Board Reports Business Good in May With Prospects of Unusual Prosperity
Federal Reserve agents report a May uptick in business especially in leading retail trades aided by released buying power from wartime restraint. They foresee a summer and autumn of unusual activity though warn against treating prospects as definitive. Prices show no rapid postwar drop. agriculture improves with higher cattle and hog prices. steel, coal, and copper vary, and retail demand remains strong as dry goods and shoes rise for fall.
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American aviator lands near Stockholm after Copenhagen flight
May 29 report from Ockholm notes Captain Batt, an American naval aviator, flying from Copenhagen to the city, landing at Nynes south of Stockholm and again on an island at the harbor mouth. June 2 dispatch states First Son of the Fifth Cavalry at Fort Bliss ordered to Bend district near the Mexican border to relieve Colonel Langhorne.
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Chancellor Austen Chamberlain Announces U S Indebtedness Sum
June 2 report notes British chancellor of the exchequer in the House of Commons presenting the government debt figure of 4.26 billion dollars owed to American interests.
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American Plan Backed by Big Four In German Shipping Dispute
President Wilson informs Washington that the Paris council of four agrees the United States will keep 700000 tons of German ships seized in American ports after entering the war. Britain had urged a common pool of seized ships, but the U S refused. Paris notes approved Austrian peace delegation credentials at St Germain en Laye and talks on the southern boundary and financial terms continue.
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Wilson
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Peace Congress
Winnipeg Strike Spreads to Calgary Edmonton and BC
Winnipeg general strike action moves west with sympathy votes planned in Victoria while Calgary postal clerks join in. Vancouver unions discuss possible actions none yet announced. postal workers chief says no hasty move. Remittance delays occur as Calgary clerks refuse to sort mail affecting soldiers families.
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Calgary
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Postal Workers
Yanks Leaving Archangel Evacuation Under Way
Washington reports evacuation of American forces from Archangel is underway. The 339th Infantry awaits withdrawal as cables indicate units will arrive home before individual soldiers listed as casuals.
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Archangel
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Three Hundred and Thirty-ninth Infantry
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Negro accused of assault on woman dragged from buggy
Reports from Hernando and Olive Branch Miss indicate a lynching near Mineral Wells Miss of a Black man accused of attacking a white woman dragged from a buggy on a country road.
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Olive Branch
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Bank Robbers Take $55,000 in Bonds at North Dakota Bank
In Forest River, North Dakota, June 2, the First State bank was burglarized. Thieves stole $5,000 in cash and $50,000 in coupon Liberty bonds.
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Winnipeg Militia Officers Prepared for Emergency Call
Canadian militia officers reported to Winnipeg headquarters were instructed to be in readiness at any time for emergency service. They were not detained at headquarters.
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Man
Greeks Land in Asia Minor Near Smyrna
Greek forces landed Thursday at Avlan on the Asian Minor coast 66 miles northwest of Smyrna. Turkish troops offered only slight opposition, which was overcome.
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Paris
Avlan
Smyrna
NC-4 Becomes First Aircraft to Cross Atlantic
The NC-4 seaplane, crewed by Lieut. Com. Albert C. Read and five others, completed the first Atlantic crossing by air from Newfoundland to Lisbon via the Azores. The flight covered about 786 miles in 9 hours 44 minutes of air time, with the total journey from St Johns to Lisbon taking 26 hours 41 minutes. Crowds cheered as Admiral Jackson and Portuguese officials welcomed the aircraft at Lisbon.
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Hawker Chides U S Flyers at London Luncheon
At a Daily Mail luncheon in London honoring Harry G. Hawker and Lieut. Commander Grieve, Hawker condemned the U S claim to aviation prowess remarking that placing ships every fifty miles proves no fight in a motor. The crowd of British officers and guests fell silent after earlier cheering the American aviators.
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See Refund in Luxury Tax
Internal revenue collectors face refunding more than $1,500,000 to taxpayers if the luxury tax is repealed. Congress would need to set the repeal date ten days or two weeks after passage. Tax officials estimate 40,000,000 persons could be entitled to refunds before collections halt.
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Internal Revenue
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Forty Six Slackers Sent to Jail in Corpus Christi
In Corpus Christi Texas on May 30 two native Americans and 44 men born in Mexico but naturalized as US citizens pled guilty to violating the selective service act and received sentences.
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Tex
United States
Referendum Petitions Circulated in Omaha Area
In Omaha Nebraska petitions for a referendum on ratifying the national prohibition amendment will be circulated in Omaha and surrounding territory by the Central Labor Union.
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Central Labor Union
U.S. Warned of Peril From Sea
Rear Admiral McKean told the House naval committee that the navy must keep at least sixteen first class battleships in commission as a peace time force with 20,886 men. He compared American crews to British crews and cited the high cost per man while Secretary Daniels and the naval board urged completing ten battleships and six battle cruisers. The plan calls for resuming work on six battle cruisers and continuing battleship construction.
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McKean
Naval Operatons
House Naval Committee
Navy
Europe
Hicks
New York
Admiral McKean
Mr. Hicks
Great Britain
United States
Naval General Board
General Board
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Taylor
Earle and Griffin
Admiralty
France
Italy
German agree to 100000 man army on peace footing
Berlin reports the German reply to allied peace terms accepts a 100000 strong army on a peace footing but asks that the limit not be enforced until conditions are fully stabilized.
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Yank troops land at Danzig amid Baltic push
Paris reports British and American marines landed at the Baltic port of Danzig with a powerful fleet anchored off the harbor. In Vladivostok on June 2, Bolshevik forces mobilize at Jazanka in the Sudian mining district and threaten allied mine guards.
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Danzig
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Villa warns of border troops moving through U S
General Villa threatens that if Carranza troops pass through the United States to Juarez the men under his command will be unable to be controlled. He spoke in El Paso on June 2 as tensions rise over cross border movements and political alignments in Mexico.
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United States
Juarez
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Wilsons Memorial Speech at Suresnes Cemetery
President Wilson's memorial address at Suresnes outlines the fallen in World War I as a historic call to unite nations under the league of nations. He urges Americans and their allies to uphold liberty, counter old order bargaining, and commit to a just global order led by mankind's common good.
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Yank Brings Bride and Six to Brest
American soldiers who married French girls after escaping danger may bring home their brides at government expense. A sergeant arrived at the troop movement office with his wife, baby, sisters in law, mother in law, and father in law, seeking permission to return to the United States with his extended family.
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