Railroad strike looms with October thirtieth date
Chicago dispatch reports more than half a million American railroad men ordered to begin a strike October 30 with unions totaling about 2,000,000 preparing to follow. A four group plan targets major lines while New England remains largely untouched. The move comes after a 90 percent wage cut vote and follows no further concessions by railroads. Major unions include the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
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Chicago
Texas Line
All States
United States
New England
United States Railroad Labor Board
Association of Railway Labor Board
Getting In Line With The Boys In Town
Cecil Tate joins friends around town and goes to the hospital where he loses a set of tonsils and adenoids. He is recovering rapidly but will miss school for a day or two.
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Cecil Tate
Wage reduction proposal to cut freight rates for farms
Chicago October 15 proposals to cut agricultural freight rates for 60 to 90 days emerged at a conference of the Association of Railway Executives. A 10 percent temporary reduction was considered while wage talks proceed, with potential broader rate cuts if a labor board approves. If wage talks fail, rates on farm products may be restored.
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Chicago
Association of Railway Executives
Railroad Labor Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Court adjourns fight on tolls as senate clash looms
Washington reports the Borah bill to repeal Panama Canal tolls on coastwise ships may be delayed in the House while administration seeks repeal by arbitration. Senate debates feature sharp exchanges with Senator Borah and Senator Reed. Also noted is a correction on a local case where the Operatives Trust Company retains possession of a recovered automobile after a mortgage dispute.
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Washington
Congress
Great Britain
Senate
Borah
Reed
Ambassador Page
Woodrow Wilson
Lodge
Pomerene
Ohio
Common Pleas
Sion
Banner
George Pritchard
Operatives Trust Company
McLane
Date of Game Change for Newberry High at 3 PM
The football game with Newberry high school moves to Thursday October 20 at 3:00 PM to fit Clemson urman in Greenville Friday afternoon. The Newberry game will start promptly at 3. Newberry edged Greenwood in a close contest and should lure Swetenburg's Invincible into an exciting matchup.
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Newberry High School
Clemson
Greenville
Newberry
Greenwood
Swetenburg
Invincible
Oconee Farmer Hangs Self Near Walhalla
Walhalla October 16 farmer and businessman W C Ruveeil of Russerville aged eighty six took his own life in a barn while family members were at dinner. Cause undetermined. Survived by widow and eleven children with relatives in the Carolinas and Georgia.
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Walhalla
W C. Ruveeil
Russeville
Piekers
Finjer
Russell
Mr Russell
Carolinas
Georgia
Abbeville Edges Anderson High in Close Football Tilt
Abbeville defeated Anderson High 21 to 20 after a dramatic final kick. Galloway, Gambrell and Long starred for Abbeville while Meeks and Dean led Anderson with key runs and touchdowns amid penalties and hard hitting. Officials from Clemson Carolina and others oversaw a tightly contested game.
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Abbeville
Anderson
Wall
Wright
Mattison
Dean
Meeks
Bradley
Long
Galloway
Smith
Gambrell
Shinng
Gambrel
Definitive Orders Sent Out For Nationwide Railroad Strike
Cleveland Ohio October 16 transportation chiefs will meet Tuesday to discuss plans for carrying in the nationwide progressive railroad strike set to begin at 6 am Sunday. W G Lee president Brotherhood Trainmen says only a miracle can avert the strike. Orders were issued to about 300 general chairmen who did not attend the Chicago conference. Grand officers of engineers arrive for a conference with Warren S Stone to receive final instructions before district deployments.
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W. G. Lee
Canada
Gulf
Chicago & Northwestern
Texas & Pacific
Kansas City
Southern Pennsylvania
Missouri Pacific
International & Great Northern
Southern Pacific
Atlantic and Pacific
Southern Railway
Louisville & Nashville
St. Louis
Seaboard Air Line
Erie
Chicago, Great Western and
Virginian Railway
Brotherhood of
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of Locrtive Engineers
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Cleveland
Ohio
Brotherhood
Chicago
Mr. Lee
The
Brotherhood of Engineers
Warren S. Stone
Mr. Stone
W. S. Carter
Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen
L. ©. Sheppas
Order of Railroad Conductors
T. C. Cassen
Switchmen's Union of North America
Amat stopping of every train in strike era
Chicago Oct 16 Absolute cessation of train service with minimal guards on duty in shops and depots shown in new strike regulations. Brotherhoods plan to walk out by Nov 2 leaving few workers on duty. details to be decided at tomorrow shop crafts meeting. Public urged to prepare for widespread disruption.
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Chicago
Brotherhoods
No. 2
B. M. Jewell
Railway Employees’ Department
American Federation of Labor
Cotton Market Weaker Futures After Railroad Strike Orders
Spot cotton held at 19 cents while futures closed weak. December contracts fell to 18.36, down 88 points from Saturday, with the rest of the curve showing similar weakness after week end orders for a general railroad strike.
Man Arrested For Smuggling B V D Underwear
William Campbell, petty officer on the White Star liner Cedric, was arrested by customs inspectors after being found wearing bir t of paradise skins sewn onto his B V D underwear. The skins, valued at $10,000, led to an arraignment before US Commissioner Hitchcock on a smuggling charge. Campbell quipped It looks like a cold winter.
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New York
William Campbell
Cedric
Campbell
United States
Hitchcock
Tech and regional games mix in late season scores
Georgia Tech edged Furman 69 to 7 while South Carolina triumphed 7 to 0 over UNC Citadel. Wofford and Elon College posted 20 to 7 and 0 to 0? No, 7. Wake Forest defeated Davidson 10 to 7. Auburn rolled 54 to Clemson and Erskine beat Charleston College 76 to 0.
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Georgia Tech
Furman
South Carolina
North Carolina
Citadel
P. C
Wofford
Elon College
Wake Forest
Davidson
Auburn
Clemson
C. Erskine
Charleston Coleg
Harding Answers Williams Charge
The Federal Reserve Board defends salaries of New York officials as not excessive. Governor Harding said the board’s letter to Chairman Anderson argues the qualifications and responsibilities justify pay, and notes Williams voted to raise Governor Strong’s salary from 30000 to 50000. The reply, not a response to the Senate resolution, will be forwarded next week for disclosure to the Agricultural Committee.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve
Govinor Harding
Board
Anderson
Congressional Agricultural Committee
Federal Reserve Bank
Harding
Senate
John Skelton Williams
Commission
Williams
New York Bank
Reserve Board
Governor Strong
New York
Deputy Seizes Beer Mash From Clinkscales Farm
Deputy Sheriff T L Cann visited the home of a Black man known as Lawyer Clinkscales on the George Nance farm Saturday morning and captured 20 gallons of beer mash and disassembled still parts showing recent use. Clinkscales fled before arrest and has not been captured.
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T. L. Cann
Clinkscales
George Nance
Two Die In Lynn Air Crash During Student Flight
Edward Foster, forty three, and Pletcher Anderson, thirty, were killed when an airplane from the Lynn Way Aviation School crashed over the Lynn marshes during a first flight for a flying course. The right wing crumpled at about 150 feet.
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Lynn
Mass
Edward Foster
Pletcher Anderson
Lynn Marshes
Anderson
Lynnway Aviation School
Mr. Foster
Dances by 107-Year-Old Mrs Katz Amazes Hartford
Hartford, Oct. 15. Mrs Frieda Katz, in her 107th year, danced three old fashioned dances at a Talmud celebration with two younger women. she learned the steps 80 years ago and says they are sanctioned by her faith, showing surprising vigor.
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Hartford
Conn
Frieda Katz
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Oconee
Anderson Hi
Anderson High
Red McMillan
Tess
Breazeale
McMillan
Padgett
Winn
Bowen
Carolina
Pulp
P. CG
Miracle
Mr. Jewell
ASN
Rasers
Quier
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