Soviet plots said to back May Day strikes in France
Paris reports police evidence claims Soviet rule could have begun if May Day strikes had succeeded. They allege documents seized from Boris Souvarine and Etienne Leveque tie leaders to a conspiracy to overthrow internal security. Rappoport admits aims to collapse postwar order and cites bolshevik gold. Minor arrests followed as gas and railroad workers faced action.
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Paris
France
Boris Souverine
Jnst
Etienne Leveque
Federation of Railroad
Orleans
Tours
Brest
Borneaut
Mirseilles
Strasbourg
Charles Ducroeq
Cailiaux
Moscow
Copenhagen
Souvarine
Charlies Rappoport
Revolution
Rappoport
Chamber of Deputies
Russia
Joubaux
General Federation of Labor
Jouwhaux
M. Monmousson
French
Railroad Workers’ Union
Leon Midot
Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean Union
Gas Workers’ Federation
House approves treasury to buy federal land bank bonds
Washington May 19 The House adopted a resolution empowering the treasury to purchase federal land bank bonds issued against loans approved before March 1. Efforts to extend the measure to cover loans approved by next March were defeated. More census figures show population changes since 1910 with Galena and other towns noted.
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Washington
House
Treasury
Federal Land Bank
Fares and changes by city across several states
The data lists fare totals and year to year changes for several municipalities. Scranton and Norwichtown report increases of 6.1 and 5.2 percent respectively, Norwich City up 9.5 percent, while Galena shows a 1.9 percent decrease. Framingham rises 20.6 percent, Woburn up 2 percent, and Newburyport up 44 percent.
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Scranton
Norwichtown
Conn
Norwich City
Galena
Framingham
Mass
Woburn
Newburyport
Police seize stolen booze ring in Chicago raid
Chicago police arrested 17 men and recovered 150000 dollars worth of stolen alcohol plus 16000 dollars in cash. Capt. Patrick Yarding said the burglary ring, its transport on a Sicago & Northwestern rail line siding at Bloomingdale road, was linked to a consignment for United States Industrial Alcohol at Wabeosia and Biston avenues. Much of the loot was colored prune juice and sold as moonshine whisky.
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Chicago
Patrick Yarding
Shakespeare Avenue
Sicago & Northwestern
Bloomingdale Road
United States Industrial Alcohol Company
Wabeosia and
Biston Avenues
40 000 Sole Men in Detroit
Detroit, Mich. May 19. No immediate relief from raw material shortages. Detroit factories are not completely shut down but many have curtailed operations. John L. Levett, manager of the Michigan Manufacturers Association, estimated 80,000 to 40,000 men out of work in Detroit, compared with 125,000 at the peak of the switchmen strike.
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Detroit
Mich
John L. Levett
Michigan Manu
Navy denies Sims honorary British admiralty role
Washington May 19 Secretary Daniels testified before a senate committee that the navy department refused Rear Admiral Sims an honorary British admiralty membership. The offer came from King George, yet Daniels said the decision, aimed at hurtful optics, reflected animus toward the admiral. Daniels cited the denial as blighting Sims’s dearest and highest ambition.
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Washington
Sims
Navy Department
King George
Daniels
Senate
Department
Sime
Packing Attorney Bump Acquitted in Des Moines Case
Judge Lester L Thompson in district court sustained a demurrer and acquitted Attorney Bumpo in an indictment accusing him of false statements about the Des Moines Union Stockyards while acting for Associated Packing. The proceeding stems from receiver ship actions by Attorney General Havner. Frisbie and McDowell to be tried later on different defenses.
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Bump
Associated Concern
Thiompson
DFS
Havner
Associated Packing
Associated
Frisbie
McDowell
Australian war casualties similar to United States losses
Australian war casualties were about the same as those of the United States, indicating comparable tolls in the conflict. The remark highlights parity in fatalities or injuries between the Australian forces and American troops during the period discussed.
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United States
Penrose Hit by Daniels in Navy Case
Washington May 14 Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania and not Rear Admiral Sims originated the charges against the Navy Department cited in Admiral Sims January letter. Secretary Daniels told the Senate committee that Penrose's August 24 1918 speech reflected Sims views, prompting questions of plagiarism and possible collaboration, as Daniels deferred further reply.
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Penrose
Daniels
NAVY
Washington
Sims
Navy Department
Senate
Admiral Sims
Mr. Daniels
Pennsylvania
Naval Academy
Senator Penrose
Captain Pratt
Penros
Navy's Wartime Shipbuilding Surges Under Taylor Leadership
The Navy Department's war construction program includes about 1,000 vessels, nearly three times the prewar fleet. The praise is given to Rear Admiral David W. Taylor, chief constructor, who is described as having no superior in the world.
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Navy Department
David W. Taylor
Light Vermont vote in presidential primary
Burlington Vermont May 19 voters in the presidential preferential primary showed almost no opinion with no clear delegate support. General Woe ran the only campaign but not one voter in twenty registered his view, casting doubt on Vermont delegations to national conventions.
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Burlington
Vermont
Woe
Militia Bill Deadlocks Senate House Conferees
Washington May 19 A deadlock on the army reorganization bill stalled after senate provisions for voluntary youth training were rejected by house conferees. The Senate proposed merging the National Guard into federal troops. House members split, with Kahn and McKenzie in favor while Anthony and Kent opposed. A separate compulsory training bill was being drafted.
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Washington
Senate
House
Wadsworth
National Guard
United States Army
Kahn
California
McKenzie
Illinois
Anthony
Kansis
Kent
Alabama
Wages Up as Railroads Seek Large Pay Increases
Chicago May 19 details of wage hikes totaling 1 030 158 837 demanded by railway brotherhoods were presented to the railroad labor board. E T Whiter. chairman, outlined classifications from pre war to present demands for passenger conductors collectors baggagemen and brakemen and freight conductors flagmen and brakemen. Projections show a 35 to 60 percent freight rate rise to cover the two year cost surge and new overtime pay scales. In passenger service rates range from about 6 cents to 1 08 cents per hour with freight conductors seeking 1 43 to 1 72 cents per hour.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
E. T. Whiter
Conference Board of Railroad
Y. Dema
Freight car movements ease grain load jam progress noted
The Interstate Commerce Commission reported progress in reducing a freight jam. Empty box cars are moving in large volumes westward from New England and the Atlantic seaboard for grain loading while coal-loading cars shift from the Midwest to eastern coal areas. Expedited orders push solid trains with continual transfer monitoring to avoid delays.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
New England
Atlantic Seaboard
Middle West
Rainbow Society to Meet in Council Bluffs June 4 and 6
Iowa branch of the Rainbow Society plans its first U S meeting in Council Bluffs June 4 and 6 with chamber of commerce backing. Aiming 500 to 1,000 attendees, organizers promise home hosting, tented Lake Manawa events, big and basket dinners, a fish bake, and Rainbow activity reels from France and Germany to be shown if possible.
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Iowa Veterans of the Rainbow DiVision
Cornell Bluffs
Chamber of Commerce
Council Bluffs
United States
Iowa
Rainbow Society
Rhine
Germany
Matt Tinley
Chamber of Committee
Rainbow Boys
Lake Manawa
France
Robbers Steal $12,000 in Bonds from Harper Bank
Three masked bandits, armed and in a high powered car, blasted open the Harper State bank safe with nitro and escaped with 12000 dollars in cash and registered bonds. Residents sheltered behind but were kept at gunpoint as the men fled. The crime is linked to a series of local robberies.
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Harper
Harper State Bank
First High School Publishes Hi Life Annual off press
Copies of Hi Life, the first annual from Washington high school, were delivered today and distributed to subscribers this afternoon. Priced at 80 cents, it covers costs with a small profit not to exceed 1.50. Three hundred fifty copies were printed and sold before work started, with a 50 cent down payment from each subscriber. The volume features 120 pages, many photos, and departments for four classes, alumni, athletics, music, and student organizations, plus jokes and features.
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Hi Life
Washington High School
Russell Conner
Edna Timmerman
Richard McCleery
Leslie Gates
Margaret Brookhart
Mildred Mauthe
Stanley Thompson
Gwendolyn Long
Legory O'Loughlin
Harold Faris
Fred Klopfenstein
Florence Cunningham
Marion George
Lois Macon
Ralph Jones
Ralph Reid
Sarah Grimes
Gladys Clark
Doris Chalmers
Nellie Reister
Althea Montgomery
O'Loughlin
Klopfenstein
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U. S
Militia Bill
Labor Board
Railroads
Eernee
Rainbow
John
Gosh
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