Harding Hopeful on Rail Strike Plan
President Harding favored early settlement of the rail strike with a plan addressing seniority rights wage rehearing and outside shop contracts. Union and railway leaders prepared to meet in Chicago and New York to review proposals while some lines agree to reinstatement in pre strike positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Railroad Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
Railways Employees Department
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Chicago
T. Dewitt Cuyler
Association of
Railway Executives
New York
Hoover
Davis
Mooseheart
Ill
B O Negotiations With Strikers End Abruptly
Baltimore July 28 Negotiations for a separate shopmen settlement on the B and O rail road ended late today when W J McGee chairman of the shop federation in conference was told by Vice President Charles W Galloway that a national settlement remained possible He and his associates refused to proceed and Galloway withdrew his proposals while the railroad runs to restore shop forces to normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Baltimore & Ohio
White House
B. O
Baltimore
W. J. McGee
Charles W. Galloway
Galloway
Armenian Sought as Murderer in Essex County Death
Salem July 28 The two hour grilling of an important witness today by the police and the discovery of several other persons who saw Genry Pe McMahon walk up Highland avenue with a stranger to his death in the Great Pastures a week ago Tuesday supplied important developments in the mysterious Essex County murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Pe McMahon
Highland Avenue
Essex County
Missing Armenian in Salem Slaying Case Narrows Suspects
Police close in on a lone suspect matching the boy’s companion description as a missing Armenian, with one witness Costello repeatedly recalled to recount his sighting near Highland avenue. Officials question immigration and travel records to rule out flight. new interview adds to the morning’s progress in Salem.
General Edwards Defends War Duty at Veterans Tablet Dedication
In Vineyard Haven on July 28 General Edwards attacked Pacifists planning a no war meeting on Boston Common. He said a nationwide movement uses World War horror to downplay the risk of another war and unpreparedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vineyard Haven
Edwards
Boston Common
Tisbury
United States
Citizens
Harding
Citizens’ Training Company
Four Roxbury youths held for auto thefts in RI and MA
Central Falls Rhode Island July 28 four Roxbury youths were arrested by Patrolman Forestal and charged with stealing two cars one in Massachusetts and one in Rhode Island. Cars were recovered and the youths gave names and addresses. They admitted stealing a car owned by Mary Adam of Dorchester while in Mattapan. The stolen vehicle was found abandoned on Tremont street in Central Falls.
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Central Falls
R. I
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Roxbury
Forestal
Francis J. Steinmowski
Phillips Street
Thomas J. Foley
Blue Hill Avenue
John F. Barry
John F. White
Conant Street
Pawtucket
Mary Adam
Calendar Street
Dorchester
Mattapan
Tremont Street
Ghost photographs Cited Near Cloudy Farm Hauntings
A New Jersey party led by John P. Loughlin and H Allen Lushear of the Federal Trust Company visited Cloudy Farm to photograph alleged ectoplasmic activity on a haunted mountain top. They reported strange noises and a cloudy white form appearing in their film despite others claiming nothing supernatural. The group included Miss M Young Fred Hemminger Harold Lushear and several Mrs Young Mrs Lushear and Mrs Warner from Newark and Riverside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Loughlin
H. Allen Lushear
Federal Trust Company
Cloudy Farm
Pearlie Chapin
New Jersey
Loughlin
Lushear
M. Young
Fred Hemminger
Harold Lushear
John J. Young
Allen Lushear
Elsie Lushear
Newark
N. J
Eunice Warner
Riverside
Veterans mark parade as New England defense talks draw crowd
In Vineyard Haven a grand parade and rally honor veterans and defense plans led by General Edwards. Local officials, women's groups, and scouts joined the crowd while a library grounds program included prayers and speeches. The unveiling of a commemorative tablet occurred as towns celebrate military service and peace efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Vineyard Haven
Edwards
Boston
Town Hall
War Veterans
American Legion
Women’s Auxiliaries
Women's Relief Corps
Grand Army
Daughters of the American Revolution
H. H. Alger
First
William J. Look
William A. Robinson
Constance E. Downs
Howard Downs
Tisbury
French Premier Guards Against Monarchist Plot
Detectives accompany Prime Minister Poincare to his country home as a precaution after a note claims monarchists in Germany plotted to kill him. A pilot engine was sent ahead of his train to deter wrecking. Berlin police reportedly informed the French embassy in Berlin of the plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Poincare
Foreign Office
Berlin
Walter Ratheneau
Poincare
Europe
Rue Mirabeau
Paris
Too Much Veal Steak For Her In Torrington Case
In Winsted Connecticut on July 28 Joseph Sartori faced Borough Court judge Bernard F Higgins for non support. Sartori claimed he fed his wife and three children but bought only steak. His wife testified he bought steak instead of squash. The judge jailed him 60 days and noted the era of slavery was over. Sartori will receive soup rather than veal steak in Litchfield County jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winsted
Conn
Bernard F. Higgins
Torrington
Joseph Sartori
Sartori
Litchfield
Lightning Strike Knocks Chimney Workers From Scaffolding
A thunderstorm toppled a 125 foot chimney staging at the Springfield Brewery in Willimansett. Peters suffered multiple fractures but survived. Tremblay avoided fatal injury after a rescuer slowed his fall. Fire, hospital care, and wide damage followed across several towns including Notre Dame Church tower hits and hay losses.
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Willimansett
Springfield Brewery Company
Peters
Tremblay
Trembley
Holyoke Hospital
Chicopee Falls
Notre Dame
Southbridge
Dover
N. H
Jacob Young
Roscoe Thompson
James Mulligan
John Barry
Quincy Boy Struck by Auto and Killed
Five year old Joseph Antoon, son of Mr and Mrs Simon Antoon of 545 Washington Street, Quincy, was struck by an auto near his home yesterday afternoon and died an hour later at Quincy Hospital. The car was driven by Lee S Morris of 146 Beale Street Quincy near Broadway junction as the boy crossed with a companion who escaped unharmed.
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Joseph Antoon
Simon Antoon
Washington Street
Quincy
Quincy Hospital
Lee S. Morris
Beale Street
Broadway
Hanigan Plans 30 Open Air Meetings Across Suffolk County
Captain Francis D. Harrigan of Dorchester launches his Democratic bid for Suffolk County register of deeds with an automobile tour. He will address voters at 30 open air meetings in Winthrop Revere Chelsea and every Boston ward as about 13 000 Democratic voters have signed his nomination papers.
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Register of Deeds
Suffolk County
Francis D. Hanigan
Dorchester
Winthrop
Revere
Chelsea
Boston
Harrigan
Judge Grants Probation to Ruth Knox After Child Welfare Case
In Central Court Judge Murray placed Ruth Knox on probation finding she acted under both wrong and injury. The girl lacked prior records and had faced police pursuit after shoplifting on others accounts. Inspectors Dorsey and Augusta presented her to the bar, and she received superviseed leniency for a few months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Knox
Central Court
Murray
Ruth
Dorsey
Augusta
Bar of Justice
Court
Auto worker burned by lighted match in public garage
Julius Cohen aged 40 of 400 Saratoga Street East Boston was badly burned on his face and hands while working on a car with a lighted match in a public garage on Neptune Road last evening. He was taken to East Boston Relief Hospital and is expected to recover.
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Julius Cohen
Saratoga Street
Boston
Neptune Road
East Boston Relief Hospital
Old Pete Captured by Woman After Weeks of Patience
In North Cambridge Miss Letty I. Durgin coaxed and fed the elusive cat Old Pete for weeks. She finally trapped him in her cellar with fish and a box, then called the Animal Rescue League. Pete bears scars and a bullet wound from nightly bombardments by locals.
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Animal Rescue League
Old Pete
North Cambridge
Letty I. Durgin
Upland Road
Cate
Pete
Miss Durgin
Animhal
League
Revolver Brigade
Neighborhood Bully Pete Terrorizes Local Cats
For long Pete terrorized the neighborhood as the bully of the feline family, beating up all other cats. The excerpt depicts a harsh, unsafe street scene with Pete asserting dominance over neighboring felines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete
Gilded Bodice Gown with Bouffant Skirt Described
A bouffant skirt of American beauty taffeta pairs with a gold lace bodice cut straight across the bust and a low back decolletage, creating a striking formal silhouette.
Dance Ruin at Gore Hall Chaperones Ban Outsiders
At Gore Hall Harvard Summer School, two chaperones banned all outsiders and restricted entry to registered students only. A clash erupted as more than 20 couples argued, a Radcliffe student was denied entry with her guest, and the pair danced defiantly on the sidewalk before fleeing as police were threatened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Gore Hall
Radcliffe
French Trawler Champagne Ablaze Off St. Esprit
The French trawler Champagne, outbound from North Sydney for fishing grounds, is on fire off St. Esprit near Forchu on the island southern coast. The revenue cutter Margaret has been sent to aid.
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Sydney
N. S
Champagne
North Sydney
St. Esprit
Forchu
Margaret
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Anthony Costello
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William Murray
Gideon Pellitier
Costello
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John Norton Luce
Constance Downs
Sidney Eldredge
Harry F. Castello
National Council For
Lauds Citizens’ Training Camp
Harvard Sq
Cambridge
Danke Inoue
Fitchburg
Main St
Main St. Peabody
Raver
Quincy Boy
Dorit
Norfolk
Mda
Hamburg
Volle
Wolf’s
MY Clothier
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