager R. R. Stevens was detained, directors arrested, and vaults partly opened. Banks placed under guard as a state committee plans an investigation and curbs reopening amid cash shortages and a new regime.
Washington December 28 1917 a War Board to unify railroads was formed with five executives including S A John Neustrotsch of Southern Pacific and Hale Holden of Burlington to plan a continental system. McAdoo announced immediate orders to pool terminals and raise efficiency, with government guarantees discussed lightly. The move aims to reduce route competition and congestion across wartime rail lines for the war effort.
Paris reports Foreign Minister Pichon told the Chamber of Deputies France will not accept peace based on prewar conditions. Germany seeks to involve France with Bolsheviks, but the war would continue regardless of Russia’s separate peace. Pichon urged unity with allies and warned Alsace Lorraine remains a world moral issue. Jerusalem’s occupation he called a civilized-world victory and said the city would gain international status.
London reports that young women who smoke in sun lit streets and theatres are gradually quitting smoking as a result of social pressure. They argue they are doing war work and should not sacrifice, despite a semi official appeal to quit so men at the front may have more fags.
At the twelfth annual NAC convention in New York nearly 200 universities and intercollegiate bodies discussed wartime policy for college athletics. Colonel Palmer E. Pierce reported government support for continuing sports to benefit all students and strengthen young men for war service, with endorsements from War Secretary Baker and Navy Secretary Daniels.
Ottawa dispatch from Reuters reports Melbourne results on the conscription referendum. In Australia voters cast 889000 for and 1072006 against the proposal while the soldiers vote shows 23000 for and 352000 against conscription.
Wallace North Carolina December twenty eighth. G E D Parker a leading Duplin county figure was seriously wounded by Walter Cottle on his furlough from the Navy Cottle confronted Parker near Parker’s home and fired a .32 caliber pistol striking Parker in the breast hip and back Doctors from Wallace Magnolia and Wilmington attended Parker with a special train arranged for Dr Green of Wilmington likely to treat the wounded wealthiest man in Duplin county Parker’s exact condition awaited further word.
New York December 28 The Associated Press reports confirmation of a throat cutting incident from an official army communication. The dispatch says the order was issued by the division's general commanding and copied into the correspondent's possession.
Elmer Dwiggins pleaded guilty to using the mails to defraud Liberty Loan bond investors and was sentenced to three years in Atlanta penitentiary.
Washington observers note President Wilson marks his 61st birthday during the railroad takeovers. No White House ceremony is planned as wartime duties constrain the schedule. He spent the morning golfing with Mrs. Wilson and later worked on the railroad address for Congress next week.
War Department summary reports deaths from disease in the National Army 118 and in the National Guard 120 for the week ending December 21. Pneumonia leads National Army deaths. measles, pneumonia, meningitis, and scarlet fever appear in various camps with fluctuating case numbers across camps Gordon Pike Travis Wheeler Bowie Jackson Gordon Pike Travis.
The Senate committee delayed Hoover from testifying as Chief Counsel Lindley reported Hoover would not appear due to a New York call and funeral. Colver addressed coal policy for Italy and Europe while Senator Reed pressed on transport and supply issues amid wartime shortages.
London papers dissect Czernin's reply to Russia's terms, splitting on whether it is a sincere bid to end the war or a trap for the Allies. Headlines note pacifist sympathy for a quick end and conservative support for victory, with German aims seen as no annexations but cautious on reparations.
Montgomery Ala Dec 28 Adjutant General C J Hubbard received a War Department telegram ordering no more selectives be sent to Camp Pike as the camp is placed under quarantine. The nature of the illness was not specified but scarlet fever is reported at the Arkansas camp.
Berlin says the Italian front reports increased artillery fire across the Asp Plateau and Tomba ridge on the Northern front throughout the day.
In France on a recent moonlit night German airmen dropped bombs on a camp in a wood, killing three Americans including two privates and a corporal of engineers. A German shelling wounded more, as U S engineers and French troops worked together along the front.
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