Survivor recalls 1906 train wreck and hero jump
Frank A Brown recalls the Lansingburg wreck on a warm day when train No 5 collided with No 3. He and the brakeman jumped to save their lives as cavalry laden cars and Pullmans burned and many passengers perished or were injured. Brown describes misread orders and lack of automatic signals that worsened the disaster.
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Bostron & Maine
Troy
2 & SL
Exyksn
Trey
Lansingburg
Mr. Brown
Kgog
Fremien
Alm Brown
Tarbell Road
en‘Junto
Pais
Sore
Mas
Mr. Brows
Be & Curve
Jegman
April Draft Quotas Increase and Local Notices Released
The Board 382 sent notices for April induction exams to Albany, signaling larger quotas than March. Local boards report activity rising and preparations underway for recruit processing. meanwhile police report a theft incident on Percy Street involving a wheel and tire valued at 40 dollars.
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Fox
Queen Weg
Edward Cutler
Johan Wille
Percy
Tragedy On The Rails Leaves Crews Scarred For Life
A survivor recalls a horrific wreck near Lansingbore where a crowd aboard a Pullman died in seconds as cars collided with an opposing train. He names engine crews Henry Page and himself as the remaining veterans, noting others perished or retired from the service.
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Lansingbore
Etegman
Sind
Brown
Mystif
Henry Page
Economic czar tipped for Italy amid Allied control
The piece notes an unofficial pick for Italy's Allied economic czar, Lauchli Curricle, named as vice chairman of the Allied Control Commission. It describes shifting diplomacy as Britain and the State Department spar over Italian economic policy and rationing. Curricle would head economic oversight if confirmed, charged with guiding wartime economic strategy.
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Vinson
Washington
White House
Langley
Roosevelt
Langity
Economuc Czar
Tyaly
Qute
Lauchlia Curcle
White Horse
Allied Economic Czar
Italy
Allied Control Commission
State Department
Allied Commission
Fice
Allied ‘Control Commission
Currie
Conytight
Bett Syndicate, Inc
Fair Enough Continues Assault on Unions and Politics
The piece alleges union chiefs and laborers exploit construction work, calling nonproductive “hamburger men” and accusing them of political patronage. It names Fay as a contractor and AFL backer, linking him to wealth from union ties and Florida residencies, with mentions of Maloney and J. Edger Hoover in Florida circles.
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Ben
Bove
Hod-Carriers
Fay
AFL of Land
Florida
William
EB. Maloney
Bay's Union, Bus
Wave
Florida East Coast
J. Edger Hoover de
Winter Quarters For Criminal Scum Mentioned In Report
A fragment describes winter quarters used by criminal elements. The text references an opulent Illinois farm and cites a syndicate credit, but specific names, dates, or locations are unclear in the damaged copy.
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Hiinois Farm
Copsright
King Features Syndicate
Economic plan on reparations and postwar imports
The article discusses calculating exports and imports to fund essential imports and pay reparations, warning that Russia's insistence on reparations in kind could derail plans. It notes the Yalta Conference decision to hold the reparations commission in Moscow despite censorship and praises American reparations experts for practical planning, questioning whether the President will support them with allies and linking economic instability to revolutions and wars.
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Britain
Russia
Reparations Commission
Moscow
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