Italian Premier Orlando Faces Attempted Attack in Paris
Reports from Paris on April 25 detail an attack on the escort of Premier Orlando as he and the Italian delegation prepared to depart for Rome. Six people were wounded as a serbo-French incident sparked by a soldier prompted investigations and diplomatic tension. The scene raised fears of a broader Italian Jugoslav dispute and the potential for a premature break in talks, with U.S. and Italian officials urging calm and moderation.
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Paris
Og Ieee
Italy
Rome
Orlando
Opollu
Moorerhead
Baron Sonnino
Ident Wilson
Italians Refuse Fiume Compromise in Paris
Paris April 25 Italian negotiators balk at compromise on Fiume and press for outright ownership of the city and port. Italy seeks a new $50 million loan from the United States as Wilson's Fourteen Points and London pact implications fuel debate among Allies.
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Paris
Italy
United States
United S
Wilson
Fiume
Clemenceau
League of Nations
London
France
Great Britain
Granolite seeks permit to build dynamite quarry structure
Granolite Corporation of 95 Liberty Street New York represented by Herman J Klein applied to the Middletown Haddam board for a license to erect a concrete structure for a sang e at Miss Idason site three miles below Middletown between 700 and 900 feet from rail and highway. The site is a mile from any inhabited building with 1000 pounds of dynamite storage. License fee five dollars under 1918 statute. Preparations indicate imminent activity at Benvenue quarries.
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Granolite Corporation
Maromas
Liberty Street
New York
Herman J. Klein
Board of Selectmen
Benvenue
Conference voices calm on Italian crisis despite tensions
Officials in Rome and Washington seek steady course as Italy's crisis drags, with United States Great Britain and France in accord on broad questions. They warn against alarmist headlines while prepared to concede on principles to avert new wars if peace stalls.
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United States
Great Britain
France
Wilson
Con
Court reports bonds unpaid in Stueck tavern cases
After a morning hearing the city court ordered twenty forfeited bonds of 50 dollars each in the Stueck's Tavern cases to be reported to the city for collection. No bonds have been paid and principals not located. Judge Carlson noted jurisdiction limits and that execution requires final civil judgments. Clerk Coughlin to report forfeitures to the next common council meeting. Giuseppe Pandolfo, charged with assault on his wife, failed to appear and the matter was continued to next Tuesday with probation officer Kidney to ensure attendance.
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Stueck
Gustaf B Carlson
Philip J. Stueck
William J. Coughlin
Common Council
Giuseppe Pandolfo
Patrick M. Kidney
Pandolfo
Tax features of loan exemptions for Victory Liberty Notes
Tax rules cover Victory Liberty loan notes: 3.75% notes exempt from principal and interest taxes except estate or inheritance taxes. 4.75% notes exempt from federal income taxes and other taxes except estate or inheritance, plus federal surtaxes and war taxes. $1,000 purchases exempt interest, $3,000 of earlier notes exempt from state and local taxes. Interest on borrowed funds to buy notes deductible. Victory notes are admissible assets under the 1918 Federal Revenue act.
Four Transports Bring 22,973 Soldiers Home to New York
Four transports and two battleships returned 22,973 officers and men from France. Mt. Vernon, Touraine, Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm and Touraine arrived early, welcomed by local committees as Quarantine pier. Battleships North Carolina and Montana followed with 1,593 and 1,508 men respectively. Rainbow Division, the 42nd, formed the largest group among the returnees with wide cheers from relatives nationwide.
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New York
France
Mt. Vernon
Prinz
Frederick Wilhelm
Touraine
Bay
North Carolina
Montana
Liviathan
Union
Parcel Post to Luxembourg Opens for Packages
Postmaster D J McCarthy reports a Washington notice allowing parcel post to Luxembourg. Rates 12 cents per pound or fraction, max length 3.5 feet, length plus girth 6 feet, max weight 11 pounds. Shipments go via Belgium with local surcharges collected on delivery.
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Parcel Post
Luxembourg
D. J. McCarthy
Department At
Washington
Belgium
Christmas Box Reaches Policeman From Bordeaux
Police officer Robert M. Lane received a letter from Bordeaux dated April 4 acknowledging the receipt of a Christmas box mailed in November 1918. The package carried candy cigarette papers handkerchiefs and plum pudding and was greatly appreciated.
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Robert M. Lane
Bordeaux
France
Joel A. Anderson
Spat In Ohio Sparks Columbus Pril Action
Local tensions in Columbus Ohio surface in a brief report noting a spat that prompted city action in April. Officials and residents are involved as details remain limited and the episode draws community attention.
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Ohio
Columbus
Pril
Trans-Atlantic Flight Record Set Amid Vague Report
An aviator named Frans-Gean completed a trans Atlantic flight today in a historic attempt. Details of route and timing remain unclear due to partial reporting from the papery archive.
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Frans
GEAN
Chimney Fire Reported at Farms Community Area
A chimney blaze disrupted activity at a farm property in the Farms area near Russell and led to a rapid response from local authorities. No injuries were reported and crews contained the fire to the structure.
Progress on peace treaty draft advances
Beate representations report progress on the peace treaty to be presented to the Germans next week. Of the 70,000 words planned for the main document, 50,000 have already been drafted.
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Beate
Reprc
Many Societies Sign Up For Middletown May Day Parade
A 10 March notice lists tentative parade participants for Middletown's gala May 30 celebration. Bands and fraternal groups from across Connecticut and neighboring cities plan floats and auto entries, including the Sixth Infantry Band, Spanish War veterans, Red Cross, Knights of Columbus, Moose, Elks, Eagles, Pythians, Italian and Polish societies, and several youth groups.
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Middletown
Sixth Infantry Band
Sixth Infantry
C. S. G. Marine Band
Groton
Conn
102Nd Infantry
Russell
Middlesex Chapter
The
American Red Cross
Mansfield Post
Grand Army of the Republic
St. Aloysius Y. M. T. A. R. Society
Knights of Columbus
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Ladies’ Catholic Benevolent Association
Governor’s Foot Guard Band of
New Haven
Arawanna Tribe
Philharmonic Band of
New Britain
Middletown Lodge
Protective Order of Elks
Junior Order of the United American Mechanics
Modern Woodmen of America
Hatch’s Military Band of
Hartford
Apollo Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Sons of St. George
Sons of Hermann
Polish Societies of
Boy Scouts of
Band
Sprinfield
Merchants and Manufacturers
May veto movie bill hangs on governor plan
The governor’s office reports unsigned portions of a motion picture bill, with evidence suggesting the Sunday movie provision the governor held out is not included, increasing the likelihood of a veto.
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Hartford
Bo —Thet & Sterner Holcomb
Secretary of State
Captured German U-Boat U-111 at Brooklyn Navy Yard
The U-111, a German submarine, is photographed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard being provisioned and inspected before planned visits to parts of New England. The submersible, touted as among the finest undersea fighters, will aid the Victory Liberty Loan drive. It was transported across the Atlantic by an American crew.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
New England States
IERE
VICTORS_LOAN
Victory Liberty Loan
Atlantic
Italy Stirred Up by Wilson Stand Demonstrations Across Cities
In Rome and major northern cities thousands demonstrated condemning President Wilson while shouting long live America and hurrah for the Americans. Milan and Naples echoed protests urging annexation of Fiume and Dalmatia, with preparations for a large reception for Premier Orlando upon Paris departure.
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Rome
Turin
Bologna
Milan
Genoa
America
Wilson
Fiume
Dalmatia
Naples
Orlando
Paris
Pesident Wilson
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Giornale D'Italia
Epocha
Nee Ee
Europe
Prince Colonna
See Germans Behind Orlan Do's Stand Paris April 25
Paris reports that Italian propaganda linked to Premier Orlando's leadership involved paid associates kept aware of facts. The text outlines how propaganda influenced public perception and political stance amid ongoing events.
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Orlando
Paris
Italy
Bank Robbery in Kansas City Targeting Liberty Bonds
In Kansas City Missouri on April 25 four men robbed the intercity bank at 11 o clock. They took about 15000 in Liberty bonds and 5000 in cash, threatening employees with revolvers, forcing them into the vault, then escaped by car. Police pursued with patrols and riot guns.
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Kansas City
inter-City
E. Bar
Middletown Scouts Complete 115 Mile Hike to New York
Nine Boy Scouts from Middletown Conn hiked 115 miles in four days starting Monday morning and arriving in New York City in the evening. They cooked their own meals and slept in tents along the route, planning to meet Mayor Hylan that afternoon.
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Gall
Mare Hylan
New York
Middletown
Conn
Hylan
Victory Bonds Sales Boosted by Liberty Cottage Efforts
The Women's Liberty Loan committee reports robust Victory Liberty Bond sales in Middletown despite unusual campaign conditions. The Liberty Cottage, under chair Mrs. Robert H. Fife Jr., operates daily from 1 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. This week Mrs. Arthur L. Allin leads operations, with Mrs. Skobert W. Rice taking over next week.
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Women’s Committee
Liberty Cottage
Victory Liberty Loan
Middletown
Exle
Women’s Liberty Loan Committee
Robert H. Fife, Jr
Arthur L. Allin
Skobert W. Rice
Russell firemen plan parade and social in Memorial Day events
Russell Manufacturing Company fire department voted at a regular meeting to take part in the Welcome Home parade on Memorial Day. They named Acting Captain Thomas Gray Lieutenant John Houlihan and Ladderman Joseph Pritchard to organize the parade arrangements. A second committee including Thomas Bayley John A. Smith and Arthur Stannard was formed to plan a firemen's social for next Monday night.
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Russell
Russell Manufacturing Company
Thomas Gray
John Houlihan
Joseph Pritchard
Thomas Bayley
John A. Smith
Arthur Stannard
Fear Grips Fruit Crop After Last Night Freeze
Anxiety rises over potential damage to the fruit crop from a severe freeze. Ice coated the city to about one eighth inch, threatening fledgling vegetation which sloughed and blackened with sunrise. The eastern sky at dawn appeared brilliant as the sun rose.
Daniels Sees Hun Fleet in London Arrival
Josephus Daniels, U.S. secretary of the navy, arrived in London to tour Scapa Flow where the surrendered German fleet is interned. He was greeted by Vice Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, the first sea lord, and John W. Davis, the American ambassador.
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Daniels
London
Josephus Daniels
Scapa Ow
Sir Rosslyn Wemyss
Admiralty
John W. Davis
To Cancel Ship Contracts Washington April 256 2,000,000 tons
Washington reports the shipping board plans to cancel contracts for 2,000,000 tons of steel ships, signaling a major shift in wartime ship production and naval readiness. The move affects several shipyards and suppliers tied to the program.
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Washington
The
Shipping Board
Victory Parade of New Ex Fighters in Boston Echoes Great War
Boston witnesses a massive parade as 20,000 strong New Ex Fighters march five miles along Beacon Street for a triumphant display. Major Clarence Edwards leads amid grateful crowds, with General Harry D. acting commander and banners recalling France’s battles. Spectators cheer as veterans, civilians, and women in support line the route. the scene marks one of the era’s grandest public celebrations.
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Boston
Jungland
Clarence R. Edwards
France
Beacon Street
Edwards
Eal
America
Harry Dent
Chemin Des’ Chateau Thierry
St. Mihi
Argonne
Southbridge
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