Coal Supply Management During the 1922 Miners Strike
Bruce Clagetts report details how the United States railroads and central coal committee organized the distribution of bituminous coal during the six week miners strike. It notes initial stockpiles, daily production, and the shift to prioritizing essential public and military needs while maintaining emergency reserves in storage and on wheels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Sur
Walker D. Hines
Railroad Administration
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Alabama
Wyoming
Great Central
Middle West
Rnustrand
Central Coal Committee
Indianapolis
Plains
Ulines
United States Railroad Administration
Washington
Fuel Administration
Harry B. Spencer
The
Southern Railroad
Harry A. Garfield
Spencer
Conl Committee
Noske Watches Troops at Potsdam Maneuvers
German defense minister Noske observes troop operations during recent military maneuvers in Potsdam.
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Noske
Herr Noske
Postdam
Spitsbergen Health Resort Proposal for Consumptives
A British concern plans a barge sanatorium in Spitsbergen at Ulta Thule of Europe, aimed at consumptives with mild climate benefits. It will likely operate only in summer, aided by a warm marine current and a mild average summer high of about 50 degrees Fahrenheit at Green Harbour Torbor, near the Norwegian meteorological observatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spitsbergen
Ulta Thule
Europe
Green Torbor
Rome
Weather Services
Scientific American
Fertile Publicity Man
A Birmingham Age-Herald item describes a back and forth over a magazine article about a public figure’s interest in cattle. The publicity agent defends the piece while noting no farm location is given and hints at a future story about the subject as a beekeeper.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Soldier Pleads as Shells Hit Front Lines
The battalion burrows into shell holes to escape German fire. Private Welpert hunkers near the ground as a large shell lands within 20 yards and another within ten yards. A third shell whistles toward him before he calls to the enemy trench to cancel that load of scrap drift for Mr Welpert.
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Ti. E
Welpert
Convicted Treason Defeat Leads to Exoneration for Brooklyn Soldier
Lawrence Perlmutter of Brooklyn, 19, was the only American soldier convicted of treason in the war. Captured by Germans, he denied the accusations, was sentenced to 20 years at Leavenworth, but Representative Isaac Slegel and Secretary Baker ordered his release after an investigation. The photo shows Perlmutter with his mother and sister, Mrs Gustave Wats.
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Lawrence Perlmutter
Brooklyn
Isaac Slegel
New York
Sod
Baker
Perlimutter
Perliutter
Gustave Wats
Uruguay Sheep Population and Global Notes
The article notes 27,000,000 sheep in Uruguay and mentions global facts. It reports Bahia Brazil opening Posto Odontologico Bonifacio Costa to offer free dental care to poor children. It cites Chicago as the nation’s second largest Black population center and lists other demographic and wildlife statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uruguay
Bahia
Brazil
Posto Odontologico Bonifacio Costa
Chicago
United States
New York
India
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Sam
Bruce Clagett
Railroads
Wilhelm
Constantinople
Bagdad
New Mexico
Vhis
Cairo
Folar Bears
Manhattan Beach, N. Y
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