Destruction of American Airplanes in France Probed
A House subcommittee hearing in New York focuses on the destruction of American army aircraft in France under orders from army officers. Witnesses describe chopping engines and burning planes at Colombes-les-Belles as guards prevented photos. Total planes burned cited as 115, with some machines recently flown and salvaged parts valued at about 15 cents each.
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New York
Jay
House of Represetatives
Royall C. Johnson
South Dakota
France
Colombes-les-Belles
Paul L. Lockwood
Stamford
Alfred T. Rover
Colombes-les-Balles
Johnson
General Mare
Pershing
John C. McKague
Air Service
McKague
Lockwood
Meuse- Argonne
German Austria Faces Hard Struggle for Existence
Paris reports a Vienna dispatch stating Dr. Karl Renner wrote to President Seitz outlining his foreign ministry policy. Renner says German Austria faces a tougher path to future existence than pessimists anticipated as Austria, he suggests, deserts the effort.
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Paris
Vienna
Karl Renner
Seitz
Austria
Foreign Ministry
Bolshevism Spread Reported in Bulgaria Area
Berlin reports say Bolshevism is spreading in Bulgaria with demonstrations in major towns, disorders and bloodshed. A Soviet system is demanded and a general revolution is expected.
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London
Berlin
Bulgaria
Marshal Foch Welcomed by British Leaders in London
King George received Marshal Foch at Buckingham Palace and promoted him to field marshal of the British army. He was later given the freedom of the city at Guild Hall and presented a sword of honor. The lord mayor hosted a luncheon at Mansion House.
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London
George
Marshal Foch
Buckingham Palace
Guild Hall
General Pershing
Mansion House
Wilson Defers Fleet Review to Early September
President Wilson will not review the Pacific fleet at San Francisco until early September, likely the fourth or fifth. Secretary Daniels will review the fleet in Los Angeles on August 9 and the units will visit ports south of Los Angeles before entering San Francisco Harbor for the presidential review. Daniels may not travel to Hawaii due to Wilsons changed Pacific schedule.
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Washington
Wilson
San Prangasco
Navy Department
Daniels
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Venice
Santa Barbara
Monterey
Santa Cruz
San Diego
Pacific Coast
Hawaii
Honolulu
United States
Yorkshire Coal Strike Talks Fail at Leeds Conference
London reports a attempt to settle the Yorkshire coal strike failed as a conference of mine owners and workers in Leeds did not reach an agreement. No solution was found to end the dispute.
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London
Leeds
Bulgaria faces serious turmoil with soviet republic push
Reuters reports from Sofia that Bulgaria's internal situation is grave with a broad movement toward a soviet republic and many strikes have started.
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London
Montreal
Reuter
Sofia
Bulgaria
Surrender to the League of Nations Cited in Text
The fragment suggests a call to surrender oneself to the League of Nations, urging trust in the international body. The text appears as a brief exhortation lacking broader context or action details. No clear date, place, or named individuals are provided.
Slayer mother escapes guard and hangs self near Keillerton
Roy Emerson of Creston Iowa, convicted of murdering his mother, escaped from guards en route to Ringgold county jail Mount Ayr and hanged himself under a highway bridge using a belt and barbed wire. He had beaten his mother to death at their Creston undertaking shop last May and was awaiting appeal.
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Keillerton
Roy Emerson
Creston
Ringgold County
Mount Ayr
Here
Emerson
Supreme Court
Keelerton
Wilson to Review Pacific Fleet in San Francisco
Secretary Tumulty announced President Wilson will review the Pacific fleet in San Francisco on September 2 or 3, as preparations proceed for the ceremony.
Bulgarian Delegation Seeks Macedonia Dobrudja Thrace
Paris July 80 The Bulgarian delegation sent its first note to the conference presenting a voluminous document claiming Macedonia Dobrudja and Thrace as Bulgarian territory and demanding they be given Bulgaria.
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Paris
Macedonia
Dobrudja
Thrace
Helfferich to sue Erzberger after failed libel bid
Dr Karl Helfferich former vice chancellor says he will sue Mathias Erzberger claiming he is a liar and traitor to reveal the truth with a Berlin report noting Helfferich accuses Erzberger of staging a parliamentary revolution in 1917 and acting at Count Czernin’s instigation.
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Erzberger
Helfferich
Berlin
Kreuz Zeitung
Reichstag
Dr. Helfferich
Count Czernin
Traction Men Plan Snap Strike Referendum Vote
Chicago reports Mahon arrives to lead talks with 15 000 streetcar and elevated workers as referendum plans to settle the dispute surface. Meeting aims to learn mass meeting details while workers consider compromise offers for 65 67 cent hourly scales and eight hour day.
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Chicago
W. D. Mahon
Mahon
Submarine G-2 Sinks With Open Hatches
The experimental U S submarine G-2 sank in Long Island waters with hatches open, three of eight crew drowned. Coast Guard cutter Acushnet and divers from N-30 and R-5 assisted, salvage operations to follow, Gunner B W Morrow commanded the vessel.
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New London
Conn
United States
Long Island
United States Coast Guard
Acushnet
B. W. Morrow
President Wilson meets senators behind closed doors on treaty talks
Senator Dillingham of Vermont said he would vote for the treaty with reservations after a frank discussion with President Wilson about Paris negotiations including the Shantung settlement. Senator Harding of Ohio also conferred, stressing that reservations could provoke a similar response from other signatories.
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Washington
Dillingham
Vermont
Wilson
Senate
White House
Paris
Shantung
Harding
Ohio
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Patrol Wrecked Off Cape Engano During Dominican Patrol
A naval patrol boat May, a converted yacht, was wrecked off Cape Engano Santo Domingo. The 77 crew members were rescued by the lighthouse tender Lilac and the submarine chaser 126 after distress signals.
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Washington
May
Cape Engano
Santo Domingo
Navy Department
Lilac
Noted Producer III In Critical Condition At Hospital
Physicians attending Oscar Hammerstein grand opera producer report his condition is critical and may fail within hours. Hammerstein is said to be paralyzed on the entire right side.
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Mr. Hammerstein
Chicago race riots ease as toll reaches twenty seven
Calmer morning in Chicago after three nights of fighting with 27 dead and 325 wounded. Governor Lowden says crisis may be over though troops stay on standby. Police report 26 deaths verified and confirm injuries. few negroes on streets as transport offices and stockyards stay quiet.
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Chicago
Frank O. Lowden
Lowden
John H. Simpson
Businss
Lowdn
West Side
Tra Henry
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Associated Press
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German National Assembly
Admiral Kolchak
Omsk
League of Mations
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Traction
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