Alarm in Upper Silesia as Polish forces seize key towns
British dispatches report Poles have taken Tarnowitz Koenigs huette Kottowitz Rybnik Bartiber Beuben Lublinitz and reached the Oder river amid a mounting revolt. Briand urged Warsaw to quell disorder as Allied officials warn the crisis tightens with 50,000 armed insurgents reported and 100,000 miners striking. Poland closes the frontier and labor unions push for joining Upper Silesia to Poland.
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Upper Silesia
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Tarnowitz
Koenigshuette
Kottowitz
Rybnik
Bartiber
Beuben
Lublinitiz
Oder River
Oppeln
Silesia
Vless
Kybalk
Poland
Briand
Sapieka
Daily
Mall
Permier Briand
France
Prince Sapiaka
Silesian
Gross Strehilty
Ro-ttenberg
Lublinitz
Toles
Supreme Allied Council
Adalbert Korfanty
Warsaw
Berlin
Tageblatt
Reuben
Lloyd George
Upper Silesian
Standing of the Clubs in the National and American Leagues
National League standings show Cincinnati behind Chicago and Pittsburgh with St Louis and Brooklyn at New York game delays with rain. Philadelphia at Boston also rained out. American League results list Chicago and Cleveland with Detroit close behind. St Louis ahead of New York as rain affected New York at Washington and Heston at Philadelphia games.
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Chicago
Pittsburgh
St. Tuts
Brooklin
New York
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Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
St. Lows
Washington
Heston
National League
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Adabert Korfanty Backed by Dispatches
Dispatches declare strong support for Adabert Korfanty and rally behind his position.
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Adabert Korfanty
Treasury Secretary Sees Improved U S Financial Conditions
Secretary Melon said financial conditions nationwide have improved during the poor month and expects lower interest rates by reserve banks in the Middle West and across the country. Easier rates for farmers may come in the crop moving season as the credit tightening ends.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Melion
Middle West
Washington
Treasury
Mellon
York
Federal Reserve
Akron strike halts Northern Ohio traction lines
Five hundred platform men of the Northern Ohio Traction company Akron and suburban lines struck today, tying up the traction properties in the district and leaving operations at a standstill.
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Akron
Ohio
Northern Ohio Trection Company
Akron and Suburban Lines
Traction Companies
AFL Leaders Urge Public Works to Fight Unemployment
Cincinnati May 6 Frank Morrison secretary of the American Federation of Labor urges national city county and state public works to ease mass unemployment of four million workers during an industrial lull. He says prosperity times are not now and calls for urgent public improvements. President Samuel Gompers arrives with his bride and to comments on the open shop issue are reserved.
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Cincinnati
United States
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Morrison
Samuel Gompers
Budget Bill Passes Lower House In 544 To
The lower house approved the budget bill by 544 to 9, sending it toward conference with the senate. The measure creates the bureau of the budget as an independent executive branch and sets director and comptroller general salaries at 210000. Debates centered on term limits for the comptroller and civil service protections.
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Senate
Washington
Government Department
Bureau of the Budget
Treasury Department
Congress
Wilson
Treasury
Sporlsman
Married Yankees Ordered Home From Rhineland
Coblenz May 6 American noncommissioned officers and men up to sergeants who married Europeans in the Rhineland have been ordered home. About 500 will sail with their wives from Antwerp May 12 on the Cambria. The move, tied to the Knox resolution, is seen by Germans as signaling a broader occupation withdrawal. Washington says 14040 American troops remain in Europe, above the May 1 projection of 1000.
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Rhineland
Antwerp
Cambria
Washington
Baker
Europe
Cherbourg
Wiesbaden
Ultimatum Dictates Germany Replies on Ruhr Occupation
London May 6 Allied powers demand Germany respond by May 12 on Versailles reparations and disarmament. If no reply the Ruhr occupation will begin May 12 with military and naval actions. Germany must accept reparations terms and trials of war criminals or face invasion. The document outlines steps for occupation and debt discharge.
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Germany
Ruhr
Doeto Sthamer
Spa
Paris
Allied Reparations Commission
Reparations Commission
Keota Visitors Mix with Local Folks in Weekend Notes
Local item roundup lists Mrs E J Rameey returning from a visit with sister Mrs J G Hartzel in Keota and Janet Gay Hartzel staying for the weekend. Other entries note friends and relatives visiting, shopping, and attending funerals, with brief ads for cleaning products and auto services.
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E. J. Rameey
Keota
J. G Hartzel
Janet Gay Hartzel
Korfanty and Staff Captured in Major Setback
Report states Korfanty and the entire staff were captured in a rapid operation. Details remain limited as authorities confirm the seizure and ongoing assessment of the situation. Local officials promise updates as the investigation continues.
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Korfanty
Polish Plebiscite Leader Korfanty Arrested
Reports indicate Adalbert Korfanty once Polish plebiscite commissioner for Upper Silesia and his staff have been arrested by the inter allied plebiscite commission. He proclaimed leadership of Polish insurgents and opposed the government, with the arrest likely to curb insurgent activity.
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Evening Journal
Warsaw
Adalbert Korfanty
Korfanty
Upper Silesia
Social club afternoon and Methodist class notes
Mrs Rey Lemley hosted the Just Us club with telegram games and piano selections. Officers elected Evelyn Caldwell and others for the Martha class, which also sent five dollars to Chinese Relief and planned an eatable sale. A May fifth reception honored Willam Miller and bride with a large display of gifts and a charivari.
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Just Us Club
Lawrence Lemley
Will Sickles
Martha
Methodist Sunday School
Elder
Evelyn Caldwell
Mary Tucker
Leona Hall
Bb. F. Miller
Pleasant Ann
Willam Miller
Reb Kephart
Will Saville
Gladys Lehrer
Lela Reed
Cecil Shrader
Don Darbyshire
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