NC-3 Seaplane Reaches Port Aiding Azores Flight
NC-3 lands at Ponta Delgada under its own power after 67 hours at sea with a crew carried on the U S S Melville. NC-8 arrived safely at the Azores, while NC-4 prepares for a possible start as weather cooperates. Lisbon awaits the flyers with Rochester and Shawmutt in port and meteorological support underway.
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Horta
Azores
Ponta Delgada
Towers
U. & S&s. Melville
Washington
WC3
NC-1
Daniels Greets Towers
Ponta Delgado
Trent
Read
Punta Degada
Lisbon
Hawker
Newfoundland
Rochester
Plunkett
Beard
Shawmutt
Lisbon Observatory
Leader Says Foe Will Sign Would Be Slain If They Fail
Vergailles reports, a German member of the legation warns that an envoy would be slain if they fail to sign. The statement was delivered from Vergailles on May 20 and implies coercion against the opposing side.
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En Voye
Tegillon Councillor Warns of Massacre If Peace Treaty Not Signed
A Tegillon councillor, returning from Berlin, warned that the delegation would face bodily harm if the peace treaty was not signed. He based his declaration on the German people's hunger for peace and said they would be massacred on reaching Berlin if peace failed.
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of Tegillon
Berlin
Yanks Reach Newport With Influenza Outbreak on Board
Fifty seven influenza cases developed after the ship sailed from Pauillac France on May 7 and were brought to Newport News aboard the Martha Washington with 3013 soldiers. Civilians were barred entry and families watched from afar. Soldiers disembarked and were moved to Camp Morrison for five days isolation. the sick were taken to the embarkation hospital. Only enlisted men were affected and one case was serious.
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Newport News
Paulac
France
Martha Washington
Camp Morrison
War Risk Bureau Reorganizes Leadership In Washington
The War Risk Insurance Bureau, serving 4 million soldiers and dependents, reorganizes with Colonel R A Cholotey Jones appointed director in place of Col Henry J D Lindsley who resigned after a clash with Secretary Graes. The move places Jones, a former New York resident and veteran France service member, in charge while continuing wartime duties.
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Washington
War Risk Insurance Bureau
R.A. Cholotey-Jones
New York
Palmer selects assistants to trust prosecutions and AG team
Attorney General Palmer names Palmer as head of trust prosecutions and picks Frank Devis Jr of Cleveland to join as assistant attorney general. Reed G Carroll Todd and Huston Thompson resign to pursue other posts with Todd leaving the trust unit and Thompson moving to federal trade commission.
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Palmer
Welletington
Mery
C. Bames
Oklhoma City
Lalmer
Reed G. Carroll Todd
Frank Devis, Jr
Cleveland
Huston Thompson
Federal Trade
Army to Be Back Home Soon
Chaumont May 20 Orders issued to abandon the American expeditionary force HQ in Chaumont and shift records to the United States. Chiefs of the artillery tank corps and air service to cease work, Paris air service reduced to minimum staff. By June US personnel will largely depart France.
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France
Hawker Seaplane Crash Ends Atlantic Attempt
London reports Harry Hawker and navigator Lieut. Com. Meckenzie Grieve failed cross Atlantic attempt after a sea landing off the Irish coast near Dingle and Shannon mouth. Search ships sweep the area as prayers for the aviators' safety continue amid fuel concerns and fading hope.
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London
Harry Hawker
Britain
Atlantic
Europe
New York
Admiralty
Irish
Shannon
Dingte Bay
Hawker
Dingle Bay
Brooklands Field
Lieut. Com
Meckenzie Grieve
Ireland
Brooklands
Grieve
Unscrambled aviation messages puzzle wartime rescue effort
The admiralty intercepts two coded air messages read as KAJ and VKAJ from an aircraft off Ireland. Sopwith officials muse Hawker was forced to descend due to petrol shortage and transmitters bungled. rescue hoped by sunset.
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Admiralty
Lizard
KAJ
VKAJ
Air Ministry
Sopwith
J. A. Finn
London
Sopwith Bureau of Operations
Universal Service
Berlin meeting weighs peace with Bolshevik Russia
Paris reports an important Berlin meeting with the German cabinet representatives and generals assessing the peace situation. Chancellor Scheidemann mentioned a possible alliance with the Russian Bolshevik government but did not advocate it. Field Marshal Hindenburg suggested continued resistance was impossible and urged signing the treaty.
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Paris
Berlin
Scheidemann
Hindenburg
Yanks to Go to England for North Russia Withdrawal
Arrangements are under way to transport the 339th American infantry to England within ten days. The battalion of the Thirteenth engineers on the Archangel front and the railway troops on the Murmansk front will be the last American forces withdrawn from north Russia.
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Archangel
England
Murmen
North
Russia
Plana
Polish Prisoners Return Home From Poland Division
The Second division of General Haller's Polish army has been transported to Poland per a Berlin telegram. The unit is mainly Poles once held as prisoners of war born in Posen East Prussia and Upper Silesia.
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Haller
Berlin
Paris
Poland
Posen
East Prussia
Upper Silesia
Gillett Elected Speaker in New Republican Congress
The recon struction congress meets in extraordinary session as Republicans gain control of both houses. Gillett of Massachusetts elected speaker over Champ Clark with a two vote margin. Cummins elected Senate president pro tempore over Pittman in a 47 to 42 vote. Woman suffrage amendment tops House calendar amid plans for rapid bill passage and probes into war activities. Berger not sworn in amid espionage conviction challenge.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Paris
Gillett
Representative Gillett
Massachusetts
Rep
House
Champ Clark
Senate
Senator Cummins
Key Pittman
Nevada
Cummins
Calder
New York
Gerry
Rhode Island
Representive Mann
Representative Moore
Pennsylvania
League of Nations
Great Britain
France
Germany
Berger
Victor Berger
Wisconsin
Dallinger
Elections Committee
Gillette
Winnipeg Strike Proclamation Aims to Secure Food Supply
Mayor Charles F. Gray of Winnipeg issues a proclamation to maintain law and order during general strikes. He warns action will be taken to secure food supplies as restaurants close due to food theft and shortages.
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Charles F. Gray
Winnipeg
Methodist Centenary Campaign Receives $20.9 Million
New York May 20. Twenty million dollars in gifts and pledged support toward the $105 million Methodist centenary campaign have already been received. Charles Sumner Ward, director general of the campaign, announced the progress.
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New York
Charles Sumner Ward
Germany Sends Allies New Note On Peace Talks
Paris reports that German delegates returned with instructions to sign the peace treaty soon even if concessions are scant. The council of four met in Paris as credentials were exchanged with Austria about the religious mission and Bulgarian Turkish affairs. A Temps dispatch notes Berlin demonstrations shouting anti French and allied leaders.
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Paris
Count von Brockorf Rantg
Warburg
Versailles
Germany
St. Germain-en-Laye
France
Jules Cambon
Chancellor Renner
Henry White
United States
Council of Four
Clemenceau
Action Hotel
Berlin
Ragland
America
Foch
Wilson
President Urges Labor Legislation and War Prohibition Repeal
The article reports the president calling for new labor laws and proposing repeal of the war prohibition. It frames the political push as a effort to reshape economic policy and foreign policy, outlining objectives and potential impacts.
President Wilson urges labor relief and suffrage in Paris message
President Wilson's Paris message, read by Patrick Halligan in Congress, calls for ending labor unrest, repealing the war era wine and beer prohibition, and adopting Woman Suffrage. He favors delaying Peace Treaty talk until signing and proposes aid for returning soldiers with employment and land development. He also asks Congress to minimize federal tax burden and hopes to return to Washington soon.
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Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Paris
Congress
Patrick Halligan
House
Wington
Hawker Fate Unknown After Newfoundland Flight
Admiralty circles hold that Harry Hawker perished after leaving Newfoundland. Severe weather off Ireland prevents search aircraft from reaching the area to locate his missing plane.
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Evening Journal
London
Admiralty
Harry Hawker
New Foundland
Ireland
Hawker
Pershing Visit to Nagland Postponed Indefinitely
London May 20 The planned Nagland visit of General Pershing is postponed indefinitely. It is deemed inadvisable for the commander to leave the Rhine while Germany has not yet signed the treaty.
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Evening Journal
London
Nagland
General Pershing
Rhine
Germany
Seaplane NC-4 Reaches Ponta Delgada for Final Flight
The Seaplane NC-4 arrived at Ponta Delgada this morning from Horta to prepare for the final leg of its flight to Portugal.
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Ponta Delgada
NC-4
Horta
Portugal
Standyke Dies Amid Stomach Hemorrhage in Congress
Representative Carl Standyke of St Paul Democratic veteran leader dies from stomach hemorrhage today. The Spanish War Veterans commander in chief was serving his third term in the House.
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Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
Carl Standyke
St. Paul
Rioting in Stettin Leaves Many Dead as German Troops Move In
Berlin May 20 reports a violent riot in Stettin over several hours. Nine civilians and twenty soldiers are dead, and German troops occupy the city as the unrest is quelled.
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Evening Journal
Berlin
Stettin
Wet Fight Opens In Congress Over Prohibition Repeal
Representative A J Sabath of Chicago introduces a resolution to repeal the wartime prohibition law aiming to end nationwide dryness by July 1. He argues the military emergency has passed and delaying repeal harms investors and the economy.
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Washington
Congress
A. J. Sabath
Cigeage
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