Miners Strike Programs Aim at Nonunion Workers
Indianapolis March 27 Union leaders prepare for a nationwide coal strike by calling about 100000 nonunion miners to join half a million union workers in suspending work next Friday night. Focus centers on Pennsylvania and West Virginia with other states eyed for possible action as negotiations extend beyond April 1.
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Indianapolis
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Alabama
Tennessee
Kentucky
Colorado
Maryland
New York
Wiich
Miners Press Wage Push as Talks Resume in Cleveland
In New York on March 27, labor leaders return from Cleveland to renew talks with coal operators over a 20 percent wage rise. Miners argue wages lag wartime gains and profit is pushed onto consumers, while operators say mining costs and market pricing prevent any wage increase.
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New York
Associated Press
Cleveland
Three Men Held for Killing Barick in Georgia
Warrants charging J. T. Drake a bailiff and Edwin F. Newberry along with T. E. Nelson revenue officers with murder in Emmanuel county were issued. Drake was arrested and jailed. Autopsy says Barick was shot in the back. widow Mrs Barick accuses Drake of the fatal shot, while Nelson and Newberry are alleged shooters on other rounds.
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Soperton
J. T. Drake
Adrian
Edwin F. Newberry
T. E. Nelson
Peter Barick
Emmanuel County
Drake
Barick
Newcomers Seek Homes in High Point
Secretary F J Sizemore of the chamber of commerce reports many newcomers seek houses in High Point. Existing rental listings have all been rented, and he asks anyone with vacant houses or apartments to list them for movers arriving in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
Rex Beach Defends Tex Rickard As Square Friend
Rex Beach testified that Tex Rickard was known in Alaska as on the square and a trusted associate. He noted 25 years of knowing Rickard, recalling shared Klondyke gold rush work. Beach said Rickard ran an Alaska gambling house and he heard nothing of crookedness there. He judged gambling honorable if on the square given Alaska’s lack of gambling laws.
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New York
Rex Beach
Tex Rickard
Alaska
On the Square
Rickard
Sarah Schoenfeld
Beach
Tragedy in Greenwich Wife Kills Children Then Herself
Mrs Henry Barker killed her three children aged 18 months to five years with throat cuts in her Greenwich home and then took her own life, police said. A passerby found an insurance policy on the sidewalk reading I am going to kill myself and the children, which led to the discovery.
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Greenwich
Conn
Henry Barker
Barker
High Point Chamber Drives Membership Funding
The High Point chamber of commerce continues its membership drive to raise about 9 000 for this year's expenditures through two member classes sustaining and contributing. Sustaining members pay 25 annually and contributing members donate 6 or more, with large firms taking multiple memberships.
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High Point Chamber of Commerce
Ways and Means
Chamber ‘of Commerce
Chamber
F. J. Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
Aid
Mr. Sizemore
Chamber of Ecommerce
Ponzi Must Stand Trial in State Courts
The Supreme Court ruled that Charles Ponzi must stand trial in Massachusetts state courts on 22 indictments charging state law crimes, after his prior federal plea and five year sentence. Chief Justice Taft led the decision.
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Washington
March
Charles Ponzi
Boston
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Taft
Armenian Patriarch Appeals for Aid as Famine Ravages Caucasus
In Constantinople Mgr Zaven the Armenian patriarch reports 200000 starving near Erivan and famine across the Caucasus. He says Near East relief workers rescue many children daily but the need outpaces aid. He urges more support for Armenia's children, noting the young are the future.
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Constantinople
Mgr. Zaven
Holy Land
Erivan
Caucasus
Near East
Armenia
Free State Bill Passes Third Reading in Lords
The Irish free state bill passed its third and final reading in the house of lords today. The measure moves toward enactment as the British government seeks to settle Ireland's status with Dublin.
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London
House of Lords
Hidden Still Found in City Sewer Pipe
City and county officers discovered a still in a manhole along a sewer branch near the city abattoir. They found several gallons of whisky in bottles of various sizes hidden in the nearby woods and bushes. The owner reportedly hid the setup when not in operation. Evidence had prompted ongoing investigations into illicit distilling near the branch.
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City Abattoir
Flood Stage Forecast for Mississippi River Reach
In Memphis Tennessee on March 27 forecasters predict the Mississippi River will reach 42 feet and Helena Arkansas 52 feet by week’s end with lingering flood stages. Widespread rains soak the central valley and drift east from Tennessee to the lake region as warnings are issued.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
Helena
Ark
United States
Allen
Tennessee
Supreme Court Case Dismissed in Sherman Act Action
Washington March 27 government moves to dismiss its Sherman act case against Associated Bill Posters and Distributors of the United States and Canada. A settlement basis satisfactory to the government had been reached.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Associated Bill Posers
United States
Canada
Aviator Major Ronald True Held in Murder Verdict
A coroner's jury found Maj Ronald True an English aviator guilty of wilful murder in the death of Gertrude Yates also known as Olive Young. Her body was discovered in a Kensington flat bathroom. The inquest followed discoveries dating from previous months.
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London
Gertrude Yates
Olive Young
Kensington
Maj
Ronald True
United States
Labor leaders split over candidate questionnaire in 1923 race
Organized labor factions in North Carolina are divided over sending a questionnaire to candidates for the 1923 legislature. J F McMahon opposes the plan, aligning with Barrett Stone while others in central and eastern unions support it. The Greensboro meeting faces a bitter, uncertain vote as factions square off. Also noted are state auto registration gains and 1921 fire protection costs across North Carolina insurers.
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Raleigh
Greensboro
R. H. W. Stome
State Farmers’ Union
James F. Barrat
State Federation of Labor
J. F. McMahon
McMahon
Organized Labor
Morrison
Gardner
Barrett-Stone
Labor
North Carolina
Automotive Industries
Iowa
Virginia
Nevada
Mississippi
North Dakota
Arizona
Idaho
Georgia
Montana
South Carolina
South Dakota
New York State
United States
Man risks train to prove love at Southern station
A man stepped onto the track before a passenger train at the Southern railway station to show his love for his wife who was boarding to Greensboro. Officers pulled him away as the train neared. The couple had argued the night before and the woman declined his farewell kiss.
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Southern Railway
Greensboro
W. G. Friddle
A. J. Morris
New York-Atlanta
Ulster Cabinet Accepts London Conference Invitation
The Ulster cabinet accepted Colonial Secretary Churchill's invitation to a London conference of Irish leaders due to unrest in Ireland. Premier Sir James Craig telegraphed acceptance and said northern Ulster cabinet members will travel to London on Wednesday.
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Befast
Associated Press
Ulster Cabinet
Churchill
London
Ireland
James Craig
Light drop in retail food costs nationwide
Washington report shows scattered declines in retail food costs across ten cities from February 15 to March 15. The Bureau of Statistics at the Department of Labor announced a 1 to 4 percent decrease in overall food prices during the period.
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Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Labor
Wilson's South Hill Manager Critically Ill
Geo. F. Wilson, president of the Wilson Motor company, reports J. S. Giles, manager of the South Hill branch, is critically ill with little hope of recovery. Giles is seriously ill in South Hill, Virginia, according to Wilson's update.
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Wilson
South Hill
Geo. F. Wilson
Wilson Motor Company
J.S. Giles
Mr. Giles
Mr. Wilson
Charlotte Sends Two Players Here
Joe Dwyer catcher and Lefty James pitcher arrived from Charlotte and reported to Har din Herndon of the High Point club. They were dispatched by Dick Hoblitz after Charlotte practice. James, a southpaw with strong stuff, pitched for Rome in the Georgia State League last year. Dwyer is a hard worker from New York sandlots. Both are viewed as likely to make the team with a year in Class C or Piedmont league helping their development.
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Joe Dwyer
Rome
Dwyer
New York
Charlotte
James
Charlotte Observer
Charlotte News
Hornet
Hobby
New York Cotton Improves Before Pressure From News
The New York cotton market opened steady and then rose on commission house buying aided by belt weather reports. May futures hit 17.61 and July 17.03 after fluctuations, while later losses from New England strike news and Liverpool weakness trimmed gains.
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New York
New England
Liverpool
Union leader meets Illinois operators in wage talks
Springfield UL reports President Frank Farrington of the Illinois union miners wired presidents of three coal operators associations to meet in Chicago at 10 oclock Wednesday morning. He declined to say the conference would establish a separate wage scale for Illinois miners, saying not at this time.
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Springfield
Frank Farrington
Illinois Union Miners
Ilinois
Chicago
Illinois
Strike Averted as Trainmen Get Raise on Georgia and Florida
Augusta Ga March 27 A threatened five o clock strike by Georgia and Florida railway trainmen was averted after a midnight conference led by F H Nemitz head of the order of railway conductors secured a return to the November 1 1921 wage level restoring the highest pay in the road s history
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Augusta
Georgia and Florida Railway
F. H. Nemitz
the Order of Railway Conductors
Hickory Man Donates 100000 to Rutherfordton Hospital
H. C. Plank of Hickory, a retired businessman, gave 100000 dollars to Rutherfordton Hospital in North Carolina to fund radium treatment equipment. The gift honors his late wife Mrs Laura E Plonk.
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Hickory
Rutherfordton Hospital
Rutherfordton
N.C
H. C. Plank
Laura E. Plonk
Jewel Fights Lower Wages On Railroads
Chicago March 27 B M Jewel president of the railway employes department AFL told the railway labor board that costs and wages must be recalibrated toward a living wage and even profits should be sacrificed to secure steady earnings for production workers He rejected lower costs and wages in other industries as irrelevant and warned that the supply and demand theory cannot ensure a living wage in a modern system He urged guaranteed earnings even if it cuts immediate profits to end wage depressions.
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Chicago
B. M. Jewel
American Federation of Labor
Railway Labor Board
Jewel
Insane Woman Clings To Tree At St Elizabeth Hospital
Washington March 27 Police and hospital staff faced 30 hours of effort to reach a woman patient perched on a tree branch at St Elizabeth Hospital for the insane. Clad in a flimsy night dress she threatens to jump into a 60 foot ravine below if anyone climbs after her. A patrol of police fire health and hospital personnel maintain watch for any sign she will change her mind.
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Washington
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Three Murders on New York Streets Reported
Three men were shot to death under mysterious circumstances in New York last night and today. One man was lured by a fashionably dressed young woman and killed by two gunmen firing from a taxicab window. A second victim was slain on 119th Street and Fifth Avenue. The third man was shot between bystanders in a Brooklyn street, loaded into a taxicab and died on arrival at a hospital.
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New York
119Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn
Armenia Placed Under League Terms Move To Peace Settlement
Paris March 27 The allied foreign ministers forward a preliminary peace memo to Athens Agora and Constantinople outlining concessions to Turkey except Adrianople and eastern Thrace. Turkey gains Thrace frontier bulgarian border adjustments and retains Constantinople but loses Gallipoli and Mesopotamia. The belligerents have three weeks to respond.
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Paris
Turkey
Adrianople
Thrace
Athens
Apgora
Serres
Constantinople
Armenia
League of Fations
Gallipoli Peninsula
Mesopotamia
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United Mine Workers of America
Hollenden
Clevelers
Philip Murray
John L. Lewis
William Green
Carolina
Ulster
Hornets
Hickory Man
U. S. Labor Board
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