Crown Prince Fritz Calls Ludendorff a Liar In His Memoirs
Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany accuses General Ludendorff of lying about wartime reports and airs his critique in memoir passages. He recalls urging restraint in the spring offensive and questions the Potsdam council, alleging it never met to start the world war.
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Ludendorff
Copenhagen
Tirpitz
Frederick William
Berlingske Tidende
Germany
Thes
Guards
Potsdam
Carl Svenksen
de Witt
Iowa
Allied forces repelled heavy attack on Waga river
Major General Ironsides reports on May 5 enemy bombardment of the Waga river position with 5 600 shells and two infantry assaults. Allied casualties were slight. A stray closing line extols street courage in facing danger.
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Archangel
Montreal
Ironsides
Anid
Waga River
Latin Quarter in Paris Emptied by American Officers
The famous bohemian district of Paris, home to artists, has been displaced by American officers stationed in the city. With about three hundred Americans living in the Latin Quarter, rents rise and studios vanish. Bohemian cafés fill with khaki and baseball talk as artists seek new, cheaper rooms away from the war presence.
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Paris
Pariis
Bohemia
Sam
Sorbonne
Cafe du Dome
Chasty Mathewson
Giants
Phrenology's limited grip on a world of achievement
The line suggests that few men rise in life solely on the basis of their phrenological traits. It hints at the broader truth that talent, effort, and circumstance shape success more than cranial measurements alone.
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J. P. Morgan
J. D. Rockefeller
E. H. Harriman
George Westinghouse
George M. Reynolds
Continental and Commercial Bank
Federal Reserve Board
Americans Used Beds Where Royalty Slept
An American mission on economic questions quartered at the Hotel Astoria in Brussels during wartime. Guests learned that four members of the delegation slept in rooms once occupied by Ludendorff and other royalty or famous figures, including Thuringenburg and Crown Prince, as the head porter hinted at royal tips.
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Brussels
Astoria
Ludendorff
Tindenburg
Prince Rupprecht
Bavaria
Chancellor Renner vows best efforts for Austria at St Germain
In Vienna on Thursday May 8, Chancellor Renner accepts the peace delegate nomination to St Germain and relinquishes hopes for a German fusion. He says Austria must endure rulers' misdeeds, but promises to press for better postwar terms while socialists push against sending delegates. The scene shows no revolt or Bolshevism amid the debate.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Austria
Renner
St. Germain
Germany
Showers Forecast Early Week Then Fair Conditions
Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday in the Great Lakes region show showers probable Monday or Tuesday, followed by generally fair conditions and normal temperatures in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys.
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Washington
the Great Lakes
Upper Mississippi
Lower Missour Valley
Disinherited Heir Expected to Inherit Large Estate
Mrs. E H James of London Chicago and St Louis is poised to receive the major portion of nearly 1 million dollars from her father Charles H Brega of St Louis. He disinherited her 15 years ago after she married Captain now Colonel E H James of the British army.
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Chicago
E H. James
London
St. Louis
Charles Hbrega
E. H. James
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