Slain Peons Forced to Dig Own Graves
In a Macon dispatch from March 7, two Black laborers were found dead in the Alcovy River near Monticello tied with rocks and chains. The deaths are linked to peonage at John S Williams's farm, with Clyde Manning confessing Williams ordered killings to stop testimony. Nine bodies have been found in existing searches, including in the Yellow River, and grand jury action is anticipated amidst fear of more graves.
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X Ray Researcher Dies Protecting Safety Secrets
Paris report on Dr Adolphe Leray head of the X ray lab at St. Antoine Hospital who died after years exposing hands to radiation in an effort to shield others. He warned that the hidden god who keeps secrets strikes down those who seek them, after wartime work earned him the Legion of Honor and several finger amputations.
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Paris Buys Radium For Fight on Cancer
Paris Municipal Council votes 2,500,000 francs for two grams of radium to combat cancer. The move follows rising deaths from cancer, from 8,073 in 1910 to 8,619 in 1919, with the death rate continuing to grow.
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Harding's Farm Tariff Plans Alarm Leaders
Washington dispatch analyzes how President Harding's push for an emergency tariff risks political backlash. Republicans fear farmers gain little from higher sugar prices, while wheat policies may divert Canadian wheat from U S railroads to Montreal, affecting rail earnings and future rates. The piece notes Democrat leverage and potential electoral consequences.
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British Mine Tie Up Feared as Government Returns Control
London reports warn a Thursday stoppage in British coal mines as the government prepares to transfer control back to private owners. Negotiations failed to yield a compromise, with owners and miners submitting separate reports, and renewed talks expected to begin midweek.
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Relief By Tax Exemption Urged In Reconstruction Plan
Washington report from the Senate select committee on reconstruction and production led by Senator Calder calls for relief measures to tackle a nationwide housing shortage. Proposals include tax exemptions, long-term loans, home loan banks, and improved building practices while opposing subsidies, with ten legislative acts recommended to boost housing, railroads, utilities, and highways.
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Italy to Expel Soviet Agents as a Menace
Milan reports that Italy will expel the Russian commercial mission arrived in Rome with wealth from the Far Northeast. Foreigners in Genoa Milan and Turin are suspected agents of Bolshevik government and will be declared non grata to curb Communist disorder. A popular reaction against Bolshevism is spreading across Italy.
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Fire Sweeps Tokio City Destroying 1000 Homes
A major blaze in Tokio's Yotsuya district destroyed about 1000 houses and damaged hospitals banks and large businesses. Four thousand troops fought the four hour fire as a fierce wind drove flames toward the city center causing panicked refugees to flee with belongings and infants strapped to backs. The imperial gardens opened to aid victims and the Diet adjourned as danger grew.
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Frightened Woman Kills Masked Practical Joker
In CasiLF Pennsylvania a 42 year old man, Albert Huish, was shot dead by a woman in the home of Antonio Defanso after bursting in costume during a late night prank. A boarder, Benjamin Caprone, wrestled the intruder while Mrs Defonso retrieved a pistol and fired. Huish died at once. the woman was taken into custody.
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Paris Moves to Eliminate Exotic Dances This Year
Paris delegates at the international dancing teachers congress discuss revising dances including the shimmy fox-trot and one-step urging a return to traditional forms. In Budapest the minister bans fox-trot one-step and jazz, replacing them with Magyar dances and citing concerns over youth morals.
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King Defiant as Bolsheviks Hiss at Carnegie Hall Debate
A packed Carnegie Hall audience in New York heckled Senators William King of Utah and Joseph France of Maryland over recognition of Lenin's government in Russia. Rabbi Joseph Silverman urged restraint while calls for a vote erupted, and King defended American policy amid chants of Bolshevik sympathy.
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Lenine Reports on Home Exiles and Soviet Reconciliation Efforts
Wellingfors March 27 AP. Moscow and Petrograd Bolshevik papers March 22 and 24 sketch a conciliatory push without surrendering political control. They cite appeals to Russian refugees abroad to aid reconstruction and note denials of a coalition with Mensheviks.
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Offers Dorothy 1000 dollars to save mother without marriage
In Trenton New Jersey on March 27 a sixteen year old, Dorothy Miller, agreed to marry a man meeting her criteria if he would fund her mother’s surgical operation. A St Paul wealthy man promised a $1000 check with no marriage condition, sparing Dorothy from wedlock for money. Mrs Miller says Dorothy can reject suitors now and is relieved.
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German Cabinets Under Fire Over Revolt Handling
Berlin March 27 The Prussian and national cabinets face sharp criticism for failing to gauge the scope of the outbreak and for leaving disorder suppression to the Prussian green police. Bavarian dispatches hint at national government lessons, while the Eigwobnerwehr watches serenely.
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Paris Papers Commend U S Note on Red Trade
Paris papers welcomed Secretary of State Hughes note on Russian Soviet trade proposals and praised America's stance against Soviet Russia. Most editorials urged Lloyd George to heed President Harding's warning, with Humanité as the sole exception. The Echo de Paris notes the note dispels any Soviet commerce possibility.
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Battle as mob fights to free gunman in Harlem tenement
Daniel Balleustie hid as a man he recognized as Michael Bartine known as Red Shirt fired on the cellar at 314 East 108th Street. Detectives confronted Red Shirt at 108th Street and Est Avenue as a mob attacked. three officers were injured and Bartine was jailed on felonious assault charges.
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Siberian Republic Seeks U S Trade Relations
Washington receives a mission petition from Yourin head of the Russian Far Eastern Republic seeking US backing to promote commercial ties and attract investment for Siberian resources. The bid emphasizes private property security and an independent government to be elected by universal ballots and invites a US mission to China.
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Riots in Berlin as police fire hits two dead and wounded
Berlin reports say a general strike by Communist agitators spreads through German industries. Police fire on rioters killing two and wounding several. A planned blackout at a power plant failed as workers stayed at their posts. Authorities capture leaders, including Hildebrandt, and seize clashes across Elbe valley with警察 reinforced by Reichswehr.
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