Direct Flight by NCFOUR Possible But Not Probable
Plymouth England June 1. Crews for the American navy NC planes debated direct Atlantic flight by NC-4. Opinions diverged, wind direction critical, Newfoundland to New Foundland leg favored. Lt E K Stone warned against homeward attempt Ireland Newfoundland, planes experimental and not built for direct crossing. Proponents urged dropping crew to save fuel and use destroyers for safety. Lt David M McCullough noted fogs and icebergs hinder return. Conference in Paris planned for final decision. King George sent congratulatory message via the American embassy at Ottawa to President Wilson and Mr Daniels.
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Associated Press
Plymouth
England
Newfoundland
E. K. Stone
Ireland
New Foundland
Atlantic
David M. McCullough
NC-8
Paris
George
Oma
Daniels
Amerian Navy
Charles Cust
Wilson
Grenades to Become Coin Savings Banks
Washington June 1 Fifteen million hand grenades will be converted into coin savings banks for American schoolchildren under a plan announced by the savings division of the treasury department. The grenades, originally made for Germany, were to be delivered to the German army but the armistice altered plans. each grenade will have a coin slot and be labeled Buy War Savings Stamps.
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Washington
Savings Division
Treasury Department
War Departments
Robertson predicts strikes will fail in Winnipeg
Gideon Robertson, dominion minister of labor, said before leaving for Ottawa that Winnipeg promoters of the general strike "sit in the ashes of their folly" and that so-called strikes must fail. He added the Winnipeg strike is the first rehearsal of the play begun in Calgary where the union movement was launched last March.
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Winnipeg
Gideon Robertson
Dominion
Ottawa
Calgary
Afghan Offensive Repulsed At Thal Fort Clash
London June 1 Afghan main offensive against Thal under General Nadir Khan reported May 29 30 as repulsed. Fort bombarded all Wednesday, Afghan loot market captured near the fort. British air recon counted about 3500 enemy near Thal. Baldak fort opposite Chaman Baluchistan fell with 169 prisoners and 320 enemy fatalities. Fort described as strongest in Afghanistan, its fall easing tensions along Kan dahar and Chaman frontier.
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Montreal
Thal
Nadir Khan
Simla
Baldak
Chaman
Baluchistan
Afghanistan
Kandahar
Forms Tie With Berated Nations
New York report details the four stage American relief intervention in Europe led by Edgard Rickard. He defends the exchange system linking the United States with liberated Central European nations as a step toward reestablishing commerce. The program, initially food focused, will expand to other goods under law.
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New York
United States
Central ‘Europa
Europe
Tor
Edgard Rickard
Rickard
Mr. Rickard
America
Ex-Kaiser At Amerongen Castle Sparks Quiet Walks
The former German emperor arrived at Amerongen castle, prompting disruption as the usual church service was dropped. He walked in the garden with three men, discussing serious topics aloud. One companion seemed to be Dr. Alfred Zimmermann, a German secretary for foreign affairs.
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Amerongen
Associated Press
Amerongen-castle
Alfred Zimmermann
Onea
Explosions Torched Pembroke Laundry Barn Fire
Four children escaped unharmed as gasoline explosions fed flames at the Pembroke laundry barn on Madison Avenue yesterday afternoon. Off duty firemen were summoned by factory whistles, three alarms sent, flames reached a storehouse owned by Howard D. Bogey, and damage exceeded seven thousand dollars with most loss inside the barn. Proprieties William G. Minty and Samuel Hartman said insurance would cover about one third of the cost.
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Pembroke
Madison. Avenue
Howard D. Bogey
North Avenue
Martin Conroy
Conroy
Madison Avenue
Grand Street
Yale to Honor War Dead at Commencement
Yale University will commemorate 207 alumni who died in the war during Commencement week. A commemorative hymn by Horatio Parker and Brian Hooker will debut as President Hadley delivers the address and Bishop Brewster gives the prayer. Over 8,000 Yale men served, with 72 undergraduates among the dead and 273 decorations awarded to 244 men.
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Yale
Yale University
Horatio Parker
Brian Hooker
Puhblic
Arthur
Hadley
Chauncey B. Brewster
Yalé
France
Howe
United States
Signal Corps
Medical Corps
University
36 Bottles Seized in Walnut Beach Raid
June 4 six Milford police raided the cottage of Edward and Mrs Belfort at 138 East Broadway. Three dozen bottles of liquor were seized and the Belforts and four frequenters Jack Sterly Ward Dunn Vincent Referetti and Mary Wilson all faced bonds with arrests. The Belforts held in 800 dollar bonds and the others in 500 dollar bonds each.
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Walnut. Beach
Edward Belfort
East Broadway
Maher
Milford
Belfort
Jack Sterly
Hidward Dunn
Vincent Referetti
Mary Wilson
Bridgeport
Disier Desty Ees Aliquor
Airplanes crash over Yale Bowl kill two army aviators
New Haven June 1 Two army pilots Lieutenant Melvin B. Keleher and Corporal Joseph Katzman died when their aircraft collided at about 1000 feet near the Yale Bowl during an aviation service recruiting flight. A third plane in formation landed safely. an autopsy was held as investigators investigated the cause. The two men had joined the aviation service shortly before the armistice and were en route on a recruiting campaign from Hazelhurst Field Mineola.
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New Haven
Melvin B. Keleher
Joseph Katzman
Mineola
Long Island
Yale Bowl
Keleher
Katzman
Pratt Field
Aviation Service
Meriden
Wallingford
Edward Lufbery
Raoul Lufbery
France
Winsted
Jeff
John T. Roullet
San Francisco
Eli Mix
Roullot
Melvin
Hazelhurst
New England
Aviation
Archie Miller
Franklin
Ind
Brooklyn
Irish Afraid of Covenant Clause
Paris June 1 Frank P Walsh on behalf of the Irish American delegation sends a letter to President Wilson with cablegrams from across the United States urging Ireland’s case be heard at the peace conference and opposing Article 10 of the League covenant. He warns the clause could force peoples under distant powers without due hearing. The letter argues most Irish favor free government and risks under monarchies or military rule.
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Paris
Frank P. Walsh
Wilson
United States
Ireland
League of Nations
Walsh
Londoners Honor Read And His Crew
London, June 1. The crews of the three American seaplanes that started the trans Atlantic flight arrived in London this afternoon. At Paddington Station they were met by American sailors and soldiers who carried Lieutenant Commander A C Read on their shoulders during a parade. Harry G Hawker was among the first to reach Read after the train arrival as the NC 4’s commander was jostled through the crowd.
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London
Plymouth
Paddington
A. C. Read
Atlantic
NC-4
Harry G Hawker
Read
Mrs Astor Secretly Weds British Peer in London Registrar
Mrs Ava Willing Astor widow of Col John Jacob Astor quietly married Lord Ribbesdale at a London registrar office on Saturday. She has adopted the name Mrs John Astor to avoid confusion with her late husband after his Titanic death and prior marriages.
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London
Ava Willing Astor
John Jacob Astor
Lord Ribbesdale
Gwdfadarty Jindeashira
Sirice Har
Astor
Mya
Ingland
John Astor
John Jacol Astor
Brazil's Next President Vies for Royal Visit in England
President-elect of Brazil Or Pessoa will sail from Boulogne to Dover on Tuesday and stay in Britain as King George's guest from June 8 to 6. He will attend royal events including a Buckingham Palace banquet, the lord mayor's banquet at Mansion House, and the Lancaster House government banquet. He then departs from Portsmouth aboard a British warship to Lisbon and boards the French cruiser Jeanne D Arc to reach the United States.
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Paris
Pessoa
Brazil
Boulogne
Dover
King George
Lord Derby
Buckingham Palace
Jlause
Lancaster House
Pesson
Portsmouth
Lisbon
United States
Rhine cities rejoice as republic is formed
The Rhine republic was proclaimed today in various Rhine cities. The population welcomed the event with satisfaction and hoped it would end the painful uncertainty over allied nations and Germany. The new government is headed by Dr. Dorden and installed at Wheehades. Doreen addressed a message to governments and the peace conference.
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Mayhnce
Havas
Rhine
Germany
Dorden
Piol Naldnall
Wheehades
Doreen
Messacre
Fire kills eighty in French movie theater panic
Fire broke out today during a performance at a Valence sur Rhone picture house. About 100 people were inside as panic surged, with eighty dead and many more injured. Bodies of fifty were recovered near a flat, including three children and twenty one women. One man died from asphyxiation.
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Valence-Sur-Rhone
Ina
Seaside Park Draws Four Hundred At Offseason Dip
About 400 spectators attended Seaside Park yesterday, led by George M. Haines president of the Board of Park Commissioners. Last year's first Sunday after Memorial Day saw around 1,000 watchers, though yesterday was notably hotter.
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Seaside Park
Creorge M. Haines
Board of Park Commissioners
British Warships Smash Bolshev Attacks On Coast
Helsingfors May 31 Associated Press reports a fifty minute battle this morning between a Bolshevik fleet including battleship Petropavlovsk and three other ships bombarding the coast west of Krasnaia Gorka and seven British war vessels. The Russians fled to Kronstadt after the clash.
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Helsingfors
Associated Press
Petropavlovsk
Krasnaia
Gorka
Kronstadt
Yale Oarsmen Prepare for Finishing Touches
Gales Ferry June 1 Yale oarsmen arrive to begin final training for the Yale Harvard regatta on June 20. Thirteen more crewmen from New Haven aboard the Belle of Boston. Harvard crews due Red Top Tuesday. Yale camp to house about sixty by tomorrow. Ward Cheney elected Yale freshman captain after stroke at St Pauls Concord New Hampshire.
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Thames
Yale
Philip Alen, Jr
Providence
Bow
Ward Cheney
South Manchester
Yale Wreshman
St. Paul's
Concord
N .H
Three Small Fires Record For Afternoon
Firemen were called to 1041 Main street for an ash box fire with no damage. A shed at 138 Wheeler avenue owned by George Potter burned briefly but was extinguished. minor damage. At 395 Hancock avenue a fire from a lighted pipe on a table caused clothes and tablecloth to ignite. damage about $10.
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Main Street
Washington Avenue
Wheeler Avenue
George Potter
Hancock Avenue
Pine Street
Irish Rebels Hear Walsh in Dublin Jail Vote
Frank P B Walsh, chairing the Irish American delegation, spoke from Dublin’s Mansion House to rebels in jail terms, denouncing the Irish parliament’s constitution as the body’s members faced possible imprisonment. His address drew from Dail leaders and aimed to bolster resistance to British rule. Toronto rail workers reject sympathy walkout vote timing unclear and unconnected.
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Robert Welles Ritchie
Dublin
Mall
Frank PB. Walsh
Ireland
Irish Republic
Dail
Germany Upsets by Treaty Demands in Rantzau Note
Washington reports Count Von Brockdorff-Rantzau states Germany cannot fulfill the peace terms as drafted and will counter with proposals. He asserts Germany seeks a just peace, will bear sacrifices, and demands Allied concessions including League of Nations participation, territorial adjustments, reparations limits, and control over its colonies under a German mandate.
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Germany
Realiz
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
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Clemerceau
Thepartmeent
League of Nations
Alsace-Lorraine
Poisen
Reparations Commission
International Reparation Commission
Fermany
Jaste
Pwa
France
Gefors
Redne
heMey
Unio
Sailles
Allied note seeks freedom for new Lettish government
Berlin reports late Allied note to end Baltic conflict calls for a Lettish coalition under Marshal Von der Goltz with limited independence until orders are given. The note demands full freedom and restoration of Lettish mobilization, with a 15 day acceptance window.
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Entente
Marshal von der Ge Jhe
Germany
Lettis
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