Odessa Burned as Red Guard Seizes City in War Turmoil
A veteran account recalls April 3 and 4 in Odessa during Bolshevik advances. Allied withdrawal, heavy shelling, looting, and fires left the city in ruins as Russians, French, and Greeks retreated. Luther, a U.S. Navy radio operator, describes chaos, evacuations, and hope for safe return to Constantinople.
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Tiotax
Arthur
Luther
U.S. Navy
Black Sea
Odessa
United Radio Detachment
Russia
P Bess
Paris
Anomba
Red Guarda
Constantinople
Veterans 10 Hold Caucus Plans in Washington
Plans for a Washington state caucus of the American Legion form the groundwork for a permanent state organization. Russ Simonton says a June 12 meeting, likely in Seattle, will draft representation and set up a state caucus ahead of the first annual state convention and real organizational take over. Delegates from St Louis and from all cities with or without current groups will attend.
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Washington
Great National Association of Returned Servicemen
American Legion
American Legion of Liberty
Seattle
Russ Simonton
The
L. L. Thompson
St. Louis
Simonton and Thompson
Ambulance unit honored for Italian theater service
Maj. David C. Hall former head of the University of Washington physical education department spoke on his Seattle return about the A ambulance corps. He noted that four to seven days of continuous duty left few men any rest and that nearly all were awarded Italian war crosses. Hall said the men served during the Austrian counterattack and Turkish, Bulgarian, and Austrian forces retreat. He brought back three crosses and was cited twice for the Italian War Cross along with the Cavagliere of the Order of Saints Maurizio and Lazaro.
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David C. Hall
Department of Physical Education
University of Washington
Seattle
Maj. Hall
Maj
Hall
Bulgare
Ile
Italy
St. Maurizio
Lazaro
Chance to Cheer a Yank at St Regis Hotel
ex-soldier Gordon Dudley suffers a badly mashed hand possibly needing amputation. He lies in bed, lonely, in room 215 at the St Regis hotel after several weeks in hospital. American Legion of Liberty officials call for cheerful visitors to lift his spirits. He was hurt days after discharge and has no local friends.
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St. Regis Hotel
American Legion of Liberty
Dudley
Consul Warns U S Against Bolsheviks
Russian consul general to Seattle Nicolas Bogdavlensky cautions American businessmen not to transact with Bolshevists. The warning comes from the Russian Economic league and allied Russian associations opposed to the Soviet regime.
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Bolshevists
Russian Economic League
Nicolas Bogdavlensky
Seattle
Perry F Powers to Speak at Young Men's Republican Luncheon
Perry F Powers of Cadiline Michigan will deliver the address The Years Before Us at the Thursday noon luncheon of the Young Men's Republican club held at Bird's cafeteria.
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Perry F. Powers
Cadiline, Mich
Young Men's Republican Club
Bird's Cafeteria
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