Italian Barber Heroic In Trentino Mountain Stand
Tony Bruno of Chicago earned the Italian war cross and a battle scar after single handedly stalling an Austrian machine gun in a mountain pass in Trentino. Corporal Mike Reali also earned the War Cross after leaping into a gun pit and bombing the crew, then delivering a message with a broken leg. Both men returned home to awaiting families in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sixty-third Street
Chicago
Tony Bruno
C. ¥. Julian
Chicago Tribune
Trentino
Barber
Tony
West Twenty-eighth Street
Horatius
Bruno
Cadarna
West Pol Street
Alanda Beall
Mike Reali
Rest
Italy
Reali
Where He Can Be Live One
William Clark declared legally dead by New York surrogate's court after 15 years absent plans to return to Arizona where he says he is recognized as living.
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Middletown
N. Y
William Clark
New York State
Arizona
Reign of Anarchy Marks Rule of the Bolsheviks in Russia
Paris peace delegates see Russia torn by Bolshevik terror and famine. Lenine Trotzky leadership blamed for starvation Red Guard abuses while anti Bolshevik groups seek a workable Russia. Princes Island talks aimed to curb Bolshevik violence and forge a new program for Russia’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolsheviks
Russia
Western
Union
Paris
Lenine
Trotzky
Petrograd
Moscow
Trotsky
Bolyearshevik
Lenine-Trotzky
Lenine and Trotzky
Red Guard
Europe
France
England
Italy
all-Russian Committee Against
all-Russian Committee
Princes Island
Sea of Marmora
Constantinople
Germany
Gemany
Lenine, Trotzky & Co
Peace Conference
American Red Cross
Fragmentary World War II prison camp message from Rastatt
A damaged typographic fragment reports a prisoner of war message from Rastatt and Villingen camps in Germany. It quotes a communication to American prisoners about liberation, peace prospects, and urging restraint in influencing Germany. The text is garbled and mixed with commentary from Lee Shippey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
France
Lee Shippey
Rastatt
Villingen
Germany
Erry
Untangling a Fringed Parcel in a Local Dispute
Fragmentary report describes a dispute in St Louis involving a couple and an enforceable agreement. An unnamed woman allegedly faced a household dispute after returning home with an ax and orders to cut trees and remove claims. The text is unclear on exact parties, dates, or outcomes.
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County Recorders Office
Washington
Red Cross
St. Louis
Koester
Pawned Platinum Up From $2 to $2
In London Britain the pawn market surges as a south London pawnbroker sold unclaimed ornaments pledged for less than two pounds. Three items valued at 1.25 each were displayed but did not sell. A broker finally bought them for 2500 dollars, raising questions about the dealer’s bargain.
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London
Britain
South London
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Sea
A. J. Drexel
Anthony J. Drexel
Philadelphia
Nancy Grayson
HH. M. Gra
Uncle Sam
Lenine- Trotzky
Lloyd Allen
Western Newspaper Union
Col John Jacob Astor
John Jacob Astor
Baron Astor
First Life Guards
Cuimbrai
Gen
Wilson
Hapy
Harold Knutson
Boise Penrose
Frank W.mo
Congress
F. W. Mo
Wyoming
James Kk. Mann
Misota
Henry Cabot Lodge Wis
Boise Pen
Pennsylvania
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