England Brightens Despite General Strike Chaos
London endures a tense strike night with warlike scenes in streets and parks. Volunteers flood in to maintain supplies as crowds walk, ride, and rally around Hyde Park while Manchester and other cities broadcasting short news sheets. Two American women join voluntary service.
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Chester
England
Aoin
Hyde Park
Manchester
Manchester Guardian
Nancy Lane Walton
Annapol
Aplyn Sparks
Philadelphia
Walton
Picadilly Circus
Broadway
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World
Majestic Set to Sail on Time From Southampton
The White Star liner Majestic plans to depart Southampton for New York at 4 30 am despite a union seamen strike. About 500 passengers travel first class. 140 slept aboard after arriving before trains stopped at midnight and motor coaches were used for others.
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Southampton
New York World News Service
London
White Star Company
Majestic
New York
United States Lines
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World) Press Pub. Co
Peabody 73 Banker Adopts Widow In New York
George Foster Peabody a 73 year old banker confirmed in New York that he had adopted Mrs Marjorie Knappen Waite a widow in her thirties as his daughter in Saratoga Springs. Peabody noted she has worked with the Katrina Trask Alliance and Yaddo remains an artists retreat. He spoke of the adoption as a good thing for everybody and cited Waite's sister and brother in Washington.
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New York World News Service
New York
George Foster Peabody
Saratoga Springs
Marjorie Knappen Waite
Peabody
Democratic National Committee
Percy
Straus
Yaddo
Oscar’ S. Straus
Mr. Peabody
Katrina Trask
Spencer Trask
Katrina
Waiter
Walite
Waite
Washington, D. C
Theodore Knappen
Columbus
Indictment in Alabama prison death case shocks Jefferson County
Jefferson County grand jury returns murder indictment against former Flat Top Warden W A Bates in the Frank Harper case. Testimony reveals Knox death tied to guard actions, with poison discovery and conflicting accounts from Homer Anderson. Investigations also probe Flat Top finances as grand jurors hear more about convict leasing abuses.
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Alabama
Flat Top
Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson County Grand’ Jury
James W. Knox
W. A. Bates
Frank Harper
Austin Pe
Bates
Brownsville
Tenn
Harper
Harwell G. Davis
Knox
Homer Anderson
Anderson
Davis
Grand Jury
Jefferson County
Five Cabinet Members Threaten Quit Forcing Baldwin Parley Breakup
London May 4 Prime Minister Baldwin issued an ultimatum that no further talks with trade unionists would occur until the general strike is rescinded. He faced a threat from five cabinet ministers to resign including Churchill Joynson Hicks Amery Bridgeman and Cunliffe-Lister which could have toppled the government.
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New York World News Service
London
Baldwin
Onder
Churchill
Joynson Hicks
Amery
The
Admiralty
Bridgeman
Board of Trade Cunliffe- Listes
First Strike Government Paper Guards Churchill In London
London May 5 under police protection the British Gazette issued by the government and printed by Morning Post staff. Winston Churchill as war correspondent behind the effort, with royal arms and a government motto. Four pages with labor and food notes, a Churchill Baldwin House speech quotes, and a strike report disputed by the New York World News Service. total print run 750000 copies.
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New York World News Service
London
Morning Post
Duke of Northumberland
British Gazette
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Royal Arms
His Majesty's Stationery Office
Royal Arms of
England
Baldwins
House of Commons
Labor chief Green denounces general strike as economic weapon
Washington May 4 William Green president of the American Federation of Labor states American labor does not support a general strike as an economic weapon. He notes British public opinion will back government control and supporting wage demands by mine workers may have merit but should not be tied to a general strike. Green says U S unions stay with contracts and will monitor the British experiment.
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America
Federation
New York World News Service
Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Great Britain
Green
Coolidge
Davis
John L. Lewis
United Mineworkers of America
Mrs. C. W. Baker Thwarts Home Invasion With Escape
Mrs. Charles W. Baker Jr of East Walnut Hills escaped a pair of armed robbers who forced entry with a gun and fled when she slipped through a side window. She and two friends alerted police after the incident at 8:30 to 9:00 p.m.
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C. W. Baker, Jr
Charles W. Baker, Jr
Maxwell Place
East Walnut Hills
Community Chest
Dr. Carothers
Ira Helden
Norwood Bank Robbery Suspects Sought After Shootout
Raymond Rees, assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Norwood, who was wounded in a bandit hold up with Lawrence Steigerwald, recalls brief combat details from last Friday. A total $7,500 reward was posted by the bank and insurers, with additions from local business groups and the Cincinnati Clearing House.
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Raymond
Maple Avenue
First National Bank of
Norwood
Lawrence Steigerwald
Clarion Avenue
Stally
Rees
J. Stewart Hagen
Steigerwald
American Surety Company of
New York
Cincinnati Clearing House
Norwood Manufacturers
Associaons
Tornado Devastates Clark County Orchard Belt
A small tornado cut an eight mile swath north of Vancouver Washington damaging prune orchards and several buildings. Trees were uprooted and structures unroofed or torn from foundations while no injuries were reported.
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Vancouver
Wash
Clark County
Government forms central strike defense network in Britain
London division of ten districts places under a central command led by Sir William Mitchell-Thomson with district commissioners wielding broad powers and military aides to control food transport postal service and other wartime needs. The New York World News Service notes the system acts as a de facto local dictatorship under government policy.
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Alfred M. Murray
New York World News Service
London
Committee of Public Safety
William Mitchell-Thomson
Volunteer Service
Jellicoe
Postal Service
Mitchell-Thompson
Whitehall
Fourth of OUM for Tit Giltel Now 5 Pledged
With one of the thirty six teams still to hear from the Community Chest drive has raised 483625.31 dollars toward an 1873473 dollar goal. The top team H led by Sidney J Frieberg covers Avondale and raised 64734.50 in one day. K-1 led by Franklin Lawson has 913 percent of its 3800 quota and E led by J H Sower has 764 percent of its 12500 goal. A telegram from Fred A Geier in Los Angeles pledges 412000 and notes Cincinnati citizens will respond to the appeal. Pogue’s adds 10000 to the total.
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Sidney J. Frieberg
Avondale
Franklin Lawson
J. H. Sower
Geiter
Fred A. Geier
Los Angeles
Clifford Wright
D-1
Cincinnati
Pogue’s
Resumption of British Rail Schedules on Part Time Basis May Be Possible Today
London May 4 The general strike paralyzed railways and transport as violence erupted in the East End. Government plans prepare for partial rail service and skeleton city transit with volunteers and strikebreakers, while union leaders hail solidarity and anticipate victory amid ongoing deadlock over miner wages.
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New York World News Service
London
Great Britain
East End
Baldwin
Sir William Mitchell-Thomson
Arthur Pugh
General Council
The
Trades Union Congress
Ohio Attorney General Crabbes Race Track Gambling Crusade
Ohio Attorney General C C Crabbe says race track gambling is the states greatest social evil and aims to prove its illegality before the Ohio Supreme Court. In Cincinnati he gathered evidence from Merchants Association officials about embezzlement and suicides linked to track gambling and plans to secure official support to oust corrupt officials or press arrests. He cites positive proof from Cleveland Akron and Columbus and will seek a legal precedent interpreting the law in this matter.
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Ohio
Crabbe
Cincinnati
C. C. Crabbe
Cleveland
Akron
Columbus
State Supreme Court
Soviet Labor Proclaims Global Solidarity Against Britain
The Red Labor International, led by General Secretary Losovsky, declares unity of workers with Britain against exploitation. It calls for a nationwide English prole uprising, a coal boycott, and a merciless strike on strikebreakers as Britain faces class conflict.
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Moscow
Red Labor International
Losovsky
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Thomas
Red) Duffy
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Bt. Peabody
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Harry Madigan
N.Y. World News Service
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