Labor Unity and Communism Debate at Atlantic City
Edward Pickard reviews the 1925 AFL convention where President Green denounces Moscow influence and pledges to fight child labor while praising veterans and war mobilization. The piece contrasts American labor confidence with European fascist and Soviet currents, noting Allied diplomacy, Britain's early warnings, and military spending debates.
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Edward W. Pickard
Britain
Wiliam Green
American Federation of Labor
Arthur A. Purcell
International Federation of Trades Uniong
Atlantic City
Russia
America
Abraham Lincoln
Samuel Gompers
Gene Debs
Green
Communist Party
Moscow
Ug Gut
Educational Legaué Heretic Arerica
Communist; Party
Irbor
Anc
American Labor Movement
Organized Labor
Executive Council
Chicago Grain Pit Bolts To U S Decree
Chicago’s Board of Trade adopted strict rules to curb market manipulation. The measures empower directors to control trading during price swings with ten hours notice. A five‑member ethics committee will regulate conduct, and 600 out‑of‑town members can vote by mail. All three rules passed by narrow margins as other exchanges consider similar revisions.
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Chicago
Agriculture
Jardine
Iis
Heari
Tony Duce Sin
Minneapolis
Worthington the Wolf of La Salle Street Sentenced
Worthington, known as the Wolf of La Salle Street, is imprisoned in the Atlanta federal penitentiary after a Chicago to Atlanta transfer. He traveled on the Dixie Flyer on a stretcher, denied a stay by federal courts, and attempted to make a will disposing of an estate valued around $2,000,000 for his two daughters.
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Worthington
Atlante
Wolf Kid
Chicago
Rioting in Florence claims many dead and wounded
The London Daily Express reports Florence riots following the assassination of Cayaier Liperini. Faweisti leaders began a reign of terror against Frey Masons of Florence. Pusctat reprisals killed anti-Fascists and former Svetutist deputy Puuct.
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Florence
Paris
L/Himinnite
Morence
Faweisti
Frey Masons
London Daily Express
Pusctat
Cayaier Liperini
Fasciat Party
Svetutist
Puuct
$39,000,000 Coal Merger Announced in Nashville
The Bon Air Coal and Iron corporation announced a merger valued at about $39 million, taking over the Venheasee Consolidated Company and the Chattanooga Gas and Coke company. The Chattanooga Gas and Coke sale requires ratification by the steelholders and involves properties worth around $30,000,000 with backing from major capital interests in Chicago New York and eastern cities.
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Nashville
Teen
Chicago
New York
Bon Air Coal and Iron Corporation
Bon Air Corporation
Bishop William Montgomery Brown Heresy Conviction Upheld
The House of Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church approves a court finding convicting Bishop William Montgomery Brown of heresy. The vote tally is reported as five to eleven within the United States church proceedings in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
House of Bishops
United States of America
Willian Montgomery Brown
Brown
Eighteen Indian Aliens in Prison to Be Deported
Eighteen Lake County aliens confined in Todlune Prison are to be paroled by Governor Jackson and turned over to immigration authorities for immediate deportation due to state action. Twelve others, part of the party, will be affected by the governor's move to aid the state in removing undesirables.
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Gary
Tad
Bandits Stop Miss $2,000 Hold Up in Los Angeles
A band of unidentified men held up a woman in Los Angeles, taking about $2,000 before fleeing. Police sent patrols to investigate the robbery and search for suspects.
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Bandits
Los Angele
May Eliminate President Proposal in Uruguay Telegrato
A fragmented Telegram report notes a May proposal to eliminate the president in Uruguay. The readable fragments indicate political maneuvering and potential constitutional change discussed by local officials.
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Elim
Uruguay
Go-Get-Em McQuigg Named Legion Head in Omaha
The American Legion's Seventh Annual convention in Omaha, Nebraska, elevated John R. McQuigg of East Cleveland Ohio known as Go-Get'em to personal commander. The fifty nine year old lawyer banker and wounded overseas engineer officer previously served in the Spanish American War and on the border. The convention discussed World War veterans services and policy notes including a motion on the League of Nations and adherence to international justice. The next meeting is planned for Philadelphia in 1926. The journal notes honors to figures including Mrs Eliza London Shepherd of San Francisco.
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Coollidge
Legion
America
Effare
Atselt U
Suma
Tope
Netion
Warners
Mra. Coolidge
Washington
St Louis
Mitchell
Hig Alry
Daning Mitchell
Philadelphia
Paris
France
Omaha
Neb
American Legion
John R
McQuigg
Cleveland
Ohio
United’ States
League’ of Nations
Court of International Justice
Williams
Patric
Francisca
Jack London
Mrg
Eliza London Shepherd
Sans Francisco
Racing Plane F Crashes at New York Meet Killing One
A chaotic New York aviation event ended in tragedy as Racing Plane F crashed during a Mitchel field meet. Military and civilian flyers gathered for the race when the accident killed one man and seriously injured another. Civilian pilot Chamberlain sustained critical injuries in the collision.
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New York
Raw York
Mitchel, Geld
L. L
Chamberlain
Senger
Baseball's Big Six Agaleat tuberculisly era captaincy
Fragmentary notes mention Christy Mathewson and a baseball cohort in Lake view, noting over five pitchers and a coach from Overkean to the Giants. The text hints at a career arc with a forced retirement for recuperation around 1926, but the details are garbled and uncertain.
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Christy. Matheweo
Faria Saranac
Lake
Mathewson Isdea
Math
Overkean
Giants
Trial Date Set For Montena Child Kidnap Case
A garbled report indicates a 16 year old Mary Daly of Monteta faces trial on a kidnapping charge linked to Raymond Py. Judge Pierce presides in the Court of Common Pleas with Bawin as clerk.
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Mary ‘Daly
Monteta
Mhurderer
Raymond Py
Pierce
Bawin
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