German Security Police Spy on Communist Movements
In Halle Germany the police write a tight surveillance system to track nearly every citizen and suspicious strangers amid Bolshevik agitation. An Associated Press correspondent was twice arrested and interrogated as authorities claim communists outnumber police ten to one. In Charleston West Virginia a shepherd dog mourns the death of William Carroll by trying to wear his deceased master's trousers on his casket.
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Halle
Germany
Middle
Associated Press
Ersteben
Ber- Nn
Charleston
W. Va
William Carroll
Simpson
Clarksburg
Carroll
Greek Queen Aids Refugees in Saloniki Crisis
Queen Sophie of Greece led government action to aid 20 000 Caucasus refugees in Kalamaria barracks near Saloniki. Red Cross funds and 15 doctors were sent. Col. Shaw and Col. Olds coordinate care for orphans and sanitation. Disease rages. 1 000 died in a month. 650 000 more seek entry. government fund nears exhaustion.
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Saloniki
Sophie
Greece
Greek Red Cross
Caucasus
Kalamaria
Olds
Red Cross
Europe
Theophanes Aggelopoulos
American Red Cross
Salonik
Henry A. Shaw
United States Army Medical Corps
Shaw
Lillian Spellman
Boston
Macedonia
Kemal Pasha
Zazitsanos
Tick Fever Fatality Reported in Wyoming
In Basin Wyoming Joyce Dickman a sixteen year old died from mountain fever caused by a tick bite. It is believed to be the first Wyoming death this year from the illness.
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Basin
Wyo
Joyce Dickman
Wyoming
Bullet-Proof Man Tries Suicide Then Gives Up
Walter Stewart, a Hartland Hollton Conn farmer, fired two .22 bullets into his forehead and two into his body. He told the doctor he was discouraged after the attempt and would not try the gun again.
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Walter Stewart
Hartland-Holton
Conn
Polite Turks Contrast With Westerners in Ancient Constantinople
In Constantinople the courteous Turkish elite, such as Abdul te Brandtsdale, stands apart from allied-occupation crowds. The article notes a grand, old-world bearing versus streets filled with intoxicated crowds, gambling and disorder in the European quarter, highlighting a stark cultural contrast in a city of vast, shifting character.
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Constantinople
Ottoman Empire
Abdul Te Brandtsdale
Europe
United States
Steinboul
Pera
Memorial Day at Arlington Honors Fallen and Foremost Ideals
President Harding addresses the crowds at Arlington National Cemetery praising the fallen and urging reconsecration to Union ideals and humanity. Sir Auckland Geddes, in Gy British ambassador, lays a wreath on the American flag, honoring American sacrifices in the Great War. New York, June 2. Bryan plans to move his home to Miami, Fla.
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Washington
Arlington
America
Harding
Republic
Sir Auckland Geddes
United States
George v
United Kingdom
India
Paval
Auckland
United States railroad labor board cuts wages nationwide
The railroad labor board announced wage reductions affecting more than 100 railroads and 30 job classes. Engineers and conductors face pay cuts, while other roles from track laborers to clerks see smaller reductions. The board cites national economic problems and aims to lower living costs and overall wage scales while preserving higher post-cut averages than 1920 levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Railroad: Labor Board
Irish Mine Kills Six Soldiers Near Youghal Barracks
Six soldiers were killed instantly, three mortally wounded, and twenty badly injured when mines exploded under a party marching from Youghal barracks to the rifle range. The incident prompted a military statement.
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Cork
Youghal
Belgium Voices Gratitude Tributes to American Sacrifices
A fragmentary Washington note from May details Belgium expressing gratitude for American sacrifices during the World War era. Named entities are incomplete due to damaged text.
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Washington
Multiple Iowa incidents and deaths reported in scattered items
A raft of brief notes details drownings, assaults, a grand jury result, a missing fisherman, a tree entrapment death, and miscellaneous local misfortunes. Reports mention Nellie Coughron near Waterloo, Charles Childress and Charles McKim from Denison, Marie Ventor and Philip Lund near Cedar Falls, and Jesse McHenry in Muscatine, with tied outcomes and local reactions.
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Nellie
Coughron
Waterloo
Jover
Bob
Mitley
McCaughney’ ‘Construction; Co
Chicago
Cedar Falls
Marie Ventor
Philip Lund
Neva Stalnaker
Teachers’ College
Lund
Smith
Pottawattamie County
Jesse McHenry
Cedar River
Muscatine
William Wiess
McHenry
Nichols
Orley
Reneau
Graces
Land
Lamont
Grand -River
Hazel
Guergens
A Phonic
Barty
Col
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Communist Agitation
Albania
Anastasia
William « B. Leeds
Prince Christopher
Vlora
Helen Kelly
Frank J. Gould
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Broad and
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New York
Jen. Xork
Jane
Ae F. Batpin
Astoria
Arlinngton
Preeence of
Thonde
Britten
Flowera
William
Bryan
Haa
Miam
Fla
Belgium
King Albert
France
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