Eight Missing in Japanese Ship Disaster
Nine believed dead after fire aboard the Japanese steamer Tokuyo Maru off Cape Mears Oregon. Eight crewmen missing and one dead, with 65 aboard and 22 men four children in hospital. Buford carried survivors to safety as flames worsened and life boats sank.
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Cape Mears
Ore
U. S. Army
Buford
Tokuyo Rare
San Francisco
Toko Kisen Kaisha
Far East
K. Suzuki
Oregon
Coumbia River
Japan
South America
Portland
Forty States Plan National Hospital Day Observance
Chicago May 2 Forty states and four Canadian provinces plan National Hospital Day on May 12 Under executive secretary Matthew O Foley the program will include open house at government and community hospitals with patient tours food and laundry areas and nursing home tours for women interested in nursing Florence Nightingale's birthday is the date chosen Governors and public officials across the United States and Canada endorse the effort led by Chicago hospital figures.
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Chicago
Matthew O. Foley
Hugh 8. Cumming
United States Public Health Service
Harding
Plorence Nightingale
United States
Canada
Fifteen Million in Gold for U S Reported in Transit
A Stockholm dispatch quotes rumors that about 15 million dollars in gold bars are crossing Sweden en route to the United States. The message cites an Exchange Telegraph report and notes the rumors from Stockholm sources.
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Sweden
Borys
Stockholm
Exchange Telegraph
William Stuart of Michigan Named Assistant Treasurer
Washington May 4 AP reports William Stuart of Michigan named assistant treasurer designation Pell consus still unclear but noted in dispatch.
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Washington
William , Stuart
Michigan
Pell Consus
French occupation plans favor white troops in Ruhr
French general staff plans for occupying the Ruhr Valley call for exclusive use of white troops. Two Moroccan units that departed for Duesseldorf instead will be garrisoned at other locations.
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Mayence
Ruhr
Duesseldorf
Bergdoll Case Reopened by House Committee
Washington May 3 AP Adjutant General Harris recalled as house committee reopens probe into Grover Bergdoll escape from Fort Jay New York Questioned on Bergdoll motive to access buried funds lawyers seek part of money to fund appeal Judge John W Wescott of New Jersey Bergdoll attorney summoned Peyton March army chief of staff also called Wescott reportedly met Secretary Baker before Bergdoll escape to discuss appeal from conviction and five year sentence.
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Harris
House Committee
Grover Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Fort Jay
N.Y
Bergdoll
Johnson
Kentucky
John W. Wescott
New Jersey
Woodrow Wilson
Baltimore
St. Louis
Peyton
March
Army
Wescott
Secretary Baker
Dodger
Wescott Denies Bergdoll Talk Before House Panel
John Wescott of Donfield New Jersey testified before a house committee that he discussed with Angell and D Clarence Gibboney the attempt to appeal to the war department for the release of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll. Ansell rebutted, Westcott challenged his credibility, and the tense session ended with departures.
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John W. Wescott
Donfield
N. J
House Committee
Samuel T. Ansell
Army
Angell
D. Clarence Gibboney
War Department
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Wescott
Bergdoll
West Virginia
Westcott
Ansell
Senae
Washington
Typhus Crisis Reported in Soviet Russia and Poland
Dr. Harry Plotz reports more than 8,000,000 typhus cases in Soviet Russia with up to 50 percent mortality in some areas. Cholera spreads in Russia and parts of Poland amid refugee movement, with Petrograd recording 12,000 typhus cases and 40 percent death rate. Plans approved by the Polish government aim to reestablish public baths nationwide.
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New York
Soviet
Russia
Harry Plotz
Poland
American Jewish Relief Committee
Petrograd
Plotaz
Peete appeal filed for new trial in Denton murder case
The opening brief in the appeal for a new trial for Mrs Louise Peete formerly of Denver was filed in the appellate court today. It repeats the trial ruling claims of insufficient evidence and district attorney misconduct.
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Los Angeles
Ay 3
Mre
Louise Peete
Denver
Jacob Charles Denton
Blattery Nominated U.S. Attorney for Montana
President Harding nominated John L. Blattery to be United States attorney for the district of Montana in Washington on May 3. This event names Blattery for the federal post and sets confirmation in the Senate’s hands.
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Washington
John L. Blattery
Harding
United States
District of Montana
Harding recalls newsboy days in letter to Boston
President Harding writes to Harry E Burroughs reflecting on his newsboy past and the 1920 campaign. He recalls a call from a delegation of former newsboys and praises city associations that help newsboys and their members. He regrets missing a Boston ex Newsboy reunion.
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Boston
Harry E. Burroughs
Harding
ex-Newsboy Association
Assignments of Bishops Reported from Louisville Meeting
Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church South attending the College of Bishops sessions in Louisville left for Nashville for the pascal meeting. Bishop W N Ainsworth Bishop W McMurry Bishop A W W Darlington and Bishop James Atkins announced. Assignments to districts include Bishop W R Lambuth sixth district and Bishop Edwin D Monroe seventh district.
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Louisville
Methodist Episcopal Church South
College of Bishop
Nashville
Pascel
Board Issions
Aone Af
W. N. Ainsworth
W. McMurry
A. W. W. Darlington
James Atkins
W. R. Lambuth
Edwin D.monroon
Kentucky Derby Entries Gather at Churchill Downs
Louisville May 3 AP With the Derby set for Saturday the field grows as major contenders arrive at Churchill Downs. Gray Lag, Harry F Sinclair's hopeful, impressed on his first workout yesterday. Star Water, owned by Commander J K J Ross, is among horses expected to race at the Downs.
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Louisville
Churchill Downs
Gray
Economy Urged as Deficiency Spending Cutback Emphasized
President Harding launches a drive for economy to curb large deficiency appropriations. He cites warnings from Senator Warr and urges bureau chiefs to tighten budgets to avoid reliance on government funds.
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Washington
Harding
Cabin
Congress
Warr
Senate Committee On
Hays at Home to All the Boys
Fragmentary note describes a World War II era scene with a private residence and an implied invitation or action. The text is unclear but hints at a home front or mobilization context and a person named Hays. No explicit events or names beyond Hays are confirmed.
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Hays
Benson Stands for Reduction in Wage Dispute
Washington May 3 AP Chairman Benson of the shipping board warns it will tap naval reservists and discharged sailors to keep trans Atlantic mail ships running if marine workers refuse the 15 percent wage cut. He denies plans to arm ships or use military force and says no plan to man government mail ships with naval seamen. President awaits mediation replies as talks continue with ship owners and Seamen’s Union representatives.
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Washington
Benson
Shipping Boat
Navy Yards
New York
United States
Berson
Shipping Board
White House
Hoover
Davis
Navy Yard
United States Naval
Labor Department
Andrew Furuseth
of Seamen's Union
Hese
Pete Ment
Auto Conspirators Get Prison Sentence
Five men from Bridgeport Conn New York and Detroit were convicted in federal court of conspiring to violate the Dyer automobile theft act. Joseph Galbo Earl Linn Douglas Moore James G Burroughs and Nyquist received two year sentences in Leavenworth. The case involved a large scheme to steal and transport automobiles to the east some for export to Scandinavian countries.
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Detroit
Bridgeport
May Day Riots Kill Four in Argentina Clash
Four killed and twenty four wounded in a May Day riot in Gualeguaychu during a parade clash between workers and the local Argentine Patriotic League chapter. The strike spread to Mars as workers declared a general stoppage.
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Buenos Aires
Gualeguavebu
Argentina
Argentine Patriotic League
Mars
Deputies Fanned Out to Regulate Chagrin Falls Race Track
Fifty armed deputies recruited by Mayor George L. Burton departed Cleveland for the Chagrin Falls track to monitor and stop betting at the afternoon races.
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Cleveland
George L. Burton
Falla
Chagrin Falls
Japanese Relations Call For Adjustment Says Ambassador
Cleveland May 3 The Japanese ambassador urged harmony between Japan and the United States at a Cleveland Chamber of Commerce address. He affirmed Japan’s no emigration policy, argued for fair treatment of Japanese nationals, and said assimilation hinges on mutual respect and equal opportunity. He noted about 100,000 Japanese in the continental U.S. and urged policies that support loyal citizenship and dignified manhood.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Japan
Shidchara
Peretti
Wainland
United States
Thembadsador Anid
Warsaw honors Wilson Hoover Foch with first honorary degrees
The University of Warsaw conferred the degree of doctor of law on Woodrow Wilson, Herbert Hoover, and Marshal Foch, marking the first honorary degrees ever awarded by the institution. The ceremony took place in Warsaw on May 3.
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Warsaw
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Marshal Foch
University of Warsaw
First American ship sails from New York as strike ties ships
The Sixaola of United Fruit left New York at noon becoming the first American vessel to sail since the marine strike began. Line officials said they could recruit enough new men to replace strikers. Other ports reported ships tied up or crews deserting, with vessels like the Brilliant abandoned and West Himrod cleared for Hamburg under largely nonunion crews.
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New York
Sixaola
United Fruit Line
West Indies
Line
Boston
Standard
Brilliant
Hog Island
Newton
Lake Beacon
Nor Olk
Institute Seas
French Experts Seek Airplane Breakthrough Helicopter
Paris reports experts have cautiously backed the helicopter concept after a government commission studied a Pescara design. Trials near Paris aim to perfect vertical takeoff as Italy's Pescara leads demonstrations with Spain as Barcelona hosts experiments.
Will Try Officers for Conspiracy in Vienna Trial
Vienna reports the trial of thirty nine officers of the old Austrian army accused of conspiracy. The proceedings focus on participation in a purported Death Legion created to serve against Bolshevik dictatorship.
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Vienna
APS
Wenares
Death Legion
Allies fix reparations at 32 billions
London reports nine days remain for Germany to inform the entente of its reparations plan. The principal debt is fixed at 6.6 billion sterling about 32.14 billion dollars, with a May 12 deadline to acknowledge or repudiate. Britain, France, and other leaders discuss naval action, Ruhr occupation, and US participation while Foch warns swift troop moves could secure Ruhr.
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London
Germany
Charles FE. Hughes
Washington
Mr. Hughes
Supreme Council
Berlin
Allied Reparations Commission
London Times
Winston Spencer Churchill
Austen Chamberlain
Mr. Lloyd George
Sapieha
Poland
Upper Silesia
United States cites reparations talks with Allied governments
Washington May 8 AP says the United States aims to present adequate reparations proposals to Allied governments in Germany talks. Administration officials declined to specify the cause of the incident or discuss details from the London council, noting the situation spoke for itself.
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Germany
America
Alli
United States
Apaprens Council
London
Cairns
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