Firefight in Frankfort Ends in Deaths and Injuries
Paris reports say ten Germans killed and thirty wounded in clashes between French occupation troops and Frankfort citizens. Disputes sparked after a German officer alleged assault by French officers. Tanks and patrols restored order as rumors of Allied demands circulated.
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Paris
Frankfort
United States
Great Britain
France
Hotel Imperial
Patsole
DeGoutte
Berlin
Prize Winner in Essay Contest From Orphan Home
Mary Wilson, 17, pupil at the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphan Home in Zenia, wins Southern Ohio prize in the Army essay contest on the advantages of enlistment. Her essay advances to the national contest as announced by the War Department.
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Cincinnati
Mary Wilson
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphan Home
Zenia
Ohio
United States Army
War Department
Pussy Foot Johnson to Return from England
Columbus April 8. Pussyfoot Johnson the famous city organizer will sail home from England, likely in late April, as announced by Anti Saloon League officials in Westerville.
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Columbus
Pussyfoot” Johnson
England
Westerville
John
SWTCHMEN ON STRIKE IN TOLEDO YARD
Toledo April 8 a walkout of 350 New York Central yard men began at 3 a m. The men are organized with half belonging to the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and half to the Switchmen's Union of North America. Strike headquarters are in the Labor Temple.
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Toledo
New York Central
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Chicago
L. Fletcher
Switchmen’s Association
The
Switchmen's Union of North America
Aabor Temple
KE. Herberling
Germany
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
Buffalo
E. Heberling
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Big Four Brotherhood
Japanese Withdraw From Vladivostok After Occupation
A Shanghai dispatch says Japanese troops gave up public buildings and the railway station in Vladivostok on Tuesday after seizing them on Sunday. The Tokio report lists demands to the provisional Russian government including non intervention with transit lines and provisioning of Japanese forces, respect for Russo Japanese Allied agreements, and bans on secret societies and anti Japanese propaganda in local press.
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London
Vladivostok
Shanghai
Tokio
Korea
Manchuria
Germans Seek Extension of Ruhr Occupation Agreement
American members of the high Rhineland commission informed the German government that the United States does not share the French view on occupying Rhine cities. Germany urges prolongation of last August’s agreement allowing 20 battalions in the Ruhr neutral zone until July 10, with possible policing measures to follow.
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Rhinviana Commission
United States
Rhine
Marshal Foch
Inter-Allied Commission
Germany
Ruhr
Palmer orders probe of May corn corner speculators
Attorney General Palmer directs United States District Attorney Dyne to prosecute speculators alleged to have recently attempted a corner in May corn in Chicago.
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Chicago
Palmer
United States District
Dyne
Grim Forecast for 1920 Winter Wheat Crop
Washington reports the 1920 winter wheat forecast at 248 million bushels, well below last year’s 731 million. The drop follows price guarantee removal and war stimulus decline, with April 1 conditions at 75.6 percent of normal versus 99.8 percent in 1919.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Miner Hurt at Stewartsville Coal Mine Switch
Stewartsville Ohio April 8 William A Hunt 22 was cut while throwing a switch at the Pureeleveaker Coal Company mine leading to a high tension line. He was injured at the scene and received medical care. The incident is under local investigation.
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Flectpccut
Stewartsville, O
William A. Hunt
Pureeleveaker Coal Company
Brooklyn Widower Weds Widow In Complicated Marriage
Robert Westlake a 49 year old Brooklyn widower marries Clara Cattaway a 49 year old widow. Westlake and Clara have a daughter Clara 17 who marries Clara’s son Harold 22. The licenses clerks reportedly stopped when they reached the line of step father and father-in-law relations.
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New York
Robert Westlake
Brooklyn
Clara Cattaway
Clara
Allies Likely to Pressure Germany on Ruhr Withdrawal
Official circles indicate the United States Britain and Italy will offer moral support to France over occupying German cities while they await a resolution in the Ruhr crisis. If the Ebert government restores order and withdraws from the neutral zone, France may pull back its forces. Allies are thought to urge rapid German withdrawal to ease the stand‑off.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Italy
France
Red
Ruhr
Ebert
Germany
Explosion Kills Two In Ponca City Gas Blast
A large explosion in Ponca City Oklahoma today killed two people and injured seven when a gas main blast wrecked a business building owned by F C Nanamaker. Windows shattered a block away and several others narrowly escaped.
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Ponca City
Okla
F. C
Nanamaker
George Baker
McPherson
Kan
Viola Ammen
Children Drowned In Scioto River Near Kenton
In Lima April 8 firemen recovered the bodies of Harold Newman 11 and his sister Catherine 9 from the Scioto river after they fell from a foot bridge near Kenton last night. Firemen dragged the river after several attempts to locate the youths.
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Lima
Harold Newman
Catherine
Scioto
Kenton
Four Missing After Fayville Nitrate Plant Explosion
Four persons are missing and believed dead after an explosion at the Aetna Explosive Company nitro plant in Fayville, near Cairo, Illinois. Four others were seriously injured and several more sustained lesser injuries.
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Cairo
Aetna
Fayville
Investigation of Railroad Strikes Proposed in Resolution
Senator McCormick of Illinois introduced a resolution in Washington on April 8 calling the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee to investigate unauthorized interstate railroad strikes. The measure targets strikes not conducted or authorized by any railroad employes organization and was referred to the expenses committee.
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Washington
Chicago
Buffalo
McCormick
Illinois
Senate Interstate Commerce Commission
Committee On
Candidates Have Busy Time Ahead
Senator Hiram Johnson and Major General Leonard Wood lead in the Republican nomination race by delegations pledged. Johnson schedules speeches across New Jersey, Nebraska, Indiana, Montana and possibly California with a California stop likely after Oregon. Wood plans rallies in Illinois, Massachusetts, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Indiana and Vermont, with a Chicago stop and dates through April before Indiana and Pittsburgh runs. Harding also tours Indiana and nearby states with a sequence of city stops through mid-April.
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Harold D. Jacobs
United Press
New York
Hiram Johnson
Leonard Wood
Johnson
New Jersey
Nebraska
Indiana
Montana
California
Wood
Illinois
Massachusetts
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Vermont
Cone
Indi
Oregon
San Francisco
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Frank O. Lowden
Chicago
Pittsfield
Mass
Philadelphia
Newark
New York City
Pittsburgh
Republican State Committee
Burlington
Lowden
St. Louis
Warren G. Harding
Kokomo
Marion
Ind
Huntington
Washington
Toledo
Columbus
Urbana
Akron
Cambridge farmer A. G. Shriver suffers mangled wounds after break in escape attempt
A. G. Shriver, 49, wealthy Cambridge farmer, was hospitalized after a nervous breakdown. He was at McMilan sanatorium in Shepard, mangled by broken glass and violent, breaking windows and attempting a fourth story leap before police intervened and moved him to Mount Carmel hospital.
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Columbus
A. G. Shriver
Cambridge
McMilan Sanatorium
Shepard
Mount Carmel Hospital
Shriver
House Passes Peace Resolution Rule Support Declared
The House adopted the special rule to take up the peace resolution by a 213 to 155 vote along party lines. Debate featured sharp partisan defense of President Wilson and a claim that the league of nations covenant would make Wilson immortal.
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Washington
House
Wilson
Raokeand Fuller
Massachusetts
Caldwell
New York
Evans
Nevada
Gallivan
Oley
Sherwood
Ohio
Goldfogle
Ganly
Cars
Minnesota
Randall
California
Campbell
Rules Committee
Poul
North Carolina
Pou
Explosions Hit Akron Sewer System Amid Fire Damage
After a string of explosions in Akron sewer mains and a fire that gutted Buckeye Cycle, officials estimate about 200000 dollars in damage. Gasoline entering the sewer and a spark triggered the blasts as manhole covers and streetcar components were displaced and plate glass shattered.
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Akron
Buckeye Cycle Company
Mill Street
Lgroadway
Main Street
Special Conclave Of Athens Commandery Rehearsal Tonight
Athens Commandery No. 15 K T calls a 6 30 pm special conclave for rehearsal and opening long form with Red Cross work. This is the only rehearsal before inspection. Members are urged to attend with sword and belt. A P Scott EB M J A Palmer Ree
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Athens Commandery No
K. T
Local Athens Chickens Cut Costs With Egg Records
Athens chicken raisers showcase gains as 24 hens laid 35 dozen eggs in March. Dr John Sprague reports 17 hens averaging 20 eggs per hen daily in March, 17 eggs per day in April so far. H O Atkins notes 21 pullets produced 407 eggs in March, earning $14.07 with $1.55 feed cost for net profit of 52.
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Athens
Messenger
Chicker
John Sprague
Morris
Adriatic Dispute Settlement Report From Rome
Rome dispatch says Premier Nitti and Yugoslav representatives reached a settlement on the Adriatic dispute. Fiume would come under Italian sovereignty while Schular goes to Yugoslavia. Abazia stays Italian and concessions along the Dalmatian coast would be granted to the Yugoslavs.
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Adriatic
Rome
Nitti
Pastisch
Fiume
Schular
Abbazia
Dalmatian
Strikes On Increase Nationwide Says Labor Official
Washington April 8 Approximately 95 000 workmen are striking or threaten to strike according to Statistician Cunningham of the labor department. He says this covers only labor quarrels the bureau has been asked to handle. He estimates about one million workers will be affected in 1920 with indirect losses in the millions.
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Washington
Cunningham
Labor Department
Bureau of Conciliation
Bureau
New York
Atlantic Gulf
Judge Sayre Delivers Fourth Lecture at Presbyterian Church
Judge Sayre will give the fourth and final lecture of his course this Friday evening from 7 to 8 at the Presbyterian church. A light supper will follow and each lady is asked to bring half a pie. All are urged to attend.
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Sayre
Presbyterian Church
Attempt to End Trike at Chicago
Officials of the big four railroad brotherhoods met in Cleveland to curb a yard workers strike spreading from Chicago. They condemned strikes in Chicago Toledo Kansas City and Buffalo as illegal and dispatched officers to Buffalo and Kansas City to prevent wider participation. Warren Stone called the strike a sign of growing unrest.
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Cleveland
Big Four Railroad Brotherhoods
Chicago
Toledo
Kansas City
Buffalo
W. 8
Carter
Brotherhood of Firemen and Engineers
Warren 8. Stone
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Man Killed by Auto in Canton Road Incident
Saul Markind aged 28 was struck by a car on North Industry road and died almost instantly. Police investigated the fatal pedestrian accident reported late yesterday afternoon in Canton.
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Auto Canton
Saul Markind
North Industry Road
Freight embargo hits seven railroads into Buffalo
Buffalo date line reports a freight embargo on seven railroads entering the city due to the yard switchmen strike of 1500 workers. Locomotive engineers and firemen voted to strike in solidarity if strike breakers are used. passenger service remains unaffected.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Advance of Germans Is Ended
London dispatch reports the German government troops' advance against communists in the Ruhr district has virtually ended, via Düsseldorf through Amsterdam.
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London
Ruhr
Dusseldorf
Amsterdam
Chicago Rail Strike Threatens Spread Across Cities
Chicago reports a growing railroad yardmen strike as outlaw switchmen walkouts threaten to extend from Buffalo to Los Angeles. Officials call the action illegal while government control possibilities are discussed amid a fuel shortage warning.
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Chicago
Overland 4 West ern Test Picture At Majestic Matinee
A Majestic matinee Friday shows the Overland 4 Western test picture. Viewers are told the film demonstrates an easy riding light weight car and showcases automobile construction and durability.
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Majestic Matinee
Majestic
Papers Boost Price Wheeling West Virginia April
Two Sunday papers announce a price increase from eight to ten cents, affecting Wheeling, West Virginia, and surrounding readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Results of Naval Plan Upheld in Senate Hearing
The April hearing in Washington featured Admiral Henry B. Wilson defending the Atlantic fleet. He praised readiness and noted vast expansion, arguing the navy achieved major feats despite some errors. Wilson stressed ships and personnel growth and praised war transport success.
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Washington
Henry B. Wilson
Atlantic
Senate Investigation Committee
Wilson
United States
Sims
Price increase announced for two cent class
The Herald reports in Wellsburg West Virginia that on May 1 the two cent class will rise to three cents per item. The notice sets the timing and new rate, reflecting a change in circulation charges.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
The
Herald
Ohio cities consider rent profiteering ordinance plan
In Columbus on April 8 a special committee of city solicitors met to craft a blanket anti profiteering ordinance for Ohio cities. The group, led by Dayton solicitor W A McConnaughey, discussed government agencies, local powers, and legal status before adopting any plan.
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Columsus
Ohio
Cox
Price
E. E. Corn
W. A. McConnaughey
Dayton
John Marshall
Cleveland
Strike Spreads Behind Buffalo Rail Yard Tie Up
The Buffalo yard strike spreads as several hundred Lehigh Valley Railway workers reportedly join the walkout. The disruption tightens rail congestion across the area and threatens further transportation delays.
Hoover Leads Edwards In Michigan Preference Poll
Detroit April 8 practically complete returns from the Michigan preference primary show Herbert Hoover six thousand votes ahead of Governor Edward S Edwards in the Democratic poll while Senator Hiram Johnson maintains a 45000 lead over General Leonard Wood in the Republican race. Rural precincts remain uncounted but cannot change the outcome.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Herbert Hoover
Edward S. Edwards
New Jersey
Hiram Johnson
Leonard Wood
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Wyo
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