Bail aid appeal to governor in Monroe during early August
Contempt hearing over arrest of railroad guard L Trige and sheriff T A Grant with a $100 fine for concealed weapons. Attorneys for Missouri Pacific contest Grant's deputies refusal amid strike tensions and alleged attempts to involve the governor for protection of shop workers.
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Monroe
Missouri Pacific Railroad
T. A. Grant
Ouachita Parish
L. Trige
Grant
Missouri Pacific
Jack
Federal
Carl McHenry
Sheriff Grant
Reilroad
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Murry Hudson
Odom
District Court
Hudson
McHenry
Gotes
Allan Scholars
Sholars
F. Hudson, Jr
Baton Rouge
Parker
Havin
Reiff Grant
L. Faust
L. Trigg
Thood Xmoval
Sher
Sanity League Forms to Modify Prohibition Law
A Louisiana department of the Sanity League of America launches an effort to amend the Volstead Act. Headquarters in New Orleans, with national leaders in San Francisco, aim to gather signatures for a petition to Congress permitting sale of light wines and beer while not seeking reinstatement of saloons. Advisory board includes former New Orleans Mayor Martin Behrman and Crawford H. Ellis of United Fruit.
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Assocated Press
New Orleans
Louisiana
Sanity League of America
San Francisco
Congress
Martin Behrman
Crawford H. Ellis
United Fruit Company
No Sign of Break in Deadlock Among Coal Strike Chiefs
Peace in the soft coal industry spread to Illinois and Iowa as Indiana operators and miners neared a settlement. The Cleveland plan, agreed by IUWU and operators from seven states, underpins Illinois and Iowa deals. Federal price control legislation to be drafted soon. Senate panel backs Borah bill to probe the coal industry. Central Illinois Coal Operators' Association resistance delays Illinois accord, but optimism persists for a settlement before night.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Cleveland
International Union of United Mine Workers
Hoover
Washington
House Interstate Commerce Commission
Central Distribution Committee
Senate Labor Committee
Federal Commission
Rail chiefs converge on New York for seniority clash
Western rail presidents begin arriving for tomorrow’s conference of the Association of Railway Executives to vote on seniority measures amid the nationwide shop crafts strike. Big four brotherhoods join talks as mediators face a new stance on workers’ seniority. Greensboro and Chicago dispatches note regional ripple effects and blame for the Gary wreck is challenged by AFL officials.
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Associated Press
New York
Association of Railway Executives
Big Four Brotherhoods
Harding
T. Dewitt Cuyler
Association of Executives
Bland seeks broad coal fact finding representation
Representative Bland of Indiana, a Republican on the House labor committee, said he will oppose the Winslow coal commission bill's public representation limit and push for miners and operators to be represented. Hoover said federal control of coal prices will be drafted within days with DOJ preparing a bill for the Harding administration’s review.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coal Commission
Bland
Indiana
House Labor Committee
Harding
Winslow Coal Commission
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Department of Justice
Congress
385 Chinese on Bermud a ship bound for Jamaica
The steamship Bermuda passed through the Panama Canal carrying 385 Chinese laborers under contract to work on farms in Jamaica. British Vice Consul Humber says Jamaica has no labor shortage and the Chinese may not be allowed to land.
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Associated Press
Panama
Bermuda
Panama Canal
Jamaica
Humber
Movement for Peace Hangings Suspend Rail Strike
Rail executives in New York meet to settle shopmen strike mediation proposals as Southern railway workers refuse to move on lines from Spencer to Louisville. Violence, train stoppages, and kidnap attempts surge nationwide, with injunctions issued in Mississippi and increased guard actions at facilities and jails.
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Associated Press
New York
Southern Railway
Spencer
N. C
Washington-Atlanta
Princeton
Ind
Louisville
St. Louis
Chicago
North Carolina
Transportation Brotherhoods
Labor predicts coal production rebound as conciliation progresses
Washington reports from labor conciliators foresee 9,000,000 tons weekly from bituminous mines within a week, restoring near normal output after a five month strike. Iowa operators with 8,000,000 ton capacity signed wage accords, Michigan miners’ basic wage agreed, Indiana and Illinois near deals, and tentative talks with anthracite operators ongoing in Philadelphia.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Labor
Department
Lowa
Michigan
Indiana Deep
Ilinois
Borah Bill Favored as Step Toward Coal Probe
Washington reports the Senate Labor Committee favored the Borah bill to create a federal commission for a thorough coal industry inquiry and recommendations to Congress. The House Interstate Commerce Committee also favored its version, keeping a nine member panel and barring coal industry ties from commission membership.
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Washington
Harding
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
Senate Committee
House Interstate Commercce Committee
House Committee
Winslow
Illinois Strike Near Settlement Reached By Groups
Chicago August 22 A settlement plan for the Illinois coal strike was reached by a sub committee of Illinois operators and miners The plan renews the 1922 wage contract and follows the Cleveland agreement guiding the national coal strike that began April 1.
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Chicago
Illinois
Seale
Associated Preas
Cleveland
Guards Leave Salisbury as Rail Strike Persists
Eight North Carolina National Guardsmen were withdrawn from Spencer after railway shop strike disorders grew. Train service between Louisville and St. Lewis remains suspended as unions refuse to work while troops stay. Deputy US marshals rumored en route from Gulfport to Hattiesburg to oversee the Southern Railway shopmen strike.
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Princeton
Ind
Southern Railroad
Louisville
And
J. Lewis
Hattiesburg, Miss
United States
Gulfport
Hattiesburg
Southern Railway
Gulf and Ship Island
Sky ships buzzing over cotton areas probe boll weevil battle
Government airplanes used at Delta Experimental Station in Madison parish to dust cotton and test spraying methods against boll weevil and cotton worm. Two Air Force machines, flown by expert aviators, dust fields from eight to ten feet high, promising faster coverage and potential field-wide use across the South.
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Federal Department of Agriculture
Delta Experimental Station
Madison Parish
Delta Station
Department of War
Department of Agriculture
Louisiana
Department of W
Delta
South
J. O. Taylor
Monroe
Memphis
Mr. Taylor
Taylor
Great Cotton Growers
Memphis Rotary Club
Ferguson Tense as Address Draws Near Riot in Texas
Democratic Senate hopeful Earl B. Mayfield spoke in Beaumont defending labor unions while ex governor James Ferguson faced a near riot in Houston. Ferguson condemned the Ku Klux Klan and warned a heckler, prompting a tense confrontation. Mayfield rebutted Ferguson’s anti labor charge and affirmed opposition to moves that would destroy unions. Ferguson planned to speak in San Antonio and Mayfield in Houston tonight.
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Associ
Dallas
Tshine
Earl B. Mayfield
United States Senate
Beaumont
James BE. Ferguson
Houston
Fereuse
Ku Klux Klan
Mr. Ferguson
Texas
Ferguson
Mayfield
M& Ferguson
San Antonio
Riots at Woolwine Speech Prompt Police Rush
In Sacramento Aug 22 a riot call sent detectives to quell a disturbance at a meeting where Thomas Lee Woolwine district attorney of Los Angeles and governor candidate spoke on Ku Klux Klan involvement. Hecklers booed as Woolwine began describing Klan ties and a fight nearly broke out before police intervened.
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Associated Press
Sacramento
Calif
Thomas Lee Wool- Wine
Los Angeles
Woolwine
Three Die In Train Crash Near Rockwood Crossing
Detroit reports three people burned to death when the Northbound Toledo Detroit Flyer struck a motor track carrying turpentine and gasoline at the Dixie Highway Crossing near Rockwood, 26 miles south. New York notes James Bagby, ex Cleveland Americans pitcher, diagnosed with appendicitis and operated on. manager Speaker says no more pitching this season.
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Detroit
Toledo
Detroit Flyer
Michigan Central Railroad
Dixie Highway
Rockwood
Here
New York
James Bagby
Cleveland Americans
Speaker
Bagby
Du Pont Likely to Be Nominated for Senate
Dover August 22 There are strong indications that Senator T Coleman Du Pont will be nominated to fill both the long and short terms in the United States Senate at the Republican convention opening here today. Dr Gales R Layton is expected to be nominated for congress for the third time.
Idaho Republican State Convention Opens in Walla Walla
The Idaho Republican state convention in Walla Walla on August 22 drew 150 leading party members to nominate candidates for state and congressional posts. Congressmen Burton L. French and Addison T. Smith are in Washington but no opposition to them is expected, with C. Moore seen as the sole governor contender.
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Idaho
Associated Press
Wallaee
Idaho Republican
Burton L. French
Addison T. Smith
Washington
C. Moore
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American Federation of Labor Today
Movement For Peace
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