Soviet rep Krassin eyes trade with United States
Leonid Krassin Bolshevist representative here says Soviet Russia aims to establish trade with the United States as soon as possible. He insists private property be respected, credits to follow initial cash exchanges, and deposits to insure contracts if needed. He cites Baltic trade as proof and says American cooperation could accelerate Russia's reconstruction and Europe’s peace.
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Union Nye Review
London
Hughes
Trussia
United States
Leonid Krasain
Golshevist
Washington
M. Krassin
M. Krnossin
Soviet Russia
Baltic States
America
Europe
Russia
American
Girl Slain by Jilted Lover in Draper Iowa Tragedy
Miss Marle Anderson age 17 of Draper Iowa was shot and killed by Joseph Willmer 28 also of Draper who reportedly acted after being jilted by Anderson. He then killed himself at the home of Mrs. Mary Miller grandmother to Anderson in Sioux City.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Marle Anderson
Draper
Joseph Willmer
Bandits Hold Up Summit State Bank in Summit
Three armed bandits rob Summit State bank just after opening hour, escaping with between 8000 and 10000 dollars. Police dispatch gun squads to intercept the getaway car, believed headed toward Chicago. Bank officials confirm cash loss and describe the incident as a bold daytime robbery on the southern outskirts of Chicago.
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Summit State Bank
Summit
Chicago
Turks Check Greek Drive Near Baghdad Railway
Constantinople dispatch reports Turkish Nationalists halted the Greek push toward the Baghdad railway era. Agora, the nationalist capital, confirms the setback in the ongoing front.
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Constantinople
Bagdad
Agora
Build House in Ten Hours Chicago
The Limbermen's Association of Chicago demonstrated rapid housing with thirty workers erecting a five room bungalow in ten hours. They started on a foundation in read moru at T 4, i, and finished the house by 1p. m. The effort included electrical and plumbing work and interior decoration.
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Chicago
Limbermen's Association of
Read Moru
Entente arms police amid German communist unrest
Western Union dispatch from Berlin reports a rising Red movement in Rhineland and Westphalia with insurgents seizing towns, railways, and police stations. Police fight in Mettmann, Velbert, and Dortmund leaves casualties. state of siege declared in Munster and Arnsberg. Berlin reports mass arrests, strikes, and rail disruptions as communists urge workers to quit.
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Union News Service
London
Marek
Whilte
Germany
Berlin
Apredd
Red Movement
Rhineland
Westphal
Eberfald
Susseldorf
Mettmann
Velbert
Seleksabank
Montagspost
Cologne
Hagan
Juvenile Must Write 1000 Times After False Alarm
In Houston Texas a 14 year old in juvenile court received a sentence for turning in a false fire alarm. He must write 1000 times the statement that it is illegal to file a false alarm and it explains the costs and danger. Accomplices faced similar tasks.
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Houston
Texas
Jury Defies Judge in Chicago Case
A Chicago jury defied Judge Joseph David by finding Ben Smith guilty of a serious offense. The judge set aside the verdict, saying it showed lack of evidence, and the foreman answered, You evidently think you know more about the law than the court We do.
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Chicago
Joseph David
Ben Smith
Nevada adopts gas for death penalty under governor
Governor Boyle signs a bill in Carson City Nevada establishing lethal gas as the method for capital punishment and abolishing hanging and shooting. The change makes Nevada one of the first states to use gas for executions, with condemned inmates given a choice between remaining methods prior to the switch.
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Carson City
Nev
Nevada
Boyle
Twelve Killed in Blast in Chicago Factory
An explosion ripped through the Joseph Weil Paper Company factory at Fourteenth and Halsted in the Bloody Nineteenth ward harming about a score and killing twelve. Firemen report twelve bodies recovered from the leveled building as rescue efforts continue.
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Chicago
Joseph Weil Paper Company
Fourteenth
Halsted Streets
Nineteenth
Stage Anti Red Meeting in Stockholm Sailor Mutiny
Helsingfors advices report an anti Bolshevist mutiny among sailors of the Russia White Sea squadron. The rumor says it originated on the cruiser Tehosma. Bolshevists have reportedly been forced to withdraw from Archangel.
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Stockholm
Russia
White Sea Squadron
Helsingfors
Tehosma
Dbolshevists
Hve
Archangel
Recall decision on recall election in North Dakota
The anti Nonpartisan League convention closes with a decision to call no recall election on or before November 8 against three state officials. The recall would target Attorney General William Lemke and officials Goy and John N. Hagan, amid a push for constitutional amendments and candidate challenges endorsed by the Nonpartisan Tongue.
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Devils Lake
N. D
anti-Nonpartisan League
Goy
L. J. Raster
Willam Lemke
John N. Hagan
Charles Under Guard In Hungary After Charles Restoration Attempt
Budapest March 31 Count Stefan Bethlen acting for Regent Horthy was sent to Stein amanger near the Austrian border where Charles has taken refuge after his attempt to regain the throne. Charles under military supervision is preparing to move to a neutral country possibly Spain. The Spanish envoy said Charles was under Spanish protection. Bishop Count Mikes and many aristocrats were arrested for heading the restoration movement. The army backs Regent Horthy and Charles is not a prisoner. Farmers at Stein amanger called for dethronement of Charles and the Hapsburgs and for punishment of those who aided him.
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Budapest
Stefan Bethien
Horthy
Stelnamanger
Charles
Archduke Joseph
Teleky
Julius Andrassy
Hungary
Steinamanger Castle
Spain
Count Mikes
Steinamanger
Lebar
Belliska
Farmers’ Party
Hapsburgs
Ex-Premier Tteve Vivian Arrives in New York on France Mission
In New York the ex-premier of Janice, Tteve Vivian, arrived to pay respects to President Harding, stating his mission to America. A semi-official tone marked the visit as representatives of the State Department accompanied him ashore on a revenue cutter at a flag-decked pier.
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New York
United States
France
Harding
Vivian
Janice
America
Viviani
State Department
Special Revenue
Insurance Must Be Converted Warns Former Servicemen
Washington war risk insurance bureau warns all former service members that wartime or term insurance must be converted into permanent policies by March 3, 1920. The notice urges timely action to secure lasting coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Duredn
Prisoners Riot at Los Angeles County Jail Ends
A riot erupted at the Los Angeles County Jail as 418 inmates protested crowding. They burned bedding, torn cots and broke benches before ringleaders were exhausted. Sheriff W. T. Trae vor and a district attorney representative visited the jail to pursue charges for destruction of public property.
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Los Angeles
W. T. Traevor
Post Offices Looted in Dublin Suburbs
Armed men raided post offices in Kingstown Blackrock Dalkey Killiney and Forrock near Dublin. Staff held up and instruments taken with receipts given. The Easter rising anniversary passed with no murders or ambushes though outrages persist. Royal visit hinted and Sinn Fein plots feared. London reports move to open Ulster Parliament and widen security. Fire attacks on farm buildings reported in England Ireland links noted.
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Union News Service
Dublin
Kingstown
Blackrock
Dalkey
Killiney
Forrock
Kingstown Naval Base
London
Prince of Wales
Ireland
Evening Standard
Sinn Fein
No. 10
Downing Street
Lloyd George
Bank of England
New Castle
St. Albans
Hertfordshire
Beaconsfield
Buckinghamshire
Melbourne
N. 5
London Times
Politileal and Labor Conference
Storey
Railroads Show Deficit in January Across Regions
The Inter state Commerce Commission reports a January deficit of 1,167,800 for 202 railroads. The Association of Railway Executives notes 100 railroads failed to earn expenses and taxes, with 45 in the eastern, 16 in the southern, and 48 in the western districts.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Associations of Railway Executives
Watch Fat Men at Port
San Francisco customs officers receive orders from Col. J. B. Irby to watch for port arrivals of corpulent persons. The alert follows the discovery of Daniel Fairfax, quartermaster on the Pacific Mail steamer Heunder, who concealed a Scotch whisky bottle inside a hot cider container.
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San Francisco
Col. J. 8. Irby
Daniel Fairfax
Pacific Mail
Heunder
Bandite Kidnap Bandits Take Beverly Hills Marshal
Bandits kidnapped City Marshal William Duncan of Beverly Hills as they stormed the Beverly Hills Savings Bank. They blinded him, beat him, and stripped his badge before forcing him into a grove miles away and dumping him from their car.
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Los Angeles
Calif
William Duncan
Beverly Hills
Duncan
Jugoslavs mobilize Swiss to receive Charles return
Vienna reports former Emperor Charles will return to Switzerland with Swiss approval. Allies threaten drastic action if he stays in Hungary or Austria. Horthy rumored to resign as regent. 100,000 Hungarian troops rally to Lehar. 30,000 Jugoslav troops mass at Vanorasdin and Croatia plans to block restorations near Stelna manger. Romanian troop concentrations near Hungary noted.
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Vienna
Austria
Charles
Switzerland
London
Hungary
Foreign Office
Spain
Amnesty plea hearing set for April 18 in Washington
President Harding will receive representatives of a political amnesty committee on April 18. Delegates from the Farmer-Labor party Socialist party Civil Liberties Union and others will hold a mass meeting and then present amnesty petitions to Congress. The date marks Debs two year imprisonment anniversary.
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Washington
Harding
Farmer-Labor Party
Socialist Party
The
Civil Liberties Union
Congress
Eugene V. Debs
Harding Will Present Radium to Mme Curie at White House
Washington reports President and Mrs. Harding will receive Mme Curie on May 20. A gramme of radium valued at $100,000 will be presented on behalf of American women, funded by a national contribution for her scientific work, especially the discovery of radium. Mme Curie will travel to the United States specifically for the ceremony.
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Washington
Harding
Mme. Curie
America
Curie
Governor seeks land grant for World War veterans
Juneau Alaska Governor Thomas Riggs Jr introduced a House memorial in the territorial Legislature asking Congress to set aside about 800 000 acres of agricultural land for World War veterans. The plan offers fee simple title without residence or improvement requirements to eligible soldiers.
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Juneau
Alaska
Thomas Riggs Jr
Territorial
Congress
Nation's finances improve on March receipts
Treasury officials report first quarter figures nearly complete with March 15 tax payments exceeding expectations. Total receipts slightly above $700 million, signaling improving government finances.
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Washington
Treasury
Uprising in Zone of Occupation in Belgium
Communists rose in Moers and Grafeld within the Belgian occupation zone, clashes caused casualties among the communists, and the entire zone remained in ferment amid the unrest.
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Coblenz
Moers
Grefeld
Bandits Loot Mail Sacks In Nebraska Train Theft
Bandits robbed mail pouches in Stuart Nebraska on January 20 securing 400 dollars in incomplete bank currency and papers valued at more than 810,000. Government operatives continue the investigation after a pouch was dropped from a Northwestern train at midnight before the station agent could intervene.
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Omaha
Neb
Stuart
Wyoming Notes From All Regions
A sprawling collection reports paving work in Greybull starting when safe after freezing, several fatal incidents including Pat Whelan struck near his Larami home, James Klaudlanous collapsing in Rock Springs, and a Kane family massacre burial. It covers a denatured alcohol tragedy in Rawlins, a fly-killing reward program in Sheridan, future wireless air mail links, county seat shifts in Sunette, a bank burglary in Superior and Riverton high school construction progress.
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Greybull
Pat Whelan
Laramie
J. Johnson
Carl Johnson
Rock Springs
James Klaudlanous
Paul Waters
J. F. Waters
Kane
Wood Alcohol
Billy Moran
Rawlins Hospital
Charles Duty
Newark
N. J
Sheridan
Seven Seas
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Post Office Department
Air Mail
Big Piney
Marbleton
Pinedale
Sunsette
Pinnedale
McCurtain
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U. S
Entente Arms Police
Zeitung Am Mittag
Ammendorf
Gotha
Erfurt
Bremen
Vossiche Zeitung
Hanover
Hamburg
Ludlow
Newton
Sar Union News Service
Jugoslavs Mobolize
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Admiral Horthy
Lehar
Wiener Journal
Vanorasdin
Croatia
Grosswardein
Temesvar
Unionews Bervice
Riverton
Don Wakeman
Frank Wilkinson
Gillette
J. F. Carlton
Joseph Hare
Campbell County
Wilkinson
Sheridan County
Citizens’ Bank
Boyd
Seventeenth Street
James Garrett
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