World News Highlights From The South In Wartime
Dramatic escape of Pierre Lenoir from a firing squad in the Vincennes woods stuns French political circles as he seeks confrontation with Caillaux. Mail robbery near Harlaka Maine nets 75,000 in valuables. Queen Wilhelmina to seek league of nations entry. Mexican ransom payment to US for aviators captured by bandits. Armies and politics across Britain, China, Italy, and the US shape a tense postwar world.
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Vincennes Woods
France
Lenoir
Humbert
Caillaux
Ander
League of Nations
United States
British Empire
England
Arthur Henderson
Labor Party
Shantung
First day of steel strike tests labor war across 20 states
On opening day 284000 men reportedly joined the strike, with reports from Pittsburgh area strike headquarters and Steel Corp. officials in dispute. Guards ring mills nationwide as workers walk out while a riot in New Castle, Pennsylvania leaves seven injured.
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New Castle
Pittsburgh
Steel Corporation
New York
Allies appeal to drive d Annunzio from Fiume
The Italian government asks the allied powers to dispatch an allied force excluding Italians to expel d Annunzio from Fiume. American naval authorities in London reportedly refuse assistance pending Washington and Paris peace delegates decisions.
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d’Annunzio
Fiume
Adriatic
Washington
Paris
Senator Overman backs peace treaty stance in North Carolina
Washington report says Senator Overman returned from Salisbury to check on Mrs Overman and found North Carolina broadly in favor of the League of Nations. He noted limited opposition among those he met, with no serious public dissent observed.
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Washington
Overman
Salisbury
No trace yet of Valbanera passengers and crew
Key West Cuba Consul Milord reports continued search for the 400 passengers and 88 crew of the Spanish steamship Valbanera lost off Rebecca Shoals Light, 60 miles from here, with divers identifying the sunken hulk and wiring the investigation report to the Peninsular and Oriental line officials.
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Key West
Fla
Rebecca’ Shoals Light
Milord
Penellie Line
Southern considers threatened clerk strike
Chattanooga Tenn The board of adjustment of the Southern railway system opened a three day conference here Among the matters to receive attention was the proposed strike of the Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks Strike ballots for which were distributed a few days ago Southern railway clerks have been instructed to refrain from balloting until the present conference has considered the question.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Board of Adjustment of the
Southern Railway System
Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks
Southern Railway
Wilson pleads for quick peace treaty ratification on west coast
President Wilson closed a coast tour with a Los Angeles mass meeting. Tens of thousands cheered his call to ratify the peace treaty. He rode a 10 mile parade route, spoke at a public dinner, and addressed a jammed auditorium of about 6,000 as Mrs Josiah Evans Cowles urged that partisans have no place in the discussion.
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Los Angeles
Wilson
Pacific Coast
Josiah Evans Cowles
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
League
Palmer Urges Six Month Armistice to Ease War Changes
General Palmer in Freeport urges an absolute six month armistice to allow economic adjustments from wartime shifts. He predicts higher production and easier living, but warns against selfish demands by any class that could harm overall national prosperity.
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Freeport
Palmer
Corpus Christi Storm Deaths and Damage Soar
Full reports from the hurricane devastation center in Corpus Christi, Texas indicate the death toll is rising and property losses exceed 20 million dollars. Recovery of bodies in the bay makes slow progress as crews continue flotations and search efforts without a break.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Fuller
Labor agitator shown the way out of Savannah
Savannah J C Sullivan former Macon fire department member was taken into custody by Police Chief Woods on direct orders of Mayor Stewart and will be sent by train to Macon Sullivan had planned to call a firemen meeting to advocate unionism Stewart warned no unions in Savannah police or fire departments and any member joining would lose employment immediately
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Key West
Fla
L. B. Roberts
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
San Diego
Cal
League of Nations
Yassar
Washington
Organized Labor
Mineola
N. Y
Rolan Rohlfs
Curtiss Airplane Company
Roosevelt Field
Rholfs
Corpus Chrsti
Department of Justice
Fair Price Committee
Louisville and Nashville
Hygeia
Tenn
Texas
General Pershing
Congress
Army
Navy
Savannah
J. C. Sullivan
Macon Fire Department
Woods
Macon
Stewart
Sullivan
Fire Departments
Treaty Ratification Urged Without Delay in Watertown
Secretary of State Robert Lansing urged immediate ratification of the treaty in Watertown New York saying it should be ratified as read without delay or change. He spoke after a prior claim by William G. Bullitt that he warned the Senate committee the public would reject the pact if told its contents.
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Watertown
N. Y
Robert Lansing
Wm. G. Bullitt
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Paris
France proposes 350000 peace army plan in senate report
Paul Doumer submits a plan to the French military committee proposing a peace army of 350000 with annual conscription of 200000 and 150000 voluntary recruits. The proposal also backs a one year term of service and a total war footing army of 4000000 men, adjusting peacetime and wartime mobilization.
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Paris
The
Senate
Paul Doumer
Telephone Company Adopts Mail Billing System
The North State Telephone Co will switch to mailing monthly bills to all subscribers starting June first. The move, approved at a recent directors meeting, aims to reduce collector delays and accommodate customers who pay by mail, at the office, or during collector rounds. The new statement will detail toll messages and rates for the current month.
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North State Telephone Co
Central
North Carolina Corporation Commission
Interstate Corporation Commission
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