Freight Blockade Cripples New England Rails and Industry
A national freight jam worsens as railroads and shippers clash over moving coal ore and grain cars. Affected firms like General Electric in Lynn warn of mass layoffs while Boston and New England gateways face heavy congestion and mounting car surpluses. The commission plans targeted actions and coal ore pools but delays hearings.
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Shippers Organization
American Railroad Association
Car Service Committee
Congress
Commission
Ore and Coal Exchange
Cleveland
General Electric Company
Lynn
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade
New England
Boston & Albany
New York
New Haven
Maybrook
Campbell, Hall
Harlem River
Erie
Lehigh & Hudson
Lehigh & New England
Delaware & Hudson
West Shore
New York, Ontario & Western
Pennsylvania
Lehigh Valley
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Hartford
Bridgeport
Boston & Maine
Rotterdam
Mechanicsville
Newport
White River Junction
Canadian Pacific
Central Vermont
New York Central
West Albany
Menace to New England crippling several industries
Traffic chaos grips New Haven and Boston routes as congestion worsens across the region. The Boston and Maine line faces heavy delays threatening shipments and daily commerce. Local officials warn of economic disruption if bottlenecks persist.
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New Haven
Bos
Truck overturns on Roxbury sidewalk kills chauffeur
A heavy auto truck driven by Joseph Eagan 23 of 85 Longwood Avenue Roxbury jumped the sidewalk at Conant and Parker Streets and killed him instantly. Children playing handball on the sidewalk were saved by pedestrians who pushed them into doorways and into the street to escape injury.
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Joseph Eagan
Longwood Avenue
Roxbury
Eagan
Conant and
Parker Streets
Uniting Mexican factions signals shift toward new regime
Washington reports Pablo Gonzalez withdrew from the Mexican presidential contest as leaders of the de facto government move to stifle rivalry. Manuel Palaez is named chief of military operations in Tamaulipas as Obregon calls 30 000-strong parade for May 24 in Mexico City. Monterrey falls to Obregon and Gonzalez forces, bridges restored, rail service to Mexico City to restart.
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Washington
Pablo Gonzales
Mexico
State Department
Manuel Palaez
Tamaulipas
Obregon
Mexico City
Mexican Congress
Palaez
Monterey
Nuevo Leon
Gonzalez
Nuevo Laredo
Laredo
United States
Mexican Revolution Shifts as Gonzalez Yields Power
Restoration of wire communication with Mexico City reports General Pablo Gonzalez has ceded authority to the provisional president to preserve unity. Carranza is believed to have fled to the hills with revolutionary troops in pursuit while trains seized from Carranza are moved into the capital and civilians are protected.
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Carranza
Jalapa
State Department
Mexico
Department of State
Pablo Gonzalez
Gonzalez
Congress
Mexico City
Georgette scarf edged with Summer ermine bands
A tan Georgette crepe scarf features cream fur trim along both long edges and a row of tails at each end, completing a stylish decorative piece.
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Algora
Georgette
A.W. Jones CO
Aos ‘Sk
Hovey's
Chauncy St
Boston and New England Industries
Prime Furniture
Washington ST
Prime Furnitre Co
Reed Baby Carriages
Thale
Sis Sr
Third ST
Dover,n. H
Gonzales
U. S
Mark Algistersek
Billings & Spencer CO
Sam’s J. Beckwith & CO
Boston
Adams Square
Quincy
Breslin & Campbell, Inc
Billings & Spencer
THE
Hartford, Conn
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