Bolshevik Peace Talks Fail Amid Baltic Tensions
Paris dispatch reports Bolsheviks seeking peace with Estonia Latvia and Lithuania while anti Bolshevik forces under Denikin and Kolchak gain in the Ukraine and the Baltic. German General von der Goltz refuses to leave the Baltic provinces prompting a conference stalemate. Lenine pushes for terms but three nation demands stall negotiations.
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Paris
Associated Press
Esthenia
Letvia
Denekine
Russia
Ukraine
von der Goltz
Baltic
Germany
von Ded Goltz
Romania Offers to Evacuate Budapest and Return War Material
Paris dispatch says Premier of Romania in reply to the allied note proposes to evacuate Budapest or operate with allies to maintain order and hand over seized war material and rolling stock. Bucharest also seeks the removal of the Hungarian blockade while maintaining restitution for items due to Romania.
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Paris
Havas
Rumania
George Russell Clerk
Bucharest
Eche de Paris
Budapest
Hungary
British Aviator Flies Over Alps to Lausanne Crossing
Captain Bradley, a British aviator, landed at Lausanne after flying over the Alps and losing his way in clouds above Mont Blanc at more than 15 000 feet. He traveled from London via Paris in a 10 horsepower airplane.
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Geneva
Bradley
Lausanne
Alps
Mont Blanc
London
Paris
Exhibits Plane Which Will Rise Vertically
NEW YORK Sept 24 The model of an airplane that rises vertically is shown at the Aeronautical Society rooms by inventor W J Beach The design uses revolving areafoils to lift from the ground and revolving ailerons and stabilizers to provide horizontal and longitudinal stability The exhibit draws significant attention for its potential impact on the airplane market
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New York
Aeronautical Society
W. J. Beach
Mr.each
Aerial Patrol Established in Pittsburg District Strike
The Pittsburg district sees fierce strike activity with conflicting union and employer claims on worker numbers and mill statuses. Pickets form near plants as meetings unfold. Farrel and nearby towns report deadly clashes with state troopers, elevating casualties across the strike zone.
Foster predicts Homestead plant closure as steel strike widens
William Z. Foster, secretary of the steel workers national committee, disputes Carnegie figures and says the strike is spreading. He notes two large independent Pittsburgh plants closed and reports ongoing walkouts in Duquesne and Clairton, with organizers arriving to Homestead Braddock and other big towns.
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Pittsburgh
William Z. Foster
Steel Workers’ National Committee
Carnegie
Homestead
Foster
Chicago
Pittsburg
A. M. Byers Company
Oliver “and Snyder Steel Company
Duequesine
Clairton
Jongs and Laughlin
Iite
Dist
Braddock
Pitteburg
Carnegie Steel Company
Carnegie Company
West Penn Steel Company
Allegheny Valley
Allegheny Steel Company
Pittsburgh and regional unrest after steel strike outbreaks
Reports from Farrell and Cleveland describe riot police and deputies patrolling riot zones after a deadly night. Moody home arrests followed threats to stop strike disorder. Pittsburgh area mills show varied operation with higher shifts and worker turnout. Youngstown Mahoning Valley remains paralysed as the steel strike halts all mills and leaves about 40,000 idle workers and $2.6 million in weekly wages unpaid.
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Farrell
Burgess J. H. Moody
Burgess Moody
Youngstown
Ohio
Mahoning Valley
Troops Readied to Quell Drumright Riots
Oklahoma City sept 24 Adjustanteneral Barrett prepared to rush additional troops to Drumright in Creek county where rioting has continued since Monday night tied to a strike of girl telephone operators. Police were driven from the city and the mayor and police chief were threatened with death. Several alleged leaders have been jailed.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Adjustanteneral Barrett
Oklahoma
Drumright
Creek County
Striking Shopmen Return to Work Amid Broad Support
Reported return of striking shopmen boosts Wilmington's industrial prospects as the big steel yard is seen as a major asset and calls for uninterrupted industry. A separate dispatch notes a Bolshevik wireless report claiming Red troops under General Lubkoff have occupied Tomsk, 500 miles east of Omak on the Trans Siberian line.
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Wilmington
Tomsk
London
Moscow
Red
Lubkoff
Omak
Calvary Baptist Church Welcomes Returned Soldiers Event
Calvary Baptist invites all returned service members to a welcome social at the church tomorrow night. A program includes solos by C F Herring, Miss Sadie Gilbert, and the Southside Quartet, a five minute pastor’s talk, a reading, and a soldiers’ reminiscence. Refreshments follow on the church lawn.
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Calvary Baptist Church
Southside Quartette
Sadie Gilbert
Misa Gilbert
C. F. Herring
Victory Buttons To Be Issued In North Carolina
Col A V P Anderson in charge of recruiting for the regular army in North Carolina will visit Wilmington tomorrow and issue victory buttons to all discharged soldiers who leave their charges at the army recruiting station. Discharges must be left not later than noon tomorrow.
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A. V. P. Anderson
North Carolina
Wilmington
Army
Levees Burst Flooding Hidalgo and Reynosa
Water surrounds Hidalgo Texas and Reynosa Mexico after levees break. The Mexican National railway suspended service between Matamoros and Reynosa. Trains from Monterey halted at San Miguel, twenty miles west of Reynolds. About 35 miles of Gulf Coast line between Brownsville and Hidalgo submerged.
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Brownsville
Texaas
Hidalgo
Texas
Reynosa
Mexico
Mexican National Railway
Matamoros
Reynossa
Monterey
San Miguel
Reynolds
Gulf Coast Line
American Troops Withdrawn From Luxemburg
Luxemburg reports that all American troops have been withdrawn from the grand duchy which had been occupied since last December by units of the third United States army. The French recently placed one battalion of Saeney in the grand see a.
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Luxemburg
Associated Press
Grand Duchy
United States Army
Saeney
Grand See
American soldiers pay damages to Luxemburg citizens
American army officers recently paid damages to Luxemburg citizens totaling 1,000,000 francs for various inconveniences caused by U S troops.
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Emburg
United States
Luxemburg
For Better, For Worse Tops Victoria Film Run
Cecil B. DeMille drama slated for a three day stand at the Victoria with new Victoria orchestra providing incidental music. Anson and Browne of the Alma Theatre Raleigh file a wire praising the film as the best seen this year, noting it is not a war picture.
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Cecil B. DeMille
Victoria
Annon & Browne
Victoria Orchestra
Massive Liberty Bond Retirement Hits Near One Billion
Washington reports nearly a billion dollars in liberty bonds retired and paid off by the government. The process used loans funded through allied governments and certain taxes already settled. Figures indicate substantial retirement activity amid postwar financial adjustments.
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Washington
Calotabs Promoted for Cold Relief and Fever Prevention
Physicians and druggists tout Calotabs as the quick cure for colds and the best prevention of influenza and pneumonia by keeping the liver active. One Calotab at bedtime with water is claimed to cause no nausea or digestion disruption and to leave the patient well by morning with renewed appetite.
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Baltic Country
Gates
Wil
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New Castle
Cleveland
American Steel and Wire Company
Newburg
ASK
Calvary Plannin Welcome Service
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Afayette
America
Lafayette
Brandywine
Urham
Market Street
Front Street
Aia ‘Hardware Co
Rus Water
St- Payne Drug Cow
North Fifth Street
E. Springer & Co
North Front St
Durham-Duplex Razor Co
Omps
Baldwin Avenue
Jersey City, WJ
Vic
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