Nations railroads to be operated as one great system
Director General McAdoo ordered immediate pooling of all railroad equipment and operations to relieve congestion. He directed that all lines be run as a single national transportation system with through routes and abrogation of conflicting traffic agreements. Walter D. Hines was appointed assistant pro tempore to oversee transportation in the trunk line east of Chicago and north of the Ohio.
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United Dress
Washington
Director-Geneal
Rayroads
McAdoo
Walter D. Hires
New York
Aled J. Smith
Eneraul
Chocego
Ohio
Potomac
New York Harbor
Dividual Rids
Interstate Commerce Commisson
Pennsylvania
Iie
Baltimore and Ohio
Lackawannam
New Jersey Central
Lehick Olley Railrads
New Jeast
Repor
McAdo
Tiuts Mic Adon
Chicago
Ae Downer Hines
Enlinu
Swift and Company dominates New England meat trade
United Press dispatch reports Federal Trade Commission hearings in Boston show Swift and Company controlling most slaughtering rendering plants and the hide market in New England through hidden branding, restraints, and pools. The inquiry notes threats, freight delays, and pressure to sell out, with independent plants repeatedly overwhelmed or bought.
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United Press
Boston
Francis J. Hensys
Federal Trade Commission
Swift and Company
New England
Swift
Heney
Russia and Germany peace terms not yet received
Washington Dec. 29. The State Department said Russia cannot formally present peace proposals to the United States and that any terms would not be accepted as coming from a recognized government. Neutrals may transmit German interests but the U S does not expect acceptance. Brest-Litovsk talks reveal German internal dissension with Pan-Germanists opposing no annexations and no indemnities while others weigh broader peace prospects.
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United Press
Washington
Russia
United States
State Department
Francis
Department
Germany
nearest-Litovsk
Agai
Brest-Litovsk
Atlanta faces severe coal shortage amid cold spell
Atlanta in a deep freeze with temperatures dropping to 10 above, possibly five by Monday. A survey finds barely enough coal to last through Monday as a committee plans to bring in supplies. city officials may allow Sunday deliveries and use sanitation carts to aid distribution.
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United Press
Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce
Walter Cooper
Chandler
Air fighting reported with bomb attack near Lille
London dispatch says Field Marshal Haig reports intense air fighting. About one hundred bombs fell on an airdrome near Lille. One hundred? hostile aircraft were driven down and two forced to land out of control.
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United Press
London
Field Marshal Haig
Lille
Death Toll For U S Forces Rises In Fall 1917
United States reports show 1391 American troops died between September 21 and December 14 in 1917 with a total strength of 916 722. National Guard accounts for the highest mortality rate at 9.1 per thousand. National Army records 494 deaths among 887 238. Regular Army records 144 deaths among 202 009. Casualties attributed to measles pneumonia and camp conditions.
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United Press
Washington
Aate
National Guard
National Army
Regular
Government to keep railroads in public control says officials
United States government to stay in the railroad business. McAdoo plans a government corporation to buy and sell bonds, similar to a shipping board. Railroad leaders and administration officials warn private operation may never resume after the war.
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United Press
Washington
United States
Rairoad
sirAdeco
McAdoo
Wilson
American Railways
Brotherhoods
Shipping Board
Keating
T Control
Severe Cold Grips Nation Amid Coal Shortage
United Press reports a brutal cold wave across the country from New York to the Adirondacks with temperatures from 40 below to near zero in much of the city and Midwest. Coal shortages worsen in cities like New York and Detroit, threatening schools, businesses, and transit as trains run late and demand spikes.
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United Press
New York
Adirondacks
St. Paul
Duluth
Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
Detroit
Antic
Daler Cos GE Benet
Texas
Tupper Lake
N. Y
Utica
German-born torpedo worker indicted for treason in U S
Paul Hennig a naturalized German and foreman in the Bliss Torpedo Company Brooklyn stands indicted for treason over tampering with torpedo bearings that could have misdirected American warship munitions. Lieutenant O Shea of Annapolis fame uncovered the plot amid a federal case exposing mutilation of torpedo machinery and lines scratched to veer torpedoes. Hennig naturalized 1916 faces penalties up to death and is under two weeks of surveillance prior to arraignment.
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United Press
New York
Paul Hennig
O’shea
Annapolis
Hennig
Bliss Torpedo Company
Brooklyn
Germany
Russian delegate denounces peace offer at Stockholm talks
Stockholm dispatch says M. Stislavski, a Russian negotiator, denounced the Bolshevik led peace conferences as Bolshevik treachery. He warned against further attendance and signaled a social revolutionary movement against the Trotzky Lenin government. The plan to call a socialist conference and coalition with lefts sparked radical denunciations and fears of an armed uprising.
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United Press
Stockholm
Litovsk
M. Stislavski
Social Revolutionaries
Stiislavski
Russia
Social Revolutionary Party
Constituent Assembly
Bolsheviki
pan-Russian Railway Union
Maxim Gorky
Raleigh Woman Shot By Negro at West Raleigh Home
Mrs. N F Bullard wife of a Seaboard freight agent was shot and slightly wounded in her West Raleigh home by an unknown intruder. She returned fire and believes she wounded him more. Officers pursue the suspect through fresh snow as blizzard conditions hinder tracks.
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Raleigh
N. C
N. PF. Bullard
Seaboard
West Raleigh
Graham
Department of Agriculture
Major Graham
Remedy
Aviator Crowe Believed Lost Over Pensacola
Naval authorities in Pensacola have given up hope of locating aviator M. F. Crowe and his aircraft, missing since Wednesday. Crowe, a Parkersburg W Va resident and Columbia College graduate, was connected to the varsity football squad.
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United Press
Pensacola
Fla
M. F. Crowe
Crowe
Parkersburg
W. Va
Columbia College
German Divisions Rescue of Sultan's Forces
Washington reports German divisions fresh from the Russian and Romanian fronts are aiding the Sultan's forces to restore morale and threaten Allenby's Jerusalem line. Four Turkish divisions and at least one German unit engage along the Jaffa to Jordan front, with heavy losses reported on December 26 27 and 28.
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United Press
Washington
arKey
Holy Land
Falkenhayn
Allenby
Jaffa
Jerusalem
Jordan
Germany
Mesopotamia
Palestine
Vienna
Alleby
Bir Ébala
Rome
Teutons
Macedonia
Turkey
Teuton
Al'enhy
Macon Faces Coldest Weather of the Year
In Macon Georgia December 29 the city endures the coldest weather of the year with a 20 degree reading at 11 o clock. Wood and coal are scarce and churches have cancelled night services to conserve fuel. Many poor residents suffer amid the cold snap.
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Macon
United Press
Comics missing again for Wilmington Dispatch subscribers
The Wilmington Dispatch reports comic supplements failed to arrive due to Atlantic Coast Line delivery problems. Comics shipped December 15 from Boston via Merchants & Miners Line to Norfolk did not reach the AC line by yesterday afternoon. Similar delays were noted in November and the paper promises improved service, asking subscribers to be patient.
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Atlantic Coast Line
Wilmington Dispatch
Boston
Mass
Merchants & Miners Line
A. C. IL
Norfolk
Louis
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