Blizzard Halted Plains and Midwest Rail Traffic
A midwest and southwest Easter storm driven by 45 mile winds produced blizzard conditions from the Texas Panhandle to Missouri and Illinois. Six inches to two feet of snow halted trains and disrupted telegraphs while temperatures fell to near 20 degrees in the southwest and the central plains faced heavy drifts and crop losses.
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Middle West
Chicago
Texas Panhandle
Downstate
Southwest
Central
West
Jonathan
Washington
Appalachian
Rocky Mountains
Labama
Gta
Minshippi
Ohio Valley
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Disturtante
Lake Ontario
Virginia
Middle Atlantic
Middle
Avlante
New England
Mississippi
Missouri
Kansas City
Kanga
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Hale
Foch To Lead French Forces Against German Ruhr
In reports from Paris and Washington martial plan shows Marshal Foch directing French military moves in the Ruhr district with possible occupation of Frankfurt Mainz and other key cities. Officials caution about cost and political pressure while movements stay secret and under strict control.
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Foch
Ruhr
Marshal Foch
Foreign Office
Frankfort
Dramstedt
Homburg
Hanau
Wiesbaden
de Goutte
Berlin
France
Washington
State Department
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Asd
Ruhr Valley
United States
Paris
Mitlerand
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Mayence
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War Office
Eaater
Theas
Wilson Fails to Find Men for Railroad Labor Board
Washington April 6 President Wilson struggles to appoint public representatives to the railroad labor board as officials say many potential candidates are unwilling to leave private business. The act requires a central Chicago office and nine members split among public, railroad, and employee seats, all with 10000 annual salaries.
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Washington
Wilson
Railroad
White House
Adid
Chicago
Depione
Body believed to be Jeanne de Kay found in Hull House area
Chicago residents report a body found today matching the description of Jeanne de Kay daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John de Kay of Switzerland. Clothing and shoes bore the names of wine makers. authorities confirm it resembles the missing girl. Her family notes she disappeared after last December incident and had been employed at Hull House.
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Foreign Office
Ruhr
Jeanne DE Key
Chicago
Jeanne de Kay
John Weay
Switserland
Gertrude
Hans Britton
Hull
Miss de Kay
Edgial Sarvice
Hull House
Easter aid reaches destitute Austrians in Vienna
Four thousand destitute Austrian civilians confined in foreign camps during the war are now housed in municipal quarters in Vienna and received Easter gifts from the American Red Cross. Each adult got spear toffee cocoa canned meats and crackers while children received chocolates and condensed milk from the Junior Red Cross of America. Shoes coats stockings and other items were also distributed to the needy.
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Vienna
Oly
American Red Cross
Red Crow
America
Mississippi Congressman Leads Fight Against a Third Term
Benjamin Humphreys a Mississippi congressman is identified as a founder of the opposition to a third term for President Wilson. He reportedly has backing from Champ Clark and other prominent Democrats.
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Benjamin Humphreys
A. Minais
Sippi
Wilson
Champ Clark
Easter Parade Defies Cold Rain In New York
Newsman reports New York's Fifth Avenue Easter parade endured cold drizzle and slush but spectators and wearers displayed bold bonnet designs. City churches filled to capacity as paradegoers braved weather to attend Easter services at St Patrick's Cathedral St John the Divine and Trinity.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Univers
Rey
Statenman Kng
Barber Pole
Pitth Avenue
St. Patrick's
St. John the Divine
Jold Trinity
Destruction across Ireland Continues After Raids
London reports detail arson and explosions targeting police barracks across Cork Clonduff Dupkerrin Gleneely Ballymackey Dolls Ballin Gerry Ardfert Dallyhelghs Rathcoole and Drinagh with further attacks on north Tipperary barracks and a Ballygourney court house. Stained glass damaged at Glin and Missed items at St Pauls church. Telecommunication to the north disrupted. The fourth anniversary of the 1916 revolt passes quietly in Dublin amid reports of ongoing burns and outrages.
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London
Ireland
Fdm
Cork
Clondough
Dupkerrin
Glenakenny
Ballymackey
Dolls
Ballin- Gerry
Ardfert
Dallyhelghs
Rathcoole
Drinagh
Dublin
Dardin Qater
Poli Barracks
Panama Canal narrows by half in Culebra cut brief
A slide in the Culebra cut reduces Panama Canal width from 40 to 30 feet but does not halt shipping. Dublin Easter demonstrations falter as tax officers are attacked and records burned. thirty five police injured during clashes.
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Panama
Culebra
Panama Canal
Dublin
Fort McHenry Officer Praises Wounded Veterans Work
Col Henry Page lauded for tending wounded veterans at Fort McHenry hospital. He will move to Denver to lead similar efforts at the Colorado army post hospital.
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Henry Page
Fort McHenry
Denver
Colorado Army Post
Immigrant Demographics and Local News Roundup
Immigrants in New York include many widows and nonproducers from foreign gov ernments. An inter racial council discusses labor and emigration patterns. In Cleveland Bishop Mathew Simson Hughes dies of pneumonia. Dannemora prison reports botulinous poisoning cases affecting 30 inmates. Joe Streener faces Ed Strangler Lewis in a heavyweight title match slated for April 16 in New York.
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New York
America
Inter-Racial Council
Joe Streener
Ed. “Strangler” Lewis
Wood Outlines Platform for Republicans in Illinois Speech
General Leonard Wood opened an Illinois campaign swing urging Republicans to craft a constructive platform not rooted in Democratic wartime mistakes. He praised wartime cooperation with the governing party and warned against dwelling on past errors while emphasizing future lessons for policy. Cloudy, unsettled conditions expect near-term warmth in parts of Minnesota and North Dakota with varying temperatures.
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Champaign
Ills
Leonard Wood
Illinois
Democratc
Republican Party
Unrest and Strikes Highlight Early 1920s Europe
Reports from Copenhagen note a general strike ending with an agreement to end the walkout that pressured King Christian. In Germany, Kapp's anti republican government collapsed after a five day strike, while Schleswig officials face political pressure amid cabinet reshuffles. A clash outside the foreign office injures several, with police attacked and a car overturned.
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Copenhagen
Christian
Diemins
Liebe
Germany
Wolfgang Kapp
Hi. P. Hanssen
Schleswig
Foreign Office
Mississippi River Crest Expected After Flood surge
Dubuque residents brace as the Mississippi River flood crest is anticipated late today at 31 feet, three feet above flood level. Heavy damage reported with some plants disabled, residents move belongings to upper floors while Visiting Nurses offer aid to affected families.
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Dubuque
Ers
Visiting Nurses' Association
Chicago District Strikes Threaten Rail Service
Chicago area rail yards face a widespread switchmen strike amid heavy snow. Police mobilize 500 officers as 7,600 switchmen walk out, with 9,000 expected and a complete freight tie up feared. Union leadership and railroad managers refuse compromise while embargoes hit stockyards and express shipments.
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General Agers’ Association
Brotherhood of Rail Way Rainmen
Switchmen's Union of North America
General Managers’ Association
Chicago
Brotherhood of Railways ‘Rainmen and Switchmen's Union of North America
Washington
Berthe Tiegal
Ateiké
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Tinois Central
Northwestern
Chicago Yardmen's Association
American Railway Express Company
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood
Whitney
Apfor
Inion
Declares Fletcher Convoy Escorts Useless At Brest
Washington April 5 Admiral Henry B Wilson testified before the naval board regarding Admiral Fletcher's removal from Brest in 1917. He said yachts in the Brest convoy were not proper escort vessels and urged basing an adequate destroyer force for outward convoys to protect American and supply transports. He attributed the sinking of the Antilles to ineffective yacht escorts.
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Washington
William B. Fletcher
Brest
Henry B. Wilson
Naval Board
Fletcher
Sims
Wilson
Sima
Antilles
Bolshevists Reported Advancing Along Black Sea Toward Nahougskaie
An official Moscow statement says Bolsheviks advance along the Black Sea toward Nahougskaie northwest of Touapse. They push along the Touapis railway in the Maikop area and report occupation of Voulnak. Guards are set along the Chinese frontier.
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Black Sea
Nahougskaie
Touapse
Boylet
Moscow
Maikop
Ekaterinodar
Touapis
Voulnak
Tehougoutchak
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