U S Fliers Prepare For Transatlantic Flight From Coast
Navy air units ready at ocean stations as NC-1 and NC-0 undergo quick repairs after Rockaway Beach trials. Commander Towers to decide if weather permits a 1240 mile Azores hop. Plans call for possibly false starts to load fuel, with the mission awaiting favorable mid Atlantic conditions and nursing a few damaged systems.
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New Devices Aim to Make Sea Flight Safer
Washington May date three delicate tran Atlantic instruments are now described by the Navy as essential in the transatlantic flight effort. The drift and speed indicator and the course and distance indicator are designed for oversea navigation since celestial navigation remains unreliable in clear daylight. The instruments are part of a test to guide air navigation without stars or the sun. Continued on page ...
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Wilson May Call Off War Time Prohibition
Paris dispatch reports President Wilson returning to the United States may end the wartime liquor restrictions but is unlikely to pursue resubmission of the prohibition amendment. He could urge Congress to repeal, but that cannot be completed within two years, keeping the amendment operative on its scheduled date.
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Fifteen Million Bought Bonds In Fifth Loan
Washington reports Treasury estimates show fifteen million Americans subscribed to Victor city notes in the fifth loan closing last night. Total subscriptions reached about 3.849 billion dollars with heavy oversubscription noted. District reports cite Chicago and New England as major contributors with Chicago alone near 240 million dollars.
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Bones of Infant Found in Cellar in Newark
Newark New Jersey May 11 police hold Mrs Albert J Hanglin at 14 Howard Street after bones of a four month old infant were found in her cellar. She says she cared for John Esdorns child last December and buried the body there when the carriage disappeared. Exdorn was told the baby was sent away after suspicions arose and the children's society began an inquiry. County Physician Warren will analyze the bones to determine time and cause of burial.
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Bomb found in Brooklyn boy's coat pocket
Fourteen year old Russell Gordon of 150 Sheridan Street Brooklyn drew from his Sunday jacket pocket a varnished cord ball with a fuse marked 127609 Ludort Kis nonen Behlag. Police from Liberty Avenue stopped the device as a real bomb.
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Fight Planned On Prohibition In Congress
A national drive against Prohibition begins with Congress opening next Monday. The Association Opposed to National Prohibition in New York outlines two pronged attacks: repeal of the federal prohibition amendment and a referendum on the issue in each state. Key supporters include Rep. Reuben L. Haskell of Brooklyn and Rep. James A. Gallivan of Massachusetts. The effort aims to test Prohibition before it takes full effect next January and July.
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Allied Forces Prepare to Attack Petrograd
STOC KHOLM May 11 Entente Kreve plan operation with Helsingsfors as base to strike Petrograd. Dispatch says fifty thousand troops expected to take part with French cruisers now in the Gulf of Finland off Helsingsfo.
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National Union Of Tenants Is Started Here In Brooklyn
Rent disputes in Brownsville Brooklyn were adjusted yesterday as a national tenants union began at 175 East Broadway under United Hebrew Trades. Seventy unions joined, with over 200000 members already in the network. organizers plan widespread strikes against rent profiteering and seek AFL affiliation. Judge Panken predicted the group could push rent relief legislation and municipal housing in cities with greedy landlords. Continued on page ten.
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Peek Charges Politics Killed Price Fixing Plan
George Peek former chairman of the defunct Industrial Board accuses the Administration of political manipulation and attacks on Secretary Redfield’s price stabilization plan. He cites Glass and Palmer opinions as misused, questions the board’s demise and hints at a 1920 platform tension with state socialism.
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Rumor Of Ex-Emperor’s Health Amid Peace Terms News
A translated Dutch peace terms summary circulates among Hohenzollern supporters. Reports say the ex emperor William II remains at the castle under secrecy while his entourage gauges Entente plans to try him. Rumors of a self harm attempt surface, but are deemed unfounded as guards tighten around the moat. The Temps notes extradition demands reach Volland.
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Silesia Renounces Desperate Peace
The chief president and Central Council of Silesia proclaim a rejection of the peace treaty and say the transfer of much of Upper Silesia cannot bring lasting peace. They urge Silesians to show the world they will not submit to a peace of desperation.
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Harden Assails Germany for Treaty Stand
Berlin dispatch citing Maximi fon denounces German reluctance to accept peace terms. He argues Germans lack convincing guarantees since the revolution and accuse the press of incitement, while urging openness to persuade Allies to adjust terms in Germany’s favor.
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Lichnowsky Calls Peace Terms Annihilation Basis for Negotiations
Varis May 11 Prince Lichnowsky former German ambassador in London says peace terms would annihilate Germany and are only acceptable with serious modifications. He notes post Napoleonic responsibility shifts and criticizes the peace as violent and dictated, with European leaders and Foch commission cited as involved.
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Edith Cavell Interment Plan After Exhumation
Brussels May 11 The body of Edith Cavell the English nurse executed in 1915 for aiding prisoners will be interred in England. The coffin will travel by gun carriage drawn by six black horses to Gare du Nord with troops bands and Belgian army honors. She will be placed aboard a British warship and taken to Dover for a grand ceremony at Westminster Abbey.
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Foe's Comments On Pact Filed
London reports marshal Foch will return to the Rhine front tomorrow. In Versailles six German peace mission members left for Berlin. They include labor leader Carl Legion and Eberbach with notes urging immediate return of prisoners after preliminaries and proposed labor talks at Versailles. The council of four has not yet considered the notes. Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau may depart for Berlin this week as German counterproposals loom.
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Counter Proposals Discussed in Berlin
Cabinet Council under President Ebert discussed to day the counter proposals to be made by the German delegation at Versailles to the Allied and spriated powers. The Assembly committee also met to day and discussed the terms. Two additional colonial experts have been sent to Paris. Protests from various quarters in many areas over Peace terms were reported.
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