Pittsburg Strike Breakers Walk Out At Pressed Steel Car
Two hundred strike breakers at the Pressed Steel Car plant in Pittsburg walk out amid claims of abuse and underpayment. About 300 more sit idle. some may testify in a peonage inquiry. Union and management tensions escalate as guards threaten violence and benefits are disputed.
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Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Company
Hoagland
James Given
Philadelphia
Given
P. S. Co. Police
Zeppelin III Flies To Berlin After Delay Over Nuremberg
Count Zeppelin's airship Zeppelin III, under Engineer Durr, traversed from Friedrichshafen to Stuttgart in five and a half hours. It met minor trouble near Ostheim and Nuremberg requiring ballast and propeller repairs, delaying its Berlin arrival with doubt over a tomorrow touchdown.
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Stuttgart
Count Zeppelin
Bitterfeld
Ostheim
Nuremberg
Berlin
Nature Resources Policy Sparks National Debate At Denver
In Denver Aug 27 the conservation policy praised by Roosevelt is debated at the national congress. Leaders Pinchot Ballinger clash muted by rules. Pardee resignations and Wiley retirement rumors color sessions as anti Wiley forces push for control and Flanders gains support.
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Roosevelt
Taft
Spokane
J. B. White
Kansas City
Pardee
California
Pinchot
Bernard Baker
Baltimore
Joint Conservation Committee
Ballinger
Garfield
Denver
Colo
H. W. Wiley
anti-Wiley
Mystery Stir Sparks Harriman Health Rumors
Reports claim William Harriman may be gravely ill with stomach cancer amid a guarded retreat on Tower Hill. Dr. Lyle visits New York. specialists summoned as Arden and Orange County residents speculate on an impending operation.
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Arden
Arden Station
New York
Dr. Lyle
Harriman House
New Harriman
Orange County
Harriman
Lyle
Hariman
Tower Hill
Silver Fox Inn
Turners
Cleveland
Ohio
H. F. Biggar
John D. Rockefeller
Bakers Oppose Wheat Futures Move in National Plea
The National Association of Master Bakers adopted a resolution opposing manipulation and sale of wheat futures. They support Congressman Scott of Kansas and urged a congressional bill, with a petition to back its adoption.
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Minneapolis
Minn
National Association of Master Bakers
United States
Congress
Scott
Kansas
Wisconsin Man Target in Emery Fight Over Pure Food Expo
A Wisconsin man is center stage as a clash between manufacturers and expo exhibitors unfolds. The dispute focuses on Emery and the push for retirement of Wiley amid pros and cons of the Pure Food Expo.
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Remsen Board
Wiley
anti-Wiley
George L. Flanders
New York
J. Q. Emery
Wisconsin
Wilson
Flander
Heinz
Wileyites
Alice Lakey
Pure Food Comittee
National Consumers’ League
Friends
Denver
Subway plan in Chicago for $80 million project
A proposal to consider George W. Jackson as builder of a large Chicago subway system costing $80,000,000 will be presented to Mayor Busse and the city council this fall. The city will ask for power to appoint a committee to investigate the corporation’s ability to construct a complete subway network.
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Chicago
George W. Jackson
Busse
Rogers Sterling Silver Lookalikes Promise Long Wear
The advertisement claims these Rogers pieces resemble Sterling Silver, cost about one third as much, and come with a 20 year wear guarantee. It markets durability and value for shoppers seeking a silver-like look.
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Rogers
New York Hosts 30 Hours of Dare-Devil Speeding
At Brighton Beach starting noon today New York will stage thirty hours of racing culminating in a 24 hour climax. The meet opens with a one hour motorcycle race then a six hour small auto event. A triangular match race features Hitchkiss Cannonball Fiat Cyclone and Walter Christie steam locomobile. Ten top cars enter the 24 hour race with Fiat Renault and Lozier among favorites.
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New York
Brighton Beach
Walter Christie
Fiat
Renault
Lozier
Wolffe Gives Up Channel Swim After Nine Hours
English channel attempt ends as Jabez Wolffe quits after nine hours in the water covering thirteen miles. He returns to Dover aboard a relief boat that followed him.
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Dover
Eng
Jabez Wolffe
English Channel
Wolffe
Swimmer Howard Heaton Sets Out for the French Coast
Just as Wolff returned to Dover, Liverpool swimmer Howard Heaton, famed in the water, slipped into the sea and began a journey toward the French coast.
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Wolff
Dover
Howard Heaton
Liverpool
Sec Secretary Withdrew Land Franchise At Green River
Washington Aug 27 The interior department announced that Acting Secretary Pierce withdrew 11 660 acres along the Green river in Utah for temporary power sites at Secretary Ballingers request The move aims to preserve power sites for the government and prevent monopolies pending congress action
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Washington,d. C
Interior Department
Ballinger
Pierce
Green River
Utah
Congress
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Peart
Frank Kohn
Lacrosse Street
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Vigor
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Skeeter
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Tribune
N. &Th
W. T. Irvine
S.S.S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta,ga
Main Street
U. S
Heaton
Sec’y
Landranchise
PFUND
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