Labor Board declines to define living wage policy
The Railroad Labor Board rejected a request to declare a living wage principle for maintenance of way workers seeking higher minimum rates. It stated it cannot exceed the Transportation Act guidance and will rely on both sides to present their views while preserving rights.
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Labor Board
Chicago
Railroad Labor Board Today
W. Jett Lauck
Labor Statistician
E. F. Grabie
Grable
Harding
Cummins
Washington
Congress
Truck
Ignsti
byeChairman
Ben W. Hooper
Miners Feared Lost as Argonaut Rescue Fails
In Jackson California Aug 29 families and workers wait as 47 to 48 miners believed trapped since midnight Sunday in the Argonaut mine struggle amid burning levels heat warped tracks and deadly gas. Efforts to rescue via Kennedy mine shaft abandoned as hope grows fainter with the rising danger.
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Jackson
Cal
Argonaut
Muldoon
Kennedy
Adepest
America
Mrs Laura Leonard Dies at Local Hospital
Mrs Laura Alice Leonard aged 63 dies at a local hospital after a period of declining health. Funeral services will be held 2 PM Wednesday at South Main street M E Church with Rev T J Rogers officiating and interment in Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by son S L Leonard daughter Mrs W H Jester two brothers Raymond Reid William Reid and sister Mrs Ellie Walser. Body rests at the son’s Willowbrook Street home until the funeral.
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Laura Alice Leonard
W. H. Jester
Raymond Reid
Lexington
William Reid
High Point
Ellie Walser
Tear gas used to quell jail riot at Iona reformatorio
State police remain stationed at the Iona state reformatory after an inmates riot late last night. The disturbance was contained only after tear gas was released into a dormitory where rioting centered.
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Iona
Mich
State Reformatory
Gov Refuses Clemency in Dupree Death Sentence
Gov Thomas W. Hardwick denies commute for Frank B. Dupree the Atlanta youth condemned for killing a private detective. Dupree remains under sentence to hang next Friday in Atlanta Ga. August 29.
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Atlanta
Thomas W. Hardwick
Frank B. Dupree
Dupree
Ford to close Detroit plants over coal cost threat
Detroit August 29 Ford Motor Co warns it may shut all Detroit district manufacturing by September 16 if coal supplies do not improve. Henry Ford says paying higher coal prices now would raise car costs and hurt other manufacturers and households.
Hoover cites coal price impact on Ford cars
Secretary Hoover said coal price increases would add about 1.40 to the cost of a Ford car. He noted Detroit manufacturer Ford considered coal at 4.50 per ton and can buy now at 6.50. Hoover spoke while discussing factory operation and coal supply.
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Ford
New York
Hoover
Detroit
Mrr
Disciples of Christ Hold Annual Meeting at Winona Lake
More than 1,500,000 Disciples of Christ prepare to gather in Winona Lake Indiana for the international convention running August 30 through September 3. Dr Stephen E Fisher opens the talks with the convention address while Dr Vernon Stauffer will deliver the sermon. Debates over college moves and denominational policy are expected as ultra conservative and progressive factions clash.
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Winona Lake
Ind
Disciples of Christ
Christian Chuch
Stephen E. Fisher
Urbana
Fisher
Vernon Stauffer
Transylvania College
Lexington
College of Missions
Indianapolis
University of Chicago
Yale
Columbia
Mrs Honeycutt Dies at Black Mountain
Mrs Fannie Yarborough Honeycutt died at Black Mountain after months of illness. She was 22, wife of Orin M Loneycutt of Greensboro, and granddaughter of Mrs Rachel Bolts. Funeral at First Baptist church in Thomasville with interment in local cemetery. she leaves a husband a child her parents a sister Mrs W Lloyd Horne of Atlanta and two brothers Ray and Arvil Yarborough of Thomasville.
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Thomasville
Fannie Yarborough Honeycutt
Black Mountain
Orin M. Loneycutt
Greensboro
First Baptist Church
Rachel Bolts
Orin Honeycutt
Harding Seeks Power to Seize Mines and Railroads
President Harding aims for immediate congressional authority to seize railroads and mining properties only under grave public necessity. He has abandoned plans for a federal coal agency with capital to buy sell and distribute coal, a shift announced as debate on distribution supervision begins.
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Washington
Harding
Congress
White House
Federal Coal Agency
House
Winslow
Interstate Commerce Committee
Promised Trainmen Get First Roadstead Run After Quits
Vice President Titus of the Chicago and Alton Railroad saw the first train in 60 hours depart Roadhouse at 7:80 am carrying two passengers to St Louis from Jacksonville. The dispatch follows workers quitting last Friday and promises of reforms.
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Roodhousee Til
Titus
Chicago and Alton Railroad Company
Roadhouse
St. Louis
Jackson
Mississippi firemen killed in church area crash
Jackson firefighters Cameron Phillips and Louis M. Gatlin died when a fire truck, speeding to avoid streetcar tracks, lost control and crashed into three cars parked in front of a church. Fireman T. J. Smith was seriously injured.
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Jackson
Miss
Cameron Phillips
Louis M. Gatlin
T. J. Smith
Democrats Nominate Pearl McCaffrey for School Superintendent
In Morgan County West Virginia on August 29 the Democratic slate includes Pearl McCaffrey for superintendent of schools with J A Proctor for house of delegates and J W Nung for county commissioner.
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Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Morgan County
Miss Pearl McCaffrey
J. A. Proctor
House of Delegates
J. W. Nung
Public Chamber Discusses Legion Visit and Tourists Camp
At a chamber of commerce meeting directors passed resolutions on entertaining 400 to 500 American Legion delegates arriving September 8. They approved an exhibit for the national convention in New Orleans and planned a free tourists camp near the city with literature on High Point. J C Steeloff was tasked to coordinate decorations with the Merchants' association. Dr. J T Mann urged cooperation and outlined a 3:30 to 8:00 pm entertainment window for the Greensboro legion event.
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Chamber of Commerce
Greensboro
High Point
J. T. Mann
Andrew Jackson Post
American Legion
Chamber of Ecommerce
State Legion Convention
Chamber
J. C. Steeloff
Merchants’ Association
Mann
New Orleans
Big Legion
Camyp
F. J. Sizemore
Board of
Early ending of the anthracite strike forecast
An authoritative confidential source says by week end operators and miners will sign a peace pact allowing 150,000 workers to return to work. The deal would remove last week’s stumbling block with no side conceding further positions.
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Ane
End of Bituminous Strike Forecast in Pittsburgh District
United Mine Workers officials predicted an end to the coal strike in the Pittsburgh bituminous district. They planned to meet the sales committee of Pittsburgh producers to discuss establishing a scale under the Cleveland agreement.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Funds Authorized for Wilson Dam Construction Work
Funds totaling 6.6 million dollars have been authorized by President Harding to begin extensive construction work on the Wilson dam at Muscle Shoals Alabama. The move awaits 7.5 million in Congress appropriations becoming available October 1. Army engineers will start on a large scale pending that funding.
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Washington
Harding
Army Engineers
Wilson Dam
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Congress
Chamber of Commerce Plans Mailbox Improvements
The directors urged Postmaster O R York to press the post office department for more lock boxes and to upgrade existing mail boxes citywide. They also asked for stamp and envelope stations after hours, plus better electric service, coal supply, highway beautification, and a city clean-up.
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Chamber of Commerce
O. R. York
Postoffice Department
New Miami Barbudos South American Cable Opens
Secretary Hughes sent the first message over the Miami Barbadoes South American cable to the Brazilian minister of foreign affairs. He hailed the link as a new friendship bridge between North and South America received at the state department by radio from the Pan America. Newton Carlton of Western Union awarded the privilege.
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Washington
Hughes
North
South America
State Department
Pan America
Rio de Janeiro
Newton Carlton
Western Union Telegraph Company
Secretaries Attend School of Commerce Gathering
Nearly 300 men and women secretaries of chambers of commerce from the United States and Canada attend the National School for Commercial Secretaries in Chicago. The two week session, Aug 21 to Sept 2, is held by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, the National Association of Commercial Organization Secretaries and Northwestern University. Julius H. Barnes and Walter Dill Scott head the instructor staff. More than twenty women secretaries join this year's student list.
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Chicago
Champers of Commerce
United States
Canada
National School For Commercial Secretaries
Chamber of Commerce of the
National Association of Commercial Organization
Northwestern University
Chamber of Commerce
Julius H. Barnes
Chamber of Commerce of
United Stats
Walter Dill Scott
Youth Rescued After Climbing Niagara Gorge Cliff
Aug 29 Buffalo reports Tex Gorman of Niagara Falls describes a youth stranded about 100 feet above railroad tracks near Lewiston after hours in the gorge. A train approached, the youth signaled by dropping his coat, and Falls police with Lewiston fire crews arranged a rope rescue.
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Buffalo
Tex Gorman
Niagara Falls
Lewiston
Falls
Bank Robbers Escape With 82000 In Foremost Canada
Five armed bandits stormed the Union bank in Foremost Alberta early today binding employees and blowing the safe. They escaped with 82000 in cash and negotiable securities, marking a bold robbery in Lethbridge district.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Foremost
Union Bank
North Carolina to Eliminate Road Crossings and Expand 120 Miles
The Highway Commission plans to remove about 100 grade crossings as 120.12 miles of hard surface road are let for contracts across Pitt, Columbus, New Hanover, Durham, Orange, Davidson, and more. A tobacco warehouse in Raleigh will open September 12 with co op advances estimated at one third of final sale price. Prison reform groups organize 17 subcommittees and a Greensboro meeting to draft legislation. Revenue Commissioner Watts returns to office after hospitalization.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Durham
Apex
Highway Commission
Sno
Pitt
Columbus
New Hanover
Orange
Davidson
Rockingham
Anson
Cabarrus
Mecklenburg
Rowan
Surry
Cleveland
Wilkes
Rutherford
Buncombe
Pender
Bertie
Martin
Ashe
Wilkes McDowell
Brunswick
McDowell
Mitchell
Co-Operative Tobacco
Co-ops
Citizens’ Committee
G. Rk. Pou
Greensboro
Pou
Hop Ng
A. P D. Watts
Richmond
Cotton Mills Shut Over Coal Shortage
Greenville Ohio area reports two cotton mills closed due to coal shortage causing job losses and halted production. Authorities cited fuel supply constraints as the primary reason for the closures.
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Greenville
8. C
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Tony Yormment
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