Peace Conference Reaches Broad Agreement On Germany Peace
Paris April 11 The Peace Conference reports an agreement on all points with Germany including reparations indemnit ies and Rhine and Poland frontiers. German delegates will be summoned to Versailles within two to three weeks and final details may be settled in days. The British premier Lloyd George is quoted as saying unity among Allies will avert Bolshevism and many dangers.
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Paris
Germany
Rhine
Poland
Petit Journal
Lloyd George
Versailles
Progress in Peace Conference Advances at White House
Advices from Paris reported at the White House show more progress in the Peace Conference in the last two days than in the prior two weeks. President Wilson is said to have secured acceptance of several key points under negotiation, with major differences overcome.
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Washington
White House
Paris
Wilson
Archangel Situation Yields No New War Department News
Washington April 11 no new reports from the War Department on Archangel where American troops faced a mutiny threat nearly two weeks ago. The absence of updates followed AP dispatches describing the incident and the regimental command’s appeal to quell disobedience before fighting lines.
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Archangized
Washington
War Department
Archangel
Associated Press
Ign
National Defense Council reorganizes to push rural highway lines
Organized for improved highways to establish motor track transportation in rural districts and short rail service. Council of National Defense recreates to include representatives from several government departments concerned with improved highways and transportation.
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Washington
Council of National Defense
Wen
Victory Liberty Loan quotas outlined by districts
Washington is told that the Victory Liberty Loan totals will be announced next week. Secretary Gines says each federal reserve district will receive proportional quotas similar to the Fourth Liberty Bond drive. District quotas range from New York to San Francisco with figures around two to fourteen percent and specific allocations per region.
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Washington
Althone
Nll
Gines
Federal Reserve
York
Philade
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
Bt Louis
Particans Dispersed as Demonstration Fades in Rome
A group calling itself Particans attempted a parade in Rome on a Thursday in April. They raised a red flag and tried a demonstration but were attacked and dispersed by counter protesters. The ensuing scene became an enthusiastic show of support for the army and its victory.
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Rome
Particans
Medics Honor Dr. C. P. Gray at Louisiana Meeting
Louisiana State Medical Association elected Dr. C. P. Gray vice president at its 1919 convention in Shreveport. The Monroe physician was surprised by the unanimous choice and had presented a paper on the significance of tonsillitis in the Chad on opening day.
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C. P. Gray
Louisiana State Medical Association
Shreveport
Heng
New Orleans
Gray
Monroe
Chad
German official rejects peace terms diverging from Wilson points
Foreign Minister Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau told the National Assembly in Berlin that Germany would not sign any peace treaty deviating from President Wilson's fourteen points. He warned that financial claims in the treaty would be hard to resolve without expert negotiation at the conference and promised transparent accounting to allies.
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Wilere ‘Po
Berlin
Associated Press
Count von Brockdorff-Rantau
National Assembly
Weimar
Germany
Wilson
Thore
Bolshevik Agents Will Be Arrested In Nicaragua
In San Salvador April 1 the Nicaragua government reports Bolshevik agents are arriving secretly to reach central American capitals. Port and frontier authorities are ordered to detain suspected Golshovilds.
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San Salvador
Associated Press
Nicaragua
Central America
Porta
Raids Seize Whiskey Worth 56000 in Memphis
United States marshals and police raided Memphis locating whiskey valued at about 56000 with seven arrests. The operation disrupted liquor traffic but did not fully end efforts. Independent reports note related labor actions in Rome and Berlin with Red Weeks commemorations and Lenine’s birthday.
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Memphis
Tenn
United States
Mat Vhal
Rome
Berlin
Lenine
Spartacan outbreak leaves twenty five dead in Baden revolt
Copenhagen dispatch reports from Dagseldorf that twenty five people were killed and twenty five wounded as government troops opened machine gun fire on Spartacan demonstrators. The Lokal Anzeiger says rebels aimed to spark a revolution and declare a Soviet republic in Baden uniting with the Bavarian Soviet government.
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Copenhagen
Dagseltdorf
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Baden
Ouachita Delegates to Attend Victory Loan Meet
Ouachita delegates will attend a Victory Loan meeting in Shreveport to set parish quotas and plan a Monroe drive. Chas W. Phillips and A V Miller lead the parish team with J H Trousdale as chair of the Liberty Loan effort in Monroe assisted by a list of local executives and sales managers.
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Ouachita
Monroe Pre
Chas
West Side Proposes 40 Miles of Model Roads
A Monroe Chamber of Commerce meeting promotes improved highways for Ouachita parish west of the river. Plans call for about 40 miles of roads radiating from West Monroe toward Farmerville Ruston Eros and Columbia with a tax limit of 10 million dollars to fund roughly 250000 of the needed 400000. Leaders note federal aid and state funds may cover portions, with three proposed routes favored for post road status.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ouachita Parish
West Side
Monroe
West Monroe
T. J. Hood
K. N. Larche
D. I. Hirsch
France
Tme
R. J. Pirkley
Alexandria
T. L. Hood
Farmerville
Ruston
Eros
Columbia
Union
Lincoln
Jackson
Caldwell
River
Ouachita
Richard Downes, Jr
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Leing
Carl Mellenry
Louisiana
Parish
Tt. P. Boyd
Mr. McHenry
T. EB. Flournoy
State Highway Commission
New Orleans
Hungary holds rise in river fair election
Budapest reports elections for Soviet councils passed without incidents. Coercive process by red army underlines voting unclear to many. Separate note: New Orleans weather forecast warns Mississippi at Natchez to reach about 45.8 feet by April 12 with flood risk rising along Red and Ouachita rivers.
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Hungary
Budapest
Associated Press
Red Army
New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Workers Take Over Plants In German-Austria Action
German Austria moves toward Soviet influence as Donawitz iron works see 10 000 workers oust managers after wage demands. Coal miners discussed similar measures and iron mine employees may seize control of properties and appoint their own managers.
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Vienna
Associated Press
Austria
Maassich
Budapest
Donawitz
Restrictions on enemy aliens being removed
Washington April 11 and the Justice Department moved to remove wartime limits on enemy aliens. The policy orders release from parole and cancellation of bounds for such aliens nationwide to speed up their freedom during wartime.
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Washington
Associated Press
Department of Justice
United States
Quebec rejects dry option in Canadian referendum
Early returns from Quebec show a majority in favor of issuing wine and beer licenses, while the province remains the only dry region in Canada. The April 10 vote signals broad support for a wets policy in that province.
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Canada
Montreal
Revolution spreads to Baden with agitators in Karlsruhe and Mannheim
A Karlsruhe dispatch to Berlin papers reports the revolutionary movement reaching Baden. The Council of the People's Mandatories in Munich has been dispersed by the Communists, who have formed a Communist government there, according to a Nuremberg paper.
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Copenhagen
Bavaria
Baden
Karlsruhe
Manheim
Berlin
Council of the People’s Mandatories
Munich
Nuremburg
Monroe Doctrine Amendment Adopted by Commission
Paris April 11 The League of Nations commission adopted a Mon roe Doctrine amendment. The text is withheld but its main lines state that nothing in the covenant shall invalidate any agreement such as the Monroe Doctrine for the maintenance of peace.
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Commission
Paris
Associated Press
League of Nations Commission
Gas Mask Sent To Ouachita Parish Official
Hon. W. A. O Kelly, Ouachita parish Police Jury clerk, received a German gas mask from his son Sergeant W A Kelly Jr of the Motor Repair Unit stationed at Coblenz Germany. The mask, nearly new, attracts attention as locals examine it with curiosity.
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W. A. O'Kelly
Ouachita Parish
Cobleng
Germany
New Deputy Sheriff Milton Coverdale Welcomes Family Addition
Deputy Sheriff Milton Coverdale smiles through a busy morning as news arrives of a new baby in his family. The report notes a nine pound newborn and hints at future registration details to be announced by the mother.
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Milton Coverdale
Sheriff's Office
Insurance Agent in Toils of Law
Newberry an insurance agent connected with an industrial concern was arrested by Deputy U S Marshal Hugh R Kirkpatrick on a mail fraud charge. He appeared before U S Commissioner W A O Kelly and waived examination, posting a 2500 dollar bond.
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Newberry
U.S
Hugh R. Kirkpatrick
United States
W. A. O'Kelly
Rail workers receive retroactive wage increases
Wage advances totaling 65 million dollars have been ordered by Director Hines for 400 100 locomotive engineers firemen trainmen conductors and passengers and freight service members of the Big Four Railroad Brotherhoods retroactive to January 1 1919. The action virtually closes the wartime wage cycle since government control began fifteen months earlier.
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Washington
Associated Press
Hines
Louisiana Men Arrive at New York Port After Overseas Service
The New York port reports arrivals of Louisiana servicemen recently from overseas. Listed are Corporal Ralph E. Little of Alexandria and numerous Privates from towns including Amandaville Ringgold Winnfield Carencro Opelousas White Castle Minden Merryville New Orleans and Fort Necessity among others. The names reflect a wide spread of parishes and communities responding to military service.
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New York
Louisiana
Ralph E. Little
Alexandria
Artuge
Amandaville
D. W. Base
Ringgold
James Box
Lee J. Hillbert
Winnfield
A. Breaux
Carencro
Vincent Buller
Elton A. Bergeron
Lafayette
Frank Ballard
Marion
Tom Mooney
Dodson
Henry Myers
Havouchee
David Merritt
William A. Holloway
Fort Necessity
Minor Lounsberry
Raddell
Vincent Lobrano
New Orleans
Henry Mythes
Bayvoughen
Prance Pushes Peace Treaty Demands After Senate Session
Paris April 19 The French Senate signed a resolution urging the international conference to draft a peace treaty worthy of Allied victory. It calls for restitution and reparations from the enemy, full war costs imposed on those responsible, and guarantees to prevent future wars and provocations.
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Paris
Havas
Senate
French Republic
International Conference At
Seacion
League of Nations
Plan Export Corporation Promoters Organize Major Cotton Concern
Promoters form Plan Export Corporation to manage a $100,000,000 cotton venture. Leading figures organize the new concern to handle cotton trade operations and distribution nationwide.
Cotton export plan debated at Memphis convention
A Memphis conference of cotton producers and bankers approved a plan to create a cotton export crop with a 150 million dollar funding target. The subcommittee will study the export corporation’s scope and report back to the full committee for stock disposal and financing through cash and Liberty bonds.
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Memphis
Tenn
W. P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Pr Ipor Corporation
Louisiana
Robert J. Owen
Oklahoma
W.B Thompson
New Orleans
George W. Rogers
Little Rock
Ark
John F. Scott
Houston
Texas
F. M. Cramp
Harding
Robert L. Owen
Council of the Feveral Trade Commissions
Reserve Board
Socialist Commission Resigns in Berlin
Berlin on April 10, the Associated Press reports the resignation of the entire socialist commission after weeks of rumors, marking a formal departure of the body from its duties.
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Socialist Commission
Berlin
Associated Press
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