Austria Plans Soviet Council Stir in Bavaria and Hungary
Berlin reports no definite Munich news as Soviet plans face Bavarian opposition and peasant food refusals. In Vienna and Budapest rumors claim a Hungarian Communist government overthrow, with Bela Kun reportedly assassinated and calls for Soviet solidarity amid upheaval.
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Communist Council
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Hungary
Vienna
Berlin
Munich
Budapest
Curent
German Ethics Societies Warn Wilson Appeal
German leading ethical, philosophical, and religious societies publish an appeal to President Wilson. They warn against disregarding Wilson’s principles, say Germans would choose Bolshevism over enslavement, accuse Czechs and Poles of preempting peace aims, and fault the allies for maintaining the blockade provoking unrest.
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Berlin
Germany
Wilson
Bavarian Social Democrats vote against Soviet republic plan
The Bavarian national conference of Social Democrats in Nuremberg voted forty two to eight against creating a Soviet republic in Bavaria on Sunday April 6.
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Nuremburg
Bavaria
Bavarian National Conference of
Social Democrats
Wage raises discussed for leading trainmen and engineers
In Washington on April 7 Director General Hines and union chiefs talked over wage advances for four leading trainmen and engine men brotherhoods. An order to readjust wages to restore pre January 1 1918 differentials is expected soon, with some ratings lowered. The overtime request for time and a half pay was not commented on by officials.
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Washington, D. C
Hines
Brotherhoods
Brotherhood
Reconstruction Problems Demand Attention and Demobilization
A column warns of unrest from demobilized soldiers and workers as Europe’s war ends. It notes soldiers return changed, needing reintegration and sanitary reforms. Official figures in Washington show Central Powers reduced to about 15 percent of war strength while Allies remain largely mobilized.
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Washington, D. C
Europe
March
England will not recognize Bolshevik leaders in Russia
Washington reports Lord Reading, the British ambassador, declared that Lloyd George did not advise recognizing the Russian Bolshevik leaders. The statement labeled such suggestions as wholly unfounded. The note was issued in Washington on April 7.
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England
Russia
Washington, D. C
Italian bureau denies siege at Fiume in Rome wireless cable
New York April 7 Italian bureau of information announces receipt of Paris cable stating a wireless message from Rome officially denies that a state of siege had been proclaimed at Fiume by the commander of inter allied troops in that city.
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New York
Bureau of Information
Paris
Rome
Fiume
Army Demobilization Totals Reported in Washington
The demobilization of the American army through April 5 reached 1,024,000 personnel. Army strength on April 5 was estimated at 2,565,000.
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Washington, D. C
Cairo Citizens Protest Increase in Phone Rates
A mass meeting in Cairo Georgia protested a Georgia Railroad Commission approved phone rate hike for Cairo Telephone Company. The plan adds 50 cents monthly for advance pay and 26 cents more otherwise. Company manager J W Southall presented financial statements covering 1916 17 and 1918 and faced questions from residents.
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Court House
Cairo Telephone Company
Georgia Railroad Commission
Cw Sant Py Coe
Esate
W. A. Walker
J. W. Southall
Southall
Germans Discuss Willum Fight After Their Defeat
Berlin April 5. General disagreement exists among German leaders on how to preserve the empire. Count Schulenberg argues loyal troops could have crushed the revolution at Aix le Chappelle and Cologne, while Hindenburg and Groener refused responsibility, urging William to abdicate to avert civil war. The emperor refused to order civil war and sought to retain the Prussian throne. The chancellor announced William’s abdication amid street fighting. William fled to Holland under pressure from Hindenburg and Groener.
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Count Schulenberg
Guards Regient
Aix-le Chappelle
Cologne
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Groener
Prussia
William
Holland
Hindenburg Rebukes Schulenberg Article as One-Sided
A statement by General von Hindenburg from Copenhagen in April accuses Count Schulenberg's article of bias and inaccuracy. It claims the piece misrepresents views of persons involved and shows Schulenberg was not adequately informed about the real situation.
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Hindenburg
Schulenburg
Copenhagen
General von Hindenburg
Count Schulenberg
Schulenberg
Lawrence Strike Escalates as Riot Turns Violent
Riotous week opens with promiscuous firing by strike sympathizers and police in Lawrence Massachusetts. A bomb explodes in a tenement though early reports note no injuries. Stones hurled at mill windows. police and reserves deployed, city marshal O'Brien reading the riot act.
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O’brien
Tornado Ravages Omaha Homes with Little Injury Reported
A tornado swept across Omaha's western residence section last night causing heavy property damage. Many tinroofed cabins were ruined while injuries were few. A committee will meet Friday to report and discuss the paying question after the adjourned meeting.
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Iowa
Omaha
Correction on Thomas County road survey and authority
A correction clarifies that the investigating committee chaired by [ name ] had no authority beyond studying conditions and offering recommendations. Final road width depends on the will of Thomas County residents and National Government specifications, with no fixed measure established.
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Florida
Thomas County
Philippines Independence Drive Grows at Washington
Fifty Philippine independence mission members urged Secretary Baker to grant independence, arguing a stable, self supporting island government exists and aligns with World War I principles of liberty and self rule. Francis Harrigan supported this view, noting obstacles to independence have been cleared. Baker received the delegation, reaffirming U S support for Philippine self government.
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United States
Wilson
Staemferit
Baker
Washington
Washington, D. C
Independence Commission
Secretary Baker Leaves for France On Leviathan
Secretary of War Baker and Wallace the new ambassador to France sailed from New York aboard the Leviathan with fifteen members of the House military affairs committee. They departed after Baker arrived from Washington and planned to join Pershing’s forces in France. C W Cutshell of the War Department accompanied the party on the voyage.
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New York
Ambassador Wallace
House
New
York
Baker
Wallace
France
Leviathan
Teanoe Saner
Persh Alae
Washington
C. W. Cutshell
War Department
American Liquidation Commission
Durasta to Meet German Envoys in Versailles Preparations
Paris April 7 Paul Durasta general secretary for the peace conference will go to Versailles to prepare for the arrival of the German plenipotentiaries. Preparatory meetings likely in the former supreme war council room.
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Paris
Paul Durasta
Versailles
Supreme War Council
Ukraine Fights for Boundaries in Plebiscite Plan
London reports Premier Holubovitch of West Ukraine says Ukraine would cease fighting Poland if a plebiscite under Entente control decides the disputed territory. He claims all land from the river to the Russian frontier and vows to fight to the end. He notes Bessarabia delegates to Romania and hopes for a peaceful arrangement.
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London
Republic
Entente
West Ukraine
Vienna
Holubovitch
Ukraine
Bessarabia
Romania
Fruithurst Tragedy: Husband Kills Wife. Father-in-Law Slays Killer
In Fruithurst a man fatally shoots his wife in front of the post office on Saturday. Richard Hooper, her father, then slays the husband with a pocketknife, leaving both spouses dead and Hooper in Heflin jail.
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Fruithurst
Richard Hooper
Parker
Heflin
Hooper
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