Railroad Rounds and Rumblings
Avery Turner a longtime Santa Fe official in Amarillo is remembered for leadership energy and service during the railroad era. The piece covers his career from 1875 to 1902 and notes tributes from a Easter service, plus updates on railroad figures and industry challenges and a Rock Island wage dispute resolved with union input.
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Avery Turner
Santa Fe
Mr. Turner
Amarillo
Dan Daley
W. J. Daley
New Mexico
Turner
Santa Fe Orchestra
John Josey
West Baptist Church Choir
Santa Fe General Office
Baptist Choir
Carl Weber
Pierce Street
Mr. Daley
Fort Madison
Iowa
Don Daley
Railway branch abandonment urged by Interstate Commerce Commission
The ICC considered allowing the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad to abandon a 45 mile Atchison Kansas to Rule Nebraska branch due to years of declining traffic making operation uneconomical. The piece also mentions weather, local meetings, and various snippets from rural life and politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Atchison, Kans
Comrade Vow and Judge Rename in British Trial
The report cites a tense trial scene where a Russian engineer defends himself and an English defendant calls the judge Comrade before being told to address him as Citizen Judge. The Associated Press describes British guilt perceptions amid alleged coercion in the confessions.
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Associated Press
Goucher College Faculty Vote Salary Cut to Balance Budget
Faculty at Goucher College voted to contribute 10 percent of salaries to a reserve fund aiding the 1933 34 budget balancing effort. The statement dated April 17 notes voluntary participation by all teaching staff in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Goucher College Today
General Morse Dies in San Diego Garden
Brigadier General Benjamin Clark Morse, 73, a World War I veteran who served at Camp Custer, Michigan, and retired in 1920, died today in San Diego while working in his garden.
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Clary Morse
San Diego
Calif
Benjamin Clark Morse
United States Army
Camp Custer
Mich
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Fort Worth
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Rock Island Railroad
Rock Island
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the Order of Railway Conductors
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