Troop Ship Leviathan Brings 12050 Home to New York
New York on April 26 reports the Leviathan docked with 12 050 troops aboard, part of 22 973 officers and men returned from France aboard four transports and two battleships. Rainbow division led arrivals, celebrated by committees and relatives from across the Union. The return highlighted heavy losses and numerous honors earned by the 42nd division and allied units.
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New York
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
France
150Th Field
42Nd Division
84Th
168Th Infantry
42Nd
St. Nazaire
Aisne-Marne
Mt. Vernon
Prinz Frederich Wilhelm
Touraine
Robert Alexander
North Carolina
167Th Infantry
Montana
88Rd Infantry
Air service development invites applicants nationwide
Capt. Charles J. Glidden of the United States air service urges men to apply for aviation jobs by sending name and address to the department air service officer at 104 Broad Street New York. Applicants will receive an important communication on the subject.
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Washington
Charles J. Glidden
United States Air Service
Military Aeronautics
Department Air Service
Broadstreet
New York
Women win laity rights at Methodist conference
Nashville April 28 The conference of the Methodist Episcopal South voted to grant laity rights to women. The tally was 4229 to 499, a strong majority over the required three fourths.
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Nashville
Tenn
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal (South) Church
Bank Robbers Escape With Liberty Bonds Near Harpster
Robbers entered the Harpster bank near Upper Sandusky Ohio and escaped with more than $100,000 in Liberty bonds along with other valuables from the safety vault. The heist occurred on April 26 as authorities investigated the break in and sought clues. Institutions and local residents awaited updates as the investigation continued.
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Ohio Bank
Upper Sandusky, O
Harpster
Here
Backing for Wilson Pulls Stronger in British Press
London reports show overwhelming support for President Wilson in Italy related coverage. The Times leads with an article praising his appeal amid wartime diplomacy.
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Wilson
London
Wison
Italy
Times
Foes Put to Flight in Danube Region Amid Allied Aid
In the Budapest area part of the Hungarian communist army surrenders and flees toward the Roumanians. Czecho Slovaks seize Komora on the Danube as French troops aid the Roumanians in eastern Hungary. Large crowds flee Budapest while five thousand women protest soviet government and bolshevism.
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Komora
Danube
Berne
Budapest
Ranb
Gyor
Hungary
Vienna
Fran
Roumanian Bureau
Egyptian cabinet resigns in Cairo
Cairo reports the Egyptian cabinet has resigned. Paris records the death of Camille Erlanger the composer. Copenhagen notes a Saxony state of siege declared by Berlin. Washington announces removal of export ration limits to northern neutrals with immediate effect.
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Cairo
Paris
Camille Erlanger
Coperhagen
Saxony
Berlin
Politiken
Washington
Interallied Economic Council
War Trade Board
Fire destroys six warehouses along Southern railway
Six warehouses on the Southern railway right of way in Oxford Alabama were totally destroyed by fire on April 28. The structures stored cottonseed building material and cement. The fire origin is not known.
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Oxford Ala
Southern Railway
Maniac Kills Two Wounds Two In Garland Collapse
Stigler Oklahoma April 28 farmer T C Cobb aged eighty five ran amuck killing two persons including his son and shooting his wife and daughter in law before taking his own life at his Garland home.
Ural Cossacks Press Bolshevik Forces Near Uralsk
London reports Ural Cossack troops with Siberian forces under Admiral Kolchak have begun an offensive near Uralsk in southeastern Russia. Bolsheviks retreat northward under pressure as clashes occur 35 miles southwest of Uralsk over the fortress of Shevorkin. Maj Gen Edmond Ironside notes captured field guns ammo and prisoners from Bolshie Ozerki, praising troops’ excellent spirit.
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London
Kolchak
Uralsk
Russia
Shevorkin
Bolshie Ozerki
Edmond Ironside
Archangel Front
Premier Orlando Returns to Rome Amid Peace Conference Tensions
In Washington and Paris the week ends with Premier Orlando and Signor Sarzilai en route to Rome after a two hour council in Paris. The Italian prime minister rejects claims of a secret alliance, defends Fiume and Dalmatian coast positions, and denounces President Wilson's direct appeals as a harmful precedent.
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Fiume
Italy
Triume
Italia
Wilson
Washington
Tumulty
White House
Paris
Orlando
Signor Sarzilai
Rome
Council of Four
Baron Sonnino
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
Dalmatian
United States
Thaon di Revel
Armando Diaz
Germany
Austria
Banks in Big Trade Move in Chicago on Central Bank
Chicago April 24. A plan for a giant banking corporation headquartered in Chicago to handle foreign credits, discounts and clearings for midwestern banks and industrial firms emerged at a Mississippi valley bankers congress. The group aims to centralize foreign exchange business in the middle West, currently routed through New York and Boston banks, as 500 delegates attended the Mississippi Valley association opening.
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Chicago
Middle West
Bankers
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi Valley Association
New York
Boston
Yanks in Germany Hungry Seeks Civil Aid in Coblenz
In Coblenz April 28 American civilians in occupied Germany face serious food shortages. Civil affairs officers of the Third army are pressed to act on relief requests from several Congress members who have visited Coblenz recently to seek aid for the stranded Americans.
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Coblenz
Germany
Third Army
Congress
American officer reports Italian move of fourteen divisions to Fiume
An American officer who departed Fiume three days ago and arrived in Paris states that reports say fourteen Italian divisions have been moved to Fiume. The remark was conveyed from Paris on April 28.
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Fiume
Paris
Bank Robbery Robbed By Four Inci City on State Line
Four men robbed the Intercity Bank on the Kansas City state line between Missouri and Kansas. They escaped in a motor car with about $11,000 in cash.
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Kansas City
Kansans City
Kan
France Passes Eight Hour Law in Senate
Paris reports the French senate approved an eight hour labor bill, sending it to the lawbooks as the nation adopts a standard workday. The measure aims to limit daily hours and regulate employment practices across industries.
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France
Paris
Flu Strikes Britain India Death Toll Reaches Millions
London reports Spanish influenza has caused nearly five million deaths in British India and about one million more in native states. The pandemic devastates colonial regions amid global health crisis.
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India
London
British India
Chicago fares cut by utilities panel deny 7 cent rise
The Illinois Public Utilities Commission rejected a 7 cent fare increase for Chicago surface lines. Commissioner P. J. Lucey filed a dissenting opinion.
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Chicago
Ilinois Public Utilities Commission
Pp. J. Lucey
Wilson outlines terms for Adriatic settlement at peace talks
President Wilson states that the Austro-Hungarian empire no longer exists and urges a new European order led by a league of nations. He argues for Italian frontiers along the Istrian peninsula and Fiume’s status, stressing liberty for newly formed states and equal minority protections.
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Italy
Great Britain
France
Europe
League of Nations
Germany
Austria
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Balkan Group
Fiume
Hungary
Bohemia
Roumania
Jugo- Slav
Mediterranean
Adriatic
Malmatian
Austro-Hungary
Austria-Hungary
European Order
Alps
Istrian
Triest
Pola
Rome
London
U. S
America
United States
ENGINEER HEROES BACK HOME
New York reports 1,629 troops arriving on the Santa Teresa from Bordeaux including famed Eleventh engineers who fought near Cambrai with picks and shovels. Also 46 officers and 996 men of the ambulance service including quartermaster and hospital detachments arrived on the Duca d Abruzzi from Marseilles with 33 toniosessors.
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Eleventh Engineers
Cambrai
Santa Teresa
Bordeaux
Army Ambulance Service
Abruzzi
Marseilles
Tinois Essorls
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