23 May 1921
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1921
Page
1
After a day of study the Railroad Labor Board ordered rail workers' wages to be put on a downward track with details due by June 1. The move follows months of criticism of high pay as rates rose, hurting business and households, and aims to align wages with prevailing conditions while prompting rate reductions to spur shipping and travel.
Speakers at Strete College discussed optimistic but cautious industrial prospects for Pennsylvania after the war. J Hollis of Worcester Tech urged attention to waste elimination and coal demand trimming. Dean Sackett and Miller urged engineers to lead in justice, public service, and character as industry retools.
May 23 Pittsburgh reports a large wholesale trade with softening prices across apples, abbige, peaches and potatoes. Baldwins apples fell to 6.50 7 per barrel, cabbage weak with heavy receipts, old potatoes down, strawberry stock high but steady demand, spinach and peppers steady, track deliveries listing 94 apples 95 strawberries and other veg totals. Livestock and dairy markets show higher hogs, steady sheep and lambs, and dairy prices mixed with butter and eggs.
Attorney General Daugherty rules distillers are exempt from the differential liquor tax when warehouse withdrawals are for non-beverage use and later diverted by theft. If distillers knowingly allow beverages to be produced from withdrawn spirits, they may be liable for the differential tax.
National American Legion headquarters reports ongoing publication of slacker lists with errors noted. Officials stress temporary embarrassment while public records are corrected, and urge posts to verify names to protect deserters and honorables.
The summary notes a baseball clash between the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates with mentions of Mayth Vatehieoh winning a first game of a series in New York yesterday. The dense OCR text references pitchers, lineups, and multiple players including mentions of Whithed, Carey, Tierney, and others, with scattered score details and base hits across innings. The article preserves a period newspaper tone and emphasizes game action and player names from the readable fragments.
Jewish person described in disjointed OCR fragment. appears as a stray line with unclear context and no coherent event or names to anchor a full summary. The readable portion mentions a Jewish person but lacks a clear action, date, or place to report.
A 30s postmistress, Gidea, confesses to swindling by forging signatures on money orders and authorizing fake New York candle orders. Authorities say the scheme involved multiple postal locations, with losses around 1 000 and a five year potential sentence.
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