Unemploy ment Crisis Reported in New York
State and city officials warn of rising joblessness as 5 000 more jobless per week appear in New York while employers struggle to fill vacancies. Unskilled work pays better than ever with daily wages around 3.00. Figures are uncertain, with estimates ranging from 1 25 000 to unknown totals, as the labor market shows both shortages and mismatches.
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Kirchwey
U.S. Employment Service
New York
Gordon J. Sawyer
U. S
New
New Yorke
Arthur Woods
Regent of Troops
York
Pbs
John
George W. Kirchwey
United States Employment Service
Allaire
Squrex
Armistice Relief Orders Suspended Amid Peace Uncertainty
OBLEN May 25 The Associated Press reports orders issued ten days ago relieving the 4th and 6th divisions from the Third Army have been suspended due to unsettled peace conditions. The suspension reached Coblenz on Tuesday and became public Thursday. Third Army activity remains high across its five divisions.
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Oblenz
Associated Press
Third Army
Coblenz
Esthenian Armies and Armistice Talks near Petrograd
A Helsingfors dispatch reports Lenin offered an armistice to Admiral Kolchak, which was refused, as Esthenian forces threaten Petrograd by capturing Peterhof. British and Russian dispatches note Soviet positions retreating along the Murmansk coast with gains by Middlesex men and Italian reinforcements aiding an ongoing push toward the Bolshevik capital.
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London
Helsingfors
Moscow
Nikolai Lenine
Admiral Kolchak
Exchange
Copenhagen
Peterhof
Petrograd
Lenine
Kolchak
Samara
Omsk
British War Office
Murmansk
Russia
Medvyelyagora
Lumbushki
Ostreche
Kalodari
Plan to Recognize Kolchak Reported
PARIS May 25 The council of four reportedly planned to recognize Admiral Kolchak the anti Bolshevik leader in Russia. French circles believed unanimity existed while American headquarters disputed the decision. The wider Russian question loomed as reports from Kinland alleged explosions and fires in Petrograd signaling further Bol chevik turmoil.
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Paris
Associated
Prem
Council of Four
Admiral Kolchak
Ruscia
Cassandra Hits Iceberg Off Cape Race Arrives at St John’s
The Donaldson liner Cassandra with 400 aboard struck a submerged ledge near Cape Race and reached St John’s under its own power. Damage was limited to several plates forward and the ship sent wireless calls for assistance. Passengers were guided to deck with little alarm as the vessel, 8,180 tons gross, made port after temporary sea repairs on its way from Montreal toward Glasgow.
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ST. John's
N. F
Cassandra
Cape Race
Gape Race
North of Ireland
Montreal
Glasgow
Esthenians Break Bolshevik Lines Along Pskov Front
Loamus May 29. By a surprise attack Esthenian forces broke through Bolshevik positions along the entire Pskov front. They captured Izborsk and pushed within six miles of Pskov, taking 1,000 prisoners and many cannons and machine guns per an official Esthenian headquarters statement.
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Loamus
Pskov
Izborsk
Esthenian Salt
German counter proposals on peace treaty outlined
Berlin May 25 A semiofficial note says Germany will present counter proposals at the start of the week. It outlines concessions and insists on economic progress tied to allied cooperation, with plebiscites and border changes in the Rhine and Danzig to be settled under allied direction and Poland.
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Copenhagen
Associated Press
Hamburg
Fremdenblatt
Rhine
Germany
Ruhr
Saar
Poland
Danzig
Berlin
iBy
Lansing
Versailles
Rantzau
Count von Broedorff-Rantzau
Philipp Scheidemann
Mating Breberger
Count von Pernetorff
Spa
Bernhard Dernburg
Count von Brockdorff-Ramzau
Ann
World Air Mark Smashed by Roger World
In Casablanca Lieutenant Roxet the French aviator left Paris on a projected trans Atlantic flight via Dakar and Trav is, landing at Kenitra near Rabat after 1361 miles in twelve and a half hours to set a world record. His plane damaged on landing and trans Atlantic plan abandoned. Captain Coli passenger slightly bruised.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Roxet
Paris
Morain
Dakar
Travis
Kenitra
Rabat
Roger
Gale Keeps NC-4 Seaplane Idle in Lisbon Weather
Weather over the Lisbon course delays the NC-4 flight to England with strong northwest winds and rain squalls. Aviators rest during postponement while guards monitor the seaplane in the harbor inside the breakwater. The Stockton is due at Plymouth with NC-1 and NC-2, as Commander Towers assumes lead for the reception.
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Ponta Delgada
Associated Press
Lisbon
England
Plymouth
Stockton
John H. Towers
NOGA
Plane Sank After Transatlantic Flight Rescue of Hawker and Grieve
London reports with jubilation as Harry Hawker and Lt Cmdr Mackenzie Grieve are saved after their Sopwith plane suffered engine trouble two thirds of the way across the Atlantic from St. John’s Newfoundland to Ireland. They were picked up by the Danish tramp Mary and landed near the Scottish coast. the effort inspires nationwide relief and praise for the rescue.
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Harry G. Hawker
Mackenzie Grieve
Mary
Scotland
Associated Press
London
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Ireland
Atlantic
Hawker
Grieve
Orkneys
London Toomorrow
Daily Mail
Rolls-Royce
Thurso
Norfolk
Aarhuus
Denmark
Naval Signal Station
Lewis
Admiralty
Woolson
United Kingdom
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