War games in Hawaii indicate that an enemy could capture the territory’s naval bases if they have good enough weather.
British Chancellor of the Exchequer Winston Churchill announces that Britain will return to the gold standard. Adolph Miller of the US Federal Reserve says this is a great step “toward establishment of a world mental poise and equilibrium.”
Hindenburg is trying to decide whether to wear his military uniform or civvy clothes when he’s sworn in as president in the Reichstag, where it is against protocol to wear a uniform, but right afterwards he’ll review a military parade, where it is against protocol for the former field marshal not to wear a uniform.
150 Klansmen hold a meeting in a field in Northbridge, Massachusetts, then are blocked from leaving by a larger group of anti-kluxxers.
A Sunday school class in Mount Holly, New Jersey pays $25 towards the fine of bootlegger Mary Storline, who told the court at her trial in November that she was supporting her 5 children and a sick husband. The judge remitted the rest of the $350 fine.
I’ve been noticing that the “Great War” is increasingly being referred to as “The World War.”
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