Rail wage boost of 600 million awarded to U S railroad workers
The United States Railway Labor Board granted annual wage increases totaling about 600 million for 1 894 287 employees across 16 crafts. The decision was not unanimous and critics warn higher costs will raise freight rates. Wages rise 6 to 13 cents per hour for clerical staff and up to 1.04 dollars per day for freight enginemen, with substantial increases across yard, passenger, and ship line crews retroactive to May 1, 1920.
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L. R. Blanchard
United Press
Chicago
United States Railway Board
United States
R. M. Barton
Rail Labor Board
Timothy Shea
Firemen's Brotherhood
New York Harbor
Philadelphia
Camden
Wilmington
New Orleans
el Vivo
Southern Pacific
Newport News
Hampton Roads
Norfolk
Barton
Mob Attacks County Jail In Durham Over Assault Case
A mob of about 100 masked men attacked the Durham county jail early today seeking three Black suspects accused of assaulting Mrs. A. A. Riddle. One man was killed and two wounded as guards fired on the attackers. the three prisoners were moved to Raleigh by special train.
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Durham
N. C
A. A. Riddle
James Ray
State Penitentiary
Raleigh
Riddle
83-Year-Old Mrs Rosanna Smith Dies in Amesville
Mrs Rosanna Smith died at age 83 this morning at her Ames township home. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 10 at the residence, with burial in Amesville cemetery.
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Amesville
Rosanna Smith
Ames Township
Wage Award Hears Demands for Large Increases
The wage board began hearings April 16 1920 on demands dating from July 3 1919. About 1 894 247 workers affected with total annual wage increase near 600 million dollars. Three labor road and public representatives sit on the board. Workers seek wage increases between 28 and 66 percent.
France Ready to Aid Poland If Peace Efforts Fail
Paris July 20 France will carry out its agreement with Great Britain to furnish armed support to Poland if attempts to secure a pacific settlement between Poland and Soviet Russia fail, Premier Millerand told the chamber of deputies. He said there is no change in the Turkish peace treaty terms except admitting a Turkish delegate to the Dardanelles commission. He added France will not interfere with England over Mesopotamia or Syria mandates.
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Paris
France
Great Britain
Poland
Soviet
Russia
Millerand
Chamber of Deputies
Moscow
England
Mesopotamia
Syria
Harding Front Porch Campaign Enlivens Ohio Rallys
Senator Marion reports Warren G. Harding shows aggressive campaign temper in Ohio with daily front porch visits and direct challenges to Cox. Observers note Harding gains converts as he answers questions about Cox League of Nations stance while enjoying a return to golf in Mansfield.
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Marion
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Cox
Ohio
League of Nations
Mansfield
Flying Field at Dayton to Be Moved
Major General Charles T. Menoher announced that Mc Cook Field, home of the army aviation experimental station, must relocate from Dayton Ohio. The lease with the War Department expires in December 1921 and no new site has been chosen yet. A storage facility at Buffalo Ohio is mentioned as a possible relocated site.
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Washington
Shamrock IV Leads Early Leg In Slow Yacht Cup Race
On July 20 at Ambrose lightship Resolute nursed a late-starting edge but Shamrock IV, crewed by Burton and Nicholson, fought back as breeze stayed light. Shamrock led at 3 p.m. after turning the first mark and pressured by Resolute’s steady progress.
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Goldsborough
United Press
Burton
Nicholson
Shamrock
Ambrose
Resolute
Ulster
Moore declines Democratic national campaign chairmanship
Columbus July 20. After a two hour conference at Governor Cox residence Franklin D Roosevelt Ed H Moore of Youngstown and George White of Marietta discussed the campaign chairmanship Moore declined the post citing his valuable law practice White likely to lead the campaign if a special committee is created Cox and White long time allies in politics White ranked beside Moore in Cox interests at San Francisco Cox suggests Moore may head a sub committee to name the chairman The governor presented Moore a gold watch reading The man who held the line.
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Columbus
Cox
Franklin D. Roosevelt
H. Moore
Youngstown
Ohio
George White
Marietta
Moore
White
Governor Cox
Congress
San Francisco
National Committee
Homer
Cummings
Babe Ruth Hits 32nd Home Run In Doubleheader
Babe Ruth belted his 32nd homer of the season in the first game of the Yankees and White Sox doubleheader at Polo Grounds. Two outs, no one on base when the drive left the park. Faber pitched for Chicago. Ruth had set an earlier season mark yesterday with two homers.
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Polo Grounds
Babe Ruth
White Sox
Faber
Sox
Ruth
Navy to buy 100000 pairs of shoes for enlisted men
Bids opened today at the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts for one hundred thousand pairs of shoes for Navy enlisted men. Contracts accepted by the Navy Department will be announced tomorrow.
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Washington
Navy
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Navy Department
Department
Lenders Take Up Award Of Labor Board
Railroad workers' representatives gathered in three groups in Chicago for preliminary consideration of the labor board award. The transportation group met at 10 o'clock to study the award and plan smaller work-related committees. A general session was set for 10 a m tomorrow as unions decide to accept or reject.
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Chicago
United States Rail Labor Board
Labor Board
Athens Council Grants Salary Increase for Five Service Dept Workers
The Athens city council approved a $5 monthly pay raise for the five salaried workers in the service department including three engineers at the water station a meter reader and clerk. Day workers received 25 cent daily raises as sidewalks are ordered to be cemented within sixty days on several streets and alleys. A City Federation delegation thanked the council for nurse room use and noted the health nurse changes.
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Athens City Council
Service Department
Aidewalk
Water Works
Petets Anal Council
City Federation
Carpenter Street
Armory Lot
Franklin Avenue
Grosvenor Street
Carpenter
Townsend
Carpenter and
Park Streets
Johnson Arrested on White Slavery Charge at Border
The fugitive boxer Jack Johnson crossed the border into the United States and was arrested on a white slavery charge in San Diego California. Sheriff John Cline of Los Angeles county and Deputy Sheriff George Cooley of San Diego county were present as the warrant was read and Johnson was taken to the county jail for arraignment.
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San Diego
Calif
Jack Johnson
Johnson
John Cline
Los Angeles County
United States
George Cooley
San Diego County
Democratic National Committee Early Meeting Plans Campaign
The Democratic national committee met in Columbus to push ratification of the woman suffrage amendment by Tennessee and to appoint a 15 member sub committee to confer with Governor Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt on campaign leadership. A fund exceeding 3.5 million dollars was projected to finance the Cox Roosevelt campaign, the largest ever for a national committee.
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Columbus
Democratic National Committee
Tennessee
James M. Cox
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Railroad to Dismiss 12 000 Employees
Pennsylvania Railroad officials announce a plan to dismiss 12 000 workers in the eastern operating district to cut costs and improve operating efficiency. About 10 percent of Eastern division staff will lose jobs, with others moved to different divisions. engineers and certain crews exempt. Spokesman C B Harley cites government takeover effects, a traffic slump, and a shift from in-house repairs.
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Ated Tana
le Saanty
Pennsylvania Railhoad
C. B. Harley
Pennsylvania
Baldwin Company
Harley
Railroads and agencies join to speed wheat harvest
Washington reports joint action by railroads and three federal agencies to move the spring wheat crop. Forty thousand freight cars are being redirected west while about 226 million bushels, or 43.6 percent, have already been harvested. The Federal Reserve Board and the Agriculture Department coordinate credit and labor to ease supplies and lower food prices.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Reserve Board
West
Agriculture Department
Agricul
Ture Department
Federal Reserve System
Reserve Board
Western Wheat Belt
Cabinet Takes Up Reply of Soviets
London July 29 The British cabinet met to consider the Soviet government’s reply to Britain’s armistice proposal with Poland. An official response from Moscow was anticipated but not yet released, as England weighs its stance toward Russia.
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London
Great Britain
Poland
England
Russia
Moscow
Tonsil and adenoid removal successful at Copeland Hospital
John Cox of Athens and Harry Tracy of Gloucester underwent successful surgical operations for removal of tonsils and adenoids at Copeland Hospital.
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John Cox
Athens
Harry Tracy
Glouster
Copeland Hospital
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E. T. Whiter
Union
Signal Department
Tage
Dayton
Babe
Ed H. Moore
Cordell Hull
Norman J. Mack
New York
Ed. H. Moore
Mack
Couolly
Michigan
Marsh
Iowa
Hoffman
Indiana
Dockweiler
National
Wanhirton
Ate
Pennsylvania Railroad
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