Soviet Chaos in Rhine District Deepens
Reports from Essen and Dortmund say the Rhine region is in revolutionary hands with 50,000 red troops marching on Wesel. Reds capture D wassen Dorsten Haltern and Valsum while Ruhr towns fall under workers control and Berlin-backed order seeks restoration.
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Rotterdam
Rhine
Russia
Esselt
Dortmund
Revolutionary Tribunal
Berlin
Holland
Wolff Bureau
Essen
Germany
Wesel
Ruhr Echo
Red Army
Dinslaken
Dusseldorf
Holten
Dorsten
Muenster
Valsum
Reds
Jin
Haltern
Coburgz
Reichswehr
London
Bauer
Copenhagen
The
Times
Ke “Teichswehr
German Actress Killed In Avalanche On Film Set
Swiss report states Hermine Sholter, a German moving picture actress, died near Innsbruck as an imitation avalanche became real. Several actors and actresses were injured when a mountain avalanche buried the company during filming. Fraulein Koller was among the deceased.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Hermine Sholter
Innshbruck
Fraulein Koller
Sinn Fein Foe Slain In Dublin Armed Attack
Alan Bell aged seventy resident magistrate presiding over Sinn Fein dealings with Irish banks was dragged from a tram in Dublin by masked gunmen numbering four to twelve. He was shot four times in front of tram passengers. assailants escaped.
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Dublin
Ireland
London
Alan Bell
Sint, Fein
Europe in pervading plague eclipses war headlines
The piece argues the global plague in Europe and Asia surpasses war harm, with 2.3 million Russian refugees pressing west, severe outbreaks in Poland Hungary Serbia and beyond, and calls for government relief and coordinated action by Red Cross agencies to avert an even greater tragedy.
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Paris
Europe
Near East
World
Asia
America
Russia
Mediterranean
Hungary
Serbia
Austria
Montenegro
Turkey
Syria
Poland
Red Cross
Washington intrigues mix probes and meat price campaign
Congress plans renewed scrutiny of campaign spending as Senator Borah calls the issue a national scandal. Admiral Benson, new Shipping Board chair, aims for an all American merchant marine and warns against propaganda. The White House meat plan pledges cheaper cuts. Representative Humphreys urges tradition against a third term and cites precedents.
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Borah
William S. Benson
Shipping Board
White House
Wilson
Benjamin J. Humphreys
Mississippi
House
Governor Ed wards vetoes $100000 dredge bill in tight state finances
In Trenton Governor Edwards vetoes Senate Bill 64 to approprate 100000 for a dredge and equipment under the Board of Commerce and Navigation, citing the state's poor financial condition. He also backs hearings on a 16 million bond package for state institutions and discusses related education and housing bills.
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Trenton
Edwards
Senate
Charles D. White
Atlantic
Board of Commerce and Navigation
Board of Control
Department of Institutions and Agencies
A. B. Leeds
State Hospital For the
Morris Plains
John A. Cotton
Skillman
Joseph W. Larmocque
Dwight W. Morrow
Gour
Arthur Quinn
State Federation of Labor
E. F. Feickert
Equal Suffrage League
Assemblyman Wallworth
H. Otto Wittpenn
State Board of Children's Guardians
William W. Watson
Paterson
Senate “Chamber
Boards of Health
Senate Committee On Public Health
Haines
Camden
Hyland
House
F. W. Slack
Philadelphia School
State
Louis B. Lesser
Newark Board of Education
Charles M. Myer
Newark
Commissioner of Revenue and Finance
James J. Gannon, Jr
Jersey City
John T. Gregory
West New York
Gansnon
Asemblynin-Tozer
Governors push state aid for housing in New York
Governor Smith urges the legislature to adopt Housing Committee recommendations to fund workingmen's homes through state loans, create local housing boards, and study zoning. The report calls for 40000 apartments needed in New York City and tax relief to spur construction and cheaper loans.
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New York City
Albany
Smith
Housing Committee
State Reconstruction Commission
New York
Seem Reiien
State Land Bank
New York Mail Tubes Funded in Senate Bill
Senator Calder proposes a bill in the senate to provide 2,250,000 dollars for the construction and equipment of small tunnels linking the New York post office with railroad terminals. The measure aims to improve mail handling and intermodal transport.
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New York
Washington
New York Post Office
Senate
Calder
Resolution to End War With Germany Declared
An informal meeting of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Republican leaders decided to report a simple resolution to declare the war with Germany at an end. The President has full authority to negotiate peace, so the resolution will not require Germany to be bound by the Versailles treaty.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
House
Germany
Harvester Workers to Buy 15000 British Suits
International Harvester Company employees arrange to buy 15,000 suits from the British government at about 18 dollars each. Delivery set for early May. Company will advance the purchase cost, with expected large savings for thousands of workers.
Mrs A L Fisher to Syria for Arabian relief work
Mrs A L Fisher of Santa Barbara California travels to Syria to aid relief efforts for the Arabian government. She previously received a gift Arabian horse from Prince Feisal and was named a captain in the Arabian army in recognition of her Red Cross service.
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A. L. Fishers
Santa Barbara
Cal
Syria
Prince Feisal
American Red Cross
Arabia
Allies Allow Ebert Troops to Suppress Ruhr Rebellion
Paris reports that the allies may permit the Ebert government to send troops into the Ruhr to quell the Spartacist revolt amid coal shortages. France favors intervention, while England and Italy oppose. The U S envoy indicates no commitment of American troops. Guarantees would require German troops to evacuate once the insurrection ends.
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Paris
Germany
Ruhr
Council of Ambassadors
France
Ebert
Millerand
England
Italy
Hugh C. Wallice
United States
Former German Emperor Withdraws Bank Deposits
In Geneva Switzerland former Emperor William reportedly withdrew 250000 francs from a Zurich bank in early March. The funds were said sent to Berlin just before a Kapp–Luettwitz revolt. In Philadelphia a mass meeting of Labor Lyceum protesters dissolved amid police action over alleged radical remarks. In Rotterdam the Spartacide movement coordinates with Russia to attack Poland with Trotzky expected in Berlin by July. In Warsaw Bolshevist forces assault the Polish front, signaling a spring offensive by Russian Soviet armies.
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GENEA
Switzerland
William
Germany
Zurich
Berlin
Kapp
Luettwit
Philadelphia
Labor Lyceum
New York
Rotterdam
Rhine
Poland
Trotzky
Munster
Courant
Warsaw
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State Board of Education
Percy Stewart
Republican House
Secretary of State
Comptroller
William L Dill
House Ways and Means
Thomas Wasser
Hudson County
Ross McClare
Bergen County
Allen
Pilgrim
Simpson
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Hansen
Rowland
New Jersey
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American Bankers’ Association
Pierson
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