Davison Elected Head of World Red Cross
Paris May 6 Henry P Davison was elected chairman of the governing board of the league of Red Cross societies organized here today The league grows from Cannes conference plans and will include all world Red Cross societies A general council will govern with a fifteen member board The initial five members are Henry P Davison United States Sir Henry Stanley Great Britain Count Kergorlay France Count Frascara Italy and Prof Ninagawa Japan They will invite ten more to serve until the general council meets
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Paris
Henry P. Davison
League of Red Cross Societies
League
Red Cross
Cannes
United States
Sir Henry Stanley
Great Britain
Count Kergorlay
France
Frascara
Italy
Ninagawa
Japan
Mora
Warships grounded at Trepassey refloated again
In Trepassey Newfoundland conditions at the navy base improved after a heavy gale. Three warships that had been grounded early today were anchored in deep water again. Divers checked for damage and found likely minor injuries not delaying a May 10 return to station.
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Trepassey
Newfoundland
Navy
Bolsheviks Beheading Story Declared False
Archangel report across the Atlantic denies claims that the Bolsheviks beheaded sixty American prisoners at Shenkursk. No Americans were captured there, and 43 missing soldiers are partly accounted for as prisoners or released. Seven bodies with skulls crushed were found south of Shenkursk last November, and January AP dispatches listed details.
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Archangel
Associated
Helsingfors
Shenkursk
Americana
Gorvty
Shenkutsk
Associated Press
Deserter Ex-Food Minister Fleeing Budapest Environs
Former Soviet government figure Conbon has fled Budapest with his family and joined counterrevolutionaries. He reportedly renounced Bolshevism, comparing Bela Kun to a Caesar who would not heed advice. Czech forces are said to be within twenty miles of the city.
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Conbon
Bela Kun
Budapest
Associated Press
Navy Flyer Drowns In Savannah River Crash
Aug 6 at Augusta Ga navy hydroplane from Charleston Navy Yard crashed into the Savannah River near here. Gunner Richia drowned and Pilot Whelan was seriously injured in the fall. Local details recorded from the accident report.
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Augusta
Richia
Charleston Navy Yard
Whelan
Savannah River
Here
Five Transports Home With Yanks
New York May 6 Twelve officers and 414 men of the signal corps of the 113th Field Battalion 38th Division arrived from Bordeaux aboard the Housatonic. The President Grant and the Black Arrow followed with artillery units and convalescents. Nearly 2,700 drafted men from Georgia Alabama and Florida came aboard the Huron. The Madawaska delivered 2,200 officers and men of the 114th Infantry from New Jersey welcomed by Governor Edge.
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New York
Signal Corps
Bordeaux
Housatonic
Witth Air Service
86Rd Aero Squadron
77Th
Eickhoms
Brest
President Grant
Fifth Avenue
157Th Field ‘Artillery
Dix
Sherman
Dodge
Funston
Upton
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Newport’ News
Newport News
Madawaska
New Jersey
Edge
Costa Rican Forces Retreat From Frontier Clash
From Managua May 5 Costa Rican troops commanded by General Chavez retreated from the frontier village of La Cruz on the Pacific coast as a revolutionary force advanced from Sapoa on Lake Nicaragua. Chavez withdrew toward Liberta the capital of Guanacaste province. Military experts foresee a hard battle at Liberia with the potential collapse of President Tinoco’s government if defeated.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Chavez
la Cruz
Pacific
Costa ‘Rica
Sapoa
Lake
Liberta
Guan Acaste
Tinoco
Costa
Rica
Liberia
Meserv Addresses High School Boys on Liberty Loan
Major C A Meserv of the Coast Artillery Corps spoke to high school pupils in the auditorium yesterday about the Liberty Loan campaign. The officer, the only civilian to be promoted to major in the C A G, was introduced by Principal James C Moore. He described artillery types, service methods, and firing, and shared experiences from France.
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Coast Artillery Corps
Mesery
James C. Moore
France
Father John J Hughes Dead Head Of Paulists
Father John J Hughes, head of the Paulist order in the United States, died in New York after a period of unconsciousness following a nervous breakdown from overwork. He was 62 and had served eight years as superior general of the Paulists, reelected in 1914.
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New York
John
J. Hughes
Hughes
Two Officers Killed as Plane Crashes Near Houston
Lieut Mackey of Cleveland and Lieut Haddock of San Diego were killed when their aircraft fell at Deer Park near Houston. No witnesses. bodies and wreckage found by motorists. Also: suit filed in Common Pleas Court by John Juracka of Easton against Gabe Wink and Mary Fink of Bethel seeking $420 for goods furnished, with $150 counterclaim from defendants.
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Houston
Tex
Lieut
Mackey
Cleveland
Haddock
San Diego
Cal
Deer Pari
John Juracka
Easton
Gabe Wink
Mary Fink
Bethel
Factories Back Victory Loan Subscriptions in Waterbury
Waterbury reports substantial support for the Victory Loan drive with Scoville Manufacturing and Waterbury Brass Goods among contributors. The city’s total subscriptions rise to about 2,509,050 dollars as of May 6, reflecting strong industrial backing.
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Waterbury
Scoville Manufacturing, Company, and
Brass Goods
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Aires
Jiffy-Jell
Waukesha
Wis
Sspw
Logan Berry
Ourmold
Davison
League of All Societies
Saver
Loganberry Hour
Ual
CSA
Yanks
Grant
Black
Arrow
Meserv
John J. Hughes
Paulists
California
Brooklyn
Bayiel
Bayer
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