Illinois Trainmen Strike In Joliet Over Guard At Yards
About 13,000 engineers, firemen, conductors and brakemen from the Elgin Joliet and Eastern lines walked out at midnight protesting guards around the Joliet yards. Executives of the four brotherhoods urged members to stay away from company property where lives are endangered, saying no approval from leaders was needed for the walkout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet, Ill
Elgin, Joliet and
Eastern
Cleveland
Big Four” Transportation
Warren S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Joliet
Associated Press
Mr. Stone
Brotherhood
Stone
Engineers Warned Against Dangers During Strike
Engineers warned by five grand chiefs to stay at work to preserve peace and avoid government intervention. They are told to use common sense and not tie up power over minor legal violations. Seven Illinois National Guard outfits entrain for Joliet to support strike duty amid union walkouts.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Big Four Brotherhoods and Switchmen’s Union of North America
Five Grand Chiefs
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineer’s
Joliet
President Urges Full House Attendance After Recess
President Harding told House leaders that due to the troubled industrial situation a full attendance is desirable when the House reconvenes after a six week adjournment. He did not specify any particular railroad legislation but pressed readiness to act on industrial issues.
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Washington
Harding
Mondell
Wymping
Oil field workers largely free of throat diseases
The report notes sore throats diphtheria and similar illnesses are practically unknown among workers in oil fields and related industries, suggesting improved health conditions and exposure controls in these sectors.
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Iies
Three Suspects Held in Burk Shop Burglary Probe
Police report the Burk Shop burglary case, the area’s first under the new force, with about 450 dollars in silks and some furs recovered across three locations. Skeet Curry John Jones and Dallas Bourn are in custody or held for investigation, with charges likely for Curry and Jones.
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Wick Adair
Burk
Styre
Curry
John Jones
Jones
Dallas Bourn
Burks
Adair
City Lake Pumps Deliver Water to ADA District
Pumps at the city lake operated for about six hours on Sunday to push water up the hill to the little standpipe for the first time in years. Walter Smith the water commissioner said only minor adjustments were needed to run permanently. Industrial plants will receive lake water and the Byrd’s Mill supply will be reduced as the new pipeline connected Saturday begins service.
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Walter Smith
Byrd
Pome of Summer Desires
Poem lines express a wish to retreat into nature for simple pleasures fishing smoking and solitude as read in the Hastings Nebraska Tribune. The speaker longs for woodland summers with dirt on the nose and minimal dress.
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Pome
Adam Breede
Hastings, Neb
Tribune
No Substitutes Plead By Boy for Butter Demand
A small boy enters a grocery and orders two pounds of butter exactly like last week’s. The grocer says some in business dislike picky customers, while he vows to serve them.
Typewriter for Music Invented Reported from Prague
Prague reports a new typewriter designed for music notation. Inventor showcases a device that types musical symbols directly, promising faster scores and easier transcription for composers and performers in the era.
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Prague
Baptist scouts to Price's Falls camping trip details
Warry W. Miller reports the First Baptist Men’s Bible Class pledges funds for a Baptist Boy Scout camping trip. Every Ada Baptist scout may ride free to Price's Falls and stay six days at the Baptist assembly. Scouts should report to headquarters Monday to receive a packing list.
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Warry W. Miller
First Baptist Church
Ada
Price’s Falls
Baptists Assembly
Scout Headquarters
County Scout Camp At Gregg's Crossing A Great Success
Fifty-one scouts four Wolf Cubs and six men completed a county scout camp at Gregg's crossing near Tishomingo last week. Scouts from Stonewall Francis Allen Lawrence and Ada along with leaders attended. Several scouts earned second class tenderfoot and merit badges with Brown McCoy and Meritt Young attaining Eagle rank. The event featured swimming and camping with a large turnout and public initiation around the camp fire.
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Gregg’s Crossing
Tishomingo
Stonewall
Francis
Allen
Lawrence
Ada
Diuefenderfer
Lloyd Ross
Eddie Williams
Darwin Nix
Jess McCloskey
Orville Span
Buck Jeter
Estill Hensen
James McCloskey
Delbert Robinson
Julian Taylor
Zeldon Johnson
Earl Moore
Julian Robinson
Cosly Huddle
Brown McCoy
Meritt Young
Forney Hutchinson
Oklahoma crops hurt by heat and drought across state
Oklahoma weather report says heat and dry conditions hurt all crops with severe drought in the southwest. Cotton shows fair to good progress but varies by area while corn ranges from fair to very good in the east and late plantings suffer. Melons and fruit damaged and pastures are generally poor. Boll weevil remains active and rain is needed.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
United States Weather Bureau
Local Aggie Graduate Plans Business Here
Curtis Floyd, recently returned from Rogers Arkansas, is set to open a business locally. He is described as a highly qualified young agriculturalist with a strong reputation as a live stock man and a former member of state stock judging teams.
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Curtis Floyd
Rogers
Ark
Curtis
Ada to Chickasha Camp House to Boost Free Grounds
Construction on a camp house for Ada free camp grounds proceeds with concrete blocks a shower bath toilets and fast lighting and gas connections. N B Stall president of the Good Road Motor Club says tourists will find the site ready within ten days. The club meets at the Chamber of Commerce to discuss the Sulphur Ozark Trail convention on August 23 and plans to open a direct westward Ozark Trails branch from Ada to Chickasha via Stratford.
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Ada
N. B. Stall
Good Road Motor Club
Chamber of Commerce of the
Motor Club
Chickasha
Stratford
Shawnee
Roff Guard Banquet Draws 150 Guests In Ada Area
In Roff Oklahoma a banquet hosted by the 160th Field Artillery O N G headquarters company drew more than 150 attendees. Ada batteries members attended along with officers and their guests. Tom D McKeown A L Bullock and Capt W Ott spoke. Roy Adair and Kenneth Frank from Ada attended with wives. The 160th Band provided music.
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Roff
Okla
160Th Field Artillery
160Th Field
Ada
Tom D. McKeown
A. L. Bullock
W. Ott
Roy Adair
Kenneth Frank
Adaere
Fourteen Descendants Plead for Inca Protection in Peru
Fourteen descendants present a memorial to President Leguis appealing for protection of their Inca lineage. They urge safeguarding their race and cultural heritage amid ongoing pressures on indigenous communities.
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Peru
Leguis
Train wreck near Sulphur Springs kills 27 and injures many
Eye witnesses testified before a coroner's jury in Desoto about a rear end collision between two Missouri Pacific trains near Sulphur Springs on Saturday. Officials blamed head engineer W Matt Flynn, while block signals were said to be in order. Rescuers hunted wreckage as aid poured in, with many girls helping injured victims.
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Sulphur Springs
Coronner
Desota
Missouri Pacific
W. Matt Flynn
John Cannon
Jefferson County
Cannro
Flynn
Palm Arror
Ada and County Report Low Death Rate Despite Population Growth
Local undertakers note Ada and county death rates are comparatively small. Seven months show more deaths than last year, but tied to population growth. Sickness is down with few contagious diseases. bad colds remain the chief ailment. Most deaths occur among children.
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Ada
German Banks Rush Cash Into Holland Fearing a Penalty
Paris reports German bankers moved 60 000 000 to 70 000 000 French francs from American and other foreign banks in Paris into Holland in the last 24 hours. The transfer stemmed from fear the funds could be confiscated as part of penalties in response to Germany's refusal to pay 2 009 0000 gold marks on private debts contracted with France before the war.
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Paris
Holland
Associated Press
Germany
Posse pursuit of suspect in Wiggins killing near Steer
Aug 7 reports say posses expanded with volunteers scouring Choctaw county for a young negro suspected of firing the shot that killed Prohibition Agent E G Wiggins. Federal agent B H Pendegraft was wounded and Y C Reed, the suspect's father, was killed as officers approached a shack where the attack began.
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Hugo
Choctaw County
E. G. Wiggins
Steer
Here
B. H. Pendegraft
Y. C. Reed
Peed
Wiggins
Pendergraft
Reed
Liquor pirates thrill Florida coast and Bahamas
A long narrative recounts modern liquor pirates off the southeastern Florida coast and in the Bahamas who hijack cargoes with gasoline boats and raid warehouses. It notes sporadic official piracy reports, a Bank of Stuart robbery link, and a July hold-up on the Albury near Cat Key where an auxiliary schooner Falcon boarded, robbing crew and killing Captain Edgecomb.
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Miami
Florida
Bobby
Morgan
Captain Kidd
Bahamas
Kidd
Prohibition
Hanford Mobély
West Palm Beach
Bank of Stuart
Stuart
Fla
Reis
Mobley
Jamaica
Cody Carey
Bimini
Cat Key
Carey
Albury
Edgecomb
Falcon
Bagecomb
Harding proposal on rail strike awaits unions and executives
President Harding’s second plan to end the rail road shop strike awaits a response from both sides. Shopcraft leaders and executives meet to decide if the seniority issue goes to the railroad labor board. Officials stress the plan as final and flag possible government action if talks fail.
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Washington
Harding
Railroad Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
Chicago
Ben W. Hooper
United States Railroad Labor Board
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Illinois
Tlinois National Guardsmen
Big Four Brotherhood
Johnny Weismuller
Illinois A. C
Weismuller
Silk
City Lake
AGGIE
Chickasha Road
Black
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