Hungarian Bolshevists Fuel Revolt Across Central Europe
Budapest reports say Soviet authorities occupied theaters and promoted revolutionary plays as Russian Bolsheviks aid Hungary. Radek’s release from Germany sparks new agitation with strikes in several cities and a people’s council move toward socializing industrial activity.
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Copenhagen
Budapest
Hungary
Germany
Karl Radek
Berlin
Radek
Disputch
Lubeck
Stettin
Breslau
Levine
Entente Monitors Expected Up Danube To Aid Nationals
Advisers report critical danger in Hungary with street fighting in Buda Pest. Entente nationals are said to be safe but require protection from monitors moving up the Danube from Serbian ports. Such monitors are reportedly on their way upriver.
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Ence
Entente
Hungary
Budapest
Aloil
Danube
Authorities Plan Sale of Seized Liquor in Day States
Customs officials consider confiscating whiskey rum and other distilled spirits seized for import violations. They have a Justice Department opinion allowing sale for industrial or drinking use even in dry states, whether seized from moonshiners or shipments crossing state lines.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Diry
U. S. Casualties Total 269,714 in Official Report
Washington reports a complete casualty summary with total to date at 200,714 killed in action 31,922 died of wounds 13,4592 died of disease 21,826 died from accidents and other causes 3,025 wounded in action 198,684 missing in action 5,405. Missing men are little more than two percent of total casualties.
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Washington
Ukraine Holds Talks With Bolshevik Delegates
Reports from Ukraine say negotiations have began between Ukrainian officials and Russian Bolshevik delegates to settle differences. Bolshevik Leader Radowsky has arrived at Ukrainian headquarters for discussions.
Russian Reds Driven Back In Siberian Drive Near Perm
Reports from Moscow and Paris say Kolchak forces push Bolsheviks from Okansk and threaten toward Perm along the Kama river. Siberian troops report gains in areas near Birsk and along a fifty mile advance toward the Trans Siberian railway. Sverdhoff, longtime All Russian congress leader, dies after February 1 illness following the sixteenth Soviet congress.
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Paris
e-Sierian
Kotchak
Arolean
Perm
Trans Siberian
Onskray
Okansk
Isa
Kama River
Kolchak
Birsk
Ufa
Moscow
Sverdhoff
Congress of Soviets
Lenine
Ile
How to Claim Army Back Pay and 60 Bonus
Washington reports that discharged soldiers should file arrears claims directly with the war department or director of finance to avoid delays caused by intermediaries. The February 24 1919 bonus requires discharge papers, service details, and a mailing address for checks, with inquiries on Liberty bonds directed to the zone finance officer in Washington.
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Washington
War Department
Jar
Director of Finance
Washington D. C
Lemon Building
Washington, D.C
Direct Filing for War Risk Insurance Claims Urged
The notice directs claimants to file all insurance and death or disability compensation under the War Risk Insurance Act directly with the Bureau of War Risk Insurance in the Treasury Department Washington D C. It warns against sending claims to the War Department to avoid delays and outlines where allotments and inquiries should go. It states there is no need for attorneys or claim agents to pursue these claims for veterans or beneficiaries.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of War-Risk Insurance
Treasury Department
Washington, D.C
War Department
Army
Idaho Put In Commission At Camden New Jersey
The Idaho, largest fighting ship afloat, was commissioned into the U S Navy at Camden New Jersey. Its crew of 1407 stood at attention during the transfer from company to navy as flags and pennant were raised and Carl T Vogelsing read the orders from Secretary of the Navy Daniels appointing him to command.
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Philadelphia
Idaho
United States Navy
Camden
N. J
Navy
Carl T. Vogelsing
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Huns Seek Aid From Reds In Moscow Mission
Paris reports German Foreign Minister von Brockdorff Neatzau t sends Carl Kautsky to Moscow to assess Bolshevik relations and report methods to bolster political and economic ties. In New York, Pelham Bay naval training station suffers a large fire destroying two barracks and damaging a third, thought arson, quickly fought by bucket brigades and three New York fire companies.
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Paris
Count von Brockdorf Neantzau
Carl Kautsky
Foreign Ministry
Moscow
Zurich
Pelham Bay
N. Y
Pelham Bay Naval Training Station
New York
Yanks Arrive From Overseas With Units To Camp Grant
Newport News and New York dispatch report arrivals of 6 801 officers and men aboard battleships Vermont Connecticut New Hampshire and transport Kroonland from France and St Nazaire. 2 400 Fortieth division troops from Bordeaux aboard Matsonia and Antigone. crews join Camps Upton Grant Lewis Sherman. North Carolina and Montana also bring troops for Camps Devens Sherman Grant.
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Connecticut
North Carolina
Montana
Kroonland
France
Newport News
New Hampshire
Kroomend
Ohio
Texas National Guard
Brest
136Th Field Artillery
135Th Field Artillery
Ohio Guard
Sixty-second Field Artillery
134Th Field Artillery
St. Nazaire
132D Field Artillery
Texas Guard
Camp Bowie
Grant
New York
Fortieth Division
National Guard
California
Nevada
Utah
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
Matsonia
Bordeaux
160Th Infantry
Los
Antigone
Hix
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Kearney
Pike
Devens
Lewis and Meade
Iowa
Twenty-eighth Division
National Guard of Pennsylvania
Camps Devens
Upton
Aero Squadron
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Washington State
Kentucky
Missouri
Nebraska
Camp Sherman
Camp Shermen
Texas
Berlin Protests Bolshevism as Debt Evasion Plot
Berlin dispatch reports Hungarian Bolshevik control described as an attempt to dodge entente debts. The Spartacists postpone a general strike coup to April while many anxiously view German chaos and the government’s stability.
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Berlin
Hungary
Berliner Zeitung
Germany
Spartacists
Ean
Egyptian Rail Line Reopens Between Cairo and Alexandria
London reports the railway between Cairo and Alexandria, cut by Egyptian disorders, has been restored and line service resumed. The announcement came during proceedings in the House of Commons.
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London
Cairo
Alexandria
House of
No War Yet Against America Amid Hungarian Collapse
Washington officials express grave Europe-wide peace concerns after Hungary’s government surrenders to bolshevist forces. Belakun, new war minister, is an extreme bolshevist ally of Trotzky. No war declaration against the United States has been issued. US troops’ homeward movement remains unaffected and participation in any aggressive action is deemed unlikely.
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Nikolai Lenine
Russia
Budapest
Lenine
International Proletariat
Moscow
Communufiists
Vienna
Hungary
Entente
Washington
Europe
State Department
Belakun
Bandits Escape With $20,000 Cash
Two bandits flee with twenty thousand dollars in cash after an incident reported at nine o clock.
Red Army Advance Bolsheviks Move Toward Hungary
Two bandits robbed the Town State Bank in Des Moines at 9 this morning escaping with 20000 dollars before help could come. The incident occurred amid reports of Bolshevik advances and two British monitors fired on in Budapest.
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Town State Bank
Bolshevik Forces Reach Body on Danube Route
Special to Eventing Journal reports Bolshevik army advancing toward Muncary and already reaching Body in Switzerland. Two British monitors that served at Budapest were fired upon as they moved up the Danube.
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Rerne
Switzerland
Muncary
Budapest
Danube
League 18 Changes Endorsed by League Committee
Paris March 25 The League of Nations Committee approved changes aimed at addressing over half of the objections raised by Senator Lodge and other Americans. The Commission believes the adjustments will satisfy a majority of concerns and move the plan forward.
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Paris
League of Nations Committee
Commission
Senator Lodge
Martial law proclaimed as Spain faces general strike
In Madhid on March 25 a martial law declaration was issued and Barscelonia experiences a general strike. Constitutional guarantees have been suspended across Spain, signaling severe national disruption.
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Madhid
Barscelonia
Spain
No Change in U S Troop Return Plans Despite Europe News
The War Department stated there will be no change in the program for the rapid return of American troops, regardless of developments in Hungary or elsewhere in Europe. Only the Inter Allied War Council or President Wilson on the ground could alter plans.
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Europe
War Department Ofitala
Hungary
War Council
Wilson
Marine Casualties Rise in Revised War Report
Washington reports a revised Marine Corps casualty tally to March 19 totaling 11 800 officers and men. Killed in action, died of wounds, illness, and other causes reach 8 officers and 2 420 men with 215 listed as missing in the update.
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Washington
Marine Corps
German bol shevik money sent to Egypt sparks revolt fears
From Geneva, reports say large sums of German bol shevik money are regularly sent to Egypt to fuel revolt. A conference is planned this week in Berne where delegates from the five vanquished nations will discuss armistice terms.
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Switzerland
Egypt
Berne
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