Strikes and Unrest Hit Essen and Berlin Europe
Dispatches report a German strike wave advancing across Essen and Berlin, with strike leaders arrested in Essen after refusals to negotiate, civilians clashing with troops, and authorities vowing firm action. Madgeburg, Bavaria, and Berlin see government forces tightening control as banks shut and relief logistics endure.
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Copenhagen
Essen
Berlin
Laepeenne
Madgeburg
Red Cross
Noske
Prussian
Saxony
Gustave Noske
Herr Noske
Elbe
Bavaria
Hoffmann
Munich
Bremen
Dusseldorf
Form Labor Party In Capital With 2000 Delegates Present
SPRINGFIELD HI April A new political party formed in Illinois with about 2000 delegates from across the state including a women’s Trade Union League delegation from Chicago. The convention debated visiting legislators to pressure labor bills and adopted a fourteenth-point platform calling for organized labor rights, eight hour day, public ownership, and labor representation in government, while criticizing lawmakers who opposed the Soderstrom bill.
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Springfield
Illinois
Women's Trade Union League of Chicago
Duncan McDonald
Calinois Federation
Charles Dold
Cook County
John If Walker
Danville
State Federation of Labor
Assembly
General Assembly
Soderstem
Dold
Illinois Manufacturers Association
S. S. McDonald
North Dakota Federation of Labor
League of North Dakota
Spa Armistice Body Seeks Russian Prisoners Sent Back
London April 10 The German armistice commission at Spa says in a Berlin despatch that Germany has asked the allies to remove Russian prisoners of war to Russia. Germany argues Russians sow unrest in Germany and that allied prisoners are being returned home. The note fears Russians may be released from captivity, increasing Bolshevik danger.
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London
Spa
Berlin
Russia
Germany
Nansen Asked To Head Food Relief Board
London April 10 Herbert Hoover director general of the inter allied relief organization requests Dr Fridtjof Nansen head of the Norwegian food mission to head an international neutral commission to study feeding Russia if hostilities end. Dispatch from Copenhagen says 10,000,000 pounds monthly would be needed to carry out the program.
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London
Herbert Hoover
Inter-Allied Relief Organization
Fridtjof Nansen
United States
Russia
Exchange Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
London Labor Party calls for peace talks end with policy demand
An executive committee meeting in London outlines policy demanding Paris conference end the protracted peace talks, align with Wilson fourteen points, and call for withdrawal of troops and cessation of military actions in Russia. The Labor Party urges pace and clarity in postwar settlement.
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London
Lab
Paris
Wilson
Labor Party
Russia
Spee
George To Ad Commons London April Announcement Fragment
George hopes to address the Commons next Tuesday regarding a house matter as announced by Edward Shc in London. The readable fragment reports an announcement aimed at Parliament with limited details.
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London
Apri
George
Edward Shc
Sk Loyd Ndon State Erence Jesday Today Ctary
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a date or event coincidence with January. No clear names, places, or organizations are readable. The item appears to be an unfinished notice or brief segment lacking concrete details for a full headline and summary.
Yanks Reluctant Yet Yield In Archangel Mutiny Talk
In Archangel American troops press for early withdrawal from north Russia as Washington hints at soonest possible relief by June 1. A 339th Infantry company refused to entrain for the front until urged by Col. George E. Stewart, with threats of mutiny if no definite Washingt on action followed. The War Department sought more details after confirming AP reports of the March 30 incident.
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Associated Press
Archangel
North
Russia
Washington
War Department
George E. Stewart
339Th Infantry
Obererskaya
Glass to Give Out Loan Rate Tuesday Night
Secretary of the Treasury Glass will announce the victory loan rate terms and schedule at a public mass meeting Tuesday night at the Metropolitan Opera house in New York. District quotas will mirror the Fourth Liberty Loan, with an expected total around six billion dollars. Treasury officials discuss par redemption for past issues to stabilize prices and bolster liberty bonds.
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Glass
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Metropolitan Opera House
Washington
Federal Reserve
Treasury
Spain Will Get Grain For Transport Duty
Madrid April 10. Details of a convention between Spain and the United States for importing cereals have been settled. Spanish ships will stop at Bordeaux on the western voyage to load American troops for repatriation and to return war material to the United States.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Spain
United States
Bordeaux
Debs Veland: Pact to re arrest under espionage act
Will re arrest Debs Veland in Ohio as soon as Supreme Court mandate arrives. District Attorney Wertz says Eugene Zebs, socialist leader convicted under the espionage act, will be taken to prison within days after the mandate is received.
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Debs
Veland
Ohio
Eugene Zebs
Attory
Edwin
Wertz
Supreme Court
Dobs
Aken
Navy recruit enrollments rise slightly for weekend
Washington reports April 3 recruitment tallies total 1245 enrollments with the eastern division leading at 657 and the central division second with 245. Southern divisions registered 244 and the western division 99.
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NAVY
Washington
Workers Safe And Well Treated By Bolsheviks
A telegram received from Archangel reports Bryant R. Ryall of Bloomfield New Jersey Malcolm V. Arnold of London Ohio and Y Mac A workers recently captured by the Bolsheviks are safe and well treated.
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Sii
New York
Bryant R. Ryall
Bloomfield
N. J
Malcolm V. Arnold
London
Ohio
Y. Mac
M. C. AL
Archangel
Trade With Poland Still Restricted
Paris reports that although the blockade against enemy countries has been lifted, censorship of mail and telegrams continues and postal links with infant states are not restored. Trade remains effectively blocked in Poland Esthonia and eastern and southeastern Europe, with inter-allied talks seeking censorship modification but current policies persisting.
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Paris
Germany
Esthenia
Europe
Inter-Allied Economic Council
Poland
Storm Toll Listed at 92 Human Lives
Ninety two persons killed and about three hundred injured as a Tuesday night storm swept through Arkansas north Texas and southern Oklahoma. Property damage nears one million dollars. Of the dead, 75 were in Texas, 14 in Oklahoma, 3 in Arkansas. North Texas aid pours in with tents and food for roughly 1,000 homeless.
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Dallas
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Ukrainians Outnumber Allies in Odessa Evacuation
Reports from Bucharest detail Odessa evacuation where Ukrainian Soviet forces overwhelmed allied troops by six or seven to one. Allies retreated to the port after stubborn street fighting and were saved by allied ships. French troops suffered most. Bolshevik encouragement followed.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Odessa
Bucharest
Quebec Referendum Shows Wet Victory In Province
Montreal reports early returns indicate Quebec voters favored allowing beer and wine, signaling a strong victory for the wet forces. Quebec is the only Canadian province not dry.
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Montreal
Quebec
Po Diy
Canada
Thanksgiving Loan Glass Tells People
BaltimoreApril 11 Secretary of the Treasury Glass and Attorney General Palmer opened the victory loan drive in Baltimore. Glass addressed a prominent gathering after Palmer spoke to bankers, business men and publishers. He called the loan a Thanksgiving loan and emphasized the federal reserve system’s role in funding the war and ending it two years earlier.
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Baltimore
Secretary of the Treasury
Glass
Palmer
Federal Reserve
Gompers Returns from Europe to New York
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor returns to New York aboard the Rotterdam after attending the international labor conference in France. He arrives with his wife ill and his tears mark relief at home. He criticized a Kerensky official and immigration held Zilbourg at Ellis Island for review.
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New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Rotterdam
France
International Labor Conference
Gompers
Battery Pier
Manhattan Island
Mr. Gompers
Plymouth
G. Zilbourg
Kerensky
Russia
Zilbourg
Elis Island
Cable Sent By Lansing On Jap Law
Secretary of State Robert Lansing says anti Japanese legislation in California would be extremely unfortunate. A Paris cable to California Senator Beck urges no action on proposed land and picture brides bills at this time due to international concerns and foreign relations.
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Acramento
Cal
California
Robert Lansing
Senate
Paris
France
Joseph A. Beck
Senate of California
Sacramento
State Senate
Governor Refuses To Honor Marrying Parson Requisition
Governor Lowden declines to honor Minnesota’s request to return Rev. James Morrison Darnell known as the marrying parson to Steele County Minnesota. Darnell is charged with desertion of his five year old son and the case prompts claims a divorce was fraudulently filed while he was imprisoned.
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Springfield
Ill
Lowden
Minnesota
Steele County
James Morrison Darnell
Rockford
Darnell
Ruth Saper
C. H Linsestt
Ruth Soper Darnell
Phone Rate Increases Under Wire System Supervision
Washington April 11 Postmaster General Burleson issued a statement saying wage advances for workers and higher material costs justify telephone and telegraph rate increases under government supervision. Union leaders charge workers have not shared in wage gains. Burleson notes wage increases total 34.6 million dollars per year for telegraph and telephone, with contemplated rate boosts under 40 million dollars.
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Washington
Burleson
Commercial Telegraphers Union of America
Saar and Monroe Doctrine Shape Postwar Covenant
Paris reports the League of Nations adopts a Saar supervision clause for 15 years with a plebiscite at the end, and preserves the Monroe Doctrine within the covenant. The council of four also steers secrecy, provoking protests from smaller nations over peace treaty terms and publication.
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Associated Preas
Paris
League of Nations Commission
Colonel House
Saar
League of Nations
Saar Valley
France
Associated Press
Council of Four
Wilson Seeks Japanese Peace Pact Changes In Paris
President Wilson met with Baron Makino, head of the Japanese peace delegation, and discussed alterations to the league of nations pact. Earlier he called on Queen Marie of Romania, keeping social topics light. An elevator malfunction trapped Wilson, forcing him to descend stairs amid crowds at the hotel.
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Associated Press
Paris
Council of Four
Wilson
Queen Marie of
Romania
Grayson
Baron Makino
League of Nation
Plans for Cavalry Nurse Edith Cavell Burial
British Wire Service reports arrangements for removal of Edith Cavell's body to England for interment on English soil. A extensive public ceremony is expected to mark the occasion, highlighting the nurse's execution by German forces.
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London
British Wireless Service
Edith Cavell
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