Chicago Blizzard Delays Rail Traffic Across City
A large April blizzard struck Chicago with 40 mile winds and heavy snow. Illinois Central trains were halted since last night causing suburban marooning and widespread delays. Fire and utility impacts, candle lighting, and crowded stations marked the disruption as the storm moved northeast toward the coast.
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Chicago
Illinois Central
Gary
Ind
Springfield
Ill
Kansas
Atlantic
France delays Ruhr occupation plan until April seventh
Paris reports France and Marshal Foch agreed not to send troops into German cities or Ruhr districts already entered by Reichswehr and Tuczon forces. Britain cited Easter holidays delaying response. German protests followed as Hamburg Dortmund and Recklinghausen saw troops singing Kaiser. France insists on action if Germany continues violation of Versailles treaty.
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Paris
Ruhr
Nauural
Millerand
Marshall Foch
Tuczon
France
Reichswehr
Great Britain
Britain
London
Petit Parisien
Mayence
Hamburg
Dortmund
Recklinghausen
William von Mayer
Germany
United States
Additional Appropriation Sought to Wind Up Rail Control
Washington April 5 Swager Sherley director of finance for the railroad administration testifies before the house appropriations committee seeking 426 million dollars to end federal control of railroads If granted the total congress has voted 1.86 billion for railroads from the federal treasury
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Swager Sherley
Railroad Administration
Congress
Brainerd Woman Fatally Burned While Rescuing Daughter
Mrs Hilda Parsons age 48 of Pillager died after her clothing ignited from gasoline while she tried to rescue her daughter from a fire. She put out flames on her dress but suffered severe burns to her hand as she attempted to move the gasoline container from the room.
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Brainerd
Brainerd, Minn
Hilda Parsons
Pillager
German troops ordered to leave neutral zone report
In Weisbaden Germany on April 5 unofficial reports say the German government ordered Reichswehr units to evacuate the neutral zone. Duisburg is said to have already been cleared. French General Galette’s troops stood ready to advance in the early morning.
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Weisbaden
Germany
Reichswehr
Duisberg
Galette
United States to Seek France Inquiries on German Advance
Washington reports the United States will likely request details from France on its intentions toward advancing into Germany. Inquiries are expected about how far France plans to go and whether reports of occupation of Coblenz Cologne and other cities held by American and British troops are true.
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United States
Washington
France
Germany
Coblenz
Cologne
More Than 500 Sein Fein Arrests Mark Easter Uprisings
Dublin reports show vast raids after the Easter uprising with police and military detentions exceeding 500. Martial law tightens in the south as Belfast and Dublin experience major property damage and disrupted communications. Bridges blown, tax records destroyed, and government offices attacked as bands of raiders strike nationwide. A heroic act by a Dublin woman captures a raider.
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Dublin
Ireland
Derry
Cork
Limerick
Newry
Thurles
Dundalk
Kingston Harbor
West Ireland
Roscommon
Galway
Dublin Castle
Belfast
Grand Central Hotel
Pension and Labor
Gandy
Tite Tee
The
Irish Times
Hamar Greenwood
Lloyd George
Government's home rule bill fuels revolt fears
The newspaper warns that the new home rule bill worsens the nation's instability, claiming it heaps coals on the fire of a revolt and makes the country ungovernable by the British during a critical period.
Missing Heiress Found Identified by Hull House Worker
The body recovered from Lake Michigan today was identified by Mrs. Gertrude Howe Britton of Hull House as Jeanne DeKay the missing heiress. Police confirmed the find and identification following the discovery.
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Jeanne DeKay
Lake Michigan
Gertrude Howe Britton
Hullhouse
Tribune Urges The Borrow System
Chicago April 5. The Chicago Tribune printed a plea to conserve print paper asking readers not to buy a Tribune but to borrow one due to a white paper shortage. The appeal emphasizes sharing copies to reduce waste while still keeping readers informed.
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Tribune
Chicago
Chicago Tribune Today
Ownership Statement for Weekly Times-Record
P. R. Trubshaw declares as publisher that he, along with Reta P. R. Trubshaw, are the owners and management of the Weekly Times-Record Valley City North Dakota. No bonds or securities held by others. Affiant swore before Notary Mer J. Boyd on April 1 1920.
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Times-Record
Valley City
N. D
North Dakota
Barnes
P. R. Trubshaw
Valley City N. D
Mer J. Boyd
Notary Public
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Davidson
QWNE
ACT OF Congress
Granger Land Company
Young
Valley City, N.D
Marquis
Durum Bas & Limited Market
Tate Agricultural College
Fife
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