Post Scripts A Breakfast Dish Served Fresh Daily
A collage of 1920s newspaper musings, quotes, and brief notices touches on Curzon in Berlin, Moscow London reaction, Bolshiviks, Italy Dawes budget, and a peace conference turmoil. It notes Rockefeller Foundation 10th birthday, Henry Ford mining, and a Canadian Lausanne appearance, ending with Washington honoring the Unknown Soldier as a broad cultural snapshot.
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Byron
Isles
Greece
Lausanne
Constantinople
Washington
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Britain Rejects German Reparations Proposal
British note to Germany condemns the plan as inadequate and inconsistent with allied expectations. It warns Britain will not abandon its rights and signals possible political shifts in Berlin over a successor to Chancellor Cuno, with the Socialists and industrialists under pressure.
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London
Foreign Office
Germany
France
Great Britain
Poincare Demands Right to Land Allied Planes in Germany
Paris May 13 Premier Poincare insists the foreign office prepare a note of protest against Germany’s ruling requiring allied airplanes to land in Germany. The Versailles treaty grants the allies rights to fly over and land when necessary. The foreign office has taken the matter from the air ministry and will prepare representations to Germany and likely to the allied governments.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Germany
Iaid
Air Ministry
Chicago Tribune
Double death pact ties uncle and niece in tragedy
New York May 12 two deaths near Hoboken are ruled a double suicide pact. William Brunner 42 an electrician and Anya Reicher 21 his niece were found dead in a Bronx flat. Reicher died of gas poisoning with a hose in her mouth. Brunner shot himself in the temple with a 32 caliber revolver beside her. A note to Brunner’s wife cited desertion and a plan to deport the niece from Germany as motive.
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Washington Post
New York
Thir Bast
William Brunner
Anya Reicher
Branner
Anna Retcher
Germany
Brunenet
Brunnet
Hey
Hoboken
Mra Branner
Reicher
EI Island
Anne
Brannera
Hobo
Brunner
Ansa
Bronx
Eloper Shoots Girl Then Ends Life In Orchard
Tarentum, Pa May 13 A man identified as Jacob Knock shot Miss Margaret Buddreff after she agreed to elope. He then killed himself as police approached in two cars. Buddreff was wounded and may recover, Knock died instantly. He had long pursued the younger woman despite her warnings.
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Washington Post
Tarentum Pa
Jacob Knock
Margaret Buddreff
Knock
Buddreff
Mis Buddreff
Mildred
Nioe
Chicago Vice Crusade Yields 450 Prisoners
Chicago police led by Chief Morgan Collins conducted a city wide raid targeting disorderly and gambling houses. Four hundred fifty men and women were arrested last night and early today, part of a continuing campaign that has netted over a thousand arrests in recent weeks.
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Chicago
Morgan Collins
Plot to kill Foch uncovered in Europe amid patrols
Vienna dispatch reports Lemburg police exposed a plot with Bolshevists in Ukraine to assassinate Marshal Foch during a Poland tour. Thirty plotters arrested as several bombs were found and seized. Authorities pursue further suspects and safeguard the mission.
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Vienna
Lemburg
War crisis deepens as Russia hints at talks
Moscow reports a conciliatory Russian reply to Britain while insisting on no ultimatum. It proposes conference over trawler seizures and Weinstein notes, with 9 000 words expected. London protests grow as Hyde Park labor groups denounce the government amid mounting tensions. KARUSIN flies to London with a three-stage journey via Konigsberg and Berlin.
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Hyde Park
Brassia
London
Tiaasia
Carzon
Moscow
A. P
Russia
Great Britain
Meacow
Mussolini
Gasparri
Varoveky
Foreign Office
Leonid Krausin
Konigsberg
Berlin
Lord Curzon
Craes
Krausin
Russa
Treasury notes oversubscribed at 400 million issue
Secretary Mellon announced the 4 percent U S Treasury notes dated May 15 1923 maturing March 1 1927 oversubscribed with total subscriptions about 1 billion including victory note exchanges The subscription books closed yesterday except for exchanges which will stay open a few days longer Final allotments and details will follow from the Federal Reserve banks. Krassin has fallen from favor in the soviet and rumors of his resignation circulate He has been a strong agent for Russians here and is viewed as non sympathetic to Soviet policies The Russian trade delegation in London maintains a large staff and offices and seeks to remain in place.
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Mellon Testnight
Treasury
Mellon
Federal Reserve Banks
Krassin
London
Miggion
Bandits to Release Captives Amid Threats and Shifting Control
Peking reports a terms deal with bandits to withdraw troops and enroll fighters in the national army while promising to free some captives. A separate note details a deadly ultimatum from Wen the bandit chief, and a Shanghai plea from Maj Pinger urging troop withdrawal to avoid further bloodshed. The broader agrarian and consular context adds related political shifts and incidents in China.
Swainson Surrenders in Second Rum Charge
William E Swainson known as a society bootleger surrendered to Lt Sullivan of the Eighth precinct at his Chateau Thierry address after police alleged an agent bought liquor with marked money. More than 226 quarts of liquor were seized and Swainson faced two counts of selling and illegal possession with bond set at 1500. He had prior similar charges and awaits hearing.
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William E. Swainson
Lieut
Sullivan
Chateau Thierry
S Street
Swainson
Highth
Cigarette Reforms Promote Tuberculosis Cure Claim
Government actuary Joseph S. McCoy argues cigarette consumption gauges national prosperity better than any commodity. The Chemical Warfare Service backs cigarettes as a tuberculosis remedy, Major Gerald B Webb tells the Missouri State Medical Society that inhaling cigarette smoke may protect against TB, citing army recruit examinations and discharge data.
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Joseph S. McCoy
McCoy
Chemical Warfare Service
Gerald B. Webb
Missouri State Medical Society
Army
Eight Foreigners Freed From Bandits In South Sheotung
Eight of the seventeen foreigners seized by bandits in the South Sheotung mountains have been freed and are en route to Lincheng near Which. The release follows Chinese negotiators meeting bandit demands including guarantees that the bandits would not be punished and could move freely, and withdrawal of government troops. The fate of the remaining prisoners is to be announced separately.
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Germany
Moscow
Associated Press
Shanghai
A. P
Roland Pinger
Roland Pinger, Jr
Robert Allen, Jr
Maj
Allen
Shantung Hille
Mmessawe
Max Friedman
Tsaochwang
Leon Friedman
Friedman
Peking
South Sheotung
Lincheng
Khow
Chinese Department of Communications
British Reply to Germany and Moscow Peace Hopes
Index to Today's Issue lists items including British replies to Germany and Moscow hopes for peace. Also notes Chinese to release captives, press college death inquiry, and various society and theater items.
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Germany
Moscow
Press College
Georgetown
Maxwell
Boral
League
Paris
Grant
Lerner
Manville
Losata
Rockefeller Foundation
Harding
Unity of Church
Shrine Head
Wells
the Post
Sparta
Alexandra
Kidnapped Patrolman Dead Believed Identified Near Cleveland
Cleveland police identified patrolman Dennis Griffin whose kidnapping Friday led to a grim discovery 35 miles east. A partly burned uniform remnant and two brass numerals were found with the body in a woods. Investigators followed leads around Bryan, Wauseon and Napoleon as they sought John L. Whitfield and a woman seen with him driving a small truck. A shovel and civilian coat tied to the case surfaced, and a farmhouse visit near Bryan linked a suspect to the missing officer and Whitfield through borrowed gear and a roadster sighting.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Here
Dennis Griffin
John L. Whitfield
Paley
Whitfield
Bryan
Wauseon
Napoleon
Ghia
Greek General Plans 10 Seize Constantinople Threat
Lausanne May 1 The Greek commander Fangion with 150000 troops in Thrace threatens to seize Constantinople unless Greece gains better Lausanne treatment. M Venizelos convenes an extraordinary council with Foreign Minister Alexandras and Ramanos. Ramanos recalled from Paris. They weigh drastic action and possible separate peace talks amid tensions with allies over Turkish reparations and Thrace.
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Lausenne
Athena
Alles
Greece
M. Ventseloe
Chicago T
New York Painters Launch General Strike in May
New York May 13 4 general strike for 20000 union painters effective Monday May 71 authorized today by the Brotherhood of Painters Decorators and Paper Hangers of America district council of New York after a strike vote. The union demands include a five day week restoration of collective bargaining and a wage increase from 9 to 20 dollars a day. The painters union will be given all support by the building trades council Michael J Colieran president said.
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New York
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America
District Council of
Building Trades Council
Michael J. Colieran
Loss of Santa Marta Fire Destroys United Fruit Line Vessel
New York May 13 The United Fruit Line reports a fire at a Brooklyn dock destroyed the Santa Marta. The vessel built in Belfast in 1900 was 4544 gross tons and 3748 feet long, with an estimated loss of 1 million dollars.
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Santa Marta
United Fruit Line
Puris
Brooklyn
New York
Brooklyn Dock
Belfast
Northwestern Hazing Case Ties to Death Theories
Northwestern University faces a state inquiry into the Leighton Mount disappearance. James Patterson, a student leader, testified he supported a death by own action theory to shield the school, naming Judge Harry Olson and George Merrick as advisers. Roscoe Fitch’s shifting statements fueled questions as Phyllie Trojan, said to be Arthur Persinger’s fiancée, was summoned by the State’s Attorney.
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Northwestern
Persinger
Mount
Mills
Chicago
James Patterson
Northwestern University
Leighton Mowm
Patterson
Harry Olson
George Merrick
Roscoe Fitch
Chui
Olson
Sir Merrick
Roscoe Conklin Fitch
Leighton Mount
Wan
Louis Aubrere
Fiten
Fitch
Phyllie Trojan
Arthur Persinger
Evanston
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Courier of
Herodotoa
Henry Ford
Lizzie
Henry
Europa
Curzon
Teutonic
Britain
Cuno
England
Italy
Poincare
Reich
Borah
Enem
Putitzer
Abow Ben Adhem
Col
Marshall
Webber
Cayamaca
Saul
Jonathan
Turkey
Ismet
Mr. Obregon
Charles G. Dawes
Marshal Foch
Cano
von Rosenberg
Man
Brussels
America
Trig
Incubus
Ruhr
Tt In
Kobex
Eloper
Girl
Vice Crusade
Owearth
Foch
Seine
Ruesig
Haat End
Church of England
Strand
U.S. Treasury
Obrecon
China
Pinger
Licheng
Mexico City
A Pp
Obregon
Jicheng
Wen
Minyster
Tae Balytan
Tititee
Tmange
la Yuan-hung
Chang Yingnan
Suce
Chang
Tig Sal
Wellington Koo
Koo
Aificultty
Tohbea
We By
Amoy
Christian
American Mission Board
Venizelos
Ribune
NEW York Painters
University
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