Friday, November 2, 1917

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MASTERING U-BOATS, GEDDES DECLARES; Nearly Half Those in Service Sunk, but Germany Is Now Building Faster. NOW A TEST OF ENDURANCE British Net Tonnage Loss in War Only 14 Per Cent., First Lord Tells Commons. Says Berlin Doesn't Know Results. Figures of U-Boats Destroyed. MASTERING U-BOATS, GEDDES DECLARES A Test of Determination. Must Help Transport Our Army. Tribute to Our Navy's Help. New Admiralty Arrangements. German Raiders Saved by Accident.

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On This Day

• The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".

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• The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.

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You Share a Birthday With

• James K. Polk (1795)
• Warren G. Harding (1865)
• Marie Antoinette (1755)
• George Boole (1815)
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