British Cheer Grew Over NC-4 Landing in Plymouth
The NC-4 seaplane, pride of the American navy, arrived at Plymouth two days after leaving Ferrol. Crowds cheered as the aircraft landed at the Cattewater at 2:22 p.m. after a seven hour, 500 mile flight. Mayor of Plymouth and British officials welcomed Commander Read and his men with a photo on the Mayflower stone.
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Plymouth Sound
New World
England
Ferrol
Spain
Albert C. Read
NC-4
Rochester
Plunkett
America
Yehho
Bay of Biscay
Brest
Read
Old
Mayor Brown
Royal Air Force
Catterwater
David S. Barry a longtime senate press figure
David S. Barry rose from Michigan page to sergeant at arms of the United States Senate and later served public leaders as an amanerisis. He became a newspaper reporter and is now a correspondent for the Providence Journal. He has spent 30 years in the press gallery.
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David S. Barry
United States Senate
Washington
Michigan
Senate
Providence, R. I., Journal
Press Gallery
Not until NC-4 Cleared Harbor Was Her Presence Known
The sentence notes that only after the NC-4 aircraft crossed over the harbor did observers realize her presence in the area.
Wounded Troops Treated in San Juan del Sur After Border Fights
In San Juan del Sur Nicaragua on June 2 most men wounded near the border were brought from La Cruz and treated with funds raised by public subscription. A majority were struck by explosive or dumdum bullets.
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San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
la Cruz
Baseball Scores Aboard Wall Street Weeknight
National League results show Chicago and New York with wins while Philadelphia and Brooklyn battled 18 innings for a 10 to 9 finish. Cincinnati beat Pittsburgh 3 to 4 while St Louis fell to Cleveland 3 to 5. American League includes Cleveland 5 Chicago 3 and Washington 5 New York 2 with Detroit 5 St Louis 4 as another noted score.
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Perch
New York
Capouimr EL Badass
Sane
Brooklyn
Chicago Een
Sinc Cavec Aeeindas
Boston Eee
St. Louis
Chica
Pas
Aas
Sinc Ok
Detroit
Ae Pee
Boston Ee
Washington
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
May gall out troops in Winnipeg strike parade
A 2000 strong parade of veterans and unionists marched on the Manitoba parliament and city hall in Winnipeg demanding government action to settle the general strike. Speakers charged Premier Norris and Mayor Gray with inaction as officials considered calling in military protection for property.
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Man
Norris
Charles F. Gray
Parliament
British Forces Rout Bolshevik Fleet In Baltic Naval Battle
A fifty minute clash off Kronstadt ends with the bolshevik battleship Petropa-Vlovsk and three other Russian ships fleeing to Kronstadt while seven British warships press the action. This, the second naval engagement in two weeks, signals renewed hostilities connected to the Petrograd campaign and Esthonia's movements toward the capital. Kronstadt remains Russia's key fortress and naval base near Petrograd.
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Kronstadt
Helsingfors
Petropa-Vlovsk
Kronsnaia
Kron- Kronstadt
SK Kronstadt
Gulf of Finland
Petrograd
Wotlin
Russia
Naval Service
School of Marine Engineering
Mexico Bars U.S. Planes Against Oil Payroll Flights
The Carranza government refused to allow American oil firms to move payrolls from Tampico to oil fields by air citing frequent bandit attacks. The companies had lined up American pilots and planned to buy planes for the route.
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Carranza
Washington
Tampico
Nine Forest Fires Burn in Northern Minnesota Fight
Nine separate forest fires were reported to State Forester W. T. Cox in northern Minnesota. Hundreds of men are fighting the blazes as of June 2 in St. Paul.
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St. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
W. T. Cox
Grenade Banks Join War Savings Drive for Kids
Fifteen million hand grenades will be used as coin banks for U S schoolchildren as a War Savings plan. Each grenade is emptied and fitted with a slot for pennies or dimes and stamped Buy War Savings. Children under ten who earn enough to buy a War Savings stamp by summer must tell their teacher a story of how they earned it to receive a bank.
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Washington
Savings Division
Treasury Department
Germany rejects Versailles terms in blunt note
Washington reports Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau declares the peace treaty precludes German acceptance. The German delegation’s May 29 note argues the draft betrays justice, demands drastic territorial concessions including West Prussia Pomerania Danzig and Upper Silesia, and warns the treaty cannot be carried out.
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Washington
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Count Brockdorff-Rantzau
State Department
Versailles
West Prus
Pomerania
Danzig
Hlinse
East Prussia
Memel
Upper Silesia
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
East Germany
Kreise
Belgium
Saar
France
Winnipeg strike leaders face folly as sympathy strikes fail
Gideon Robertson, dominion minister of labor, told reporters before departing for Ottawa that Winnipeg promoters of the general strike sit in the ashes of their folly. He warned that sympathetic strikes must always fail and linked the Winnipeg dispute to Calgary where the big union movement began last March.
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Winnipeg
Gideon Robertson
Dominion
Ottawa
Calgary
Mayor Couzens to Fund Nurses Home in Detroit
Detroit’s millionaire mayor James Couzens announces a $300000 donation to build a nurses home at Harper Hospital in Detroit. Couzens serves as a trustee of the hospital.
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Couzens
Detroit
Mich
James Couzens
Harper Hospital
Allied handed treaty to Austria in St Germain
June 2 The Allied and associated governments have today handed their peace terms to the representatives of German Austria. The Austrian delegates consider the peace terms drastic. Austria is without sea coast and one of the stipulations of the treaty is that she must surrender her entire fleet.
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Austria
Sider
Austro Hungarian Admiral Von Horthy Assassination Report
Budapest reports Admiral Von Horthy in command of Austro Hungarian forces has been assassinated. The note highlights Germany facing immense war expenses and possible economic collapse. It claims Germany would surrender merchant fleets foreign securities and property to enemies and even to allied nations, with labor penalties hinted for failure.
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von Horthy
Germany
Serge Torn Home After War Hero Return
Pall Mall Tennessee June 2 Serge Alvin C Torn a corantest hero of the world war was welcomed by his mother upon returning home. A simple mother’s greeting gave way to pride admiration and affection as townspeople gathered to greet him at York home and give him a rousing reception.
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Pall Mall
Tenn
Serge Alvin C. Torn
York
Tug Sent To Aid Disabled North Pole Off Fastnet
The American steamer North Pole reported disabled machinery 200 miles west of Fastnet. The admiralty dispatched a tug to assist. The North Pole left New York May 9 bound for Antwerp carrying 5,544 deadweight tons and operated for the Red Star line under United States Shipping Board ownership.
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North Pole
New York
Antwerp
Queenstown
Fastnet
Admiralty
United States Shipping Board
Red Star Line
Score escape from prison on Randall's Island
Twenty boys inmates of the reformatory on Randall's Island escaped in small boats early in the morning after overpowering a keeper. A general warning was sent out and police headquarters received the report from New York.
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Reformatory
Randall’s Island
N. Y
New York
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