Railway Unions Move Toward Universal Amalgamation
An international amalgamation committee of 50 members, representing 6,000 to 7,000 locals across 16 railway unions, votes to pursue consolidation. The plan envisions an executive council, then six regional units, with 46 executives and eight representatives per unit, plus referenda and legal amendments.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Minnesota Railroad
National Amalgamation Committee
Uions
Woman's defense loss of memory in Ford murder case
Detroit December 9. Mrs. Blenn Ford plans to defend against charges she plotted her husband Ney J. Ford of Dearborn's death by claiming she was tricked into marriage by visions of wealth and generosity. She says she will tell the jury all about her unhappy marriage and that she is a Toledo club woman who met Ford while working as a masseuse in a Toledo beauty parlor.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Blenn Ford
Ney J. Ford
Dearborn
Ford
Foranes
Toledo Club
Toledo
Negro Man Lynched After Deputy Shot In Morriston
By the Associated Press Morriston Arkansas December 9 Negro named Smith who shot Deputy Sheriff Gran G Farish when arrested was taken from jail and lynched here tonight. Authorities reported the lapse of the suspect ends in mob action.
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Associated Press
Morriston
Ark
Nless ‘Smith
Gran Gfarish
High Military Honors for Justice A. J. Galen
Albert J. Galen of Helena received the Distinguished Service Medal for wartime service in the Judge Advocate General's department. He later serves as chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court. His army work included critical duties with the Siberian command during Allied efforts in Siberia involving Soviet, Chinese, and Japanese relations.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Albert J. Galen
Helena
Judge Advocate General’s Department of the Army
Galen
Department
Supreme Court of Montana
Justice Galen
Siberia
Siberian
Judge Galen
Experts Explain Candling Eggs For Freshness Test
Washington experts describe candling as a simple method to judge egg quality without breaking shells. Using a paste board box a 1.25 inch hole a bright light and dark room the yolk white and air space reveal freshness by comparison with Agriculture Department charts.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava 1854
The passage recalls the English Light Cavalry charging Russian batteries at Balaklava on the Black Sea dated October 25, 1854. The event is framed as a famous cavalry action during the Crimean War.
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Tennyson
Theanglish
Balaklava
Black Sea
Eliopoulos to Speak on Greece at St John’s Tonight
John Eliopoulos former editor of Greek papers in Butte and Seattle will address St John’s Episcopal Church at 7 30 tonight. He will discuss Greece and Turkish advances in Europe and notes his service in both the Greek and American armies. He began American citizenship after arriving from Greece.
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Butte
St. John’s Episcopal Church
John Eliopoulos
Seattle
Eliopoulos
Greece
Europe
Use of rod will cure flapperitis claim Detroit
Detroit reports Judge Alfred T. Talley of New York declares that flapperitia and related ills can be cured only by vigorous use of the rod. He addressed several thousand Detroit audience members of the Holy Name Society at Ford Field, recalling his earlier Spare the rod and spoil the child sermon.
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Detroit
Mich
Alfred T. Talley
Court of Special Sessions
New York City
Talley
Boy Scouts Collect Toys for Christmas in Butte
Santa Claus visiting Butte was redirected by Boy Scouts to their toy hospital in the Silver Bow district. Scouts repair and restore hundreds of dolls and toys for the Salvation Army and Joshers' club distribution to needy families, with many Troops planning local good turns and community ceremonies.
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Santa Claus
Butte
Boy Scouts
Silver Bow Block
Scout Toy Hospital
M Mechanics
Butte Roy
Salvation Army
Butte Boy Scouts
Joshers’ Club
Joshers
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