President Wilson pressuring pace in peace talks
President Wilson warned allied premiers and military leaders at the Paris conference that no American troops should be used in eastern or southeastern Europe. He urged faster progress on peace terms, accepted some responsibility for delays, and outlined key issues including reparations and territorial questions like the Saar valley and Danzig.
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London
Wilson
Europe
Paris
Wilson Warne
Associated Powers
Clemenceau
Germany
I Ts
Saar
Rhine
Danzig
Council of Four
Spalato
Josephus W. Daniels
Navy
Italy
Lloyd George
Mall Bays
England
Moline Flyer Killed in Riverside Plane Crash
Lieut. C. M. Ripperger of Moline was killed when the airplane he lay in plunged from about 1000 feet at March field Riverside California.
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March Field
Riverside
Cal
Moline
Taft Walks Mile as Cheek Cashed Before Kalamazoo Speech
Detroit report notes former President Taft, described as broke, walking a mile and a half to reach a location where he is to speak at Kalamazoo on the League of Nations.
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Detroit
Mich
Taft
Kalamazoo
League of Nations
Former President Plans Lansing Speech After Detroit Visit
A former president arrived in Detroit broke and walked to city hall where Mayor Couzens cashed his check. He explained to reporters that he had run out of change and knew the mayor had plenty. He will travel from Kalamazoo to Lansing to address the state legislature.
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Detroit
Couzens
Kalamagio
Lansing
Americans Held as Spies in Palestine Case
Secretary Baker approved British military orders in Turkey to arrest James Spohr, a naturalized American, and his wife on treason charges. They are said to be closely linked with the head of the German spy network in Palestine and among British Indian subjects.
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Baker
Turkey
Pair
Washington
James Spohr
Palestine
Baker to sail on Monday for France
Baker will sail from New York next Monday aboard the Leviathan to attend meetings of the American liquidation commission and to direct winding up the American army in France. He will be accompanied by Cc. W. Cuthell, the War Department representative on the board, and Stanley King, his private secretary, as they consider inter allied claims arising from cooperation among belligerents.
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Washington
Baker
New York
Leviathan
France
American Liquidation Commission
Cc. W. Cuthell
War Department
Stanley King
U.S. Troops Sail From Italy Homeward Reported
Rome sent an official message to the American consul general stating that the 2924 infantry unit, which fought with Italian forces against Austria, is now on its way home, as announced in New York on April 2.
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New York
Stalion
Rome
Austria
Entente Troops Advance Toward Hungary Amid Hunger Fears
Reports from Bucharest say Entente forces head toward Hungary via Constanza to guard plants and workers as famine looms in Budapest. Prague cites a reign of terror by communists with food stocks barely ten days and daily cattle inflow down from normal levels. A Budapest order requires surrender of jewels over 2000 crowns to the communist government.
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Bucharest
Entente
Constanza
Black Sea
Hungary
Copenhagen
Central News
Vertin
Prague
Budapest
M& Kran
M. Krn
Alles
Foreign Office
Austria
Adriatic
Germany
Rhine Safety Zone Planned in Postwar Talks
Paris dispatch reports agreement in peace talks on removing German garrisons fortifications and war factories along the Rhine and a thirty mile right bank strip. France would gain temporary joint economic and political control of Saar mines for about five years to restore production while avoiding Alsace Lorraine annexation.
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Paris
Anr
Rhine
France
Saar
Saar Valley
Germany
Council of Four
Alsace
Lorraine
Italy Seeks Formula for Frontier Payments and Adriatic Settlement
Premier Orlando pressed Wilson for informal talks on the Italian frontier issue and the Adriatic in connection with the council of four. Wilson agreed to consider the matter despite a busy schedule. In Manchester the region faces a planned two week furlough for cotton workers as April 10 nears.
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Italy
France
Orlando
Wilson
Council of Four
Adriatic
Manchester
Livel
al Mls
Americon
Mayor Thompson Wins Re Election in Chicago
Chicago April 2 William Hale Thompson appears reelected mayor defeating Democratic nominee Robert M Sweitzer by about 14 000 votes Maclay Hoynes votes were far behind The city went wet by 275 000 to 300 000 in a turnout near 500 000 The split showed roughly one sixth of men dry five sixths wet while women skewed two thirds wet and one third dry reflecting a broad public stand on liquor regulation.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Robert M. Sweitzer
Maclay Hoyne
Thompson
Sweitzer
Littl
Allies Build Snow Trenches In Archangel Sector
Allied forces including American French British and new Russian troops hold the Archangel front amid heavy Bolshevik bombardment of positions south of Odozerskaia. A garrison of four French soldiers repulsed attacks by 80 Bolshevik infantry. Weather is mild with an observation balloon aloft. allied blockhouses and log snow trenches strengthen defenses.
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Archangel
Lemberg
Odozerskaia
Odererskaln
Odozerskala
Bolshoia Ozera
Antibol Shifts in Esthonia Reported by Kranz
Carl Kranz of the American food commission arrives in Paris from Esthonia and says the antibolshevik troops are well organized and deserve Allied support. Meanwhile, Lemberg endures bombardment as Ukrainian artillery fires poison gas shells into the city amid stalled March 27 talks with Polish and Ukrainian representatives.
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Carl Kranz
American Food Commission
Paris
Esthonia
Antibolshevik
Lemberg
U.S. Frees Big Packers in Food Administration Action
President Wilson issued a Paris signed proclamation freeing all meat packers from Food Administration control. The action removes supervision on profits margins and all other regulatory measures previously imposed.
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Washington
Food Administration
Wilson
Paris
Sangamon County Goes Dry as Springfield Turns Dry
The last hope of thirsty residents in Sangamon County expired when Divernon township shifted from wet to dry by a 41 vote. The county will be dry after May 1 with drys 486 and wets 396. Drys also won in Union and McHenry counties by eight votes.
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Sangamon County
Divernon Township
Union
McHenry County
Iowa Increases Bank Examiners and Appoints Deputy
The Iowa senate passed a bill to increase state bank examiners and appoint a deputy superintendent of banking. The measure, introduced by the banking committee, expands supervisory staff in Des Moines.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Committee On Banking
German Troops Guarding Danzig Under German Plans
Parts April 2 Germans concentrate forces in eastern Prussia under Field Marshal von Hindenburg to defend the railway from Danzig to Posen. Foch leaves Paris for Spa to negotiate Polish access to Danzig port. War Trade Board resumes trade with Poland and Estonia. shipments via Danzig deemed safer. A bourgeois counter strike in Stuttgart shuts shops and utilities.
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Marshal von Hindenburg
Veria
New York Herald
Graudenz
Thorn
Lanzig
Posen
Foch
Paris
Spa
Mathias Erzberger
Danzig
Council of Four
Washington
War Trade Board
Poland
Esthenia
Baltic
Russia
United States
Pavia
Imazig
Stuttgart
Workme
Disorders Erupt as Workers Clash with Troops
Widespread clashes erupt as workers confront security forces across multiple locations. Reports indicate numerous casualties amid ongoing fighting, with authorities deploying troops to quell disturbances and restore order.
Battle in Russia Bolshevik Forces Attack Allied Troops
Frankfort dispatch reports a general strike in Berlin spreading across Germany with clashes between workers and troops. Three hundred looting prisoners arrested in Frankfort. Riots continue. eleven killed and twenty-five wounded in today’s unrest.
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Frankfort
Berlin
Germany
Reds Attack the Allies Near Idozerekaia Rail Lines
Archangel reports Bol shevik forces renewed attacks along the railway near Idozerekaia and east of Bolshoia Ozera. Allied lines repulsed by heavy machine gun and artillery fire in renewed fighting.
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Archangel
Idozerekaia
Bolshoia Ozera
Serbia Proclaims Republic in Belgrade Capital
A republic is proclaimed in Serbia with King Helen deported. Belgrade designated as the capital in a dramatic political shift reported from London on April 2. The move marks a new era for the Balkan state amid regional upheaval.
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London
Serbia
Helen
Belgrade
Korona Towed to Wilmington After Disabled Sea Voyage
The British steamer Korona from St Thomas to New York with cargo and passengers, disabled at sea, was towed into Wilmington by the coast guard cutter Sem finole as food supplies dwindled. It had fought a heavy gale with seas breaking over it and lay helpless for days.
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Wilmington
N. C
St. Thomas
New York
Coast Guard
Bloomington election shocks with Labor defeat in mayor race
In Bloomington Illinois on April 2 Mayoral candidate FE E Jones Republican defeated John B Lennon nominee of the Union Labor party by 278 votes. Labor candidates for commissioner were also defeated by margins from 200 to 80 votes in one of the citys most exciting municipal elections.
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John B. Lennon
Bloomington, Il
Jones
Bloomington
FE. E. Jones
New Union Labor Party
Crown Jewels to Soviets Ordered Surrender
Copenhagen reports an Hungarian government decree demands the surrender of jewels and precious stones valued over 2000 crowns to the communist government without payment. The move targets items seized or claimed as national wealth amid postwar shifts.
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Copenhagen
Budapest
500 New Yorkers Enlist in War Department Plea
New York on April 2 reports that the War Department appeal for 50,000 overseas troops drew more than 500 applicants in a single day, a peacetime enlistment record. The line stretched to the recruiting station as men rushed to answer the call.
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New York
War Department
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