Flagship completes sea study flight from Trepassey Bay to Azores
NC 4 finishes a 13 hour 18 minute flight from Trepassey Bay Newfoundland to Horta Azores. NC 3 commander Towers flagship missing since yesterday believed to have fallen into the ocean. NE 1 forced to descend within 200 miles of Azores. crew rescued by steamship. Navy downplays safety concerns for NC 3 crew. First leg sets new trans Atlantic sea flight record for Americans.
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Harbor of
Horta
Mid-Atlantic
NC 4
Trepassey Bay
Newfoundland
Horte
Azores
NC 3
Commander Towers
NE 1
Ponta Delgarda
Navy Department
Peace terms and reparations loom at Versailles talks
Reports from the peace conference say Germany faces strict demands with Thursday deadlines for protests. Austria awaits credentials Monday and likely reparations totaling 5.0 billion marks. The council of four edges toward mandates for the former Turkish empire. US hints Armenia and Mesopotamia gains. Greece and Italy adjust claims in Asia Minor.
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Versailles
Austria
Council of Four
United States
Hesp
Armenia
Constanti Gomes
Mesopotamia
Asea
Italy
Central Asia
Mingx
Brusa
Nadocanese
Asia — Minor
Greece
Turkey
Tripoli
Republicans Propose 10 Push Probe
From Washington May 17 Associated Press reports Republican members at a conference outline a plan to investigate administration activities and expenditures since the war. The program includes military policy, return of soldiers from overseas, public oil and coal legislation, water power development, immigration revision and deportation of undesirables, plus foreign trade and promotion of agriculture and manufacturing.
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Associated Press
Washington
Republiican
House
Congress
House Republicans
New House
Soviet Madness Now In Bulgaria
London dispatch reports violent clashes at Sotabe as garrison and revolutionaries demand government resignation. Bulgaria is in uproar with Halchuk Philippopolia and Varna affected by the revolutionary movement.
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Associated Press
London
Sotabe
Vienna
Bulgaria
Halchuk
Philippopolia
Varna Me Ale
Italians Fail to Reach Accord on Fiume Renunciation
Paris May 17 Italians hold two day conferences on the Fiume issue but fail to secure a final accord. Italy concedes by recognizing Fiume as a free city and renouncing a substantial part of Istria including the key mercury district.
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Paris
Fiume
Istria
Huns Plotting New Cabinet Schemes Amid Crisis Rumors
Berlin reports a government crisis as Breitfelig claims Count Bernstorff seeks a new cabinet including Dernburg Broberger and Noske. Other circles hint at a paddled cabinet to gain the Allies' favor with names like Kauisky Foerster and Von Brockdorff-Rantzau discussed as foreign minister candidates.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Benin
Breitfelig
Count Bernstorff
Pr. Dernburg
Mathias Broberger
Noske
Aabinet
Paddelpia
Germany
Fierce critique of league of nations by Kansas judge
Judge Aber C. Van Valkenburgh denounces the league of nations covenant in a Kansas City Bar Association address. He warns it endangers national safety, divorces American traditions, and shifts policy toward internationalism while undermining constitutional safeguards.
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Aber van Valkenburgh
Kansas City
Bar Covenant International Organization
United States
Associated Press
League of Nations
Aber C. van Valkenburgh
United States District Court
Kansas City Bar Association
League Scaelaer
Men Who Looted Cars Face Guilty Plea at Arraignment
Four men implicated in a box car robbery are expected to plead guilty at arraignment. They face charges of breaking and entering a sealed car, theft from an interstate shipment, and carrying concealed weapons. All four allegedly confessed, with loot divided among participants. only one true name is noted as Burg or some variant.
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Eguo
Burg
Crews Rescued After Plane Sighting Aboard Iona
Descr search for the los sea plane WC 1 located the craft and Lieut Gem Bellinger and crew were taken aboard the steamship Iona. Navy dispatch from Horta Azores confirms NC 1 crew safe on board. Plane towed. tow line parting at latitude 38 40 north longitude 60 24 west.
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Ashington
Des
Los
Gem, Bellinger
Iona
Navy Department
Horta
Azores
U. S
Harding
Iowa
Flight NC 4 Completes Atlantic Flight to Fayal in 13 Hours 18 Minutes
Lt Cmdr Head reports NC 4 averaged 90 mph from Trepassy to Faial Island Azores arriving in perfect condition after a 13 hour 18 minute flight. Seaplanes traveled together early, faced fog and rough weather near Corvo, and one plane landed at sea near Horta while others continued. Crews stayed awake on sandwiches and kept good spirits for a potential return.
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Associated Press
Liouta
Island of
Fayal
Azores
NC 4
Norta Bay
Head
NG Ft
Horta
Wey
Pay Envelope Missing at Camp Holabird
In Baltimore on May 47 a civilian paymaster at Camp Holabird vanished with pay envelopes totaling 29,204 dollars. The investigation follows the disappearance of Second Lieutenant Harry J. Breaker, the camp civilian paymaster.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Camp Holabird
Harry J. Breaker
Yale Wins Track Meet With Harvard
Yale defeats Harvard in a track meet held in New Haven with a final score of 64 4 4 to 52 SrA.
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Yale
Harvard
Associated Press
Kew Haven
Conn
Ywe
Sra
Weather forecast for Wyoming with cloudy periods
Partly cloudy conditions expected across Wyoming with cooler temperatures Monday. Forecast notes possible light showers in the northwest and southern areas, with some clouds lingering Sunday into the start of the week.
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Wyoming
US Seaplanes Struggle for Bearings Near Azores in Fog
Two of three American seaplanes that left Newfoundland for the Azores lost bearings in dense fog off the Azores. NC 4 reached Horla while NC 3 searched by destroyers and wireless contacts. NC 4 may resume voyage. NO 4 sheltered at Horta after a long flight. ten hours left NC1 and NC3 out of sight near Ponta Pag as weather hampered progress.
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Ponta
Delgada
Teepussey
Newfoundland
Azores
Horla
Fayal
NO 4
Pontabolgana
Horta
New York
NC 4
SC 1
NC 3
Toweh
Ponta Pag
Associated Press
Washington
Atlantic Ocean
Ehill
Fayol
Reporter Describes 10,000 Foot Flight to Isle Corve
A Weekly Dispatch correspondent reports the NC 4 pilot soared to 10,000 feet above, sighted Corve Island, then descended 200 feet through fog. An official dispatch notes the NC flew at 3,000 feet.
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Associated Press
London
Sing
NC 4
Moria
Corve
Wife of Promoter Sues For Divorce
Mrs. Goldie McDonald seeks absolute divorce in district court at Gasp en Wyoming alleging unbearable indignities and humiliation from her husband’s get rich quick schemes. The couple wed in Neging Canada on June 80 1914 and have endured turbulent periods ending with McDonald abandoning his band here while awaiting trial for alleged bank manipulation.
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Gaspen
Wyo
Goldie McDonald
McDonald
Bank
Missing NC-3 Seaplane Returns. Others Reach Azores
Washington reports one of three U S Navy seaplanes the NC 3 failed to reach Fayal while NC 4 and a second craft reached Horta Azores on the trans Atlantic test flight from Newfoundland. Officials say current fog and weather impeded the mission but show no distress on the NC 3 as it remains unaccounted.
LAME DUCK WINS OUT Over Atlantic mission
NU-2 flagship of the naval trans Atlantic flight squadron sinks into the sea after a long flight from Newfoundland toward the Azores. The fate of Commander Ith ry is not confirmed as authorities continue to seek word on the crash site and crew.
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Presa
Washington
NU-2
Naval Trans Atlande
Yrepassey Bay
Newfoundland
Azores
Shi
Ith Ry
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Itvang
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CHE
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Read
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Lisbon
John Henry Towers
Thornmstigt
Towers
Navy
Prac
Alnally
Horta Harbor
Offielle
Arkhans
Rockaway Beach
Ue Net
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