Rioters Attack Negro Strike Breakers at Baltimore
In Baltimore three hundred mariners and sympathizers stormed the federal building to reach about 75 black strike breakers. Police dispersed the mob as beatings occurred before officers arrived. In Mobile the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association agreed to terms of a wage settlement with the United Shipping Board.
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Baltimore
Custom House
Marshal Kenny
Mobile
Ala
Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association
United Shipping Board
Galvison
Pensacola
Tug boat engineers strike in Newport News sympathy action
In Newport News on May 10 Chesapeake and Ohio tug engineers walked off in sympathy with seamen. They refused to move any ships while Hampton Roads remained open with docking handled by masters and pilots.
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Newport News
Chesapeake & Ohio
Hampton Roads
Strike Breakthrough as China Mail Union Pact Signed
The China Mail Steamship company agreed for one year at old wages with the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association ending a cruise-line dispute. Crews were ordered to report aboard the Nanking for a Far East voyage, while dockside clashes prompted a police surge and canceled city vacations. Washington officials faced charges of government backing shipowners as union appeal for hearings gained traction.
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San Francisco
China Mail Steamship Company
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
Nanking
Far East
Shipping Board
Bakersfield
Washington
Benson
Congress
The
William 8. Brown
Appropriations Committees
Brown
Marine strike not settled in wage dispute talks
Washington May 10 APRepresentatives of marine workers groups left Washington after Secretary Davis said efforts to settle the wage dispute with shipowners had been unavailing and would not continue now. Marine Engineers Beneficial Association officials said no concessions beyond those offered to Davis and Admiral Benson would be made. Benson is understood to reaffirm a 15 percent wage cut.
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Washington
Marine Workers Organizations
Davis
Manine Egineers Beneficial Association
Admiral Benson
Shipping Board
T Benson
Yale offers free tuition for 90 plus average
Boston May 10 AP Yale students may earn free tuition by maintaining a general average of 90 or higher. Students below that mark receive tuition remission in proportion to their scholastic standing, the university announced today.
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Boston
Yale
Poles Face Grim Assessments as Upper Silesia Tensions Rise
In Ratibor Poland, German patrols crossed the Oder into Upper Silesia at dawn and seized six Poles, one accused of killing Germans. The patrol leader said the suspect admitted the killings and vanished after being guarded. Italian forces report heavy losses against Polish insurgents and harsh treatment of Polish prisoners. Ammunition is arriving from Breslau Oppeln and German civilians are being armed for self defense.
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Ratibor
Upper Silesia
Oder River
Oder
Breslau
Oppeln
Poles Capture Kosel After Fierce Fighting Across Oder
Insurgent Polish forces crossed the Oder and seized Kosel following hard combat in Upper Silesia. The population fled in panic as the French officer sought shelter in Kosel barracks amid gunfire. Casualties were reported at the Kranzin railway station after three days of fighting.
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Oppeln
Upper Silesia
Oder
Kosel
Inter Allied Commission
Narous
Kran
Zin
Labor cannot back Soviets
The AFL executive council in Cincinnati outlined material for its Denver convention to show labor cannot support recognizing the Russian Soviet government. President Gompers submitted reports, Hughes letter, and data accusing Soviet persecution of trade unions. John L. Lewis announced no wage cuts amid coal industry talks and strikes in Tennessee.
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Cincinnati
Executive Council
The
American Federation of Labor
Denver
Samuel Gompers
Leter
Hughes
Russia
Congress
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of Armerica
Central Coal Producers Association
Pennsylvania
Lewis
Tennessee
Washington
Policy Outlined on Mexico By Washington Officials
Washington officials stated that the administration’s policy toward Mexico is very well determined though not yet ready to spell out details. The May 10 AP dispatch notes officials described the stance as settled but pending clarification.
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Washington
Mexico
McNamara Freed After Nine Years In San Quentin
John J. McNamara, former secretary of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers, was released from San Quentin after nine years and five months for the Llewellyn Ironworks dynamiting. He left with a reduced sentence, avoided photographs, and sped away to an unknown destination. Federal charges in Indianapolis were not executed at release time.
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San Quentin
Calif
John J. McNamara
Llewellyn
Los Angeles
McNamara
Sausalito
San Francisco
San Quentin Penitentiary
United States District Court
Indianapolis
International Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers
Los Angeles’ Superior Court
Liewellon Ron Works
Lostyce Times
James B. McNamara
John
McNamaras
Times
James McNamara
Llewellyn Ironworks
California
Indiana
McManigal
John McNamara
NSW Premier Outlines Big Sydney Projects
New South Wales Premier John Storey, returning from England, said the state plans a Sydney Harbour bridge project costing three million pounds and a subway system for rail tram and road traffic at six million pounds with bids to be sought from American contractors. He also voiced hopes the U S would support England in demanding full reparations from Germany.
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New York
United States
England
France
Germany
John Storey
New South Wales
Cedric
Sydney Harbor
Denver hospital plans 600 new beds for tubercular veterans
Washington May 10 The War Department prepares a plan to add 600 beds at Fitzsimmons General Hospital Denver Colorado for tubercular veterans Construction starts within thirty days with adverts around May 18 Six 100 bed wards and several auxiliary buildings will be built to expand capacity.
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Washington
Fitasimmona General Hospital
Denver
Colo
War Department
Mills May Close Across Regions Raises Labor Tension
Representatives report that several paper mills in the Midwest and Canada are expected to close tomorrow after owners and workers failed to reach new agreements when the old ones expired.
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New York
Middle West
Canada
Elephants Struggle To Pass Through Narrow Subway Opening
In a chaotic circus scene, nine elephants from the Howe Great London Circus cannot fit through a subway tunnel. Boss Jose Metcalfe loses temper as large animals Claudia Alice Lizzie Nellie stumble, causing uproar and street disturbance. The elephants are ultimately guided away, while Jose seeks safer access for animals and the public.
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Jose Metcalfe
Jose
Alice
Lizzie
Nellie
Pocatello Club
Committees Unite for Drive to Assist Campsite Project
Bannock County Sportsmen's association plans a joint effort with Civic Club Kiwanis Rotary and Chamber of Commerce to fund a campsite project. A one day drive is planned to cover site work and expenses with broad community involvement expected.
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Bannock County Sportsmen's Association
H. M. Wolf
J. W. Grant
C. B. Archibald
Sportsmen's Association
Civic Club
Chamber of Commerce Kiwanians
Rotarians
B. Onderdonk
Sportsmen
Ideals of American Legion Outlined at Kiwanis Meeting
The American Legion outlined its ideals at a Kiwanis gathering in Pocatello. Commander John Moran introduced talks by Virgil Moran and Captain Imrie. C. M. Booth urged service to disabled veterans while stressing American loyalty and civic duty.
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American Legion
Kiwanis Meeting
Kiwan Clap
Pocatello
Kiwanians
Legion
A. M. Newice
John Moran
Imrie
Tech
Reconstruction
Moran
Athey
Charles Borague
Bt Dale
Railroad remedies urged as transport troubles blamed on labor costs
Senate hearing opened on the U S transportation crisis with Julius Kruttschnitt, Southern Railway chairman, accusing government ownership experiments of wrecking railroads. He proposed five remedies, including tolls on public highways and limiting coast to coast steamship competition.
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Washington
Julius Kruttschnitt
The
Southern Railway
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Congressional
United States
Panama Canal
Kruttschnitt
Lacanda
Helples
Kruttschmitt
Cumming
Banatar Cumming
Witnesea
Ted Kenator Townsend
Repiblican
Michigan
Chalenian Cinmilos
Krittselnitt
Peasants Rebel Against Soviets Reported in Dispatch
Copenhagen May 10 AP dispatch says Russian Bolshevik forces faced renewed peasant resistance as officials report possible uprisings. The wireless relay mentions troop losses and rising unrest amid ongoing conflicts.
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Copenhagen
Germany Accepts Ultimatum Pressure Stirs Berlin
Paris reports Berlin sources expect Germany to yield to Allied demands on reparations. Dr. Wirth moves to form a new cabinet as Fehrenbach’s government mulls officially accepting the London ultimatum. German editors warn against ceding Upper Silesia and fear French actions in the Ruhr.
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Paris
Berlin
Germany
Dr. Wirth
Fehrenbach
Wirth
Mueller
Ferenbach
Center
Baden
Mands
London
Bavaria
Lading Democratic
United States
England
Upper Silesia
Rub
Theodore Wolff
Ie Tageblatt
Lieya Geer
Dr. Wolff
Aids Stone
Wolff
Ruhr Reion
Lone Bandit Robs Wichita State Bank for Cash and Bonds
A lone bandit entered the State Bank in Wichita Kansas today forced the cashier to open the safe and escaped with 12000 in cash and Liberty bonds.
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Wichita
Kan
Rds State Bank
Gold Diggers Missed a Bet
London reports a river in Pupea, British Noweran, yielded a bluish mineral mistaken for gold. Prospectors found an iridium-like 6,000 pound sample, valued similarly to precious metals, but the substance proved not gold and puzzled locals.
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London
Pupea
Noweran
Anne
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