Will Flunk Edison's List Stumps Many Applicants
Professors from Boston University and other educators argue Edison’s 121 brain ticklers test general knowledge more than skill. They say specialists thrive with focused training, while many successful executives would fail on broad trivia questions used at Edison’s Orange plant.
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Dallas Lore Sharp
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Boston
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Napoleon III
United States
Edigon
Chase Ends with Capture of Alleged Thief in South End
Patrolmen Reddington and O'Connor chased and arrested Harry J. Doyle alias Carrigan of Brooklyn on Washington Street near Compton after a long pursuit through South End streets. Doyle is booked for larceny from Bernard McGaulin of 46 Rose Street, with valuables valued in the hundreds of dollars including five diamond rings a diamond stick pin and two scarf pins. A broadcast description aided the arrest.
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O’connor
East Dedham Street
Harry J. Doyle
Carrigan
Brooklyn
Doyle
Bernard McGaulin
Rose Street
O'Connor
Washington Street
Compton
Hair Roots Destroyed by New Simple Method
A chemist from South Orange New Jersey reports a positive new method for destroying hair roots with remarkable results on stubborn hair. The inventor guarantees the treatment to be harmless and offers home instructions mailed for one dollar. contact Nu Art Laboratories 200 Post Office Building South Orange NJ.
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Nu- Art Laboratories
Post Office
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Elections voided by board on railroad unions
The United States Railroad Labor Board declared elections of employee committees at Pennsylvania Railroad and Pennsylvania shop crafts unions illegal and void. It ordered a new ballot to form a committee to negotiate rules on working conditions replacing the prewar national agreements.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Pnnsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
United States Railroad Labor Board
Rail labor board resolves representation in Pennsylvania shops
The Labor Board cancels current rules after railroad talks with the Pennsylvania ballot committee. Shop craft unions are recognized while non union workers retain equal rights. A form ballot offers representation by the Pennsylvania system federation or other groups. the board calls the dispute over union claims a procedural matter.
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Railway Employees Department
American Federation of Labor
American Federation of Railroad Workers
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San Francisco Ed Board Sets Dress Rules for Teachers
San Francisco educators face strict standards. Chairman Helen P. Sanborn orders roll-up hosiery, no lipstick or painted eyebrows, no beauty windows, no jet earrings, no wasp waists, and modest outfits to avoid scandal and unhealthy looks.
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San Francisco
United News
Helen P. Sanborn
San Francisco Board of Education
Soviet Troops Flee to Moscow Amidst Famine Fears
Hordes of ill fed Soviet troops retreat toward Moscow from famine regions, un checked and undisciplined, with warnings that government as the Soviets have established may collapse into anarchy.
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Moscow
London
United News
Russia
Court Today Faces Stubborn Child Charges
Miss Andrews and Miss Gilmore of Brookfor Street appear on charges of stubbornness. Witnesses say the auto was driven by an unnamed man who brought his machine to a quick stop.
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Cambridge
Main Street
Watertown
Nichola Novakovasky
Washington Street
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