British Offense at Cambrai Faces Stiff Resistance
Allied forces press on near Cambrai with Byng leading attacks from Fontaine Notre Dame toward Moeuvres and Crevecoeur. Fierce fighting persists around Bourlon Wood as British advance tests German lines and seizes prisoners and matériel amid expanded front actions.
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Arcane
Cambrai
Fontaine Notre Dame
Surlon Wood
Byng
Drocourt- Queintaine
Moeuvres
Crevecoeur
Oasbrai
Hindenburg
Bourlon Wood
Nillro
Circus
Voeuvres
Tadpole Copse
Oyupee
Flanders
Ypres
Haig
Menire
Passchendaele
Tralian
Naz
Asiago Matera
Brenta
Monte Meletta
Renta
Piave River
Sante Grappa
Monte Tomba
Venere
Rustra
Olsheviki
Petromi
Pater
Teelhnofta
Powoe
Prcany
Russia
Perini
Europe
Mountain Battle Rages With Unprecedented Violence
Italian headquarters report a fierce mountain battle across Monte Tomba Monte Pertica and Monte Montenera. Italian forces claim initial gains and superior resistance against a German Austrian push aimed at the Piave line. heavy casualties reported on both sides with ongoing counterattacks and re takings amid brutal fighting near Brenta.
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Associated Press
Italy
Mountains
Monte Tomba
Monte’ Pertica
Monte Pertica
Piave
Wryer
Brenta
Nls
Brenta River
British Offer to Decorate American Sailors in War Service
An Associated Press report says Britain will decorate U S sailors serving on submarines with honors similar to those awarded to American troops. Secretary Daniels and General Levine oppose decorating rules that would trigger legal issues. Names of ships and certain officers are withheld for military reasons.
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Associated Press
Sion
Watch
Daniels
R. A. McNaugh
Means Trial Set for Next Monday in King Murder Case
Gaston B. Means faces trial in Concord North Carolina for the murder of Mrs. Maude A. King of New York who died near Blackwelder Spring after a pistol accident claim. Autopsy disputed self infliction and prosecutors allege Means planned to gain 2 million through a second will. Trial date set after bound over and venue struggles in Cabarrus County.
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Associated Press
Concord
N. C
Gaston B. Means
Maude A. King
New York
Chicago
Means
Mrs. King
Blackwelder Spring
Haring
North Carolina
Cabarrus County
Bolshevik Publication Claims Russian Secret Treaties
Bolshevik and Socialist papers publish 17 confidential communications between the Russian foreign office and foreign governments. Trotzky says the documents expose Czarist, bourgeois and coalition regimes and urge world nations to learn the truth. The reports warn German and Austrian elites may exploit the material, while promising further disclosures from Petrograd.
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Associates Press
Petrograd
Bolsheviki
Leon Trotzky
Trotzky
London
Russian Foreign Office
Exchange Telegraph Company
British Forces Storm Mizpah Near Jerusalem
British mounted troops advanced northward but were forced back by Turkish defenses as the site of ancient Mizpah, west of Jerusalem on the Jabulus road, was stormed. In Cambrai area, British operations yielded progress and the war office reports over 100 guns captured recently. Meanwhile Austro German assaults on the Italian frontline from Asiago to Brenta failed, per the Italian war office.
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Associated Press
London
Mizpah
Jerusalem
Jabulus Road
War Office
Cambrai
France
Canal du Nord
Havrincourt
Graincourt
Cambrai-Bau Paume
Cambraid Road
Moeuvres
Anneux
Russian embassy resignations amid Bolshevik foreign ministry
Washington reports Ambassador Bakhmeteff says the Petrograd foreign office under Bolsheviks does not reflect the Russian will and will not recognize that government. Three embassy officers C Onen John Spokine and F De Mohren echildt resigned to avoid relations with Bolsheviks. The ambassador may stay on briefly awaiting a clearer situation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bakhmeteff
Russia
State Department
Foreign Office
Petrograd
Lansing
C. Onen
John Spokine
F. de Mohrenechildt
Clyde Line seeks rate increases on key Atlantic routes
The Clyde Steamship Company petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to raise rates on iron and steel and grain and grain products between New York and Boston and South Atlantic ports. The filing also requests several minor increases.
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Associated Press
Washington
The
Clyde Steamship Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Boston
South Atlantic
First Vessel of Leet Launched by Shipping Board
Washington November 24. The Shipping Board launches the first merchant fleet ship to be built for the fleet. An 8,800 ton steel vessel slides down the ways at a Pacific coast yard as part of a steady program with more launches planned including three 26,400 long steel ships and three 10,500 wooden ships in December.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pacific Coast
Shipping Board
U-boat Destroyed After Depth Bombing Action
American destroyers report sinking another German submarine after a depth bomb damage. The U boat, surfaced with no life aboard, sank as a tow line was attached. Two destroyers participated, one sighted a periscope at 400 yards before the attack. The action was confirmed by Secretary Daniels.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy Department
Sims
Daniels
Premier Tuan Chi Jui Resigns as Wang Tah Sich Acts
Peking reports the resignation of Premier Tuan Chi Jui has been accepted and Foreign Minister Wang Tah Sich becomes acting Premier. Liang Chi Chiao is on leave. Rebel forces from Hunan push north along the Yangtze Kiang as generals urged firm military action.
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Associated Press
Peking
Tuan Chi Jui
Wang Tah Sich
Liang Chi- Chiao
Hunan
Yang Tse Kiang
Government Warns Michigan Coal Operators
Washington reports Fuel Administrator Garfield warns Michigan coal operators that the government will take over and run their mines if they refuse to sell coal at government fixed prices.
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Associated Press
Washington
Michigan
Oal
Garfield Toucay
Service Flag Crowds Pennsylvania State College
State College Pennsylvanias service flag displays more than 500 stars representing faculty and students who answered the call. Each star bears the name of the member it honors, crafted by co-eds and wives of instructors.
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United Press
State College
Pennsylvania State College
Italians Repulsed on Brenta Piave Front
Italian attacks against Austro German lines west of the Brenta river and between the Brenta and Piave rivers were repulsed, the German war office announced today.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Jancee
Brenta River
Brenta
Piave
German War Office
Clearing House Reserve Surges in New York Banks
The weekly report shows clearing house banks and trust companies hold 113 million 383 thousand 690 dollars in excess of legal requirements. This represents an increase of 4 million 123 thousand 380 dollars from the prior week in New York.
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Associated Press
New York
Weather Forecast Sees Cold Weekend Across South
The Weather Bureau predicts fair but cold weather Sunday and Monday with freezing temperatures and frost reaching as far south as Central Florida. Temperatures will slowly rise after Tuesday with generally fair conditions across the South Atlantic and East Gulf states.
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Associated Press
Washington
Florida
Weather Bureau
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
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