Ford plan to build 3000 uniform houses for Dearborn workers
Henry Ford advances a housing plan for Dearborn to supply 3000 uniform homes for Ford Motor Company workers. A dedicated mill will cut materials to uniform sizes to lower costs and speed construction. Land has been purchased and hundreds of lots laid out, with construction awaiting mill completion and a summer trial.
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Detroit
Mich
United Press
Henry Ford
Ford
Dearborn
Ford Company
Third Army Gains New Regular Divisions To Strengthen Forces
COPLENZ May 24 The third army is strengthened by the transfer of the Fourth and Fifth divisions of regulars. The Sixth Division continues ready to entrain for Brest. The occupied region remains quiet and orderly.
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Coplenz
Brest
German peace delegation meets in SPA
Chancellor Scheidemann Mathias Erzberger Dr Bernard Dernberg and Count Von Bernstorff confer with Foreign Minister Brockdorff Rantzau and other members of the German peace delegation this afternoon in SPA.
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Spa
Scheidemann
Mathias Erzberger
Bernard Dernberg
Count von Bernstorff
Brockdorff Rantzau
State may buy coal tract in Vinton County
Ohio officials consider purchasing a 7000 acre coal tract in Vinton County to fuel state institutions for possibly 100 years. The finance committee, board of administration, and a state attorney general representative will inspect the site, with a purchase possible up to 200000 dollars.
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Vinton County
Columbus
Board of Administration
John G. Price
State Board of Administration
State Board of Agriculture
Huns Prepare Die Volume Of Offers Of OWI
Paris May 24 The treaty will be signed by allied and German delegates between June 10 and 15 or the armistice will be broken The Germans are expected to hand the allies their counter proposal by May 29 The Germans printing delays held up the work and may slow replies and signing decisions Premier Paderewski was expected to reach Paris Polish troops had crossed the Dniester and continued advances despite promises to ceasefire
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Fred 8S. Ferguson
United Press
Paris
Versailles
Cologne
United States
Karl Kautzsky
Paderewski
Poland
Dneister
Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater Ad Seeks Home for Newlywed Couple
A South Bend Tribune item reports a newly married man seeking a five to seven room rental at 35 to 50 dollars monthly after their home was sold upon return from honeymoon. Furnishings are in stores and mother-in-law will visit next week, complicating the couple's housing situation. Box 645 is provided for replies.
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South Bend
Ind
Tribune
Air Smuggling as New Problem Baffles Treasury
Treasury officials confront a rising issue as planes and hydroplanes may be treated as automobiles for customs. Proposals include border registration and on return verification to curb illicit air importations, with enforcement questions and calls for aviation-suitable customs training.
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Washington
Customs Division of the Treasury
Department
Cuba
Key West
Tampa
Treasury
Hayden L. Moore
San Juan
Porto Rico
Department of Commerce
Colletcor
Custom House
Bragassa
Arthur G. Watson
Havana
Watson
Navy
Admiral Decker
Key West Air Station
Millions Infected With Malaria In U S
Washington reports that the United States Public Health Service estimates more than seven million people in the country are infected with malaria.
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Washington
United States Public Health Service
United States
Athens County Saloon Closures Timed For Tonight
Athens County saloons will close tonight as dry period limits take effect. Dozens of thirst parlors in Neilsonville Glouster and Jacksonville sold out fast amid Attorney General Price ruling permitting stored liquor. Patrons rush to carry home wet goods before licenses expire and a new era dawns.
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Athens County
Neilsonville
Glouster
Jacksonville
Price
Athens
Athens Woman Credits Dean's Kidney Pills
Mrs. Samuel Woodruff of 113 Franklin Ave. reports two years of lumbago and back pain eased by Dean's Kidney Pills from Cline's Pharmacy. She says irregular kidney action and bladder trouble caused dizziness and blurred vision, and the remedy cured her misery. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y sells them for 60 cents.
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Athens
Samuel Woodruff
Franklin Ave
Dean
Cline
Bolshevik Evacuation Reported Near Petrograd
May 24 news reports say Bolsheviks evacuating Petrograd as Esthonian and Finnish forces advance. Unconfirmed dispatches claim Soviet ammunition dumps blown near the city. Suburban residents allegedly rise against the Bolsheviks as Esthonians seize Volosovo, about forty miles southwest of Petrograd.
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Copenhagen
Petrograd
Volosovo
Blimp Flights Planned After Hotel Statler Landing
In northern Ohio interurban blimp flights were forecast after a 160 foot dirigible landed atop the Hotel Statler in Cleveland. Ralph H. Upson, an aero engineer and passenger, said a 300 foot dirigible capable of carrying 1 passenger is being finished in Akron and may begin trips in June.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Akron
Hotel Statler
Ralph H. Upson
Three Killed in Auto Crash at Crossing
At a railroad crossing between Bessemer and Ensley Alabama a truck carrying a homeward bound picnic party was struck by a freight train. Three people died and five were fatally injured with several others seriously hurt in the accident reported early today.
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Birmingham
Ala
Bessemer
Ensley
French Flyer Ready to Start Across Ocean
Paris May 24 Lieutenant Roger French, aviator, began a flight toward Morocco from Villa Coublay near Paris at 3 AM as a prelude to a trans Atlantic attempt. He plans to follow Fontan route from west Africa to St Pauls Rocks and then to Brazil. Fontan had three starts but all failed due to mishaps.
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Paris
Roger French
Morocco
Villa Coublay
Fontan
Africa
St. Pauls Rocks
Coast Vessel Burns At Early Hour
Norfolk dispatch reports a bay liner named Virginia burned to the waterline near Smith's Point at about 1 12.45 this morning. It is not yet known if any lives were lost. Survivors were picked up by the Chesapeake liner City of Baltimore and brought to Norfolk, while other survivors were rescued by Washington and Baltimore boats.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Smith's Point
Chesapeake
City of Baltim
Washington
Baltimore
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