May Day Tensions Delay Paris Peace Day Plans
Reported unrest in Paris as May Day preparations mix with security for the peace talks. Officials promise calm despite armed displays and special guards along Versailles streets. the big three leaders may walk to the fences, with the Nations committee meeting Monday to review matters as the treaty nears completion.
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Mts
M. House
Ameri
Pose
Mily
Wilson
Sceau
Lloyd-George
Ue of Nations
Versailles
Japan
China
United States
General Pershing Decorates Seven for Heroism
The War Department announced seven officers and men received the Distinguished Service Cross for acts of heroism. Recipients include Charles Follis, Frierson Jr., and Lieuts Herman Cries Roches and Merritt Wilson among others from Nashville Detroit Saginaw and Chicago with addresses and ranks listed.
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War Department
Charles Follis
Porter Meade Frierson, Jr
Desa
Broadway
Nashville
Herman Cries
Roches N. Y
Merritt Wilson
Caluweeant
Earl Adelspberge
Carey, Nt
William A. Monroe
Sagiant
James McDonald
Saginaw
Harlow B. Emerson
Lan
Thomas M. Purdon
Sprks
French American Bank Alliance Aims to Link Banks
An alliance between French and American banking interests was disclosed in Albany. The plan creates the American Banking Corpora tion with half its stock held by Americans and half by French investors. It proposes French and American businessmen gain reciprocal banking facilities in each nation.
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Y York
France
United BS
At Albany
N. Y
American Inter
Ars
Beekeeping Project Placed atop West Virginia State House
Bees occupy the state capitol grounds in Charleston as an apiary from the West Virginia Department of Agriculture, with Charlie R. Bee as the state apiarist overseeing current colonies and planned additions. Officials will receive fresh honey from the comb.
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State House
Ton
W.va
State Capitol
Charlies R
State de D of Agriculture
Department
Heartbeat sighting in exhibition chicken
A chicken on exhibition shows a rare heart beating through a nearly transparent tissue film. The bird, currently in the pin feather stage, has a heart-shaped opening about half an inch in diameter.
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Roy Stover
Yanks Discover Welsh Hospitality and Food During Leave
American servicemen touring Wales praise the hospitality of Welsh families. They note musical households, plentiful food, and local cooks earning high marks. Sundays feature many dinners as the YMC A sends 50 to 75 servicemen for afternoon visits.
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London
Wales
United States
England
72 Miles In 20 Minutes At Post Field Record Flight
Lieutenant T. S. Reed of Post Field Fort Sill set a new record flying a DeHaviland biplane with a Liberty engine from Lawton to Oklahoma City covering 72 miles in 20 minutes. He averaged 2,000 feet altitude while strong winds aided the flight, surpassing the previous 24 minute record by Lieutenant Robert Baker.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Post Field
Lawton
T. S. Reed
Fort Sill
DeHaviland
Robert Baker
Reed
Bride of One Day Follows Sudden Marriage into Insanity
FLEMINGTON W Va Anna Serio aged 17 married for one day then fell asleep and lay in a stupor for a week. On awakening doctors pronounced her insane, a startling case of rapid marriage followed by mental collapse.
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Flemington
W. Va
Anna Serio
Durable Nesfin Soles touted by Goodyear in 1918 endorsement
An old advertisement claims Nesfin Soles endure wear tests for nearly a year and remain in good shape. It credits Goodyear Rubber Co. Akron with the durable, waterproof soles and Wingfoot Heels, promising lower shoe bills and widespread availability for re-soling.
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W.H. Cocke
France
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Akron
Ohio
Makes gowns wife shinges. Mrs and Mr Springer pair up at home
In Santa Monica California Mr E H Springer and his wife epitomize domestic harmony by exchanging duties. Mrs Springer makes hats and gowns while Mr Springer designs them. She shingles the roof and paints interiors. They credit shared tasks with happiness and fewer divorces.
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Santa Monica
Cal
E. H. Springer
Labor Bureau chief calls for more workers in state pen
W. W. Poor Laborers. Topeka Kansas E. E. Frizell head of the labor bureau and state legislator urges more industrious labor for harvest and binder twine factory at the state penitentiary He notes the penitentiary plans to produce three million pounds of wine this year and thirty five million needed for the 1919 crop.
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W. W
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
State Penitentiary
E. E. Frizell
Larned
Labor Bureau
State Penientiary
Hen Lays Abnormal Eggs in Newton Kansas
R T Schaffer of Newton reports a hen laying only oversized eggs for months. The smallest egg weighed 5 3 4 ounces and the largest 7 1 2 ounces. The smallest egg is on display at a local store.
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Newton
Kan
R. T. Schaffer
Illicit whiskey still found after smoke near school
Dense smoke from a house across from a Bethlehem school prompted the janitor to investigate and uncover an active whiskey still in operation. A stray line notes a disparaging remark about typewriter girls and clan clicks.
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Bethlehem
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