Britain to Send Troops Into Silesia
London reports Britain plans to deploy troops in Upper Silesia at an early date amid German preparations to regain the industrial district. Inter allied officials struggle to curb fighting as Polish and German forces contest key towns. food, water, and power supplies falter in the area. Meanwhile France and Britain press the United States for support in securing continental peace.
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Associated Press
London
Ham
Silesia
Associated’ Preas
London ‘Times
Oppeln
Germany
Upper Silesia
Kattowits
Gleiwitz
Inhabee Aa Gtee
Maa Terme
Inter Alted Commission
Induatetal
Judges Tour Of Region Hit By Fires In 1918
Five district judges departed Duluth to inspect fire wrecked Carlton county units from October 1918. They plan a three day tour in the Moose Lake area where 900 plaintiffs claim damages totaling several million dollars against the railroad administration. Upon return they will confer before resuming trials that began September 20.
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Carlton Couety
Carton
Moose Lake
Railroad Administration
Allere
Ship Owners Opposed to Davis Plan
New York May 23 The executive and wage committee of the steamship owners association at a piloting today declined to accept proposals of Secretary of Labor Davis intended to settle the marine strike.
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New York
Breamship Owners’ Association
Davis
Volstead Seeks $200,000 for Prohibition Enforcement
Washington May 2 1938 The House debated an amendment by Volstead to add 200000 to the deficiency appropriation to fund prohibition enforcement until July 1. The measure passed 77 to 38 with supporters arguing funds are needed to pay the 700 enforcement officers currently unpaid due to budget shortfalls.
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Washington
House
Volstead
Judiciary Committee
Bilt
Volatepublican
Minnesota
Conference report on emergency tariff bill passes House
In Washington on May 73 the House adopted the conference report on the emergency tariff bill, sending it to the president. The vote stood 245 to 0 after under 30 minutes of debate, completing the measure’s second congressional passage since December 23. Democrats opposed in all forms offered little delay.
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Washington
House
Congress
Average of 437 per head for Hereford cattle sale
Canby Minnesota May 23 report says an average of 437 per head was secured for full blood Hereford cattle at Ferguson Brothers farm sale. Top price 1710 for a son of the famed Fairfax from the prize 50,000 Hereford bull Richard Fairtax.
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Canby
Minn
Ferguson Brothers Farm Ale
Richard Fairtax
Mie
Fairfax
Wisconsin crops damaged by frosts reach the state
Cold weather and frosts across northern Wisconsin last week caused crop damage while inner areas saw growth. Winter grains progress well and spring grains resume. hayland hurt by late-season frost, acreage 1920 forecast.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Win
Wiconsin
Cooperation pledged to Englishmen by American engineers
Chicago May 23 15000 members of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers pledged cooperation with British engineers to promote shared programs and a closer two nation union. Cal vi n W Rice secretary voiced gratitude for wartime sacrifices and urged solidarity of the engineering profession worldwide.
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Chicago
Great Britain
Iican ‘Society of Mechanical Engineers
Sesson
Calvin W. Rice
Ni York
Wisconsin Day Observed May Twenty third Eighty Seventh Anniversary
Governor urges observance of Wisconsin Day May 23 to mark seventy third anniversary of state’s admission to the union. He calls for a review of the commonwealth history and development in fitting observance. A Cork bombing injured four Cork Examiner staff members near their home. two others wounded lightly.
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Wisconsin
Union
Commonwealth
Cork
Eight Stair
Cork Examiner
Morni
Christopher
Walsh
Stephe Ion
Frederick Murphy
Edward Collins
War crimes trial opens in European camp case
Paris dispatch reports Germany meeting demands from the London ultimatum of May 6. A trial has begun against a commissioned officer and a sergeant accused of ill treating prisoners of war at the camp in Heren Went shale. The court instigated proceedings by Iris & Gee.
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Paris
Germany
Allien
London
Leipelt
Iris & Gee
Ger- Ron
Forest Fires Being Checked In Eastern Minnesota
Fire crews in the eastern Minnesota forest fire district battled spreading flames with water tank trains, as officials said the fires are entrenched and cannot be fully extinguished for several days. The Wales area suffered the worst damage, while other blazes near Stony River and Fly edge the national forest. Duluth reports a 20 by 7 mile strip of heavy woodlands burned, with about 2,500 acres scarred and 500,000 timber logs stripped, though exact damage totals remain undeclared.
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Kemerracks
United Federal and State
Hugh P. Baker
New York
American Pulp and Paper Association
America
Minaimippi
Holyoke
Masmehuretts
Black River
Kala
St. Paul
Minn
Forest Fire District
Minnesota
W. T. Cox
State Forester
Cox
Wales
Stony River
Fly
National Forest
Duluth
Minnesota Forest Reserve Forestry
T. A. Duhlgren
Superior National Reserve
Businessmen warned against killing competition by tariffs
Washington reports Senator King of Utah warned that attempts by business interests to gain tariff legislation threaten consumer rights and could lead to socialism. The address cited efforts to petition in Congress and urged action to curb such tariffs. Weather note follows with North Dakota forecast of showers, cooler temps.
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Washington
King
Utah
Senate
Minnesota Farm laws pass amid grain and tax reforms
Minnesota lawmakers enacted farmer backed measures including a tonnage tax on iron ore profits, tuition to school and university funds, and highway traffic rules. Legislation also legalizes grain futures trading with anti gambling provisions and expands farm cooperative marketing. 1189 House and 1047 Senate bills led to 526 passing.
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Congress
State i Board of Control
S‘armers
Republican Party
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Senate
Outbreak in Alexandria Kills and Wounds Many
London reports an Alexandria riot where natives attacked Europeans. British troops arrived and assumed control. Numerous killed and wounded, with police casualties not disclosed. The May date is given, with a Reuters dispatch via the Associated Press.
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Neura
Cairo
Fixchange Telegraph Company
Alexandria
Ebedouina
Isayn
Ramieh
London
Egypt
Reuters
Associated Press
Figs
Ituro
Socialist Convention Set for Detroit June 25
The Socialist national convention of 1921 will convene in Detroit on Saturday June 25 with 40 to 50 delegates expected. The event will be financed by selling special stamps with members required to buy a fifty cent stamp to remain in good standing. A referendum to dispense with the convention was defeated 3,826 to 4,370.
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Chicago
Detroit
Swift employees to vote at meetings plan announced
Chicago May 2. A plan for giving Swift and Company packers a representative voice in joint plant operations was announced today. The plan sets an assembly with equal representation and a two third vote on matters of wager hours and safety, with an appeal proviso within four days after a vote.
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Chicago
Swift and Company
Carpentier Begins Real Ring Work for Dempsey Fight
Manhasset May 25 Georges Carpentier starts real ring work preparing for his July 2 bout with Jack Dempsey. His major workout was kept secret until today before a delegation of newspaper men. A police dog owned by Carpentier aids training, not as a mascot but as a friend, as the boxer camps on a large estate.
Harding Arrives for Hoboken War Dead Service
President Harding landed in New York aboard the Mayflower and prepared a four day program. He would attend a Hoboken ceremony honoring 5,000 American war dead whose bodies were returned on the Wheaton. The voyage included a reception with Mayor Hylan and a banquet marking the New York Commercial anniversary.
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96Th Street
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Nolice Department
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