Coal wage battle looms as miners face 20 percent cuts
Operators and United Mine Workers clash over a new wage contract to replace the Jacksonville agreement due March 31. Miami conference set for February 14 will shape demands across West Virginia Kentucky and Ohio nonunion fields amid fears of widespread wage reductions. The case centers on tying miners pay to nonunion field rates and seeks to curb high existing scales. A separate report notes West Virginia University wrestling team sweeping Ohio Wesleyan 95-0 in Morgantown with a clean fall-by-fall victory.
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Gerald J. Overton
United Press
Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Work of America
Jacksonville
Bituminalis
My Dennsylvania
Ohio
Indiane
Mim
Totedo
West , Virginia
Janes
Uni Mine Werkters
Opera
Miami
United Mine Worksre
West Virginia
Kentucky
West Virinia
Morgantown
Wy Ya
U.R
West Virginia University
Ohio Wesleyan
Mountaineers
Beale
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
Ora Daugherty
Buechtel
Richard Campbell F
Pomeroy
Logan Resident Reports First Migratory Birds of Year
Mrs. John Ostenhaver on West Malin Street watched two bluebirds Felday and two dayspring, plus a pair of robins, hopping about her yard. These are Logan New Year’s first migratory birds observed this week.
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Logan
John Ostenhaver
West Malin Street
Felday
Americans Flee China Posts to Coast as Riots Rise
United Press reports mass evacuation of about 12 000 Americans from isolated inland posts to Chinese coast cities. US battleships and Marines stand ready to cover evacuations to the Philippines or safety, with 26 American war vessels in Chinese waters and 6 282 sailors aboard ships en route.
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Lubwell
Denny
United Press
Washington
United States
Philippines
China
John
van “A
MacMurray
Peking
Guam
Wiliams
Manila
Yangtze River
Asiatic
United States Army
Shanghai
England
India
San Fidrogo
Caiif
Quantico
Britain
Brtish War Office
Chiesa
Two Are Injured In Bus Accident In Dense Fog
Dense fog on a rural road caused a Glouster bus to run off the road near the Suger Creek Athens fork at about 7 PM. Two injured seriously include Wyona Gardner an Ohio University student and Everett Foreman who escaped after breaking a door window.
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Suger Creek
Athens
Wyona Gardner
Ohio University
Chauncey
Everett Foreman
Clark
Edward Markins
Frances Reading
Rachel Stewart
Springfield
Kenneth Sands
Bird in Hand Worth Two in Bush Except Birds Not Profitable
A quirky note repeats the old adage about birds in hand versus bush and adds a playful line about having more canaries than you can handle. It hints at profitability when birds are placed, though the ending is garbled.
Eleven University Students Killed Enroute for Game
A Missouri Pacific passenger train wreck near Round Rock Texas on January 24 killed eleven Baylor University basketball players en route to a game in Austin from Waco. The dead and injured were students and team members, with others injured during the crash.
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Round Rock
Tex
Missouri
Baylor University
Athens Messenger
Dnroute
Austin
Waco
Taylor ‘Texak
Cold snap sweeps across U S with subzero wind chills
A severe cold wave from Canada and the Northwest drenches the Midwest and corn belt. Chicago forecasts zero to 10 degrees above zero with fierce winds as Minnesota Iowa and other states report 14 to 20 degrees below zero and widespread sub zero conditions.
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Canada
United States
Middlewest
Cancuia
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Canadian
Brainard
Minnesota
Corn Belt
Charles City
Iowa
West Virginia Pittsburg Coal cuts wages by 20 percent
The West Virginia Pittsburg Coal Company announced a 20 percent wage reduction across its three mines in Brooke County, affecting about 1,100 workers. The cut takes effect Monday, January 24.
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West Virginia
Pittsburgh Company
Wellsburg
W. Va
ULP
West Virginia Pittsburgh Coal Company
Brooke County
Troops Ready for Service in China Ordered in Readiness
It was reported today that the flat battalion Middlesex infantry regiment and a battalion of Cameronians at Catterick, plus Green Howards infantry at Richmond in Yorkshire, have been ordered to China in readiness. All ranks recalled from leave and instruction schools.
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London
Middlesex Infantry Regiment
Cameronians
Catterick
Green Howards
Infanrymeon
Richmond
Yorkshire
China
District officers plan national meeting leave
Ohio Union Miners representatives will depart to attend the United Mine Workers state committee meeting in Washington. The government favors watchful waiting and mediation to avoid a coal wage crisis and to regulate prices, with emergency powers debated if talks fail.
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Columbus
Ohio
The
United Mine Workers
Ohio miners bar members who work in cooperative mines
At a Columbus convention Ohio miners voted to place on the unfair list any member who participates in cooperative, self-run mines. Delegates said workers employed by others should be paid at union rates and protested wage concessions, while a district conference backed a firm wage stance and negotiations with operators.
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Columbus
Dan
U.P
Ohio
Simen
Indiana
All At Sea Serial Begins in Athens Messenger
Carolyn Wells introduces a new forty eight part serial All At Sea starting Sunday January 30 in the Athens Messenger. The opening installment will span a full page in the Magazine Section, as readers familiar with The Vanity Case will recognize her work.
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Messenger
All At Sea
Carolyn Wells
Athens Messenger
Toledo Blast Kills Six and Wounds Dozens
A blast in Toledo killed six people and seriously injured seven others. Rescue workers battled fire as a two story building burned, with children reported among the dead and injured.
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Toledo
U.R
Hunter
Bread Imlets
Kids
H. M. Bassett
Donald Becker
Relaxation Puzzles Enter Daily Messenger
A Messenger column highlights cross word puzzles as mental exercise for busy readers. Daily features new puzzles prepared by an expert, with occasional additions to sustain interest and offer a ten minute break from routine.
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Atk
Inio
Lowlands Exposed as Water Recedes in Ohio Valley
Flood warnings and rising Ohio River levels affected several towns in the valley. Lowlands exposed Saturday as water receded to 28.16 feet, with reports from Athens Lancaster Logan and Chauncey noting flooded basements and shut traffic routes. Officials warned of further rises and possible ice flows as dams registered higher levels and weather patterns continued to push rivers higher.
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United States
Poine
Athens
Chauncey
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