Bolshevik Threats Spread Across Central Europe
A sweeping dispatch reports Hungary forming a 70,000-strong Bolshevik army led by a veteran commander, seeking alliance with Germany’s Spartacists and aiming to stamp out bourgeois classes. Czecho-Slovak forces prepare to fight, while Austria-Hungary faces a potential “bloody battlefield” as Allied troops suppress unrest. Berlin and Vienna sources note Soviet influence and rising chaos, with Budapest under soviet leadership and plans for foreign affairs commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Chariton
Hungary
Boliae
Thas
Lenino-Trotzky
Moscow
Arereto
Spartacides
Germany
Europe
Paris
Austria-Hungary
Est
Russia
Finland Revictualing Plan Amid Starvation Woes
Helsingfors reports arrangements for revictualizing Finland at 20 000 tons monthly, depending on tonnage. Dr Svenson, agent for Herbert Hoover’s relief commission, directs Scandinavia aid while Mr Heinz travels to Constantinople. Blacklisted Swedish and Finnish ships threaten deliveries as northern Finland faces severe hunger with starvation in communities. Dr Svenson urges immediate relief measures.
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Helsingfors
London
Finland
Dr. Svenson
Herbert Hoover
Inter-Allied Food Relief Commission
Mr. Heinz
Pittsburg
Scandinavia
Hsbonia
Heinz
Constantinople
America
Svenson
Captain's Secret Letters Believed Key to Fort Dearborn Death
Captain William Murray 50 of Brooklyn committed suicide in a Fort Dearborn hotel room. He was on leave from Camp Grant. Police found letters suppressed by authorities and said the case rests with the army, which will determine public disclosure. Army officials are investigating.
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Chicago
William Murray
Clarson Avenue
Brooklyn
N. Y
Fort Dearborn
Murray
Camp Grant
Captain Murray
Army
Hope for settlement in British strike talks in London
London March 24 news reports after weekend strike conferences that a satisfactory settlement is hoped for. J H Thomas, head of the Railway Men's union, urged no strike and warned against bolshevik agitators. Negotiations between Thomas and the government are said to be satisfactory amid a worker dispute over honoring the no-strike agreement.
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H. J. Greenwall
Berlin
London
Hungary
Berliner Zeitung
Spartacides
Ebert
Daily Express
J. H. Thomas
Railway Men’s Union
Seek American in Mexico
Washington reports no trace yet of Oscar Wallace an American carried off by Mexican bandits near Progreso Coahuila. Mexican authorities conduct a vigorous search per state department advices. Employees on nearby ranches heard him calling for help but feared rescuing him.
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Mexico
Washington
Oscar Wallace
State Department
Wallace
Predicts Lower Food Prices Shown by Commerce Board
Washington reports that George N. Peek, chairman of the industrial board of the department of commerce, predicted lower food prices in the near future after returning from New York where he and William F. Fritter conferred with United States grain corporation officials.
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Washington
George N. Peek
Industrial Board
The
Department of Commerce
New York
William F. Fritter
United States Grain Corporation
Vienna Seizure Rebuff on Bolshevist Move Reported
London dispatch reports Vienna State has refused to join the Hungarian Bolshevist movement, arguing Austria must rely on the Entente for food. The note comes as reports from Amsterdam cite Vienna officials declining alignment with Hungarian Bolshevism and referencing food dependence.
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London
Vienna
Masaryk Resigns as Czecho Slovakia Leader
London reports Masaryk has resigned as head of the Czecho Slovakia state at Prague. An allied mission with American representatives at Budapest departs amid anxiety over Bolshevik spread in Poland and the Balkans. Lenine urges constant contact with the Budapest government as riots and strikes flare in Lübeck Stettin and Breslau.
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Masaryk
London
Prague
Vienna
Budapest
Poland
Balkans
Carl Radek
Berlin
Lubeck
Stettin
Breslau
Nicholai Lenine
Russia
Lenine
Red Movement
Hungary
War Will Weld Allied Powers Across Nations
Washington March 24 Senator Hitchcock Nebraska retiring chair of the senate foreign relations committee said the Bolshevist declaration of war on the Entente could push Great Britain United States France Italy and Japan toward a League of Nations. He argued bolshevism spreading from Russia to Hungary may force economic pressure rather than force, and that a revised covenant could satisfy all big powers including Japan, while avoiding added provisions. He predicted the president would favor an amended covenant to balance Monroe doctrine internal questions and tariffs without alienating Japan.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
South
Russia
Hungary
League of Nations
Germany
No Kisses for 26th Parade Returns Home
Boston reports Major General Clarence R. Edwards issuing parade orders for the 26th division return. The rout step allowed for smiles and kisses. marchers pass the state house at attention with four stands noted. Wounded soldiers receive places of honor and discharged men may be placed in front. No auxiliaries. bands to the extent possible.
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Boston
Clarence R. Edwards
Edwards
State House
Cairo Isolated by Attacks on Lines of Communications
Cairo has been cut off by attacks on communications lines. Demonstrations have occurred. Air service now links Alexandria and Suez. Bedouins repelled a British party near Fauim. Egyptian radicals in Switzerland are sending bolshevik money into Egypt to fuel revolt. A Berne conference of vanquished nations' representatives will discuss armistice terms.
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Egypt
Switzerland
London
Cairo
Alexandria
Suez
Fauim
Geneva
Berne
Total Marine Casualties As War Progresses
Washington announced Marine corps casualties totaled 11 309 with 2 518 deaths including 48 officers and 1 459 men killed in action and 29 officers and 94 men dying of wounds There were 278 deaths by disease 5 from accidents and 5 from other causes The wounded total 8 576 and 215 listed as missing.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Canadian Troops in Siberia Recalled by Ottawa
Canadian troops sent to Siberia have been recalled and are expected to arrive back in Canada in May or June. The Canadian trade commission, which went to Siberia to promote Canadian trade, reported chaotic conditions and is returning home.
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Siberia
Ottawa
Can
Canadian Trade Commission
Admiral Sims Guest of King George at London Luncheon
Admiral Sims, commander of American naval forces in European waters, was hosted by King George at a farewell luncheon at Buckingham Palace in London on March 24. The visit highlights Allied naval ties and wartime cooperation.
Wilson Visits Battle Fields and Graves of Soldiers
Paris dispatch reports President Wilson under shell fire during a tour of Soissons Chauny Courcy Noyon and Roye battlefields. He viewed graves of American soldiers watched Germans and locals cleaning up wreckage and praised French spirit before returning to Paris with Mrs Wilson and entourage.
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John Edwin Nevin
Paris
Wilson
French Battle Fields
Soissons
Corny
Chemin Des Dames
Aisne
Chauny
Courcy
Noyon
Roye
Montdidier
Body Identified After Westfield District Find
The body of 78 year old Alfred Pettit was found by boys in the Bradley and Hubbard Mfg reservoir area in Meriden Westfield district. Pettit had been missing from his son Adgar F Pettit's home for three weeks. He came from Newton Long Island last September. The medical examiner Dr E T Bradstreet believes he fell on a mountainside by the east bank of the reservoir, was badly injured, and died from exposure with feet and legs in water.
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Westfield
Meriden
Bradley and Hubbard Mfg. Co
Alfred Pettit
Adgar F. Pettit
Newton
L. I
E. T. Bradstreet
New Haven Seeks Custody of 102nd Regiment Colors
Mayor David E. Fitzgerald of New Haven asks Secretary of War Baker to place the 102nd regiment colors in city custody when mustered out. The regimental colors were presented at Yale Field before departure for France and funded by local public subscriptions.
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New Haven
David E. Fitzgerald
Baker
Yale Field
France
Battleship Idaho Commissioned at Camden Yard
The Idaho, Uncle Sam’s largest fighting craft, went into commission at the New York Shipbuilding yards in Camden New Jersey. It measures 624 feet, displaces 32 000 tons, reaches 21 knots and cost 12 500 009 dollars. Its main batteries include twelve 14 inch guns and twenty two 5 inch guns.
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Idaho
Camden
N. J
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Supreme Court Grants Rush to Rumley Hearings Date Set
Washington March 24 The government request to advance hearings in the Rumley case charged with concealing German assets in the New York Evening Mail now under alien property custodian was granted by the Supreme Court. Arguments will be heard April 14.
Hungary Names Bel Kun Premier and Foreign Minister
London reports Bela Kun appointed Hungarian people's commissioner for foreign affairs and to act as premier. Amsterdam dispatch notes Budapest printers are on strike and no papers are published. The source highlights a new leadership amid labor shortages and press disruption in Hungary and continental centers.
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Hungary
London
Bela Kun
Amsterdam
Budapest
13000 Doughboys Unloaded Today At New York Port
More than 13 000 American troops arrived as five transports docked in New York with plans for 6000 more to come. The list of ships includes Antigone Matsonia Manchuria Lake Gasper Montana and North Carolina carrying varied units, medics, and convalescents. Casualties include 32 tuberculosis patients and several infantry and Marines personnel returning home.
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New York
Europe
Matsonia
Antigone
Manchuria
Lake Gasper
Montana
North Carolina
Engineers
Bordeaux
37T
Ohio
103Rd Trench Motor Battery
Pennsylvania
Argentina
Francesca
Marseilles
Culgoa
Brest
Westboro
Polar Land
Badre Bordeaux
St. Nazaire
Hindenburg Speaks On Bolshevism And Yellow Peril
Frau von Hindenburg sister in law of the 24 field marshal says that if the allies crush Germany Bolshevism would hold sway until defeated by the yellow races. She recounts the ex emperor’s tactlessness and notes Germany may prosper again though she is too old to see it.
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Germany
Berlin
London
Marshal von Hindenburg
Frau von Hindenburg
von Hindenburg
Edward
William
Inventor Starts First Unit for Radio Dynamic Torpedo Tests
Joan Hays Hammond Jr. reports that work has begun on the first plant unit to test his radio steered boat invention. He expects two years to complete the unit as Congress appropriates 417000 dollars for a radio dynamic torpedo installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia
Mass
Joan Hays Hammond, Jr
Congress
British Demobilization Delayed by Egyptian Sabotage
London reports delaying demobilization as many troops stay in Egypt. Foreign Office says disturbances are sabotage not revolution. Malcontents have cut telephone and telegraph lines burned railways stations and crops. A general railway strike in Cairo failed.
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London
Egypt
Foreign Office
Cairo
Five Mexican bandits slain by U S cavalry near Rio Grande
Eighth United States cavalry returned from an engagement eighteen miles south of the Rio Grande reporting five Mexican bandits killed and two wounded. No American injuries. Soldiers recovered forty head of cattle and several horses rustled across the border.
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Marfa
Tex
Eighth United States Cavalry
Rio Grande
Funds for War Risk Bureau to get emergency aid
President Wilson will appropriate about five million dollars from the emergency fund to run the bureau of war risk insurance until June 30. He notified Secretary Glass by cable this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Risk Bureau
Washington
Wilson
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Secretary of the Treasury Glass
Welcoming Mission Leaves Albany for New York Parade
Members of the state welcoming commission including legislators officials judges and regents depart Albany by special train at midnight to review the parade of the 27th division in New York City tomorrow.
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Albany
N. Y
State Welcoming Commission
Court of Appeals
Board of Regents
New York City
27th Division Parade Draws Brooklyn Crowds in WW I Hero Welcome
In New York on March 24 more than 5,000 Brooklyn veterans of the 27th New York Division, plus 10,000 sailors and Civil War and Spanish American War veterans as escorts, marched with field equipment from the “unbreakable” Hindenburg line through the borough. The 27th included the 106th infantry and the 104th 106th machine gun battalions and the 105th field artillery. Parades were held in Manhattan and the Bronx marking a 48 hour celebration. The day foreshadowed the citywide welcome planned for tomorrow holiday crowds to enjoy refreshments and theater openings through Wednesday.
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New York
St. Quentin
Cambrai
Brooklyn
27Th Aad
106Th Infantry
14Th
23Rd
47Th National Guardsmen
104Th
106Th
First Cavalry
105Th Field Artillery
Second Field Artillery
Manhattan
Bronx
107Th Infantry
7Th
The
National Guard
105Th Machine Gun Batttalion
Fifth Avenue
Mrs Stokes Speaks At Colosseum Rally
In Chicago at the Coliseum Mrs Rose Pastor Stokes spoke for three hours amid tens of thousands of radicals. The 10 year espionage act sentence was noted as she and others denounced the United States and praised the Bolshevik regime predicting a Soviet government soon. Stokes, free on $10000 bond, said she was proud to suffer for the movement to emancipate workers.
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Chicago
Rose Pastor Stokes
Santori Nuorteva
Seymour Stedman
United States
Stokes
Supreme Court
Lawrence strikers demand 54 hours pay for 48 work
Lawrence mass march 24 strike committee insists on 54 hours wages for 48 hours of work as talks open with American Woolen Co mills Wood Washington Ayer Kunhardt Everett. Commissions separate with officials from each mill to resolve the dispute under the 48 hour week plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irgist
Lawrence
Mass
American Woolen Co
Everett and Kundhardt Mills
Wood, Washington and Ayer Mills
Admits Vicious Murder in Taxicab Case
Ernest Fritz of Tuckahoe confessed to causing the death of Mrs. Florence Coyne found in Fritz's taxicab on White Plains avenue. A motorcycle officer stopped at the scene and Fritz begged the woman to speak as Medical Examiner Dr. Nennard described the attack as vicious and brutal. Fritz faces arraignment Wednesday on a homicide charge.
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New York
Ernest Fritz
Florence Coyne
Fritz
White Plains Avenue
Carl Nennard
Lawrence Strike Talks Amid Woolen Mills Confrontation
Lawrence Massachusetts March 24 agents of four American woolen mills and Everett and Kunhardt mills meet with striking workers representatives to discuss the strike situation. Strikers named their delegates this morning after seven weeks on strike demanding a 48 hour week with 54 hours pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Mass
American Woolen Companies
Everett and Kunhardt Mills
Seek To Settle Shoe Strike In Chicago
Chicago March 24 arbitration of a 3500 worker shoe strike that has shut most factories is sought today. Strikers favor submitting their demands to the war labor board and effort continues to persuade manufacturers to accept arbitration.
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Chicago
War Labor Board
Labor Troubles In Kentucky Washington March 24
Textile workers in Louisville Kentucky faced escalating trouble prompting a department of labor appeal today conciliator James Purcell was sent to mediate the scene the move signals heightened tensions and potential federal involvement in the dispute
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Kentucky
Washington
Louisville
Department of Labor
James Purcell
Twenty Thousand Welsh Miners Strike Ongoing
London reports twenty thousand Welsh coal miners began a strike in Cardiff. The action is described as unauthorized and locale details indicate a nationwide labor escalation. The Telegraph dispatch notes sudden stoppage across pits with potential impacts on supply.
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London
Cardiff
Allies face Hungarian crisis with potential new war risks
Paris March 24 A council of ten discussed the bolshevik threat in Hungary and potential British gunboat actions on Budapest. Premature boundary notices sparked revolution fears, with experts fearing armed intervention may be needed to restore order as debates surface over demobilization and U.S. role in a League of Nations.
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Paris
Hungary
Council of Ten
Budapest
Europe
Wilson
Italy
Adriatic
Germany
Peat
Haller
France
Dantzig
Russia
America
League of Nations
United States
England
Hungarians Move to Invade Poland in March Bold Push
London dispatch reports 70,000 Hungarian Bolshevik troops began advancing toward Poland. Forces crossed the Dniester south of Lemberg. Pall Mall Gazette ties the coup to a Berlin Budapest conspiracy.
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Poland
London
Zurich
Dniester
Lemberg
Pall Mall Gazette
Berlin
Budapest
Captain Thomson Dead in Brookline Army Engineer Dies at 33
Captain Stuart Thomson of the U S army ordnance department and consulting engineer for General Electric died at his Brookline home after a severe cold and pneumonia contracted three weeks earlier. He was 33, born in Lynn on August 13, 1886, and was the eldest son of Prof Elihu Thomson. He served on the staff of Dr Charles P Steinmetz in Schenectady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookline
Mass
Stuart Thomson
United States Army Ordnance Department
Elihu Thomson
Electric
General Electric Cos
Schenectady
Thomson
Charles P. Steinmetz
Washington
Lynn
West Pointer Dismissed From Military Academy
Washington reports a fourth class cadet K A Hanna was dismissed from West Point after a court martial finding him guilty. The War Department announced the action this afternoon and did not disclose his home address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
K A. Hanna
West Military Academy
War Department
Passaic Strike Settled in Passaic N J
Settlement of differences between textile workers and employers at Passaic New Jersey announced by the department of labor this afternoon after extended negotiations. The men will return to work tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Passaic
Washington
N. J
Department of Labor
Rail Traffic Restored Between Cairo And Alexandria
Railway traffic between Cairo and Alexandria in Egypt, halted by political disturbances, has been officially restored as announced in parliament this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
London
Cairo
Alexandria
Parmament
Metal Prices Report From New York Markets
New York metal prices show lead steady with small spreads from 512.5 to 527.5 in March and April futures from 512.5 to 625. Spelter remains firm around 612.5 to 622.5 with May and June futures quoted near 614.
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New York
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