London cheers as NC-4 aviators arrive after transatlantic flight
American seaplane crew arrive in London amid a festive welcome at Paddington and Hendon. Lieut. Com. Read is lifted aloft by sailors, while Harry Hawker hails the crossing as a joint achievement with England. Plans for NC-1 NC-8 NC-4 unclear. NC-4 to be dismantled in Plymouth and shipped home.
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Plymouth
Cume
Paddington Station
Com
A. C. Read
Atlantic
Harry G. Hawker
Read
Mrs. Hawker
Hawker
Royal Air Force
Aero Club
Plunkett
Hendon
Paris
United States
U. S
S. Aroostock
Mawker
Admiral Plunkett
United States Navy
England
Yale Bowl Air Collision Kills Two U S Troops
Lieutenant Melvin B. Kelleher and Corporal Mechanic Joseph Katzman are killed when two airplanes collide at Yale Bowl in New Haven. The incident is reported as parts of a broader World news roundup with other items from Paris Vera Cruz Warsaw El Paso and Milwaukee.
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New Haven
Galician
EL Paso
Mexico
Carrera
Nuevo Leon
Felipe Angeles
Carranza
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Journal
Oshkosh
U S Approves Villa Led Push Against Carranza
Washington officials signal tacit approval of the Villa faction against Carranza as U S policy with Mexico shifts. Carranza’s inability to curb rebels and confiscatory decrees undermine his regime while General Angeles gains Western support amid Mexico’s war.
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Carranza
Mexico
Villa
Southern
United States
Angeles
State Department
Angeles Villa
League of Nations
Three Auto Racers Die In Liberty Sweepstakes Tragedy
Three men are killed and two others hurt in the Liberty Sweepstakes 500 mile race at Indianapolis Speedway. Victims include Louis Lecoq and his mechanician Robert Bandini, plus Arthur Thurman of Washington, D C. Howdy Wilcox won the race.
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Indianapolis Speedway
Louis Lecocq
Robert Bandini
Arthur Thurman
Washington, Np. Co
Howdy” Wilcox
Britons Press for Leniency in Peace Terms
A letter signed by notable publicists including Earl Loreburn Baron Buckmaster Baron Southwark Earl Beauchamp and Baron Parmoor was sent to Premier Lloyd George and President Wilson. It urges impartial sympathetic consideration of German peace term modifications and requests meeting them where possible.
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Wilson
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Baron Buckmaster
Baron Southwark
Earl Beauchamp
Baron Parmoor
Earl Grant
George Phillips
Isaac Kronheim
Vineland
Hore
Union Lake
John Naylor
Harry Maul
Kronheim
Warren C
King
Middlesex County
C. 8
Naquor
Francis P. Garvan
Trenton
United States District Court
Prudential Insurance Company
North German Lloyd Dock Company
North German Lloyd Steamship Company
Toboken
Thomas J. Preston
Princeton
Grover Cleveland
New Jersey Association
Newark
Garrett A. Hobart
Wilson Warns of Old Diplomacy in Memorial Day Speech
President Wilson spoke at Suresnes near Paris on Memorial Day detailing the League of Nations case. He reflected on American sacrifices, urged open covenants, warned that without universal peace a new war would come, and personally laid a wreath for the American dead after a ceremony with French and British leaders present.
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Suresnes
Wilson
Old Fort Valerian
Andre Tardieu
Lord Derby
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Great Britain
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League of Nations
Orlando
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Buek
PITH OF THE VICTORY NEWS
Missionaries seek a Turkish mandate for the United States as British aims favor keeping the Sultan in Constantiople. The Allied Investigation Committee halts and Germany’s treaty faces minor changes only. Bavarian unity stalls over 20 000 unemployed. Paderewski asks Wilson to study Jewish treatment in Poland amid pogrom claims. The Flame council opposes city barter and pushes Italy annexation. settlement remains distant.
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Constantiople
Allied Investigation Committee
Munich
Paderewski
Poland
Wilson
New York
National Council of Flame
Italy
Paris
Hog Island launches five ships in 48 minutes
Five 7 800 ton steel cargo carriers slid down Hog Island ways in 48 minutes in a record launch amid a 50 000 strong crowd. Secretary Daniels led the ceremony with senators and congressmen present. Ships bore names linked to Liberty Loan towns Maiden Creek Nedmac Lehigh Pipestone County and Luxaville.
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Daniels
Navy Department
Delaware
Hog Island
Picnsc
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Maiden Creek
Liberty Loan Committee
Reading
Camden
Lehigh
Catasauqua
Pipestone County
Pipestone
Minn
Luxjaille
Lloyd George says Germans must sign at Versailles or Berlin
Premier Lloyd George told the Welsh division in Amiens that Germany must sign an agreement now. He warned that if they fail at Versailles, they will be forced to sign in Berlin, asserting that Britain will not concede.
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Berlin
Versailles
London
Lloyd George
Amiens
The
South Wales Daily News
Bolshevist Fleet Routed by British Warships in Baltic
In Helsingfors a fifty minute battle saw the Bolshevist fleet led by the battleship Petropavlovsk and three other ships clash with seven British warships. The Russians, bombarding the coast west of Krasnia Gorka, were driven off and fled toward Kronstadt after a decisive engagement.
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Helsingfors
Petropavlovsk
Krasnia Gorka
Kronstadt
Rhine Republic Proclaimed with Dr Dorden Named Leader
The Rhine Republic was proclaimed in several Rhine cities and welcomed by residents. Provisional government headed by Dr Dorden has been installed at Wiesbaden amid hopes to end uncertainty in the Rhine provinces regarding the allied nations and Germany.
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Dr. Dorden
Mayence
Rhine
Germany
Wiesbaden
New Jersey Briefs Highlight Homecoming and Local Events
Jersey notes report Independence Day homecoming aids in welcoming soldiers. Other items cover a Priscilla Brassin Association meeting, a Newark teachers union vote, a coroner standoff in Landisville, sturgeon talks, April industry fatalities, and local elections or notices from Camden to Sea Isle City.
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Edna French
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Merrill Powell
Charles Brick
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Joseph D. Nenna
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Jersey
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Newton A. K. Bughee
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