Poles Advance as Berlin Reports Burning Documents
Berlin reports indicate Polish advances around Opeln with insurgents feared to seize control documents of the Inter-Allied Central Commission. Breslau dispatch notes the slogan Capture Onpeln by Polish leaders and measures to burn or destroy incriminating papers. Poles capture Oberwitz area while efforts to seize Katowice rail station failed. Insurgent activity impacts Upper Silesia.
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Berlin
Upper Silesia
Aceady
Opneln
Intelied Sontral Commission
Berli
Bresla
Onpeln
Qppetn
E Manx
Oberwits
Katiawitt
French Prime Minister Warns On German Intervention
The Petit Parisien notes Premier Briand’s response to Prime Minister Lloyd George about Poland’s responsibility in Upper Silesia. It argues Poland’s frontier closure shows correct attitude, warns that German armed intervention would violate Versailles and be casus belli. Reports theft of an inter-allied arms depot in Breslau distributing arms to Upper Silesia free corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Petit Paris
Liord-George
Briand
Upper Silesia
France
Germany
Versailles
Oppeln
Inter-Allied
Breslau
Silesia
Unclaimed Liberty Bonds Worth 83 Million Reported
Washington reports 83 million dollars in temporary Liberty bonds are unexchanged and unclaimed. About 1,135,780,200 in bonds remain with owners who have not swapped for coupon securities. Interest totaling 53,185,867 also sits unclaimed, per official figures.
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Washington
Sam
Tatest
Sinn Fein raids terrorize London with arson and shootings
May 15 Associated Press reports Sinn Fein raiders attacked suburbs of London and St Albans, firing at homes of Royal Irish Constabulary members and wounding three, one fatally suspected. Incendiary attacks targeted occupants and a Margarin factory in North Woolwich. several residents were shot, with patrols citing Dublin rumors of a London campaign.
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Sinn Fein
London
Royal Irish Constabulary
Associated Press
St. Albans
Let
St. Silbans
Royal Irish
Dublin
Constabulary
Tooting
West Kensington
Tempiz
Ast Greenwich
Battersea
North Woolwich
Sn Albans
Auxiliary of the Royal Trish
Former Sheriff's Daughter Shot in Ireland Violence
A report from Belfast states Mia Barrington, daughter of Sir Charles Barrington former High Sheriff of County Limerick, who had sought peace efforts in Ireland, was shot and killed during an attack on a party she attended. The violence across Ireland left nine police, two soldiers, and many others dead with numerous injuries. Continued coverage note references page Tao.
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Charles
Barrington
Belfast
Martin vAssamatea
Mia Barrngtoan
Cheries Barrington
County Limerick
Elions
Ireland
Silinks
Linter
Warione
Girl Whipper Attacks Girls in Stratford and Devon
A reported assailant dubbed the Jack the Whipper attacked several girls in Stratford and Devon after boarding a streetcar near Ormond street. One girl escaped while another was restrained, prompting a police hunt by a special constable and local officers. Earlier, three additional assaults were noted on pedestrians near Stratford. Police authorities offered limited information.
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Jack the Whipper
Bridgeport
Stratford
Devon
Aul
Ormond Street
la Cateal
Fae Hall
Germany ready to meet reparations demands
Berlin May 1 Germany pledges to take steps to meet reparations schedules. Dr Mathias Erzberger says measures include higher taxes expanded exports organized labor and extended industrial trusts. He warns the gigantic task must begin immediately and taxes may rise. whether Germany can pay twenty six percent of exports is uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Teade
Mathias Erzterger
Julius Worthy
Ereberger
AlNes
Erzberger
Wirth
Braherzer
Pardon Board Set to Hear Wade Plea Today
The Connecticut board of pardons will convene at the state prison in Wethersfield to hear the final plea for Elwyat Wade. Attorney Wiles Kam Pumley argues for clemency as Wade faces potential life imprisonment. The board expects a ruling within 48 hours of the hearing.
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Pardon Board
Wade
Connécticut
State Board of Par Jours
Asne
Wetherfield
Wiles Kam H. Pumley
Elwyat
Weae
Lawe
Siikes
Gare
British papers praise Lloyd George patience in crisis
The London press lauds Prime Minister Lloyd George for restraint amid Franco Polish talks. Reports suggest British officials favor continued calm and diplomacy to avoid further public instability. Policymakers stress patience in European tensions and a cautious stance toward Russia and Prussia.
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Lloyd-George
Patience
British Miners May Soon Give In Conference Planned
London reports a conference planned to end the miners strike, with unofficial negotiations shaping both sides’ attitudes. Unions pressed for a settlement after recent roundings, while railway workers embargo on coal remains a factor. Hodges says the embargo showed sympathy but signaled a potential breakdown in resistance and mine closures loom amid transport issues.
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London
Conl
Tingland
Hodges
Winutxyre
Portland
Women Appeal to End Strike Misery
A joint manifesto from all industrial women’s groups urges immediate settlement of the coal strike. Margaret Bondfield signs, calling for fair living standards for coal miners families and an end to starvation tactics. The text notes widespread hunger as the strike and related shutdowns persist for forty four days amid mounting suffering.
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LOS Don
Way “Peat
Joint Committee
All Indusria
Margaret Bondfeld
Two Killed When Train Hits Truck in New Britain
Two men died after a motor truck was struck by a train near New Britain. Dominik Oma, 65, and Michael Compt, 7, were killed in the crash that wrecked the truck and blocked traffic near Newington. The scene drew responders to New Britain General Hospital and surrounding streets.
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New Britain
New Shials
Vorn
Hanford
Newington
Dominik Oma 5
Michael
Ansq
Praity
Gener Hospital
War talk by Judge Cohalan at Park Theatre stirs Irish meeting
Judge Daniel F. Cohalan warned that war between England and the United States is inevitable as he addressed an Irish mass meeting at the Park Theatre. He argued England must crush the U.S. to survive, citing economic rivalries and British debt, while urging Ireland’s continued fight for independence.
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England
U. S
D. F. Cohalan
Park Theatre
Vargland
Llowed
Daniel H. Cohalan
Bridgeport
Wilson
Jorge Gehrigs
Linglane
United States
America
Dia
Cohulan
Great Britain
Uis
Cohalan
Unites States
Hneland
West Indies
Antilles
Florida
Canada
Ireland
Colmfanwald
Res
Liisa
miVarts
Third Arbiter of City's Bills To Be Selected Today
Wienard Yo Neichereut and eran 8 of Brenan, two of the 4 piers of the Brilgegort construction companys claims for aepurosansately 30000 from the city for work done last year will meet this morning to select a third arbiter. The three investigators will begin to hear the deme of the bills and are expected to make a finding within a few hours. If the arbiters report that the bills are valid taxpayers may be enjoined from paying away. the bills will cease their obligations. MP Meconan Mes selected by the Bedgopore Construction wom pugs
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Wienard
Neichereut
Eran
Brenan
Brilgegort
Opstruction Company
Nareingds
Nied
O. S
Jueyaway
Ochitsert
Bedgopore Construction
Council to Report on Ntney Regulation
An ordinance committee report on ntney regulation will be submitted to the public tonight. The committee has considered several proposals over the past weeks and will present recommendations for council action and possible public hearings.
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Council
Wilsepar
Georgia Governor Bitterly Attacked by Politicians
Georgia Governor Dorsey faces heavy criticism from state officials and public figures after publishing a report alleging mistreatment, murder, lynching and peonage among Black Georgians. Governor-elect Bardwick and Senate President Olive denounce his charges as baseless slander while Olive defends upholding law in the race issue.
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Atlanta
Ermo’ Dorsey
Georgia
Pon
Saurday
Thomas W. Bardwick
Sam T. Olive
Georgia Senate
Sovernor
God
Man
Congo
Olive
Faa
Pit
Governo Worsey
Nesro
Ofive
Amertca
Greenwich Raid Nets $7,000 Worth of Hooch
Federal agents raided the Re Federal Lie Commercial hotel in Greenwich arresting proprietor A. J. Lipfett. About $7,500 in illicit liquor equipment and inventory was seized. Lipfett was held for appearance before a United States commissioner.
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Greenwich
Nwich
Re Federal Lie
A. J. Lipfett
Lnter
Pratsition
Rprsl
Lintert
United States
Three Teens Drown In Connecticut River Near Hartford
Three 17 year old youths Salvatore Gorpendiere Joseph Cinhons and Salvatore Fitara paddling a canoe capsized in the Connecticut river near Hartford noon today. Their bodies had not been recovered by nightfall.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Salvatore Gorpendiere
Josenn Cinhons
Salvatore Fitara
West Virginia Fighting Breaks Out After Truce
Heavy firing resumed near Timic in Mer Timber valley across the Kentucky line as troops may be reinforced. Captain J. R. Brockus of the state police reported the flare up from Williamson West Virginia on the night of May 18.
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West Virginia
Kentucky
Williamson
W. Va
Mer=timic
West Virgin
Kentucky Mountains
J. R. Brockus
State Police
Brockus
Aitomocile
Kentucky Sdenier
S Kent
Kentucky National
Meu
Cantain Brockus
Merrimac
Kentucky National Guardsr
Moorehead
Borderland
Mountain conflict sparks martial law and federal mediation
Reports describe mountain warfare in West Virginia and Kentucky with miners and strike leaders clashing. Federal troops are prepared for action if new outbreaks occur as Kentucky guards bolster positions along the dividing region near Merrimac and Me Carr while a truce holds for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Kentucky
Gene Mareh
Senate
Somorton
Johnson
California
War Department
Italy election results unknown lead by socialists
May 15 reports from Rome indicate socialists appear to lead while Farnano members faced dismissals. Constitutionalists claim a great triumph in the capital as demonstrations erupt in several quarters amid pending nationwide results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Rome
Assovi
Neha
Mermiers
Man charged after alleged kidnapping attempt at Yellow Creek orphanage
Kenton a workman near the Jefferson County Home for orphans in Yellow Creek faced charges after allegedly planning to kidnap a girl from the grounds. A 73-year-old man from the institution prepared a basket of food and a gun to abduct the girl, who alerted nearby staff. The superintendent and guards confronted the suspect, who fled as officers arrived.
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Ahlo
Kenton
Jefferson
Yellow Creek
Ironton
Pliessay
Gkiff
Ohio
Seasonal Whimsy Echoes In Dated Scribble 1921
Fragmentary spring musings describe warm days and wishes for swimming, cooling breezes, and brief sunny moments. The text references October energy, ice and snow, and ends with a dated copyright notice from 1921.
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Swat
Daily Almanac facsimile of bridge… Middesroute aide copy
Ambiguous garbled lines mention sun setting high water and a bridge related note. Readable items include names and places unclear due to OCR errors. core phrases point to a daily almanac-like segment with weather and time hints.
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Inter- Allied Commission
Control Commission
Sontimund
Pacer Two
U. S. Treasury
Wrone Place
Tao
Girl Whipper
Lass
Dance Hall
Stratford Police
Mathias Erzberger
Axpreason
Llayd-Georay
Biles
Lloyd-Genorgr
Prussia
Driver
Companion
New York
Britain
Ree
McCarr
William Dotson
Freeburn
Mons
Mson
and & Garage
Burnweall Coal Company
Bruckus
Workman
Maury Porter
Brenton
Anc
J. Canningham
Weather Porecast
Lair
Merid
Haven
Buren
Atlantic City
Block Island
Boston
Paiffala
Cincinnai
Chicago
Beaver
Detroit
Aeteras
Jack Onvill
Goudy
Orleans Rainey
Quay
Darelane
St. Louis
BR St Paul
DAILY
Aumanac
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