State of War in Nuremberg and Hamburg Plots
Berlin reports a state of war exists in Nuremberg with curfews and parade bans as Bavaria reorganizes under a new regime. Spartacan leaders in Hamburg plot to proclaim a soviet republic while rail workers threaten strikes drawing government warnings and bank strikes affecting Darmstädter Bank.
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Hamburg
Berlin
Nuremberg
Bavaria
Muehlen
Jaffer
Central Revolutionary Council
Munich
Germany
Hungary
Wilhelmstrasse
Zeitung Am. Mittag
Gustav Noske
Bank of Trade and Industry
Darmstadter Bank
Deutsche Dresdender
Disconto
Zeitung Am Mittag
Vossische Zeitung
Russia
Silk mill workers adopt 48 hour week in New York district
Washington reports the work board voted unanimously to implement a 48 hour week for about 110,000 workers across 496 silk mills in the New York district, marking a major shift in industrial labor standards.
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Washington
Werke*or Board
New York
Army sergeant to escort 14 year old Milton Pershing in France
Sergeant Joseph Andrew Welz is chosen to accompany Milton Pershing, son of the general, on a visit to France. Selected by Secretary of War Baker, the party has sailed to Europe where the boy will meet his father for the first time since U S troops entered France. Welz enlisted in 1909 after medical studies, railroad work, and a plumbing career.
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Joseph Andrew Welzis
Milton Pershing
France
Baker
Europe
United States
Young Welt
New Haven
Windstorm in Texas Oklahoma Kills Over Fifty
Reports from Dallas indicate more than fifty deaths from a severe windstorm that lashed northern Texas and southern Oklahoma Tuesday night. Damage to phone and telegraph lines hindered verification. includes a Denison family swept away near Canaan and multiple death tallies across Durant, Denison, Wood County, and Ector with Winnsboro alone listing around fifteen dead plus many injured.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Denison
Grover Annip
Canaan
Durant
Okla
Wood County
Ector
Winnsboro
Refuse to Cut Freight Rates Say Shipping Board
Washington April 10. The shipping board announced there is no plan to reduce ocean freight rates to South America despite persistent rumors of a rate cut. The official denial counters speculation about changes in shipping charges aboard ocean routes.
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Washington
South America
Shipping Board
Aircraft work is ended in wartime orders report
A Washington report shows the bureau of aircraft production has almost no active contracts. Of contracts in force on November 8, 1918, 84 percent were terminated and deliveries completed. only 15 percent remained. Ordnance department 12 percent active, military railroads 10 percent, signal corps supplies 74 percent in operation. Total contracts on March 15 were one fifth of those on November 8, 1918.
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Washington
Bureau of Aircraft Production
Ordnance Department
Signal Corps
Loot Red Cross Depots Looted in Nuremberg
Basle reports armed crowds raided American Red Cross storage sheds in Nuremberg on Tuesday. Goods valued at about 175000 dollars were seized from several food depots.
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RED Cross
Nuremberg
Basle
American Red Cross
German Troops Seize Krupp Plant Amid Peace Talks
Berlin dispatch reports German troops have moved into Essen while Paris notes the council of four has set terms for wartime reparations and possibly trial of the German emperor. The plan calls for 5 billion dollars to be paid within two years and a further assessment over 380 years beginning May 1 1921.
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Paris
Belgium
Council of Four
Wilson
France
United States
George Washington
Soviet Governments Get Together in Berlin
Berlin reports diplomatic ties established between Russia and the Bavarian Soviet governments as April 10 marks the latest step in postwar relations following the collapse of the Bavarian regime.
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Berlin
Russia
The
Bolsheviki Routed in Two Battles Near Sarapk
London reports April 10 that about nine hundred Bolsheviki soldiers were killed and two Bolshevik regiments defeated in battles near Sarapk by anti Bolshevik forces.
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London
Sheviki
Hungarians Lose at Ungvar in Violent Clash
London reports violent fighting between Hungarians and Czechs at Ungvar. One hundred fifty Hungarians killed. Czech casualties described as considerable.
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Ungvar
London
Bulgars Deploy Troops to Suppress Strumnitza Uprising
Saloniki April 10 Bulgarian troops have been dispatched to Strumnitza to quell an uprising by Triidentist Greeks. The move reflects rising tensions in the border area as authorities act to restore order and curb separatist activity.
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Strumnitza
Saloniki
Britain seeks volunteers for relief expedition to North Russia
London April 10. The advance guard of a new British relief expedition sailed from Tilbury for Archangel front. An urgent War Office appeal calls for trained soldiers who have been demobilized or discharged or serving at home or on normal engagements for the North Russia relief force.
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London
Russia
Tilbury
The
Star
Archangel
Copenhagen
Narova
Narva
Gdov
Lake Peipus
War Office
North Russia
Slavic unrest and German crisis ripple through Europe
London reports Spartacans seize Magdeburg railways and post offices with many killed or wounded. Berlin braces as a general strike spreads to Spandau. Noske rims 30,000 loyal troops. Germany discusses appealing to allied armies. Humbert eyed to command central European allied troops. Copenhagen notes German troops march on Essen amid clashes with Christian workers. Ritter Prager recalled as Bavaria resists new constitution. Württemberg Baden and Hesse back Premier Hoffmann as lawful Bavaria government.
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London
Spartacans
Magdeburg
Saxony
Copenhagen
Paris
Berlin
Spandau
Herr Noske
Germany
Europe
Zurich
le Journal
L’eclair
Humbert
Essen
Christian Workers’ Organization
Krupp
Munich
Ritter Prager
Bavaria
Wurttemberg
Baden
Hesse
Stuttgart
Hoffmann
Casualties in World War I Revised AEF Table
The War Department releases revised American Expeditionary Forces casualty totals. Killed in action including those lost at sea amount to 32,202. died of wounds 13,420. died of disease 22,505. died of accident and other causes 4,086. Wounded in action 195,902 with 85 percent returned. Missing in action totals not provided, overall to date 278,105.
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Washington
War Department
Bolshivik Horror Report From Petrograd Drives Polish Refugees
Warsaw dispatch reports a flood of refugees recounting bolshevik terror in Petrograd. Half of the 600,000 residents left behind are underfed and dying. firewood funds burn streets, rare books burned, churches looted, and people dragged from bed and shot for minor protests. Women nationalized, moral chaos spreads as cities suffer filth and lawlessness.
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Petrograd
Posland
Russi
Return of 33d Division Leads to Early Homeward Route
Washington April 10 General Pershing reports to the war department that the Twenty-ninth Thirty-third Prairie and Seventy-ninth divisions are released for return to the United States with ready dates of April 12 for the Thirty-third and April 10 for the Seventy-ninth. They are relieved from other duties in France and will move to embarkation ports. The Thirty-third had been slated to return in May under the original plan.
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Sarre
Rhine
Adriatic
U. S
George Washington
United States
Paris
Brest
France
Matin
Wilson
America
Washington
Pershing
War Department
Prairie
Troops Fire on Cairo Mob in Disturbances
Cairo Egypt April 10 The official statement says troops fired on the mob during disturbances, killing several persons and wounding fifty. A number were wounded by householders who fired on the mob. All is quiet in Cairo now.
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Cairo
Egypt
Aime
Caira New
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Gaudeau
Warsaw
Ini Petrograd
Poland
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