Reds Lose Kronstadt Fortress as Guns Trap Petrograd
London reports confirmation that Russian revolutionaries seized Kronstadt the fortress near Petrograd. Rebels allegedly trained the battleship guns on Petrograd while Soviet authorities halted the Petrograd Oranienbaum railway. Dispatches note Bolshevik fears and a spreading counter movement amid Moscow unease.
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London
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Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph
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Etropaviovsk
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Paris Report Claims Afirmation About Revolt Details
Paris dispatch dated March 6 reports Alexander Kenaky asserting disputed accounts on the Petrograd revolt, with references to conflicting details and unclear provenance. The item notes tension over the events and the reliability of testimonies from Petrograd observers.
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Paris
Alexander Kenaky
Petrograd
Kronstadt Soldiers Attack Oranienbaum Repulsed by Batteries
London report states Kronstadt soldiers and sailors fired on Oranienbaum Friday. Four ships engaged the fortress but were repulsed by its batteries, according to a Save a Rig dispatch to the Times.
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London
Kronstadt
Times
Oranienbaum
Mine Tax Law Rewritten Seeks Appraisal Based Valuation
Revised draft of mine tax law proposes using an appraisal system for valuing mines with two optional methods, allowing the state tax commission to choose between appraisal or net output value. Concerns about uniform application, legal standard for determining value, and potential discretion limits are noted as the measure proceeds to debate.
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State Tax Commission
Itask
Tax Commission
Commission
Weather forecast for Denver on March 6 1900s style
March 6 Denver forecast calls for generally fair conditions with some ice in the southeast. Monday mainly fair with partly cloudy intervals and little temperature change, Tuesday remains fair with similar conditions. Local report notes twenty four hour period ending 6 p m with temperatures near 65 high and 36 low, variable wind patterns and no significant precipitation.
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Denver
Colo
Aiden Plete
National body bans offensive motion pictures and sext themes
New York March 6. The National Association of the Motion Picture Industry adopted resolutions to stop production of films deemed obscene, salacious or immoral and to punish offenders. It targets films that exploit sex appeal or glorify drunkenness gambling or narcotics and protests stories ridiculing public officials police and religious figures.
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New York
Alee
Rail Grafts Demand National Wage Scale Stand
W S Patterson secretary treasurer of the International Association of Machinists told a Labor Temple audience that railroad workers will not accept abolishing the national wage agreement as a war measure. He argued the agreement was long in use before and after the war and should not be abandoned. He warned wage cuts depend on living costs, noting groceries and rent have not fallen. He said railroad men will resist any wage reduction unless freight and passenger rates are cut.
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Theternational Association of Machinists
Labor Temple
United States
Patterson
H.C. L
Girl Denies Charge Of Poison By Boyfriend In Rio Grande Valley
Isabel Chavez, a nineteen year old girl, pleads not guilty to a charge that she gave poison to Pedro Torres, a twenty two year old, amid a tale of love and jealousy. The case, filed by Torres, seeks her answer in precinct 1 court with bond set at two thousand dollars. Family and neighbors describe Isabel as gentle and innocent while recounting the events at 1610 South Williams Street and the hospital scene that followed.
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Alida F. Sims
Court of the Justice of the Peace
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Pedro Torres
Isabel
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Rio Grande
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South Williams Street
Torres
Pajarito
Pedro
Sacred Heart Convent
Sleeping sickness cases reach 21 in Texas this year
Austin March 6. Texas reports twenty one sleeping sickness cases since January 1 1921 with ten in February and eleven in January. Dr Manton M Carrick says two deaths occurred and others recovering. He notes unknown incubation and no current quarantine though isolation advised. Most patients are young adults echoing 1918 influenza age pattern.
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Austin
Texas
State Board of Health
Manton M. Carrick
Carrick
Zion flat earth clash as city attorney bets globe proof
Theodore Forby, Zion city attorney and author of the blue laws, challenges William Voliva on the earth’s shape. He offers a measured rod demonstration to prove the globe theory while Voliva’s flat earth claim persists amid the ongoing public dispute in Zion Illinois.
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Zion, Ill
Voliva
Theodore Forby
Zion
City of
Shiloh Abernacle
Forby
Jupiter
Kerry Brigadier General Cumming Killed in Clonbanin Ambush
Cork March 6 Brigadier General Cumming commander of the Kerry military area was killed in an ambush near Clonbanin during a convoy incident. He previously served as president of the court of inquiry into the shooting of railway men in Mallow.
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Cork
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Mallow
Logue urges truce in Ireland in St Patrick mood
Belfast reports Cardinal Logue Primate of Ireland writes to Armagh priests urging a truce and appeals for divine peace. He condemns crime by all sides including ambushes on soldiers and police in crowded streets and warns of civilian casualties, especially women and children.
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Associated Press
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Ireland
Armagh
St. Patrick
Ambush on Military Convoy Kills Officers in Clonbanin
London dispatch reports about an ambush near Clonbanin on a Saturday convoy raid. A general an officer and two privates were killed after a mine destroyed two cars and a subsequent hour long clash with attackers. Armored car reached Kanturk as reinforcements were sent. Attacker escape.
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London
Clonbanin
Dublin
Central News
Kanturk
Brigadier General Cumming Killed Near Clonbanin Ambush
Brigadier General Cumming was killed at Clonbanin on Saturday. His headquarters were at Buttevant, northeast of the ambush. The report mentions a recent connection to a person or place named Gantinnaa and a fragmentary note.
Mutiny at Raab Results in 31 Executed
Mutiny by Hungarian garrison at Raab leads to killing of two officers and the execution of 31 mutineers. Reports say flogging sparked protests, followed by shots from officers and a barricade with artillery. surrender offered immunity then carried out.
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Associated Prean
Vienna
Raab
German Foreign Secretary May Submit New Proposals Today
London dispatch reports Dr. Simons and German delegates pressing for reparations talks as Berlin awaits Berlin orders. Proposals include cutting export duties from 12 to 3 or 4 percent and shortening annuity payments to 42 years, but only if Upper Silesia is retained, which allies deem unacceptable. Simons hints at new plan or clarifications, insisting Germany will work with goodwill within its limited resources toward a solution.
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London Supreme Council
Berlin
Simones
Germany
Upper Silesia
Simona
Allies Submit New Outline to Germans
London reports that at the second supreme council meeting the allies fixed a basis to accept new German proposals and communicated an outline to Berlin. The German plan centerpiece included five year payments at Paris level, higher taxes, an eight billion gold mark loan, and trade treaties ending inequality clauses, all contingent on retaining Upper Silesia. The allies rejected that offer and favored Lloyd George’s plan for Germany to pay three billion gold marks over thirty years, a 20 percent levy on imports, and a guaranteed minimum.
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London
Reuter
Germany
Upper Silesia
Reuters
Lloyd George
Kid Gleason Leads 27 at Waxahatchie Spring Training
Sox Beach Waxahatchie Texas March 6 William Kid Gleason and twenty six other Chicago American Players arrived today for their spring training.
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Sox
Statewide primary bill among most important measures
Santa Fe March 6. House agenda includes house bill 276 statewide primary, modeled on Hartel bill defeated after originating in the house. Debate centers on senate action and potential passage. Also on calendar are bills for state marshals, teacher insurance, municipal insurance for workers, road federal aid levy, vocational education jury rules, pool hall bans near schools, timber land conservation, and other senate measures awaiting Monday action.
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House of Representatives
House
L. Baca
Senate
Bernalillo County
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