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Events - May 1 to May 15th
May 1 - March 1st Movement launches in Korea (yes, I realize the date. Please see Tesla/Einstein infos in thread #2) against Japanese colonialism. As a result of this, there is talk of bring Korea into the League soon...
May 2 - Communist International (Comintern) is created in Moscow. Parties from across Europe are invited, including the Spartacus Movement in Germany and the Austrian Communist Party. Germany once again avoids involvement but the love of the Reds causes Joseph "The Red" Vranitzky to defect to the Bolsheviks.
May 8 - The American Legion is founded in Paris, France to promote the interests of World War II veterans. To promote the interests of America, France agrees to loan 3 players to the US Army Baseball Engineers for the remainder of the season. Those players are C Laurent Garnier (.299, 1 HR, 11 RBI), LF Sebastien Guilbert (.277, 0, 11), and SP Patrick Seguin (2-1, 2.83 ERA). "To a large degree, we owe our freedom to these Americans and their baseball," said Revolutions general manager and French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau. "Loaning them a couple of our players while their nation gets back on their sports footing was the least we could do."
May 15 - A general strike begins in the Ruhr. This time around, the strike draws in a couple Berlin Teutonic Knights who had the temerity to believe they ought to be compensated better for their services. Reacting quickly, Germany suspends both players for a year. Those men are SP Dustin Meise (2-4, 3.25 ERA) and Hubertus Mauser (2-3, 4.80).
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