Granby Street Fire Wrecks Shops and Monticello Hotel
A blaze in Norfolk Virginia devastates Granby Street stores including Buchanan and Son Jewelry across from the Monticello Hotel. Fire fights stall due to frozen water pressure. officials suspect arson. Martial law and guard details deployed as several buildings burn or are threatened and a hotel is partially destroyed with casualties among firefighters.
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Norfolk
Granby Street
Buchanan and Son
Monticello
Lennox
Carpenter
Granby
Tazewell Streets
Childine
Ation
Main Street
Aries
Buchanan Collan
Associated Press
Monticello Hotel
Navy Ya
Portsmouth
Mayo
Navy Yard
Miremen
Orfolk
Noody
Norsk
Department of Justice
Charles Meof
W. H. Bailey
W. H.on
T. P.smith
W. J. Monroe
Ad Matthaus
Bunting
McCoy
French Triumph Near Monte Tomba on Italian Front
Italian authorities report Allied French forces broke through near Monte Tomba southeast of the Piave. About 1,384 French troops and 44 Austrian officers were captured or killed, with seven guns seized. Air support by Italian and British pilots aided the assault, which forced the enemy to retreat from prepared positions.
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Associated Press
Italy
Monte Tomba
Piave
Osteria di Montevera
Maranzine
Russian Peace Terms Debate and US Shoe Price Probe
A Petrograd Times dispatch in London discusses Bolshevik and Allied policy amid calls for peace terms shaping Russia’s future. In Washington the Federal Trade Commission launches an inquiry into shoe and leather pricing to explain high costs and potential stockpiled hides and materials.
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Associated
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Davies
Commission
New York Faces Severe Cold as Relief Efforts Continue
New York endures another day of hardship with 150 schools short of fuel and hundreds of needy residents aided by charity workers. Twelve deaths in the Metropolitan area are linked to the cold as officials report coal shortages and transport bottlenecks amid a nationwide relief push.
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New York
Tidewater
Washington
Weather Bureau
Pacific States
Florida
East Room
White House
Boston
Mass
New England
Debt of Belligerents Grows As War Economy Expands
Washington reports a national net debt of 5.615 million dollars at year’s start, over five times the war entry debt nine months prior, with per capita debt near 51 dollars and debt to wealth at 212 percent. Military and naval costs dominate, while allies’ debts total about 74 billion for the belligerent coalition.
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Washington
Uni
Treasury
Actua
Navy
Timate
France
Russia
Germany
America
Allied Air Raids Stir Up Germans
The Amsterdam Times correspondent reports that Allied air raids across Germany are provoking widespread nervousness and a belief in rulers' air ruthlessness. Despite calm talk of American bluff, explosions in munitions factories heighten German military anxiety and unrest, worsened by frost.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Amsterdam
Times
Great railroad bridge opens across the Ohio River
A new railroad bridge spanning the Ohio River between Metropolis Illinois and Paducah Kentucky was formally opened today. The one mile and a quarter structure is expected to speed traffic between the North and South and was related to the completion of the nearby portage route.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ohio River
Ohio
Mtropolis
Ills
Paducah
Poate Ang
T Johnie
Monticello Hotel Fire Wrecks Norfolk Landmark
Fire caused by sparks from an earlier blaze destroyed three Granby street stores and heavily damaged the Monticello Hotel in Norfolk. Cold hydrants froze hampering efforts. two firefighters were badly burned when the kitchen roof collapsed. The hotel, a South landmark built in 1898 housing 215 rooms, faced extensive water and structural damage.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Monticello Hotel
Variery
Katchen
St. Vincent's Hospital
Granby Street
Monticello
South
Iit
Monticello Realty Corporation
C. HB. Consollve
New Belvedere
Baltimore
Red Cross membership tops twenty two million
Sixteen million new names were added to the American Red Cross rolls after the Christmas drive. Henry P. Davidson, chairman of the National War Council, announced that the organization now has a membership of 22,000,000.
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Associated’ Presa
Washington
Jan
American Red Cross
Henry P. Davidson
National War Council
Tion
Rumanian Minister Reaches America
Dr Constant in Angelescu arrives in the United States as Romania's first official minister to the U S taking up duties at an Atlantic port amid ceremonial welcome and early signals of diplomatic relations.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Ren. T
Constantin Angelescu
Rumania
United States
Government shifts coal and freight policy to ease rail congestion
The McAdoo administration directs Eastern lines to prioritize relief of coal and food movement while suspending some prior freight rules. A five member advisory cabinet replaces the railroad war board, with Hale Holden retained to supervise operations, and John Skelton Williams handling financial matters. Henry Walters heads the Atlantic Coast trade committee.
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United Press
Washington
Eastern
McAdoo
New York
New England
Mississippi
Ohio River
Railroad War Board
Hale Holden
The
Burlington
War Board
the War Board
John Skelton Williams
Uller
Henry Walters
Atlantic
Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Sought for War Efforts
Washington reports a request for an emergency deficiency appropriation totaling about 1.388 billion dollars for the army navy food administration and other war work. Major items include 31.2785 billion for the army with 700 million for quartermaster 450 million for ordnance and 140 million for engineers. Agriculture seeks 6 million for seed purchases plus 2.5 million added by last law. Food administration to receive 4.5 million plus existing President's fund and Navy requests 55 million.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Food Administration
Congress
Quartermaster Corps
Ordnance
Department of Agriculture
Navy Department
Banks Urge War Time Economy in New Year Message
The Federal Reserve Board releases a New Year appeal urging banks to promote thrift and economy. The message asks banks to tell the public that economy serves the nation and to lead by example in shortages and wartime civilian conduct.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Federal Reserve Board
Japan to Advance China a Big Sum
The Associated Press reports that Japan is negotiating a 10 million pound sterling advance to China to improve the Bank of China. The deal is discussed with the aware syndicate of American British French Russian banks, formed before the war with Japanese and German reps to finance China.
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Associates Press
Pekin
Associated Press
Japan
China
Bank of China
Quiet on British Front Report From London Front
London reports minimal fighting on the western front with artillery activity near En-Gohelle and southeast of Arras. The British War Office notes no events of special interest beyond routine operations for January 1.
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Rus
British War Office
France
Coal Coming
Washington dispatch notes a severe northeast wind blocking coal movement through Hampton Roads. Heavy ships from West Virginia mines are tied up, prompting the Fuel Administration to mobilize 300 cars of coal to maintain supply.
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Washington, D. C
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