New York Forces Guard City Ahead of May Day Violence
New York City police mobilized 11000 officers to remain on duty through Monday to deter May Day protests. Bomb squad reinforcements and guards protected churches, public buildings, and residences while two alleged radicals Abram Jakira and Jacob Amter faced criminal anarchy charges. Police seized literature praising revolution and firearms. most suspects reportedly foreign born among Italian, Russian, and Polish communities. A broader crackdown was ordered nationwide with hundreds of radicals to be arrested as May Day activities were anticipated.
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Associated Press
New York
Abram Jakira
Jacob Amter
Third Internationale
Mascor
Jakita
Amter
Lillian Bloom
United States
U S Slow for Germany prompts direct proposals
The article reports a stalled dialogue with Germany over occupation issues. Washington officials delayed invitations to participate in German talks, while Berlin faced ministerial instability and possible cabinet resignations. Briand and French plans loom as councils set to address public services in occupied regions.
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Council
Herding
America
Washington Sijens
Washington
Harding
Hughes
Berlin
Constan- Festenbach
Ebert
Bertin
Jessi
Germany
Premiet
Estimates of Unemployment Across States During May
The piece reports varying unemployment figures with Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce arguing higher totals. It cites state by state estimates, noting 3 to 4 million unemployed nationwide with figures diverging from government stats and labor leaders estimates.
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Slite Putea
Philadelphia Chamber of Commierce
New York
Hingis Beane
Donde
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Thuan
Michigan
Bai Wikvonsin
Oral
West Virginia
Ace Lantashire
California
Hehwile Islaad
Washington
Otero Italia
James H. Maurer
Cass Gets Loan of 1 260 000 for Rehabilitation
Cass receives a 1 260 000 loan aimed at rehabilitating short lines and improving rail transportation. Mr. Cass, a Washington-based vice president of the Short Line Railway association, plans better facilities, equipment, and roadbeds while his home is rebuilt after a fire. He will return to Washington for a few weeks before resettling his family in a rebuilt 713 Broadway residence with an automatic elevator added for Mrs. Cass.
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Stes
Cass
Washington
Short Line Railway Association
Charles A. Berthh
Broadway
Washington, D. C
River Body Defers Bathing Beach Contract Decision
The tiger commissioners postponed action on a bathing beach improvement contract. Bids were submitted to city engineer R B Slippy for consideration with city authorities. The contract also included a sidewalk along the river between Fourth and Fifth streets east with a bid of 15 cents per square foot by H Leckington for construction.
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Tiger Commissioners
R. B. Slippy
Scouts Demonstrate Work to J T A S S
Bowen school's Parent-Teacher association hosted demonstrations of scout work at Lowell school. Boy Scouts from troop six showcased skills. Ray L. Short, scout executive, spoke briefly on scouting as a community asset.
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Bowen School
Parent
Lowell
Boy Scouts
Ray L. Short
Yale
ADDIE ADE'S ADVENTURES CHAPTER 48 Amid Crime and Ads
Fragmented text from a serialized tale mentions Addie facing threats and a police inquiry tied to the "bloody Nineteenth" ward. It references the Chicago setting, a body found, and underworld activity, with scattered notes about ads and real estate.
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Waited
Ia George
Underworld
John
Opie
Henry
Addie
Mahoney
Sail
Chicago Building Trust Conspiracy Indictments
A federal grand jury in Chicago indicted 71 entities including corporations, contractors, businesses, and individuals for price fixing and restraint of trade in sheet metal, heating, and plumbing markets. Alleged unions and manufacturers allegedly conspired to fix prices and limit competition, boosting costs by up to 200 percent in some segments and 100 percent in heating appliances.
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Iedress Hirage
Renewere
Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Maxter
Steamfilters’ Protective Association
Illinois
Ithan
Steanificed Association
Massieri Steamftiers’ Association
Phot. Ju
Islingis
Britain's Industry Paralyzed by Coal Miners Strike
United Press reports widespread disruption as flooding destroys fifty mines and only 13 of 540 steel furnaces operate. Train schedules drop 59 percent and express services halt. Curfew plans, extended daylight saving, and reliance on foreign coal accompany rising misery. Officials fear no quick subsidy settlement beyond a possible minority endorsement among miners executives.
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Tandon
Holland
Ipswitch
Sedfree
Onion
Passengers Remain Stranded as Marmangao Reaches Night Rescue
Coast guards and naval ships continued evacuating 300 migrants from the Portuguese packet Marmangao after she ran aground yesterday with 448 aboard. Nightwork in drizzle ferried women and children to New Bedford while dawn brought fresh boats to shuttle survivors between the wreck and rescue vessels.
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Prey Block
New Bedford
Xigamer
Reaening
Waterloo Fireman Earns Carnegie Hero Medal
Two Waterloo residents received Carnegie hero medals for lifesaving acts. G W Witt, a retired firefighter, dived into the Cedar River to rescue Wayne Wilson, 15, from a whirlpool on June 17, 1919, after grappling with strong currents and losing strength. Mrs. Inza May Miller saved Fidelia Wicks from being trampled in a runaway on Sept 17, 1918.
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Mr. Witt
Wayne Wil
Cedar River
Fourth Street
Wayne
Estella Wilson
Union Mill Company
Witt
Fire Department
Independent Electric Company
Independent Electrics Company
Waterloo
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Inza May Miller
Jefferson Street
G. &. Witt
Black Hawk Street
Miller
Fidelia Wicks
Wayne Wilson
Logan Avenue
Nannie B. Crocker
Ponca Okia
Dillen
Mont
James W. Mullally
Waichwan
Julius Hauck
Garden City
Southampton
Samuel Davis
Affex
Tug Fork
Big Sandy
Eugene Specer Brooks
New York City
Aniri
N. T
Arthur Lafayette
Rill
Mt. Dering
William H. Closson
N. J
Raritan River
Plenington
Mary M. Youngs
West Armou Boulevard
Kansas City
Kants City
Joseph We
Lighth Avenue
Huntington
W.va
George R. Witt
Robert le Grant
Starr Street
Dallas
Tex
Ballon
Cal
Julan Langson Lathrop
Breckenridge
Mrs Miller’s brave act shields child from runaway team
On Sept 17, 1918 Mrs Inza May Miller saved Fidelia Wicks from a runaway team near the Palace theatre area in Waterloo. She dragged the child aside but suffered serious injuries herself, including a broken ankle and dislocated knee, later treated at a hospital. Witnesses include Harry Saul and A R Markle Jr. Miller later recovered enough to serve as a neighborhood resident and mother of two.
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Inza May Miller
Fidelia Wicks
Joseph Wicks
Palace Theatre
Istice
Carnegie Foundation
Ray
Harry Saul
Liam Martin
A. R. Markle
Saul
Miller
Stewart
Charles City
Aga
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Iowans Win Carnegie Hero Medals in 1920 Rescues
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission announced twenty three recognitions in Pittsburgh. Awards included silver and bronze medals with survivor and dependent pensions totaling thousands of dollars, plus educational and other grants. Names include Elizabeth Ball Buckeystown Md and Nannie Crocker Ponca Okla among others who risked lives rescuing others from drowning or fire.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Elizabeth Ball
Buckeystown
Monocacy River
Drowning Rescues Across Cities Highlighted in Memoir List
A series of brief items notes youths and adults who saved others from drowning in rivers and ponds across the Northeast and Midwest. Names include Ernest Simon Leopold of Cambridge and Raymond J. Moore of Gleasondale, with dates ranging from 1917 to 1938 and locations from Boston to Ocean Gate.
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Cambridge
Mass
Ernest Simon Leopold
Bayard Street
Pittsburgh
Allegheny River
Wiliam H. Graves, Jr
Brattle Street
Annisjade
Annisquam
Raymond J. Moore
Gleasondale
Arthur Ryra
Slade Street
Fall River
Cook Pond
Fail River
Paul Dayren Bliss
Corning
Noadaway
Helen F. Doage
Walton Avenue
Philadelphia
Toms River
Ocean Gate
Clyde D. Webson
Mont
Dijlon
Ministers Protest Fight in Jersey City N J
Jersey City ministers urged citizens to oppose the Dempsey Carpentier world heavyweight title fight set for July 2. The resolution called the event a shameful humiliation and cited six deaths in three years from such boxing matches.
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Associated Press
Jersey City
N. J
Apri
Debates End Amid Push for Knox Peace Resolution
Washington April 30. Senate debate on the Knox peace resolution intensified as Lodge urged acceptance aligning with Harding aims to end wartime state and lift trade restrictions. Democrats Harrison Robinson Walsh pressed anti League views, arguing the resolution shields Germany, risks U.S. assets, and offers no U.S. benefit.
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Congress
League of Nations
Europe
Lodge
Harrison
Mississippi
Robinson
Arkansas
League
Harding
Taft
Hughes
Hoover
Knox
Germany
Walsh
Montana
United States
Hoboes Plan Washington March From Coxey’s Army Trail
Four hundred delegates meet at Hod Carriers hall led by James Bads How and Dr Ben L Reitman to discuss an invasion of Washington in the style of Coxey's Army Their grievances include rail workers tickets, hunger, sobriety and police attention with the eighteenth amendment noted as a concern
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United Press Chicago
Harding
Hod Carriers’ Hall
James Bads How
Hobo
Ben L. Reitman
Reitman
Washington
Coxey
Reitran
Grounded U-Boat Is Pulled Off by Cutter
New London Conn April 30 United Press says the submarine 9 10 ran aground at 430 am off Montauk Point shoals. Coast guard cutter Acushnet and tugboats hauled her off after a mid morning cable link. The submarine carried three officers and 26 men.
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United Press
New London
Conn
Montauk Point Shoals
Coast Guard
Acushnet
T. Carr
Rotarians to Install New Officials at Monday Luncheon
Rotarians plan to install new officers at Monday noon in Black's Tearoom with incoming president C A Morris confirming the plan. Waterloo realtors meet Monday noon at the Greater Waterloo association rooms to discuss plans for representation at the national real estate boards convention in Chicago this July.
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Black’s
C. A. Morris
Waterloo Realtors
Greater Waterloo Association
National Convertion of Real Estate ‘Boards
Chicago
Perry W. Belangee
Kiwanis Club
Steuart Chosen as Director of Census
President Harding plans to appoint William M. Steuart as director of the census. Steuart currently serves as assistant director and will assume the role.
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Steuart
Census
United Press
Washington, D. C
Harding
William M. Steuart
Railway Pushes Wage Cuts For White Collar Staff
The Southern Pacific Railroad company notified 10 classes of its subordinate officials and employees of a plan to negotiate a revision of wages in San Francisco California during April 1946.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
Southern Pacity Railroad Company
Judge Smacks His Wet Lipa and Binds Waterford
In Greenville Mississippi on April 30 Judge H H O’Hannon’s court heard a dispute over a so called moonshine operation. Waterford claimed the setup produced 2 quarts of wine for family use but a fire started after collection and 4 quarts were seized. Waterford was bound over to the grand jury.
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Associated Press
Greenville
Miss
H. H. O’hannon
Waterford
Grand
Continuous Rain Slows Penn Relays Action at Franklin Field
Continuous rain at Franklin Field slows the University of Pennsylvania twenty seventh annual relay carnival. About 3 000 athletes compete as sodden tracks and turf hinder record attempts while spectators tolerate delays and a pending downpour. Officials report 26 000 advance tickets, signaling strong interest if weather improves.
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Associated Press
Franklin Field
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Express Rates in Iowa Raised by Railway Petition
Des Moines April 30 the American Railway Express company filed a petition with the state railroad commission seeking new classifications for commodities shipped through Iowa. If approved by the commission the changes would mirror interstate commerce commission rates and impose a 25 dollar per day fine for unloading delays of perishables within 48 hours. The proposal also hikes charges by about 26 percent for partial loading or unloading of livestock at intermediate points and increases minimum rates for animals over 500 pounds magazines and daily newspapers. The hearing on the request was announced to be held soon with anticipated approval by the company.
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iBy United Press
Des Moines
American Railway Express Company
Iowa
State Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Des Moines Street Ad Man Burned as Skirt Catches Fire
Charles Cain, a walking advertising sign in Des Moines, was nearly scorched when an unknown person lit a match near the hem of his grass skirt. He fled then was stopped, the flaming skirt torn away, and he wrapped himself in an overcoat. Cain suffered a severely scorched back but recovered.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Charles Cain
Cain
Tany
Mason City Man Found Not Guilty in Wife Murder
Mason City Iowa April 20 C B Wilson was found not guilty after a trial ending last night. The jury of three women and nine men deliberated five hours over the quarrel that led to the shooting. Wilson argued his wife left him for another man naming George Shorty Latimer as a witness.
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Associated Press
Mason City
C. B. Wilson
George ‘Shorty’ Latimer
Bart Accepts Pastorate Move at St Paul Church
Des Moines April 30 Dr John A Hart president of Des Moines University since 1921 a Baptist institution resigned to accept the pastorate of First Baptist church of St Paul Minnesota He will take the St Paul post Dr J W Million of Harden College Mexico Mo was elected to the presidency of Des Moines University announced today
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United Press
Des Moines
John A. Hart
Des Moines University
First Baptis Church of
Tariff Bill Momentum and Revenue Revision Moves
Washington April 30 the emergency tariff bill was ordered reported to the senate by the finance committee Chairman Penrose aims to push its final passage by the end of next week. The committee also authorized Penrose to advise revision and hearings on revenue revision begin May 4 with first consideration of the sales tax plan. Penrose hopes the permanent tariff bill passes the house in June as committee continues revenue revision work.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Finance Committee
Penrose
House
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