Foreign and domestic headlines sweep the world
General Pershing travels toward Venice to visit Italian battlefields while Kollchak is branded an outlaw by the Soviet government. Oil and food prospects worsen in Poland and Ukraine as Hoover surveys harvests. diplomacy and military moves dominate a broad wire of news from Europe to Mexico.
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Pershing
Victor Emmanuel
Venice
Treviso
Admiral Kolchak
Omsk
Moscow
London
Odessa
British War Office
Kiev
Ukraine
Herbert Hoover
Warshaw
Lemberg
Pinsk
Poland
Dom Paul Kruger
Transvaal
Dorothea
Tenedos
Zululand
Wilson calls postponement of wage settlements policy
President Wilson announces a temporary halt on wage demands until normal economic conditions return, delaying railroad wage increases and any freight rate hikes. He urges a truce and careful calculations on wages versus cost of living while urging national cooperation.
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Wilson
Washington
Hines
Bickering in Council Sparks Serious Global Effects
Paris reports endless bickering in the supreme council causes serious effects as the United States faces Balkan questions. The American delegation grows impatient while the press criticizes U S positions. Hoover condemns council hesitancy over the Hungarian tangle and reparations, shaping the delegation’s stance.
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Paris
Supreme Council
United States
Balkan
Herbert Hoover
Council
Serious strike situation rocks Charlotte city scene
City battles erupt near the Southern Public Utilities car barns on South Boulevard. Troops are en route as Mayor Frank R. McNinch calls citizens to police duty. Three dead and 14 wounded in clashes between a crowd and police with guards.
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Charlotte
N. C
Frank R. McNinch
Sde
Southern Public Utilities Company
South Boulevard
Steamer Chaudiere Strikes Rock and Goes Ashore at Bermuda
Halifax reports the Royal Mail Packet steamer Chaudiere struck a rock and went ashore in Bermuda while sailing from Halifax with about 1,300 passengers bound for Barbados and Demerara.
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Rock
Bermuda
Halifax
N. S
Royal Mail Packet Company
Chaudiere
Barbadoes
Dememera
Ten Trunks of Arms Shipped to Mexico
Ten trunks containing arms and ammunition were shipped from a Broadway hotel in New York to Mexico aboard the Morro Castle. The vessel was bound for Havana Progreso and Vera Cruz and authorities from the department of justice and navy have been alerted. Interception plans reportedly underway.
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Mexico
New York
Morro Castle
Havana
Progresso
Vera Cruz
Broadway
Department of Justice
Navy Department
Departments Disagree Over Motor Surplus Distribution
Washington. Senator Simmons seeks final transfer to North Carolina road authorities of surplus motor equipment. The War Department argues the distribution authority was rescinded by section 5 of the July Sundry Civil bill, whether inadvertently or not.
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Washington
Simmons
North Carolina
Congress
War Department
Wilson May Reopen Peace Talks In Senate Dispute
Washington speculation grows over President Wilson possibly using diplomatic steps to secure senate approval of the peace treaty. Options include returning to Paris to renegotiate, sending a new delegation, or abandoning the treaty unless the senate backs down. Some senators note Lodge and Knox as possible negotiators if changes are needed.
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Wilson
Congress
China
Nanking
Kiangpei
Haichow
Pootung
Changchow
Germany
Sixth Field Artillery
Artillery
Navy
Roosevelt
Glass
White House
Senate
Japan
Shantung Province
Washington
Paris
Mr. Wilson
Hitchcock
Lodge and
Knox
Obregon Declares Willingness to Aid Government
Mexico City General Alvaro Obregon, a presidential candidate, telegrams President Carranza expressing confidence in the government to handle the international crisis and offers modest forces if needed to support the government in any place.
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Mexico City
Alvaro Obregon
Carranza
Pro profiteers in Britain face street market push
London reports a British drive to curb profiteering with large street markets organized by trade and labor councils. Crowds from surrounding districts flooded Oxford stalls, queuing for hours as prices ran about half the shop level, part of a nationwide effort to outpace profiteers.
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London
Oxford
Trade and Labor Councils
Great Britain
Premier Nitti urges greater production in Italy
Rome report says Premier Nitti issued a proclamation to all prefects urging a campaign for greater production, frugal economy, and strike prevention. He warned that many people still live as before and some resist more work, seeking higher pay.
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Rome
Nitti
Byrnes to push probe of alleged radical incitement
Representative James F. Byrnes of South Carolina plans a House inquiry into a movement he says aims to excite African Americans to revolution. He alleges the I W W and other radicals seek to stir trouble and will seek to bar certain black newspapers from mail distribution for inciting riot or revolution.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
House
Youngest flier in America dies at Carlstrom Field
Sergeant Pilot Charles Copp, 17, touted as the youngest flier in the U S Army Air Service, died at Carlstrom field Arcadia after his aircraft fell. He briefly regained consciousness and was from Tampa where he was noted as one of the best pilots at Carlstrom.
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Tampa
Fla
Chas. Copp
United States Army Aerial Service
Carlstrom Field
Arcadia
Copp
Caristrom
North State Telephone Co adopts uniform monthly billing plan
Directors approve a new system beginning June first to mail subscribers a current bill on the first of each month with a statement of toll messages. A collector's office at 112 Coll. St. opens daily for in person payments and arrears are due by the 10th. service may be suspended if unpaid.
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North State Telephone Co
Coll. St
Operaton
Central
North Carolina Corporation Commission
Interstate Corporation Commission
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Leonard Matlack
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Southern Settlement and Development Organization
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