Viscount Astor Dies Quietly in London
Viscount Astor dies suddenly in London. He never engaged in active politics in the Lords. He influenced politics via ownership of the Pall Mall Gazette and the Observer, steering the Pall Mall Gazette toward Conservatism after buying it, triggering editorials and staff resignations. He also ran the Pall Mall Magazine for years.
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Viscount Astor
London
Lords
Pall Mall Gazette
Observer
Astor
Lord Milner
Lord Morley
W. T. Stead
Edward Cook
Westminster Gazette
England
Pain Mall
Beefsteak Club
Astor Fortune and Dispersal of New York Holdings
The article details William Waldorf Astor and family wealth, noting inheritance tax effects and the transfer of Manhattan properties to trust for heirs. It covers property sales, gifts, and the dispersion of Astor estates including Hotel Astor and the Astor Building, and surveys Astor's career and rise in society.
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Viscount Astor
Great Britain
England
New York City
New York State
New York
William Waldorf Astor
Astor
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
West Thirty-third Street
Farmers Loan and Trust Company
Waldorf Astor
Manhattan
Farmers’ Loan and Trust’ Company
Hotel Astor
Astor Theatre
Astor Apartments
Broadway
Seventy-fifth
Seventy-sixth Streets
East 35Th Street
B. Altman & Co
John Jacob Astor
John Jacob and
Augusta Gibbs Astor
Germany
Fire at Springfield Station Highlights Safety First Lesson
Springfield Oct 19 Boston and Albany workers learned a hard safety lesson when a cigarette butt dropped in a telephone booth at the Springfield station ignited a fire on the first day of the national safety drive. The blaze caused 5000 damage and endangered the large structure as flames swept the south waiting room. It took the fire department an hour to extinguish the fire after employees and passengers fled to the platforms.
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Springfield
Boston & Albany
National
Captain George Leads West Point Eleven in Name Only
Captain George of the West Point eleven is described as captain in name only. He was elected during wartime depletion when many cadets left for the war zone, but with ranks replenished he struggles to keep pace with the team.
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George
West Point Eleven
D C Medal for Sally Chief
The Distinguished Service Medal was awarded to Commander Evangeline Booth of the Salvation Army at a Eastern congress meeting in New York. About 150 workers who served with soldiers in the front lines received bronze medals. Notables included Colonel W B S Barker and the McAllister and McIntyre sisters.
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Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
Eastern Congress
Booth
W. B. S. Barker
France
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Violet
Alice
McIntyre
Irene
Gladys
Joseph Hughes
Teachers to Join Labor Federation Move in France
Paris reports college professors plan a referendum to form a national union linked to the Labor Federation. Teachers already decided to join, though their right to organize is not yet government recognized.
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Paris
College Prfessors
France
Labor Federation
Postpone Action on Church Concordat to 1922
Detroit news reports the Protestant Episcopal and Congregational churches will postpone legislative action on their concordat until 1922. The House of Bishops will seek Deputies' concurrence to appoint a further conference committee as Congregational signatories push for broader proposals and wider denominational agreement.
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Detroit
Mich
House of Deputies
House Ofishops
House of Bishops
Episcopal Church
New York Printers Seek New Contract In Labor Talks
In New York on October 19 a negotiation set between Typographical Union No 6 and the printers league of the Association of Employing Printers will begin tomorrow. Leon Rouse of Big Six urged resumption. After a five hour mass meeting with over 3000 striking printers, a referendum vote will be held Wednesday on whether employed compositors may allocate 10 percent of wages to vacationist compositors.
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New York
Typographical Union
Printers’ League
Association of Employing Printers
Leon Rouse
Big Six
Capital and Labor Locked in Deadlock Over Collective Bargaining
The conference grapples with four amended sections of a labor rights proposal. The labor side backed majority-chosen representatives and opposed a fifth “individual bargaining” clause, while employers demand nonemployee representation. A Wheeler plan and a Russell Endicott alternative loom, with pessimism about any resolution before tomorrow’s session. Gary and Gompers are expected to attend.
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Central Committee
Central Committee Today
American Federation of Labor
Frank Arrison
Herbert F. Perkins
Chicago
Wheeler
Employers’ Group
Committee of 15
Russell-Endicott
Labor and Employers
Executive Council
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation Board
New York
Samuel
President Dodges Indigestion Attack in White House
Bulletin reports no material change in the President’s condition after a night of rest. Doctors Grayson Ruffin and Stitt note continued effort to curb secondary ailments amid a neuros pathic condition, with the President sitting up briefly and awaiting further improvement. Enlisted personnel deliver chrysanthemums to his room as visitors are restricted.
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White House
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