Supreme Court Upholds Open Shop Rights in Two Cases
The U S Supreme Court ruled that employers may operate open shops and bar union organizing in Hitchman Coal and Eagle Glass cases. It upheld injunctions restraining union officials from organizing workers while affirming workers right to organize for lawful purposes. Justice Brandeis Holmes Clark dissented in part. AFL President Gompers denounced the decision as far reaching and unwarrantable.
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Supreme Court
Hitchman Coal & Coke Co
Eagle Glass Manufacturing Company
West Virginia
A. G. Dayton
United Mine Workers of America
American Flint Glassworkers’ Union
Hitchman
Brandeis
Holmes and Clark
Hitchman Coal & Coke
Frank J. Irgas
Miners’ Union
Funeral for Dr. Oran G. Mey at Mt Auburn Cemetery
Funeral services for Dr. Oran G. Mey who died Sunday night at 96 Charles Street will be held at Mt. Auburn Cemetery chapel tomorrow at 2 PM. He leaves widow Mrs. Mary Cilley and daughter Miss Dorothy Cilley. long familiar in Hamilton. Dean Hodges Episcopal Theological School and Rev Herbert S. Johnson will officiate.
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Oran G. ‘Mey
Charles Street
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Cilley
Mary Cilley
Dorothy Cilley
Hamilton
Dean Hodges
Episcopal Theological School
Herbert S. Johnson
Whipped boy dies at desk in Waterbury school
Ernest Albert Miller seven is whipped on the hands by Principal Alice Wahler for infringing a school rule. He dies within minutes with his head on his desk while under medical care. The teacher refused responsibility and cites Superintendent Berlin W. Tinker who also declines to discuss the incident.
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Waterbury, Conn
Slocum
Ernest Albert Miller
Alice Wahler
Edward H. Herr
Miss Wahler
Woman is Slain by House Robber
A man returning from the mill finds his daughter Amelia and her siblings dead in Mrs. Spewok's home with brutal injuries and an axe nearby. Mrs. Spewck lies dead at the foot of the cellar stairs as police guard the scene. The neighborhood is largely Polish.
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Amelia
Bill
Spewck
John L. McLean
Charles Wells
James F. Murphy
Thirty report for Boston Arena team
About 380 candidates for the Boston Arena hockey team reported to Captain Frank Synnott last night and indications point toward the Arena being represented by a strong aggregation. A number of players who previously announced their candidacy for the Arena seven failed to appear but will be on hand for the first practice session Wednesday night. Among those to report were Captain Synnott Myra Wannamaker Nowell Prendergast Cullen Donnellan Shaughnessy O'Sullivan Whitten La Croix Heally O'Brien Russell Quincy Franklin Turnbull Jameson Mitchell Cole Story Handy Clapp Crocker Willard and Greene.
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Prendergast
Cullen
Donnellan
Shaughnessey
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la Croix
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Quincy
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Turnbull
Jameson
Mitchell
Cole
Story
Handy
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Crocker
Willard
Greene
Ban Johnson Will Stick To Baseball
Chicago December 10. Ban Johnson will remain head of the American League unless called to military service or another national duty. Despite expectations he would resign at the annual meeting, he announced he would stay as long as he is not needed by Uncle Sam.
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Chicago
Ban Johnson
Uncle Sam
American League of Baseball
American League
Ban
Herman Beats Tuber In Six Round Bantam Fight
Pete Herman, bantamweight champion, narrowly defeats local boxer Joe Tuber in a six round bout. Tuber attempted a rush but paid the price as Herman punished his advances and fought more cautiously after an early rope sequence.
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Philadelphia
Pete Herman
Joe Tuber
Tuber
Herman
Conference of Leagues Opens Big Meeting In New York
In New York on December 10 the advance guard of magnates led by Dreyfuss and Herrmann has arrived for the annual convention. Tomorrow President Tener and associates will open what is described as the most important big league meeting in recent years as delays slow others arriving.
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New York
Dreyfuss
Herrmann
Tener
Major League Baseball Owners Plan Joint Conference
Club magnates focus on league integrity over trades and purchases as a joint conference with the American League is deemed inevitable. Ebbets pushes for a 140 game schedule and a 19 man roster amid salary caps and training plan talks while Tener is expected to win re election. Ban Johnson’s government control idea is dismissed.
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Tener
Chicago
Ebbets
Hempstead
New York
Lack Cash for Spring
The dollar sign looms large in spring college sports with baseball diamonds tracks and streams in action. Economies and curtailments will be practiced everywhere as football receipts are absent from even the largest college treasuries.
Baseball to surge next season amid war strain and service teams
The 1918 season will blend amateur baseball with service teams and colleges, challenging box office norms. Army and navy squads join college nines for a hybrid schedule, promising strong play though ticket receipts may lag football. New England colleges brace for pay-as-you-go baseball, yet press on to keep the season unconfined.
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Army
Navy
New England
Mack Seeks New England Welter Title in Friday Bout
Frankie Mack trains two weeks for a 145 pound welter clash with Eddie Shevlin at Commercial A C. managers say Mack is in peak form and favored to win the New England title. Projections note uncertain semi final, with plans for Joe Stanton and Pat Demers but terms unsettled with the Whaler.
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Eddie Shevlin
Navy
Mack
Joe Stanton
Pat Demers
New Bedford
Whaler
Stanton
Pat Owens
Demers
Patsy
Grand Opera House
Development of utmost importance to the war effort announced
Washington reports a major wartime development unveiled today by the Interior Department. The discovery is described as crucial for the United States and its allies in the prosecution of the war, marking a potentially pivotal advance in military and industrial applications.
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Washington
United States
Interior Department
New Carburetor Lets Kerosene Run Any Gas Engine
A universal carburetor, usable with any gasoline engine, allows kerosene as fuel without engine alteration. Patent rights will transfer to the government for war use. Van H Manning, director of the Bureau of Mines, confirms trials prove it meets claims. Officials see it as a major solution amid wartime supply concerns for military engines and transport.
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van H. Manning
Bureau of Mines
Kerosene Carburetor Aims to Ease Fuel Shortages
Government experts report kerosene carburetor solves the fuel problem as gasoline costs stay high and war needs push airplanes tanks and trucks. A steady government supply is needed before the device reaches the public, delaying possible ban on pleasure auto use.
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