Labor's Century-Long Battle for Control of Unions
A detailed, period-tinged analysis of the ongoing clash between the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations led by John L. Lewis. The piece traces membership, key industries, maritime tensions, strikes, and proposed political maneuvers as both sides vie for dominance across sectors and regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Green
American Federation of Labor
Craft Unions
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Labor Organization
A. F. of L
C. 1
C. 5
A. F.of L
C. S O
Green Organization
Lewis
Maritime Front
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Philly
Philadelphia
Green
Seattle
American Newspaper Guild
Teamsters’ Union
C. O
Teamsters
Guild
Probaly
George M. Harrison
Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks
A.F. of L
Ibor
William Green
Adventurous Night on the Dover Plains Road
Dorothy Murphy recounts a February 1914 near disaster near Dover Plains New York. Then eighteen she nearly falls from a cliff while riding home in a surrey with a half blind horse Brownie and later escapes a pack of wild dogs by climbing a tree before being found by a farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ello
Dorothy Murphy
Dorothy
Chestnut Ridge
Dover Plains
N. Y
Dorothy Daily
Brownie
Australia climate and geography in tropics and temperate zones
The text discusses that a third of Australia lies in the tropics and over one third in the temperate zone. It notes Australia as an island with fewer weather extremes and a temperate climate similar to California France and Italy. It also explains the origin of La Chine rapids name from La Salle and its French meaning China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Commonwealth
California
France
Italy
Lachine Rapids
la Chine
China
Chevalier de la Salle
West
Orient
Horseshoe Symbol in Ancient Isis Headdress and Temples
The horseshoe appeared as a mystic mark linked to female crestor in early times. It is said the headdress of the Egyptian goddess Isis was a horseshoe, and temples in India were built on a horseshoe plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teamsters’ Union
T. O
A. F. of L
Isis
Inia
Prize Applique Quilt With Much Variety
Simplicity in needlework shines in this Grandmother's Prize applique quilt pattern 1458 offering easy patches use many materials and bright colors for single or double bed sizes. Includes complete instructions yardage diagram and block layout. send 16 cents to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept New York for pattern 1458.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Highth Ave
New York, N.Y
Too Late Little Percival Picnic Invitation
A fragment from Pearson's Weekly presents a whimsical dialogue about invitations and weather. A child rejects an invitation to a picnic, while others discuss a violent storm and a remarkable trout tale. The excerpt blends humor with dialogic snippets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percival
Little Heyton
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LABOR
A. F
L. Broadens
William C. Utley
John Lewis
C.I. 0
A. F. of I
John G. Lewis
C. I. O. War Chest
Bricklayers
Ladies’ Garment
Green-Lewis
United Automobile Workers of America
A. F. of
4. F. of L
Washington
United States’ Steel Corporation
Carnegie-Illinois
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Federal Mediation Board
C. I. QO
C. SO
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford Motor Company
Little Steel
Adventurers’ Club
Floyd Gibbons
MikeYes
Tom
Toms
Mike
Uncle Jor
Pearson
Utah
Irs
Ben Lomond Ogden
Conidors
Chauncey W
Gen’l
Photography
Leprinta
North Baker
Bushnes Menokaniis Consultate
BRE Hive Realty
Suason Building
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