Bolshevik Attacks Threaten King Boris Family
A scrambled 1919 era report notes Bolshevik influence rising in Bulgaria with outbreaks daily and fears of attacks on King Boris and the royal family. Allied commanders consider readiness, while American aviators assist Poles against Leninist forces. reports from Vienna to London describe shifting fronts in Europe.
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Vienna
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Bulgaria
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Near East
Army Reorganization Bill Endorsed By Secretary Baker
Washington January 27 secretary baker endorsed the army reorganization bill drafted by military subcommittee. the plan proposes a compulsory sanitary badge and a single large army of 280000 regulars plus a citizen reserve and national guard. baker warned provisions to make pershing chief of staff could abolish the war department while pershing’s future role remains unsettled. he cautioned against creating a military autocracy to placate an officer and said constitutional limits apply.
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Army
Sinn Fein Lead Mixed Ireland Vote Boost for Home Rule
London dispatch reports official circles see brighter prospects for a unified Ireland under the proposed home rule bill. Sinn Fein is said to hold about thirty-one percent of seats, unionists twenty, Labour seventeen, and nationalists fourteen, with others scattered. A separate Copenhagen note says a railway collision near SchhneMemuyhl, Prussia, killed eighteen and injured twenty.
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Ansoel Aed Press
Ireland
Iceland
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Premer Loyd George
House of Commons
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Union
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Tom cat crashes Madison Square Poultry Show breakfast
A stray tom cat invaded the Madison Square Garden poultry show in New York on January 21, leaping into crates and breaking muslin housing for 14,000 pigeons. The cat fed on a breakfast of two Cartier pigeons after squeezing into the exhibit, leaving a scene of feathers and damage.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Baltimore
Japan to Withdraw Troops From Siberia Move Back From Front
Tokyo and Washington signal Japanese plans to follow U S withdrawal from Siberia with the Tokyo cabinet endorsing a non interference stance. Reports say 8000 to 40000 Japanese troops remain as Czech Slovak forces are to leave by mid February and March 1 for American troops. General Someroff faces Bolshevik pressure as retreats are expected to continue across the Siberian line.
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Washington
Tokyo
United States
Siberia
Vladivostok
Someroff
Beith
Siberian
Miko Lerma
Mylor
Pusavile
Substitute for King Resolution Adopted
A substitute for a King resolution was reported by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. It supports Grecon in Thracian territory and proposes that all Thracian lands surrendered by Turkey and Bulgaria be awarded to Greece if Bulgaria receives an outlet to the Aegean Sea.
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Tharcian
Erritory
Senate Foreign Relations
King
Memaeat
Dtath
Senate
Turkey
Bulgaria
Aegean Sea
British Kidnapping Resolved in Mexico No Ransom Paid
Alexander Ross a British subject abducted near Orizaba Sunday was rescued yesterday by Mexican government forces. No ransom was paid. Separate items report bandit killings and extradition warnings plus Mexican officials denying favors to British oil firms amid competition with American companies and adherence to Mexican law.
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Mexico City
Alexander Ross
Orizaba
Vera Cruz
Foreign Office
Forty American Boys Visit in Melbourne
In Melbourne on January 3 forty American boy tourists were entertained at Parliament House by members of the federal ministry. KF Pearce the minister of defense called the visit a happy occasion and said the bond between the United States and the Australian Commonwealth forged on the battlefield would not be lightly torn asunder.
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Melbourne
Parliament House
KF. Pearce
Dutch Debate Entry of League of Nations
The Hague reports preliminary talks in parliament on Holland joining the League of Nations with Socialist groups split over covenant strength and army provisions. Also Spokane notes J G Luhrren named to a national committee’s policy and platform panel, awaiting confirmation.
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Xessiah
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Spokane
Wash
J. G. Luhrren
American Train Dispatchers Association
Divers Aim to Recover Treasures From Lost Lusitania
Chicago reports over a thousand influenza deaths and rising cases as engineers and divers hope to recover thousands of pounds in valuables from the wreck though raising the liner or cargo is deemed unlikely due to deep waters. The influenza surge across the Midwest prompts calls for more nurses as daily new cases climb and pneumonia cases rise, with a wave of fatalities and urgent health responses in Chicago and surrounding cities.
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Chicago
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Large Party of Irish Fire on Police in Kilrusiil Ireland
An exchange near Knock in Kilrusiil Kerry or Clare area results in the death of a man alleged to be Sinn Feiner as police remove belongings. Two gunmen fire from both sides. four bicycle policemen return fire, one man killed, two captured. police escape unharmed.
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Ireland
Ruesday
Tio Flay
Aoraclare
Grand Banquet Held for Foreign Diplomats at Royal Palace
MADMUD Tuesday 20. Nearly all European American and Asian powers including Versailles states attended a grand banquet for foreign diplomats at the royal palace. Germany the only quadruple alliance member represented by charge d affaires presiding. Mrs Joseph B. Willard attended at the head of the column as her husband is dean of the diplomatic corps. Noted painter Alfred Parsons dies in Worcestershire.
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Asia
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Germany
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Joseph BE. Willard
Millions of Wheat Tendered by Mission VII and 5
Washington reports four hundred thousand tons of wheat and large quantities of wool, mill supplies, and clothing will be made available for world markets if Russia's blockade is lifted. Ukrainian cooperatives seek medicines, Burgten goods, and cultural machinery to aid the Ukrainian people amid Bolshevik resistance and allied diplomatic strategies.
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Ukraine
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Bolshevia
Rwitzer Lworeance
Engbind
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Lwan
Hat & Delegalion
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Kovler
Sfforta
Tn Russi
New Law Records on European Exchange
SEW YORK, Jan. 21. New exchange rates for Paris, French and Italian currencies opened the market. Sterling demand pushed to 3.9404, then 4.82. French francs fell to 3.097, 1,097 for the American dollar, and British, German, and Austrian exchange hit new lows. European trade deficits and war-time disruption drive volatile rates, with Belgian, Dutch, and Austrian currencies posting declines.
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Faghtah
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Amerenamar
Chanee Laten
Brighin
Geruiat
Sanguinary Conflicts Between Czechs and Russian Forces Reported
Reports from Phring indicate bloody clashes between Czech forces and troops of General Semenoff in the Trans Siberian area at Bat KN, Kallukehala, and Miogvala. Czech authorities reportedly disown Serenott’s small force. General Skipitroff’s Bamenoff troops are dissolved and Skipitroff arrested by Major General Jules Janta.
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Associated Press
Semenoff
Trans Siberian
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Kallukehala
Miogvala
Baikal
Ibis
Ag Berlong
Poland Faces Massed Bolshevik Attack
Wastington June 21 reports say Poland will soon defend independence against a massive Bolshevik assault. Observers note Poland’s army is weak, with 22 clubs Salons and 240,000 men but varied equipment, while Trotzky leads about 280,000 red troops backed by elites and militia leverage.
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Balahavik Tinisia
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Trotzky
Red Army
Red Guard
Hussia
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