American Troops to Return by September, Wilson Report
Washington May 2 The war department plans rapid demobilization with a full US expeditionary force return by September. General March chief of staff notes embarkation estimates based on troop withdrawals from Europe. Officials say the September date is maximum speed and could be accelerated if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Paris
Germany
War Department
Mareh
Europe
Goblenz
Rhine
Maret
Fragmentary wartime memoir pulled from damaged text
A skewed OCR excerpt recalls a veteran’s wartime memories with references to a Kaiser, German officers, captured prisoners, and a Spanish Civil War veteran. The garbled lines hint at personal belongings and a confession of non belonging to Von Hburg amid wartime confusion.
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von Hburg
Kent
Burleson defends Ilo rate increases before Supreme Court
Washington May 2 The government brief argues that interstate telephone toll rate increases by the postmaster general were lawful and necessary to regulate a private business in the public interest. South Dakota and Massachusetts claim the move encroaches on police powers, while the government says suits against the United States should be dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
South Dakota
Massachusetts
Margarhusetts
United States
Thia
Brief on State Police Powers and Federal Rate Control
The brief argues state police powers are not impaired by federal rate controls and that public commissions lacked authority to regulate federal rate decisions. It states the public had already voted and set rates before federal officials fixed them, emphasizing federal actions supersede state control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iwell
United States
Syell
Duch
Seventy-Two Die as San Salvador Earthquake Strikes
A tremor in San Salvador on April 28 killed 72 people and injured more than 400, with continuing shocks and widespread damage. The American legation building sustained damage but no Americans were hurt.
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Wallington
San Salvador
State Department
American Legation
Farmer Shoots Wife and Ends Own Life Near Fort Morgan
Fort Morgan Colo May 2 Lemuel W Goode 16 year old farmer shot and seriously wounded his wife then killed himself with a shotgun at their home southeast of town Mrs Goode was taken to a Denver hospital Goode believed demented the couple had six children they had moved from Iowa to Colorado
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Associated Press
Fort Morgan
Colo
Lemuel W. Goode
Baseball Batteries Guide From Early Season Matchups
Listings of batteries and lineups for several teams including Philadelphia Boston New York Cleveland Detroit Chicago and Philadelphia again with pitchers and catchers named such as Barnes Meharty Smith Watson Gady Grans Adams Schmidt Tyler Martin Douglas Killifer Ring Rari den Wingo Hoersiman Goodwin Snyder Bagby Kungmann Gouta Engle Ablen Nunnamaker Cunningham Stanage Kinney Seibold Anderson Perkins McAvoy Shaw Johnson Melnich Williams Danforth Barry Schalk Lynn Gallia Severo id.
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H. E. Philadelphia
Washington
Iecasa
Kinney, Seibold, Anderson and
Perkins
McAvoy, Shaw, Johnson and Melnich
Cabrera Declines Mexico Presidency Nomination
Luia Cabrera, treasury adviser, said in a statement published by El Universal that he would under no conditions accept the nomination for the Mexican presidency next year. The field now includes Manuel Aguirre Berlanga, interior secretary, who is expected to speak soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mexico City
Luia Cabrera
Treasury
el Universal
Mexico
Cabrera
Manuel Aguirre Berlanga
Interior
Alfonso Dissolves Spanish Parliament
London date May 2 King Alfonso of Spain signed a decree dissolving parliament and ordering general elections for June 4. The Associated Press report cites Madrid exchanges indicating the move as a royal dissolution ahead of polls.
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Asvociated Press
London
Alfonso of Span
Exchange
Madrid
Mepaich
Belgium Balks at Peace Terms During Preliminaries
The Belgian delegation expresses dissatisfaction with the preliminary peace terms as they affect Belgium. No territorial gains are reported except Malmedy, which is to revert to Belgium after the war. The left bank Scheldt, Maastricht, and Limburg peninsula are not mentioned, and about half of the $450 million immediate indemnity is cited.
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Associated Preas
Paris
Uhre Peugeot
Belgium
Malmedy
Prussia
Walloon
Scheldt River
Maastricht
Limbourg Peninsula
Belgium Protests Over War Loan Recall Terms
Belgium rejects the recall of six billion marks left in the country and protests to the Allied council. Premier M Dellacroix arrived in Paris bearing a message from the Belgian senate while M Hymans attends to represent terms granted to Belgium before the council of three.
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Belgium
Germany
M. Dellacroix
Paria
M. Hymans
Council of Three
Major League Sunday Baseball In Gotham
The Associated Press reports Sunday Major League Baseball will be played in New York and Brooklyn on an early May date as the Navy league leaders confer next week with the American league chiefs to set remaining Sunday dates for the season.
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Associated Press
New York
Muydier
Naval League
Phi .Helphia
Baton
Brooklyn
Auydler
Jobniéd
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kaiser
George F. Kent
Burleson
Farmer
Wife
Nlouse Painte— Sherman Cn
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Hast Schalfner & Mars
Shepherd & Klett
Kuppenheimer
Brandegee
Kincaid
Philadelphia
Barnes and Meharty
Smith, Watson and Gady
H. E. Pittleburns
Mayor
Grans
Adans
Schmidt
Tyler
Martin
Douglas
Killifer
BRB
Petter and Krueger
Hudolph Ungl Wills
Prem Ops
Ae ‘ Ak
Boston
Halleries
Jones and
Walters
Nussell
Juel
R. Oh
Cleveland
Detroit
Bagby
Kungmann
Goutabe
Engle
Ablen
Nunnamaker
James
Davis
Chilcago
Williams, Danforth, Barry and Schalk
Lynn
Gallia
Severeid
Alfonso
Albert
Gotham
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