Pogrom Details Reported From Vilna By Lithuanians
Paris June 7 A dispatch reports that heavy cruelties against Jews in Vilna were carried out by Polish forces. Witnesses cite killings, arrests for ransom, and looting as Polish troops swept through the city after Bolshevik retreat. Up to 1,500 killed in Vilna, 4,000 to 5,000 deported to Lida with ruble ransoms demanded. damage tallied at millions of rubles.
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Lida
La Guardia Seeks First Hand Pogrom Testimony
Washington reports the La Guardia led Relief Committee of five in Poland heard first hand evidence of antisemitic actions against Jews. Testimony was presented to Jewish leaders and committee members, detailing alleged executions by soldiers of the new Polish Republic.
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Jersey City Meeting Bars Poles Jews Over Poland Reports
Chief Hattersby limited gatherings as racial tensions rise between Jews and Poles after reports of atrocities in Poland. A committee plans a protest at Dickinson High School next Tuesday evening, with police guarding due to fear of riots and assigned extra details.
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Richard Hattersby
Derary City
Statlins
Poland
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York
Hoemderson Sieete
Henderson Street
Casualties in A. E. F. in North Russia
ACHANGEL June 7 By The Associated Press The total casualties of the American force in North Russia to date have been 556 and 536 men. An official announcement divides the casualties as follows killed in action or died of wounds Five officers 99 men Missing in action No officers men Died of disease or accident Three officers 77 men Wounded Twelve officers 226 men
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Associated Press
North
Russia
British Dirigible Set for Atlantic City Flight
The British air ship B-34 is expected to attempt a westward crossing to Atlantic City within ten days. Land ing place details are awaited from a party sent earlier, with official plans kept confidential by the British government. The craft, now with a 900 mile range wire system, has been testing regularly and is ready for a long flight. Cape May air station is cited as a likely landing point if the B-31 reaches America, with a potential Monday start.
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New York Tribune
European
Hawker
Newfoundland
Air Ministry
Great Britain
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Admiralty
Royal Air Force
Cape May
N. 4
Cape May Air Station
America
Handley Page Flight Planned This Week for Test Trip
A transatlantic flight is expected to be attempted next week after a test trip is announced. The schedule indicates a test entry and possible first leg of the long voyage with the handley page aircraft to pursue the Atlantic crossing.
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Lantic
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Union Women Push Irish Self-Determination at WTUL Convention
In Philadelphia on June 1 the national convention of the Women’s Trade Union League endorsed self-determination for Ireland. Delegates from Salt Lake City praised the president, and resolutions called for lifting the food blockade, ending the penny-press tipping system, and organizing women workers in public places to curb abusive ship practices seen as a menace to self-respect.
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Philadelphia
Ireland
Women's Trade Union League
Salt Lake City
Miners Bury Treasure To Avoid Bandits
GRASS VALLEY California June 7 A tale from Mexico recounts how $12,000 in gold bullion was buried to elude bandits. J A Mathie and two companions, fleeing Mexican raiders, decided to abandon the heavy treasure and bury it in the desert with notes to its location. Mathie plans to return after a two year absence to recover the stash.
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Grass Valley
Cal
J. A. Mathie
Pumax County
Here
Mathis
Berlin Yields Point to Beat Rhine Republic
Berlin appoints Karl Trinnborn as regional president of the Rhineland in a move seen as concession to the RhenishRepublic movement. Reports say Hesse opposes the new state, while Dorton of the Rhenish republic appeals to Entente powers for protection. Opposing news cite clashes over recognition, with protests, expulsions, and a priest strike noted in Wiesbaden.
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Rhine Republic
London
Associated Press
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Rhineland
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Herr Trinborn
Germa
Herr Trimborn
Cologne
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Germany
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Alto
Dorton
Rhenish Republic
William Robertson
Thineland
Becuse
Harmstadt
Wurms
U S Army Bars Rhine Republic in American Zone
The Third Army Headquarters denies progress by the Rhenish Republic in the American occupation area despite reports. American authorities refuse to support political moves that oppose army regulations. French officers in Goble note no advance toward a Rhine republic.
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Goble
German Assembly Called Night Court Breaks Record
The German National Assembly in Berlin was summoned for late next week as peace talks inched forward and delegates may be authorized to sign the treaty. In New York, the Men’s Night Court set a record by disposing of more than 200 cases in one session, tying records for the court’s ten-year history. Memorial services for sailors were held at Coney Island with a parade, a model monitor launched, and Taps sounding as blossoms swept the sea.
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Associated Press
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Philip Russgo
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West Fifth Street
Coney Island
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Sons of Veterans
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Struck by Doctor Then Housekeeper in Greenwich
In Greenwich Connecticut on June 7 a 75 year old doctor and his New York housekeeper Mrs Herman were awakened by cries at 4 am. Police took both to headquarters. Mrs Herman accused the doctor of striking her but refused to file a complaint. She claimed she had a will leaving her an estate.
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Conn
Bors
Louis Mendelson
Vvn Herman
New York
Dr. Mendelson
Slovene Prints Proclamation Surrenders Language Press
Italian military commander in Rakek near Postojna issued an order demanding immediate surrender of all books and newspapers printed in Slovene. The proclamation was posted on the front of the church after Sunday services, a statement from the Jugo-Slav Information Bureau in New York said yesterday.
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Rakek
Postejna
Adelsberg
Carmola
Jugo-Slav Information Bureau
New York
Garner's Claim Denied by Critics in Baltimore
June 7 report from Baltimore states Charles B. Aschemier returns from Africa with a Ionian Institution update and challenges Professor R. L. Garner's claim of using a speaking spear. Aschemier argues the spy was captured by him, not Garner, and doubts progress in conversing with monkeys. He asserts jungle natives are almost as intelligent as apes and likely lack a shared language.
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Charles B. Aschemier
Ofth
Africa
R. L. Garner
Aschemier
Garner
Professor Garner
Arewneble
Thei
Dallas Building Trades Join 20000 Wire Strikers
Dallas June 7 The strike of linemen and allied craftsmen employed by Dallas and Texas Power and Light has expanded by about half as eleven branches of the Building Trades Council in Dallas walk out in sympathy with the men’s action. Workers in Waco and other areas vote on supporting the strike.
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Dallas and
Texas Power
North
Tes
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Baker urges US example in world leadership at Wilson College
Secretary Baker told Wilson College alumnae exercises that the United States must govern to set a model for liberty. He urged educating women to become citizen leaders and noted it as essential for America to influence the world by its example.
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U. S
Chambersburg
Penn
Women's Colleges
Wilson College
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