Polish Jewish Massacre Hearings Delayed for Gibson Report
Washington June 10 The House Foreign Affairs Committee will await a detailed report from Minister Gibson in Warsaw before public hearings on Jewish massacres in Poland and Eastern Europe. The move follows State Department information and aims to counteract inflated reports and anti Jewish agitation while urging calm between Poles and Jews.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Gibson
Warsaw
Poland
Porter
Lees
State Department
Minester Gibson
Ingtri
Copenhagen
Baltimore
Guraun
Renden
Proposals Seek Protection and Indemnities for Pogrom Victims
Jewish delegations from the United States Britain Italy and other countries pressed the Peace Conference for minority protection in Bulgaria Poland Romania Russia and Eastern Central Europe They urged citizenship equality since 1914 pension provisions for widows and orphans and proportional national funding for religious and educational work Additionally they called for minority representation in political bodies The memorandum cites pogroms causing ruin and calls for full compensation and pensions for affected families.
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Paris
United States
Great Britain
Italy
Bulgaria
Poland
Rumania
Russia
Europe
Thos
Jews Deny Pogrom Reports From Borislav Committee
Warsaw reports the Jewish Committee at Borislav denies pogroms and calumnies. The Foreign Office quotes the committee saying Polish troops have brought order, Jews enjoy protection, and participate in maintaining safety.
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Warsaw
Assdeijfted Press
Foreign Office
Borislav
Yale Riot Sparks Vigilance Committee On Commencement
New Haven residents form a vigilance committee including city university and militia to guard against further anti Yale demonstrations during the largest commencement reunion. A preliminary meeting at the State Armory led by Mayor David Fitzgerald set the plan to mobilize an energetic military force if needed. Yale officials found no evidence that students insulted the 102d Regiment during its parade.
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New York Times
New Haven
Conn
Yale
State Armory
David Fitzgerald
102D Regiment
Rate bill attack targets railroads short haul bias
Washington June 10 opponents of Senator Poindexter’s bill urge the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee to block a measure mandating the ICC to require railroads to charge less for short hauls. Henry C. Barlow argues it harms national industry and common carriers while favoring Pacific ports and Western markets. James C. Lincoln defends the act’s existing sections as progressive.
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Washington
Poindexter
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Henry C. Barlow
Chicago Association of Commerce
National Industrial Traffic League
New York Merchants’ Association
Vilna Pogrom Report Cites Jewish Massacre Details
Cable from Paris relays Vilna massacre claims with Polish army proclamations denying conquest and alleging three days of blood. Four hundred Jews allegedly seized from homes as troops destroyed property and villagers were dragged from streets and houses.
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Vilna
Poland
Committee For the Defense of Jews
Paris
Louis Marshall
Paderewski
Pudne
Magistrate objects to pedestrian ordinance at Traffic Court
Magistrate W Bruce Cobb denounces a proposed city pedestrian ordinance in a statement at Traffic Court. He wrote to Board of Aldermen President Robert F Moran protesting the form of passage and urged a proper pedestrian law. He warned the plan risks turning pedestrians into lawbreakers and eroding crosswalk protections.
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W. Bruce Cobb
Robert F. Moran
Board of Aldermen
Hugo
Cobb
Allied seaplanes rout red Bolshevik gunboats at Archangel
Allied seaplanes attacked Bolshevik craft on Lake Onega, raking decks with machine guns after bombs missed. Bolshevists fled, Allies pursued. In Archangel South front, last American units except engineers withdrawn for home, with 339th Infantry and others sailing soon. Eagle boats 1 and 3 join naval forces. 2 remains at Murmansk.
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Kem
Russia
Lake
Onega
Here
Archangel
339Th Infantry
167Th
310Th Engineers
Eagle Boats
Murmansk
George R. Yohey
Walter A. Springsteen
Detroit
Vologda
Milton B. Rogers
Lebanon
Dvina River
Germans Shoot Bolsheviks at Riga in Baltic Campaign
Paris dispatch reports Captain Howell Forman of the American Relief Administration describing executions by German firing squads in Riga. Eighteen Bolsheviks were killed, three at a time, as a ditch awaited their trial and their names were read aloud before the execution.
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Paris
Associated Press
Howell Forman
American Relief Administration
Libau
Baltic
Riga
Forman
Holsheviki
Russians urged to back Kolchak as unity with Allies urged
The Congress of the Constitutional Democratic Party adjourned after denouncing Bolshevism and urging cooperation with the Allies for Russia’s regeneration. A Siberian Union telegram to Admiral Kolchak praised his government and called for united patriotism to destroy Bolshevism. Siberian press previews recognition by Allied powers as key to weakening Bolshevism.
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Omsk
Russian Telegraphic Agency
Constitutional Democratic Party
Russia
Moscow
Union of Zemstvos
Ufa
Admiral Kolchak
Ilace Siberian
Cimsk
Otetchestvennija Viedomnost
Holshevist
Svobodnaya Sibir
Russia's Regeneration Tied to League Participation
General Dutoff, Hetman of the Orenburg Cossacks, named Inspector General of Cavelyn in the All Russian Army. Admiral Olchak commends Dutoff for his services in the anti Bolshevik struggle as the nation seeks renewed League involvement.
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Omsk
Russia
League of Nations
League
Dutoff
Orenburg Cossacks
Cavelyn
Admiral Olchak
Hines urges economy on railroad workers
Director General Hines appeals to officers and employees to use railroad supplies and equipment frugally and raise efficiency to limit the government deficit while wages rise under government control. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad plans to cut about 100 payroll names starting June 13 to meet June income targets.
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Hines
Washington
Louisville
Federal Director of Railroads
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Terms of British loan and annual drawings for redemption
London reports reveal the government plans a Victory Loan prospectus to be issued Friday. The scheme introduces annual drawings for redemption with bondholders receiving a rumored nus percent to 15 percent, with drawings starting a year from now.
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London
Ponce Hair Tonic Sold As Drink Sparks Crackdown
In Ponce Porto Rico a local firm selling a hair tonic formula registered with the Insular Government reported selling over 4350 bottles in one week. The tonic containing more than 60 percent alcohol was sold at 15 cents a drink and contains herbs said to aid hair when used externally but harmful when drunk. Police halted production and seek remaining stock after a detective flagged the substance as resembling rum. About 75000 bottles shipped locally in recent weeks, most have been recovered.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Associated Press
Ponce
Du Pont Interests Plan 250 Million Securities Company
Pierre S. du Pont leads planned creation of Du Pont Securities Company with 2.5 million shares at 100 each totaling 250 million dollars. Exchange of stock par for par with EK. I. du Pont de Nemours holders allowed to swap. non exchanging holders retain current investment rights but miss new expansion in non explosives sectors.
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du Pont
Pierre S. du Pont
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co
du Pont Securities Company
Mr. du Pont
du Pont de Nemours & Co
Reward Offered for Information in Duquesne Escape
District Attorney Swann urged Mayor Hylan to place a $1,000 reward for tips leading to arrests of those who aided Captain Fritz Joubert Duquesne in escaping Bellevue Hospital on May 26. He walked from the hospital into First Avenue and boarded a waiting car after leaving the ward.
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Bellevue Hospital
Swann
City Hall
Hylan
Duquesne
England
High Seas
Tennyson
Rourkes
First Avenue
Knights of Columbus Open Employment Manager School
The Knights of Columbus opened a six week training school at 413 Lexington Avenue for ex service men including soldiers sailors and marines. Forty veterans start with a $24 weekly stipend to learn industrial management and become employment managers for large plants.
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Knights of Columbus
Lexington Avenue
Knights
Peter W. Collins
K. of C
Reconstruction and Employment
Boers in Paris told unity must stand for South Africa
Premier Lloyd George in Paris rejects any action that would break the Union of South Africa. He says consent of British and Dutch elements is required to dissolve the Union, and urges South Africa to seek a future within the existing settlement. General Hertzog and Judge Reitz pressed for independence before world audiences.
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London
Associated Press
Great Britain
Union of South
Hertzog
Transvaal
Orange Free State
Lloyd George
Union
South Africa
South African Union
League of Nations
Louis Botha
Trial demands long terms for anarchists in Swiss case
The public prosecutor urged jail terms from nine months to five years for pro German agents and anarchists at Zurich. He stressed breach of Swiss neutrality by the German terrorist service and condemned the alliance of German militarism with anarchists and revolutionists.
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Zurich
Nashville Honors York After Wedding in Honor of War Hero
Nashville Tennessee pauses business to honor Sergeant A C York and his bride after their Pall Mall wedding. The couple stay at the Governor’s mansion with pastor Rev E C Pyre and York’s mother Mrs Mary York in the bridal party. York receives a diamond medal, and funds are noted for his farm in Fentress County.
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New York Times
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
A. C. York
Pall Mall
Governor's Mansion
York
E. C. Pyre
Mary York
H. C. Bryer
York Farm Fund
Ryman
Fentress
New Legion Post No 23 Organized By Ex Doughboys
Tiger Post No 23 of the American Legion formed at the old Sixty Ninth Armory with Captain A L Boyce elected President and Corporal Harry Main and Prigate Henry Hering as first and second vice presidents. The group adopted resolutions urging authorities to pursue bomb plot perpetrators and to back legislation expelling traitorous aliens.
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Tiger Post
The
American Legion
Boyce
Tigers
Sixtyninth Armory
A. L. Boyce
Harry Main
Prigate Henry Hering
Legion
New York State
United States
Congress
National Caucus of the
Hobo College Opens at 202 Bowery Under How Guidance
The Hobo College opened yesterday at 202 Bowery under James Eads How, the Chicago "millionaire hobo." Membership is open to all hobos for courses in sociology economics and public speaking. Classes run summer with a small employment agency. daily routine includes job interviews, then classes, followed by a jungle luncheon. Courses meet Tue Wed Thu. reading room open all hours.
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Hobo College
Bowery
James Eads How
Chicago
Cincinnati
College
Ex Crown Prince Prefers Germany After Peace
Ex crown prince talks of returning to Germany as a private citizen on his Silesian estate after a peace treaty. He describes island life on Wieringen, his health, and fondness for culture while noting the Dutch authorities arranged his stay and noting the cold winter and calm surroundings.
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Amersfoort
Ewijksluis
Germany
Silesia
Wieringen
Amerongen
H. G. Wells
Homer Lea
League of Nations
Haan
Hippolitushoff
Oosterland
Zutch
Zyne Hodgh
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