Police Raid and Gambling Den Suspect in Fifty One West Sixty Eightth Street
A dramatic raid at a bay window house in Indiana limestone near Central Park West exposed a gambling operation run by Thomas Reynolds. Detectives recovered a roulette wheel wired to a hidden power supply and noted deposits of $5,000 to $10,000 daily. Reynolds claimed ownership of the building and faced charges as District Attorney Smith arrived to press inquiry.
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Christian Science Church
Sixty-eighth Street
Gentral Park West
Bernard McQuade
West Sixty-eighth Street
Thomas Reynolds
Smith
Costigan
New York
Contixan
McQuade
Reynolds
Thomas L. Reynolds
Prince and Gulf Company
Thoma L. Reynolds
Proapestus
Ane Fizons
Hopaclas
Iman
Mack
Juror divisions cloud posttrial outlook amid acquittal push
A federal inquiry is likely after a jury split over a case, with ten jurors in favor of conviction but two holding out on technical legal points. Majority members say jurors discussed facts, not law, while others refuse public statements. Some express relief that trial will proceed, noting delays before U.S. entry.
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John Reed
the Masses
Russia
Max Eastman
Floyd Dell
Art Young
Merrill Rogers
Reed
Cndencica
Con
Hand
Harvey D. Blakeslee
Miverside Drive
United States
Russia Chaos and Rage for Revolution in Atlantic Port
A report from an Atlantic port on April 28 describes Russia as chaotic and ripe for revolution amid counter revolutionary talk. The piece references Edenborn, American steel and wire interests, and comments by officials about German threats, plus a feature on Corporal Osborn de Varilla of Lowell High School who fired the first American shot in World War I and is now touring with Pershing’s veterans to drum up support for the Liberty Loan.
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New Orleans
William Edenborn
Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company
Department of Justice
Shrewsbury
National Security League
Louisiana
Edenborn
Laluana
Russia
Atlantic
Security League Committee
Edenhorn
Kuyime
Geig
United States
Germany
Ttck
America
Amerie
Assiutant
Nicholas Callan
Wetton Talon
American Steal and Wire Company
United States Steel Corporation
Westphalia
Prussia
Osborn de Varilla
Lowell High School
San Francisco
Lust
Hills
Lorraine
de Varilla
New York
General Pershing
Liberty Loan
Broadway
Honda
Gorporal de Varilla
Bath Lemont
de Vavilla
6Th Field Artillery
J. R. McLendon
Teutons
Lendon
No Man’s Land
Valencia Street
War Department
American Gunners Drive Back Germans in Toul Sector Attack
In the Toul sector the German barrage hit American trenches at 3 a.m. for an hour, again at 5 a.m., then infantry advanced. American counterattack repulsed the attack before infantry could engage. Germans used corpses of dead French soldiers in camouflage, a ruse previously seen at Apremont Forest.
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Associated Press
Frange
Toul
Apremont Forest
Decisive U S Aid Praised by Tardien at Two Addresses
French High Commissioner André Tardieu hailed American support in two speeches in New York. He noted rapid U S military and industrial aid, Liberty Loan gains, Pershing’s offers, and growing Allied cooperation as U S ships and convoys assist from coast to front, with vast imports to Europe.
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André Tardieu
America
Hotel Plaza
Liberty Motor
Europe
Chase Motors
General Pershing
Ypres
Shipping Board
France
Liberty Loan
German morale sinks amid heavy losses in Western Front
London reports a Reuters dispatch from Amsterdam notes nervousness in Germany over Western offensives losses. Captain von Salzmann in the Vossische Zeitung argues for rebuilding confidence by stressing Kemmel Hill, citing rumors of deadlock, horse shortages, mined regions near Paris, and high casualties among officers.
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London
Reuter Ottawa
Reuter
Amsterdam
Germany
von Salzmann
Vossische Zeitung
Kemmel Hill
Paris
Salzmann
Reichstag
Losacz
Interned Germans Revolt in Holland
AMSTERDAM April 28 A dispatch from The Hague reports that Germans interned in a camp near Almelo revolted after an alleged German ultimatum to Holland. About 1000 Germans overpowered guards and fled. frontier points were alerted and mounted police chased the escapees. Many crossed Almelo on the way toward Germany and most were later rounded up by police.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Holland
Angeld
Hattam
Het Volk
Almelo
Dutch Move to Tighten Watch on Foreign Residents
London dispatch reports in The Hague that Parliament has a bill proposing stricter supervision of foreigners residing in Holland amid wartime conditions. It notes objections to expulsion and suggests special regulations to address potentially undesired elements among foreign residents.
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London
Holland
Germany
Hague
Daily Mail
John Loudon
Reuter
Empress Zita's Mother Banished From Austria
Paris dispatch reports Princess Marie Antoinette, mother of Empress Zita, ordered to leave Austria within 24 hours and not return until the war ends. The exile follows blame from pro German factions over Emperor Charles's peace overtures and Marie Antoinette's Bourbon lineage.
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Paris
Marie Antoinette
Zita
Austria
Geneva
Charles
Prince Sixtus of Bourbon
France
Teutons Close to British Base In 1914 Context
Evacuation expected as German forces push within two miles of a British base. Haig signals line restored to position used in 1914, shifting strategic posture amid ongoing fighting. The report emphasizes proximity risks and operational withdrawals.
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Teutons
Haig
Ypres
Kemmel
Foe Repulsed in Somme Fighting Near Ypres Escalates War Front
British lines retreated orderly from a bulge near Ypres after German efforts shifted the front northward from Kemmel to Voormezeele. Haig’s forces fought back protecting Belgian territory with losses, while large cannon fire roared on the Somme and nearby sectors. German raids along St Mihiel, Luneville and north of the Avre were repulsed, with possible American involvement cited.
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von Arnim
Kemmel
Voormezeele
Ypres
London
Berlin
Langemarck
Waelorenhoek
Hooge
Zillibeke
Haig
Lys
Lacre
Somme
Avre
Noyon
Lassigny
St. Mihiel
Luneville
Village of Locre Changes Hands Five Times in Three Days
British forces in France report hard fighting around Locre and Voormezele with the town changing hands multiple times in the last 24 hours. The overall infantry front has seen renewed battle as units attempt to secure control amid heavy casualties and shifting positions.
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Locre
France
Locre and
Voormezeele
Vormezeele
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Pershing
Finland
Petrograd
Stockholm
Alexis
Michael Alexandroviteh
Vizainland
Sweden
Cobain
Old 69Th
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Evn Overgeas
Wilson
U.S
Tardien
Belgium
Great Britain
Hollland
Teuton
Empress Zita
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