Pennsylvania Governor proposes 10 percent wage rise in coal dispute
Governor Pinchot urged a compromise between miners and anthracite operators to avert a Sept. 1 mine shutdown. The plan calls for a 10 percent pay increase, eight hour days, abolition of checking dues, union recognition, and collective bargaining. Leaders were told to answer by Friday noon. John L. Lewis and Samuel Warriner called meetings to consult their groups.
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Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Lewis and Warriner
Associated Press
Harrisburg
Pinchot
Miners’ Union
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Samuel D. Warriner
Morning Mail Potpourri Of Fact And Fancy
A survey of reader letters ranging from personal profit to public wear covers topics like bee keeping, the Ruhr occupation, oil ventures, film serial rights, Labor Sunday, and a dog poisoning debate. It notes propulsive ideas, tame propaganda, and sharp remarks, with a Kipling family anecdote and a postscript about a vice scenario.
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Ruhr
Germany
Shelby
Gay
Harding Way
Veritas
Madame X
Silver Bow
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard
Six Drown in Auto Accident Near Conway South Carolina
Six persons drowned when a car returning from Myrtle Beach plunged through a drawbridge over the Waccamaw River near Conway. One member of the party escaped. The bodies of five of the drowned were recovered.
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Associated Press
Conway
S. C
Myrtle Beach
Accamaw River
Here
City Council Creates Drainage Commission for Silver Bow Creek
The council approved a plan to form a seven member Silver Bow creek drainage commission to study flood causes and propose elimination measures. Alderman Blank says the creek has lacked proper management for years as the body also set a 2335-100 mill tax levy for next year and debated suspending rules delaying lighting district creations on several streets.
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Silver Bow Creek
Herman Blank
Harrison Avenue
Ways and Means
Mercury
Galena
Wyoming
Arizona
Utah
Front
Judiciary Committee
Quarantine Derby Sees 12 Ships Race To Enter US
Twelve liners carrying 9 000 aliens race to New York to gain entry before September quotas close. The monthly derby ends Friday at midnight as the third month quota opens. Some ships will land immigrants at Boston while the Asia from the Mediterranean docks at Providence with 425 passengers.
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Associated Press
New York
Boston
Asia
Mediterranean
Providence
R. I
Auto smashes through sidewalk injures man near grocery
George Whetstone of 2204 Fir street was hurled through a heavy plate glass window at McCarthy grocery, suffering cuts and bruises. Mrs. Carl Jensen of 2612 Phillips street, driver, was arrested on reckless driving. The car damaged four plate glass windows valued near 500 dollars. Three women and a child rode in the car. witnesses say she appeared to lose control as it mounted the curb.
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George Whetstone
Fir Street
Murray Hospital
McCarthy
East Broadway
Carl Jensen
Phillips Street
Larkin
Morrison
Jensen
Wyoming Street
Whetstone
Irish migrant Larry Plunkett claims England windfall near Gilford
Had left Ireland in 1893 and told an Associated Press reporter on his Great Northern dryland farm nine miles north of Gilford that rumors of a $1,500,000 Bank of England windfall are spreading. He said relatives are rich but he would stay on the Gilford farm until cash appears.
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Associated Press
Great Falls
Lawrence Plunkett
Larry
Gilford
Great Northern Railway
Plunkett
Tom Cannon
Anaconda
Bank of England
Ireland
Lost Gilford heir found after decade search in Montana
Larry Plunkett a Gilford Montana dry land farmer heir to a million and a half dollars was located after a ten plus year search begun by Tommy Cannon of Anaconda. An ad in the Anaconda Standard led to a chain of letters and bank President C B Robinson before Plunkett was reconnected with the news of a fortune in a bank in England awaiting his claim.
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Larry Plunkett
Gilford
Mont
Anaconda Standard
Tommy Cannon
Anaconda
Mr. Plunkett
Standard
Helmville
Plunkett
Plains
C. 8. Robinson
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Cannon
Montana
Hill County
Mr. Cannon
Mr. Plunket
Gilford, Mont
Italians Demand Large Indemnity
The Italian government demands a formal apology from Greece, 50 million lire in indemnity, and full honors by the Greek fleet in Piraeus after the assassination of five Italian members of a Graeco Albanian boundary mission at Janina. Mussolini sent the demand through Italy's Athens envoy, with a five day deadline for payment and a rigorous inquiry in the murder scene overseen by Italian troops.
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Associated Press
Rome
Piraeus
Janina
Albania
Mussolini
Athens
Free State Party Leads By 31.1 In Tao Returns
Dublin reporters describe the election scene as unofficial returns flow in. No constituency counts are complete yet and many candidates’ tallies remain unsettled amid ongoing estimates tonight.
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Free State Party
TAO
Associated Press
Dublin
Lone Chinese mess boy survivor of typhoon tragedy
The Hongkong Shanghai steamer Sinkiang picked up a dying Chinese mess boy aboard a life raft, believed to be the sole survivor from the British steamer Mylie wrecked in a typhoon en route from Chanwangtao to Shanghai. A life boat containing Chief Engineer Harvey Green’s body was recovered nearby. The boy endured six days at sea before rescue and is in serious condition in Shanghai.
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Associated Press
Shanghat
Shanghai
Green
Great Falls A C M Co Wins First and Tests
A. P. dispatch from Salt Lake City reports the Benton district team of Benton Illinois and the Anaconda Copper Mining Company team from Great Falls Montana triumphed in the international first aid and mine rescue meet under the U S Bureau of Mines. The Benton team won both the mine rescue and the combination first aid and mine rescue championships and the Illinois state crown. The Anaconda team captured the international first aid championship and the Montana state title in first aid. A Utah team from Kenilworth mine won the state championships in both mine rescue and first aid, placed second in the international mine rescue and second in the combined contest.
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Salt Lake City
United States Bureau of Mines
Benton District
Benton
Ill
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Great Falls
Mont
Illinois
United Mine Workers of America
Anaconda
Montana
Utah
Kenilworth
Independent Coal and Coke Company
International Mine Rescue
Man Gives Life in Attempting Rescue
Lewis Johnson, 30, died of asphyxiation from gases in a 20 foot well while trying to rescue neighbor Glen Atchison, who had fallen in. Two other neighbors pulled Atchison to safety but he suffered severe injuries. Johnson could not be revived.
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Associated Press
Weehawing Water
Neb
Lewis Johnson
Glen Atchison
Atchison
Johnson
Investment of Dime Brings Big Return
New York Aug 29 German marks fell to a new low of 10 cents per million while street vendors sold notes at 20 cents for 10 000. One vendor earned about 20 000 percent, repeatedly buying 10 cents worth per trip and pocketing 820 per dime invested. Even Wall Street admitted the margin was strong.
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Associated Press
New York
Wall Street
American Born Princess Anastas ia dies in London
Princess Anastas ia wife of Prince Christopher of Greece and former Mrs. William B. Leeds died in her London home at 11 55 PM after a brief illness She passed away without regaining consciousness The report notes her American birth and high social ties but provides few additional details about the illness or arrangements.
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Associated Press
London
Anastasia
Prince Christopher
Greece
William B. Leeds
Harding’s Casket Sealed in Asphalt Sarcophagus
In Marion Ohio on August 29 the casket of former President Harding was sealed inside an asphalt sarcophagus weighing 2600 pounds. The sarcophagus was placed in the vault at Marion cemetery where the body had been entombed weeks earlier and will later be moved to a mausoleum under construction.
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Associated Press
Marion
Ohio
Harding
Marion Cemetery
Justice Butler Denounces Mob Rule and Radicalism
Associate Supreme Court Justice Pierce Butler denounces mob rule and radicalism at the American Bar Association in Minneapolis. He criticizes college teaching, lawyer ethics, and agitation that harms public welfare, urging lawyers to uphold patriotism, justice, and constitutional respect amid political and social turmoil.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Pierce Butler
United States Supreme Court
American Bar Association
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Commission On Church and Social Service
Federal Council of Churches of America
Bo-Peep
Atuoy
Thompson Inn
Butte
Broadway
Mullion
A.C.M. CO
International
Cascade Rescue Squad
The
Leeds
Justice Butler
U. S. Supreme Court
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