King Albert Missing After Paris Flight to Brussels
London reports King Albert known as the Flying Monarch failed to arrive in Brussels after leaving Paris Saturday in an airplane bound for the Belgian capital. Belgian legation and authorities in touch with Brussels express great concern for the monarch’s safety amid a three hour, 210 mile air route.
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Brussels
London
Siow
Albert
Queen
Ostend
Dover
George
Queen Mary
Belgium
Bruges
Elizabeth
Issels
General Pershing
Chaumont
Germany
Deportation Warranted for 40 Alien IWW Members
In Chicago on April 7, deportation warrants were issued for 40 alien enemies among 100 IWW convicts from last August. After release from Fort Leavenworth, they will be sent to New York for deportation. Thirty-seven, including William D. Haywood, have bond pending appeals. Haywood is not an alien and will not be deported.
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Chicago
Fort Leavenworth
New York
William D. Haywood
United States Court of Appeals
Haywood
Empress Augusta Regiment Disarmed in Berlin
In Berlin on April 5 the military authorities began disarming the Empress Augusta regiment for Spartacist ideas. By 6:30 pm the operation proceeded without incident after surrounding its Furstenstrasse barracks with troops. Artillery and machine guns supported loyal forces as the regiment resisted integration into the national defense force.
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Berlin
Empress Augusta
National Defense Force
Furstenstrasse
Navy flying boats to begin Atlantic crossing test
The first of three navy flying boats plans a Rockaway departure on April 15 for a nonstop New York to Newfoundland run. If engines perform and weather cooperates, the 1200 to 1300 mile trip could take 16 hours with Boston or Halifax as possible ports of call. The American entry aims to prove cross Atlantic viability for commercial use rather than a single race.
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New York
Navy
Atlantic
Rockaway
Newfoundland
Boston
Halifax
Manufacturers’ Aircraft Association
London Daily Mail
N. C
Greater Navy Is Needed In US Naval Policy
Washington April 7 The United States must maintain a powerful navy for many years regardless of the peace conference outcome If no international armament limits are agreed upon the country should have a naval force equal to any other nation Representative Patrick A Kelley of Michigan a leading Republican on the naval affairs committee said
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Washington
United States
Patrick A. Kelley
Michigan
Naval Affairs Committee
Wilson to quit sick bed to attend council talks
President Wilson’s condition improves steadily, with Admiral Cary Grayson crediting timely confinement to bed for recovery. Officials anticipate he will attend today’s four power council session to resolve the reparations issue.
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Wilson
Paris
Cary. Grayson
Council of Four
Berlin Sees General Strike Vote After Clash in Union Row
In Berlin a general strike was approved by 10 000 to 8 000 after a vote among Independent Socialists and Spartacists amid government troop reinforcement. The majority Socialists opposed the move though workers at large machine and metal works supported it.
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Berlin
Spartacans
Belgian King Returns Safely
Detroit and statewide vote hinge on women in the April election over the beer and wine amendment. Dry and wet camps claim confidence as Chicago returns provide mixed signals. The Lewis act raises penalties for possession of intoxicants, affecting voters and law checks.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Michigan Hotel Men’s Association
King Albert Arrives in Brussels by Air from Paris
Brussels dispatch says King Albert arrived Sunday by airplane from Paris amid London reports of his supposed loss. A Washington report notes State Department advisories predicting a communist revolution imminent in German Austria.
Tornado Ravages Omaha Causing Injuries and Damage
A tornado swept Omaha last night causing heavy property damage and injuries to several people. Many houses were destroyed and a few individuals sustained serious injuries.
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Omaha
Budapest Soviet Overthrown Report Sparks Across Europe
April dispatches from Vienna and Amsterdam claim the Budapest Soviet government has been overthrown with no details. Reports also say Hungary’s bolshevist government has declared war on Serbia and placed Serbia under martial law. General Smuts is in Budapest on a mission for the Big Four. The bolshevist line in northern Lithuania is cracking with mutinies and withdrawal underway.
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Amsterdam
Budapest
Vienna
Copenhagen
Serbia
Jan Christian Smuts
Paris
Lithuania
YANKS FEED RHINE SUPPLY TO BEGIN IN APRIL
The plan for feeding Germans in areas held by the American army is nearly ready. Foodstuffs will begin arriving and be distributed about April 15. Retailers will receive flour lard butter sugars beans and canned goods at army prices with up to 15 percent profit allowed on resale to the public. The civilian administration estimates 150000 army rations daily will fix the deficit in the current food supply.
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Cobienz
Civy
Head of Tobacco Firm Dies
St. Louis, April 5. Robert David Lewis, vice president of Ligzett & Myers Tobacco Co., died at a hospital after an appendicitis operation. He was 72 and reputed a multimillionaire. He is survived by his widow and three children.
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St. Louis
Robert David Lewis
Ligzett & Myers Tobacco Company
Retired Army Captain Marries Daughters Of Baptist Minister
Captain John Clark aged seventy retired U S Army and former El Paso recruit ing officer wed Hazel Weeks twenty seven stenographer daughter of a local Baptist minister at Terre Haute Indiana on April 7. Clark a Civil War and Spanish American War veteran, recently in Terre Haute.
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Terre Haute
Ind
John Clark
UT. S. A
el Paso
Hazel Weeks
Mark
British fear Americans over import of cheap cars
The Morning Post reports London concerns that subsidized American auto competition will devastate the British motorcar industry. Officials warn that once support is allowed, Americans will flood Britain with inexpensive, serviceable cars, ruining domestic production.
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London
Morning Post
Liberty Motors Output Reaches 20478 Engines For Army
Washington April 7 production of Liberty 12 airplane engines for the army totaled 20,478 with final deliveries made by manufacturers through the weekend ending March 21. The value of air service material contracts canceled by March 22 topped 500 million dollars.
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Washington
Army
Odessa in peril as Bolshevik pressure grows
Paris reports increasing Bolshevik pressure on Odessa, with evacuation by allied forces likely and withdrawal possibly to the Dniester to shield Bessarabia and Romania. Allies fortify the Isthmus of Perekop to defend Sebastopol as British war office notes heavy fighting near Archangel with repulsed attackers, casualties, and captures.
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Paris
Odessa
Black Sea
Matin
Dneister
Bessarabia
Roumania
Perekop
European Russia
Crimea
Sebastopol
London
British War Office
Archangel
Sred Mekhrhga
Cash Assets of 48 Cents
Chicago April 7 an oil company capitalized at 2 5 million was found to have cash assets of only 48 cents in a report from the attorney general's office. The investigation continues to see if promoters are the same as those backing other oil stocks with identical names. Fifteen thousand shares had been sold mostly to middle income individuals as numerous public stock schemes face probe for lacking tangible assets and many investors traded savings for Liberty bonds.
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Chicago
Attorney General's Office
Flying Circus to Stage Air Fights Over Three Cities
New York officials announce the first in a series of flying elvens to be staged at 1 50 p m on Thursday to aid the Viet loan. Three bases in New York New Orleans and Los Angeles will host the events with nightly dissections of the planes and daily reassembly for new air fights in a regular circus fashion.
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New York
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Epectyl Frain
Morty
St Louis council votes against national prohibition law
The St Louis board of aldermen adopted a resolution denouncing the nationwide prohibition law by a 25 to 1 vote. A copy of the resolution will be cabled to President Wilson.
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St. Louis
Board of Aldermen
Wilson
Peace by Easter say the envoys near end says patience
Paris April 7 peace by Easter is the current slogan as allies push to assemble and present the German delegates by April 26. debate over damages, Rhin frontier, and Adriatic persists with limited differences. a league of nations meeting and renewed covenant revisions loom. Lloyd George urges public patience while negotiations near completion.
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Paris
Adriatic
Germany
Lloyd George
Massmeeting in New York Boosts Victory Loan Support
Representatives from twenty nine racial divisions in New York packed a theater for an Americans all manifestation. They pledged to buy as many Victory loan bonds as possible and to urge others to join the campaign with the spirit of prior drives.
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New York
America
Destroyers Reach New York Parade of Warships Arrives
The vanguard of Admiral Mayo's fleet arrived in New York on April 7 as the destroyers Ammen Beale Barrows Drayton Paulding and Terry, from southern waters, passed in at quarantine.
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Mayo
Ammen
Beale
Barrows
Drayton
Paulding
Terry
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