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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY DAYNEW NEW YORK X Y December 24 It develops that the Interstate Commerce committee of the House is considering immediate government control of the railroads and that the chairman is openly in favor of such a program The opposition to the McArioo fiveyear plan is met with the threat of the administration to turn the roads back to private ownership at once which is not desirable under present conditions This is apparently being used to endeavor to force legislation on the subject by the present Congress CongressWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C December 24 General weather forecast The storm will continue its northeastward movement causing snow in the northeastern portion of this forecast district tonight and probably Wednesday while general fair weather will prevail in other sections It will be much colder tonight in the western lake region and the middle Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys while in western sections the temnerature will not change materially materiallyLONDON LONDON England December 24 Five hundred and seventeen ships have been added to the British navy since August 1914 it was announced today The new vessels include seven battleships five battle cruisers twentysix light cruisers seventeen monitors 230 destroyers and 232 mine sweepers and special service craft craftHAVANA HAVANA Cuba December 24 The now Cuban sugar crop according to conservative estimates will total 3COOOOO tons It will be the largest out ¬ turn in the history of the Island The 191718 production was 3443000
