Trains in Far West Hit by Strike Violence and Delays
The seventh week of the railroad shopcraft strike paralyzes Northern and central California freight and threatens passenger service. About 1,700 passengers are stranded on 19 trains across the Arizona New Mexico and California deserts as mail and commerce suffer. Bombings and dynamite damage escalate violence with ten injured on a Granton Junction New Jersey train and a St Louis and San Francisco bridge blast in Ashe Grove Mississippi. President Harding offers federal aid for stranded passengers. Governor Campbell dispatches troops to assist.
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Chicago
Northern
Central
California
Arizona
New Mexico
San Joanquin Valley
Harding
Thomas A. Campbell
Walter S. Ingles
Seligman
Granton Junction
N. J
Ashe Grove
Miss
St. Louis
San Francisco
Sac River
Lord Northcliffe Dies In England After Long Career
London reports Lord Northcliffe noted journalist died this morning at 10:12. Bulletin says end peacefully after illness linked to thyroid gland-related noma and long influence on The Times and allied newspapers.
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Lord Northcuffe
England
London
Lord Northcliffe
The
Times
Lloyd-George
Marquis Jarzon
Great Britain
Northcliffe
Lord Northcliff
America
Lord Northclife
York
Harding
Australia
Pacific
Far East
Hongkong
Germany
Associated Newspapers
Lttd
Northcliffe Press
Sir Andrew Caird
Walter G. Fish
Switzerland
Brotherhood chief orders return to work on coast lines
In Cleveland on August 14 W G Lee president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen directed two vice presidents to travel to the Santa Fe coast lines where illegal strikes were reported and trains were marooned. He said members should follow all brotherhood laws and remain at work. He declined to comment further on the strike situation.
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Cleveland
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railroad
Santa Fe Coast Lines
Twelve Hendred Trainmen Go Out In Kentucky Yard
Corin Kentucky Aug 1 Twelve hundred trainmen members of the big four brotherhoods Cumberland division of the Louisville and Nashville railroad left their trains at 4 o clock this morning in the Holland and Belle county coal districts.
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Corin
Big Four Brotherhoods
Cumberland
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Holland
Belle County
David Yow Returns to Head High Point Undertaking Firm
David T. Yow, formerly of Winston Salem and a Cincinnati College of Embalming graduate, has joined the undertaking firm R. L. Loflin & Son in High Point today. A native of Thomasville, he has prior ties to J. W. Sechrest & Son and Franl Vogler & Fons in Winston-Salem.
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High Point
David T. Yow
Winston Salem
R. L. Loflin & Son
Mr. Yow
J. W. Sechrest& Son
Cincinnati College of Embalming
Franl Vogler & Fons
Winston-Salem
Rail strike parley in unions' hands now
Rail executives have given a conditional reply to President Harding while the government delays. Union leaders and the four railroad brotherhoods may decide the next move as they consider the rail labor board to settle seniority. J. K. Sheppard signaled the brotherhoods will mediate until Congress reconvenes.
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Washington
Harding
United States Railroad Labor Board
Big Four Brotherhoods
Two Men Injured In El Alto Auto Crash
Fred N. Tate and J. E. Marsh escaped fatal injuries after an automobile driven by an unknown white woman struck them near Wesley Memorial Methodist Church shortly before 11 yesterday morning. Both men sustained bad bruises and cuts and required medical attention. the driver’s identity was not learned.
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Fred N. Tate
J. E. Marsh
Mr. Tate
Mr. Marsh
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Wake effort to end coal strike at once
Cleveland August 14 An offer to end the anthracite strike by adopting the wage scale in force when the strike began was handed to John A. Lewis president of the miners It came from S D Warriner head of the anthracite operators scale committee Lewis accepted Warriner invitation to a Wednesday Philadelphia conference and said the broad promise behind it was commendable and promising for success
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WAKE
Cleveland
John A. Lewis
S. D. Warriner
Warriner
Philadelphia
Lewis
Dundalk Taken by Irish Forces in Surprise Assault
Belfast dated dispatch reports a large force of republicans entering Dundalk at dawn, isolating the town as the garrison capitulated. Anne Street police station, the jail with released prisoners, and the railway station with the post office fell to the attackers, who gained arms for the rising.
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Belfast
Ireland
Dundalk
Anne Street
Garrisen
Decline in Cotton Prices at New York Opening
New York August 14 Cotton futures opened steady with October 20.50 December 20.47 January 20.35 March 20.40 May 20.30. London reparations talks failure and weak exchange rates influenced the early decline as December slipped to 20.47, down about a cent.
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New York
London
Liverpool
Death of Eight Year Old Margaret Welborn
Eight year old Margaret Welborn daughter of Mr and Mrs Willis Welborn died last night at home on Denny street after a diphtheria illness. Funeral services are set for 3 pm tomorrow at the Welborn residence with Rev T J Rodgers officiating. Interment will be in Oakwood cemetery.
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Margaret Welborn
Willis Welborn
Denny Street
Welborn
T. J. Rodgers
Oakwood Cemetery
Coal Strike Talks Move Toward Conference Decision
Developments in the coal strike include a Philadelphia meeting where the union will weigh operators' resume offer at the strike wage scale. A Cleveland conference nears a key showdown as a final decision on the impasse approaches amid peace efforts.
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Cleveland
Negro Killed in Auto Crash on Greensboro Highway
A man identified as Charlie Tillman of Concord died when a Cole 8 car overturned on Arch Hill beyond Jamestown on the Greensboro boulevard. The body was taken to Walter Potease Undertaking in Greensboro for burial preparations. relatives were being located.
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Charlie Tillman
Concord
High Point
Greensboro
Arch Hill
Jamestown
Walter Potease
C. Brown
Robert B. Parker
Brown
Tillman
Girl Hurt When Car Turns Over Near Jamestown
Miss Dorothy Oneal daughter of W S Oneal was painfully injured when the car driven by Cletus Myers of Thomasville failed to negotiate a curve on the Greensboro High Point road and overturned at Jamestown hill pinning her beneath. Other occupants Claude Smith and Miss Tisi Cottier escaped with minor bruises as the vehicle suffered heavy damage. Witnesses called the incident miraculous and passengers were lucky to escape serious harm.
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Dorothy Oneal
W. S. Oneal
Cletus Myers
Thomasville
Greensboro High Point
Jamestown
Claude Smith
High Point
Tisi Cottier
Richmond
Special Term of Court Set for Hedgecock and Other Cases
A special term of Guilford superior court is ordered for September to try Basil H. Hedgecock former Home Banking cashier charged with misappropriating funds before absorption by Atlantic Bank and Trust. Judge Harding aims to address 58 jail cases and also schedules two Schoolfield boys tied to a $10,000 bogus check case at Greensboro court.
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Basil H. Hedgecock
Home Banking Company
Atlantic Bank and Trust Company
High Point
Greensboro
Hedgecock
Guilford Superior Court
Harding
American Exchange National Bank
Rail Strike Developments Amid Washington Talks
Union chiefs resumed talks in Washington as President Harding awaits a response to a settlement proposal. Train crews continue walkouts in the west citing defective equipment. A Southern California district attorney opens a probe into possible conspiracy behind the desertion of Western trains. Reports also note outbreaks of violence and train bombings across the region.
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Washington
Harding
West
United States District Atorney
Southern California
South
Airplane Fire Claims Two Test Pilots Near Dayton
Lieutenant Moriarity and Mr. Stonebreaker died when a test plane they were in caught fire over a field near Dayton after flying 10 miles from McCook Field at 75 feet. They were evaluating speed and had departed McCook Field moments earlier.
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Dayton
Moriarity
Stonebreaker
Campaign for the Yate Labor Head Lacking Interest
In Raleigh on August 14, reports show little interest in the North Carolina State Federation of Labor presidency. McMahon denies plans to seize control, while Barrett faces distancing from textile unions and railroaders and printers question leadership.
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Yate Labor
Raleigh
Asheville
Charlotte
J. F. McMahon
Jim Barrett
Fedeation of Labor
McMahon
North Carolina
Peese
Barrett
Bale
Jim Jordan
Michigan
Shorty
California
Bill
Oxford Post Office
Snorty
John Murray
Thomas J. Murray
Thomas E. Connell
John Mack
James Mason
Comencia
William Oates
William Smith
William Dolan
William Burns
Wiliam F. Hanley
Hhem
Lyttons
Tennessee
New Jersey
Jerem
New
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Western States
Associated Press
Kentucky Yard
David Yow
T’hough
J. K. Sheppard
Brotherhood of Railway Conductors
Brotherhoods
UNIT
Legion Auxiliary
Andrew Jackson Post No. 87
American Legion Auxiliary
Presbyterian Hut
B. W. Burt
Salisbury
Auxiliary
American Legion
D. M. Pollock
Burt
James K. Norfleet
Winston-Balem
EL Alto Accidene
Carthage
Moore
A. E. Ketchen
Southern Pines
Moore County Superior Court
Raleigh and Durham
Ketchen
Coal Strike News
Heads Locomotive Engineers
Warren S. Stone
Brotherhood
Tocomotive Enginers
Parted Res
J. Coffin
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