American Generals Honored by King George V Order
Gen Joseph T. Dickman of the Third U.S. Army is knighted by Gen Sir Herbert Plumer on behalf of King George V. Four American officers receive Knight Commander titles and several colonels are named Commanders of the Order. Col S H Williams earns the Distinguished Service Order. Plumer lauds allied friendship enduring after war.
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Associated Press
Cologne
Joseph T. Dickman
Third United States Army
Order of the Bath
Sirerbert Plumer
William Lassiter
Third Army
John Hines
Charles _ Muir
Malin Craig
Harry A. Smith
John Montgom’ Ry
Ickman
David, H. Biddle
Third Armth
William Footen
Thirdrmy
Horace Stebbins
Williams
Col
S. H. Williams
Sen
Dickman
Plumer
Elds
America
Debs Begins Ten Year Prison Term For Espionage Act
Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs started a 10 year sentence at Mountview penitentiary hospital after being convicted under the espionage act. He was assigned as a clerk, the lightest work, to comply with prison rules. the warden warned he must refrain from preaching his doctrines.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
W. Va
Euene
V. Debs
Mountsville
Here
Debs
Reds Waning Regime in Munich Orders Women Communized
Munich reports indicate the Communist government, nearing collapse, issued radical decrees including the commodification of women and wives and the removal of all managers from industrial firms, replaced by worker control. Talks persist in Munich about moving the regime to Ansbach as warehousing plans for Aberdeen and Savannah prove arm against the ground.
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Munich
Associated Press
Berlin
Ansbach
Courier Delivery Deadline and Hotline Notice
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 6 30 oclock each day. If you fail to receive your paper by that time due to carrier error or other causes, please phone 3330 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 80 p.m.
Shore leave granted to 30,000 U S naval men in New York
Atlantic fleet rests in Hudson and 30,000 sailors and marines receive shore leave in New York amid restrictions. They will be treated to dinners and theater while avoiding official receptions during a 15 day visit. A separate dispatch notes Germany deposits funds for civilian food in occupied areas and the start of a food train from France.
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Associated Press
New York
Hudson
Washington, D. C
Henry J. Mayo
Athantic
Washingtoo
Department
Atlantic Ocean
Impeachment Fight Reaches Final Phase in Iowa House
Des Moines April 15—Judiciary committee’s recommendation for impeachment of Gov. H. M. Havner and other leaders in the Rathbun pardon case advances as the Iowa House prepares to vote. Majority backs impeachment of Gov. Harding, with a minority urging only censure. Havner’s fate also to be decided amid heated debate. Cotton usage in March noted by AP: 482,720 bales lint and 16,358bales inters.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa House of Representatives
W. al
Rathbun
Tomornay
Judiciary Committee
Gay
W. I. Harding
House
Senate
H. M. Havner
Harding
Mi ‘Jority
Ernest Rathbun
Alderman
Beeman
Clark
Edson
Finley
Henry County
Giltner
Hook
King
Messer
Manta
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Springer
Scott
Marshall
Stone
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Weaver
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Brown
Davidson
Epps
Griffin
Nebiker
Oertel
Powers
Rogers
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Temple
Vander Ploeg
Williams
Warmsley
Moore
Minority Report
Havner
Ida County Grand Jury
Associated Proga
Washington
Jesusus Bureau Today
Big Four May Let Enemy Have Raw Materials
Paris April 15 The supreme economic council debated whether Germany may receive certain raw materials before the peace treaty takes effect. A revised blockade regime and a plan to conserve Italy’s coal supply were discussed. Belgian delegates were asked to nominate a representative to join the economic commission.
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Associated Press
Paris
Prike Council
Arthur J. Balfour
Lloyd George
London
Supreme Economic Council
Germany
Economic ‘Council
Italy
Belgium
Economic Commission
Indian Revolt in Formosa Nears Chaco
AP report from London notes rioting in Lahore and Allahabad with European fatalities. It details an uprising in Formosa spreading toward Chaco as cavalry is deployed, with Formosa described as a vast, sparsely settled, tree covered province in northeast Argentina.
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Formosa
Chaco
Buenos Aires
Argentina
London
India
Archangel Men Send Leaflets Urging Mutiny
Specimens of Bolshevik propaganda believed to have sown disaffection among American soldiers in Northern Russia were submitted to the War Department by military intelligence officers. Leaflets were taken from letters written by soldiers on the Archangel front by relatives in this country. The leaflets urged allied soldiers to stop fighting against what they called true liberty under the Soviet government.
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Associated Press
Paris
Germany
Belgium
Italy
Serbia
Roumania
Russia
Great Britain
France
Rhine
Inter-Allied Commission
America
Washington, D. C
War Department
Solir Liers
Archangel
Bank Strike Spreads From Berlin to Chemnitz and Mannheim
Berlin and surrounding cities see nationwide strain as bank clerks strike widens to Chemnitz and Mannheim. Major banks report closures. talks with bankers fail to meet employer demands. Delegation sent to Weimar to discuss crisis with the cabinet. Money grows scarce in Berlin.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Chemnitz
Mannheim
Weimar
War trophies train to display at Waterloo station
A government war exhibit train arrives at Illinois Central Waterloo station at 7 a.m. from Cedar Falls, escorted by an armed guard of veterans. It will showcase allied and German war gear, from machine guns to tanks, to encourage Victory Loan subscriptions and educate visitors. The event runs with free admission and stresses the cost of the war.
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Waterloo
Illinois Central Railway
Cedar Falls
Joan
Illinois Central Station
Tandilam
362nd Regiment Faces 90 Percent Casualties in 45 Minutes
New York reports that during the Meuse-Argonne operations in World War I the 362nd Infantry, part of the 91st Division, suffered about 90 percent casualties in 45 minutes while attempting to take Gesnes on October 29. The regiment, drawn from western states, had earlier fought in St Mihiel and joined 3,500 other troops to demobilize after recent transports.
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Associated Press
New York
Carrillo
Bordeaux
Army
Navy
91St
Wild) West) Division
Edward ‘Luckenbach
Far Western
St. Mihiel
Gesnes
Soviet Slayings Reported In Hungary Area by AP
An AP dispatch from Washington reports confidence at army air service HQ that Lieutenants Otto Parker and Machmudan Hornby are unharmed after their departure. other items briefly note wartime flight plans and alleged executions in Budapest involving Archduke Joseph, Dr Alexander Wekerle, and Baron Joseph Szleprezny with unconfirmed status.
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Washington, D. C
Army Air Service Headquarters
Otto and
Parker
Machmudan Hornby
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Panama Canal Zone
Key West
Associated Press
London
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Achter Ihytt
Abendblatt
Berlin
Budapest
Archduke Joseph
Alexander Wekerle
Joseph Sateprenyi
Archduke Joseph of
Austria
Archduke Joseph Charles Louis
Dr. Wekerle
Count Tisza
Dr Wekerle
Rhine
Germany
France
Great Britain
Hungary
Joseph
Joseph Szteprenyi
Bavaria
Hoffmann
Kurt Hisner
Westphalia
Red War Storages Cover Acres in Sukona
Archangel March 12 The Associated Press reports that when allied forces landed at Sukona August 2 1918 they found vast stores of war materiel moved by Bolsheviki to safety. Germans and Bolsheviki warned to seize supplies if allies landed. Thousands of Chinese copies filled Sukona with guns trucks airplanes iron and steel under wooden roofs.
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Archangel
Associated Press
Count von Mirbach
Moscow
Petrograd
Vologda
Vologda-Archangel
Acre
Farmers Strike Spreads in Argentina Provinces
The long running farmers strike in Santa Fe has spread to Buenos Aires province. The movement remains largely massive, with reports of fighting as strikers try to stop farmers from planting crops.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Santa Fe
Buenos’ Aires
New
Women’s Party
Peace Conference
Faris
National Feminist Party of
Argentina
Coffee prices stay high due to Brazil frost
Cleveland official predicts lasting coffee spikes after a severe frost in Brazil. Larl W. Brand, president of the National Coffee Roasters' Association, says shortages will push retail prices up and could reach 50 cents a cup or more in the near future.
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Brazil
Cleveland, O
Larl W. Brand
Cleveland
National Coffee Roasters’ Association
Ohio
Pennnsylvania
Indiana
Michigan
Seven Die in Georgia Riots Amid Lynchings
Millen Ga April 15 Seven deaths were reported from race riots that began at Buckhead Church. County Policeman W C Brown night marshal T H Stephens and several Black residents were killed. An additional Black man was taken from jail and lynched. Seven Black lodges and buildings were burned. authorities fear continuation of violence.
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Millen
Buckhead Church
W. C. Brown
T. H. Stephens
Cour
Broken Neck to Get Well from War Wounds
Associated Press reports Frank Plain of Oconto Falls Wisconsin a World War I veteran who served with the 127th Infantry Prairie division is recovering at Fort Sheridan General Hospital after his neck was broken when a truck toppled into a shell hole. Doctors expect healing in two weeks and he will be able to go home.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Frank Plain
Ochoato Falls
Wis
127Th Infantry
Prairie Division
General Hospital
Fort Sheridan
France
America
W. Ryerson
Hoover asserts 200000 Russians starve monthly under food plan
Paris reports Herbert Hoover, food administrator, warns that Russia faces severe famine with an estimated 200,000 deaths monthly due to food shortage. He cites Soviet distribution privileging children, Red Guard, and workers while middle and upper classes bear the burden, noting Petrograd population fell by 70 percent amid bolshevik production and distribution wreckage.
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Russia
Hoover
Paris
Herbert
C. Hoover
Redguard
Workmen
Red Guard
Petrograd
FOE delegates to meet Entente envoys April 28
Allied and German delegates prepare for Versailles talks with a focus on the Adriatic dispute and Germany’s indemnity payments. President Wilson plans to sail April 27 or 28 after opening ceremonies. Col House to act for him. Reports cover Hungary’s executions and German unrest as Europe moves toward peace.
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FOE
Entente
Associated Presse
Paris
Havas
Wilson
United States
Ioce
Versailles
Benole
Col. E. M. House
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