Red Guards Terror in Finland Reported in Diary
A Swedish refugee diary from Helsinki during the Finnish Revolution describes Red Guard massacres and terror. It notes deaths including athlete Virkunen, journalist Frenckell, and others, with proclamations seizing banks and railways and harsh limits on deposits and rents.
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Copenhagen
Helsingfors
Red Guard
Finland
Virkunen
Red Guards
Helsingtora
Kaemf
Gronquist
Stane
AJL
Trumbull Red Cross Card Party Next Week
Trumbull Improvement Society will host a Red Cross fundraising card party at the town hall on Tuesday evening, April 14. The event supports war relief work and features changes from Stratford and nearby towns as residents visit and stay with local families.
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Trumbull
Red Cross
Trumbull Improvement Society
Corridors of Terror as Red Guards Massacre Civilians
A witness recounts a brutal Red Guards massacre at a railway station siding where sixteen civilians sheltered in a stable were promised safe conduct, then shot as they emerged. Wounded survivors were beaten to death in the station waiting room, turning the station into a center of mass murder and robberies.
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Red Guards
Germans Seek to Corner Pearl Market After War
Paris reports Germans moved to control the Paris and London pearl markets after the war. Geneva dispatch notes nearly 100 million francs worth of pearls were sold in Germany via Swiss agents for Parisian jewelers, with clandestine trading ongoing since early 1915. A Paris dispatch states 18 Parisian diamond dealers faced prosecutions for trading with the enemy.
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Paris
Germany
Switzerland
Geneva
Petit Journal
London
Austria Denies Opening Peace Talks Initiative
Vienna denies French claims that Austria initiated Swiss discussions on peace negotiations. An official Austrian statement says Clemenceau and Painleve misstate events, insisting France took the first step through an intermediary acting for the French government.
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Amsterdam
Painleve
Austria
France
Switzerland
Vienna
Clemenceau
M. Palnleve
Count Revertata
Major Armand
Another Airman Is Killed at Fort Worth
Fort Worth April 3. M. W. Icsirwen a Royal Flying Corps cadet from Nova Scotia, aged 21, was killed here this afternoon on the eve of his squadron's departure for Toronto. He was flying alone when the accident occurred. no witnesses were present.
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M. W. Icsirwen
Yoyal Flying Corps
Toronto
Nova Scotia
Kirwen
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Score
A. R. Frenckell
Diet
Mikola
Beck
White Guard
Stahlbery
Hielt
Kereva
Lttle
Fort Worth
Middle Streets
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