Hungary joins Russia in war on the Allies
Budapest and Vienna report a new Hungarian government proclaiming war on the Entente, placing the country under siege. Bolshevik influence grows as Karolyi resigns, a Hungarian Soviet is formed with Bela Kun as foreign commissary, and Moscow aid sought amid widespread rioting and martial law across Hungary.
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Hungary
Russia
Vienna
Karolyi
Budapest
Brody
Stanislau
Lenine
Michael Karolyi
Hapsburg
Proletariat For Justice
Copenhagen
Alexander Gorbai
Bela Kun
Joseph Pogany
Kun
Roumania
Paris
Amsterdam
Count Karolyi
Hungarian Socialist Party
Basle
Austria
Council of Ministers
Hamburg Silk Road of Food War Sparks Spartacan Plot
Berlin reports Hamburg leader Doctor Schroeder and allies including a German Russian Bolshevik named Stern organize and finance the Spartacan movement to block ships carrying food to Germany. The campaign cites Bolshevism as a threat and promotes alliance with Soviet Russia as a path to easy food, while a union of unemployed opposes sailing. Outbreaks failed to occur as American supplies arrived and propaganda faced police assessment.
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Berlin
Schroeder
Hamburg
Laffenberg
Stern
Seanen
Spartacans
Germany
Danzig
Secret
American Commission
Russia
Europe
Allies Consider Most Important Military Measures
Paris March 24 The conference of premiers meets over Hungary where Count Karolyi resigns the government to the proletariat. Reports from Hungary and Poland push leaders toward decisive military action as Allied warships move up the Danube from Belgrade toward Budapest and citizens abroad stay safe from the unrest.
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Paris
Hungary
Count Karolyi
Proletariat. News
$50,000 Prize for Flight Achieved by Australian Aviators
Melbourne on March 24 reports the commonwealth government offers a $50,000 prize for the first successful flight from Great Britain to Australia by Australian aviators. The award aims to encourage pioneering long distance air travel and national achievement.
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Melbourne
Government of the Commonwealth
Great Britain
Australia
Gas Bag to Cross Sea
New York reports that the U S navy possesses a large airship capable of transatlantic flight. Ensign Thomas McCracken notes its Nor folk base, length 259 feet, diameter 67 feet, 12 gas tanks, 882000 cubic feet of gas, cruising range 5000 to 7000 miles, official name U S N North Sea 1. It can rest on the surface with pontoons and has kitchen facilities.
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New York
Atlantic
United States Navy
Thomas McCracken
Brooklyn
Mlimp
Norfolk
U. S. N. North Sea
North Sea
McCracken
Czechoslovak Republic Declares War on Hungary
Copenhagen dispatch reports the army of Czechoslovakia sent against Hungary and an imminent encounter. President Masaryk of Czechoslovakia has resigned.
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Bohemian Republic
Hungary
Masaryk
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany seeks closer ties with Bolsheviks in Moscow report
Paris march 24 German Foreign Minister von Brock dorf Rantzau has sent an envoy to Moscow to meet Soviet leaders and report on the situation. The move aims to study Bolshevik methods and foster closer political and economic relations with the Bolshevik government.
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Bohemia
Roumania
Serbia
Croatia
Austria
Germany
Hungary
Paris
Moscow
von Brockdorf Rantzau
European firms push credit to curb U.S. trade in Cuba
Washington reports Cuba business interests say European rivals, led by Spain, are expanding credit to undermine American competition in canned fruit, meats and fish, cheese, and woolen goods. Spain aims to regain prestige in Cuba by offering peninsula products at attractive prices, offsetting U S reciprocity advantages.
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Washington
Cuba
Spain
Peninsula
United States
Reds Curse the U S Rose Pastor Stokes Speech at Coliseum
A Chicago audience heard Rose Pastor Stokes and radicals denounce the U S government and predict Bolshevik rule in America. S eminent speakers included Santori Nuorteva and Sey mour Stedman. Stokes faces a possible ten-year prison term on espionage charges while free on bond until April.
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Chicago
Coliseum
United States
Russia
Rose Pastor Stokes
Santori Nuorteva
Washington
Seymour Stedman
Stokes
Meet a Sweet Young Girl St. Louis Heist
Alfred Kh Hunt of Dallas awoke in a St. Louis hotel with a headache after discovering his wallet missing. The stash included nine $100 bills ten $50 bills and a cashier's check for 1200. Hunt reported meeting a sweet young woman near the depot and suspects she shared in the theft as they visited several restaurants.
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St. Louis
Alfred Kh. Hunt
Dallas
Tex
Admits Robbing Banks In City Crime Case
Roy Tyler, a wanted bank robber, confessed to aiding the December 21 1918 Cleveland bank robbery for 34000 but claimed he was in Los Angeles December 1 when the East Brooklyn NY Savings Bank heist occurred. New York detectives plan to extradite him to Brooklyn where officers will pursue further charges.
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St. Louis
Roy Tyler
Cleveland
Los Angeles
East Brooklyn DN. Y
New York
Tyler
Brooklyn
Wife Is Too Young To Sue Abilene Divorce Suit Filed
Daisy Sinclair seventeen sues for divorce from William J. Sinclair for cruelty and abuse. They married in 1918 when she was sixteen, guardian filing on her behalf in Abilene Kansas court.
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Abilene
Kan
Daisy Sinclair
William J. Sinclair
Wilson Seeks to Keep Western Hemisphere Free
Paris March 24 America aims to safeguard sovereignty and Monroe doctrine in an amended league covenant. A subcommittee drafts wording to guarantee nations can relate internationally while preserving national constitutions. Wilson and Colonel House push a clause blocking Western Hemisphere territorial gains without American approval, facing league committee opposition. The commission hammers amendments into place while Belgium and Switzerland seek seats. Racial privilege, general staff, and Fiume claims loom as talks resume amid economic pressure provisions.
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Paris
Amierica
League of Nations
Wilson
House
America
League Committee
League of Nations Commission
Belgium
Switzerland
League Deam
Fiume
Wilson Sees Battlefields in Northern France Visit
President Wilson with Mrs Wilson Miss Ethel Benham and Admiral Cary Grayson toured northern France battlefields. He called the day very instructive and deeply distressing, noting the extraordinary sufferings and hardships endured by the French people amid the baptism of cruel fire.
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Paris
Wilson
Ethel Benham
OLeary Jury Is Discharged After Lengthy Deliberation
New York March 24 The jury trying Al O Leary and the American Trust Society on conspiracy to violate the espionage act failed to reach a verdict after 14 hours and was discharged by Justice Hand. The panel found the defendants not guilty on four counts but disagreed on the others. Adolph Stern, business manager of Bull, of which O Leary was editor, was acquitted.
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New York
AL O'Leary
American Trust Society
Uet
Everdiet
Justice Hand
Adolph Stern
Bull
O'Leary
Brothers sacrifice to save sister in deadly house fire
Philadelphia reports Joseph Weiss twenty and his sister Lillie seventeen perished when a blaze consumed their mother home. Weiss, near escape, reentered to rescue Lillie, was overcome by smoke, and both died.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Weiss
Lillie Weiss
Weiss
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Can
Pal
Navy
Ensign McCracken
Ak Republic
Voy
Low
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Ment
U. S. Trade
E. A. Kreger
Edward A. Kreger
Judge Advocate General
A. Ek. F
General Crowder
REDS
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Guardian
Bill
Final League
Monroe
Western Hemisphere
O’leary
Beth
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