Striking Rail Labor See Legal Moves and Tense Week
Warrants for the Topeka local Santa Fe shop crafts president and secretary were issued under the Kansas industrial court act amid strike disturbances. B M Jewell's conciliatory stance ends week marked by outbreaks as federal injunctions and troop mobilizations unfold across Illinois Alabama Kansas Missouri.
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Topeka
Kans
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Kansas Industrial Court Act
Parish Board Approves Funds for New Schoolrooms and Teachers
Ouachita parish school board voted a 6000 appropriation to build extra rooms amid overcrowding. Six new teachers were elected to handle rising enrollment. The board reported a year budget of 163315.19 with 23244.24 general fund and 3303.28 bond fund, and named West Monroe State Bank fiscal agent at 5.53 percent. Robert Breard urged American Legion Americanization recognition.
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The
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Military mobilizes in Missouri Illinois to quell rioters
National Guard and state troops were ordered to armories in Warrensburg Boonville and Urbana Decatur and Champaign ready to march to Decatur Ill and action at Wabash shops following violent clashes with strikers amid warnings of possible attacks on railroad facilities and mail disruption.
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Decatur
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Jefferson City
Warrensburg
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Hyde
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Urbana
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130Th Infantry
Champaign
Delevan
Albert L. Culbertson
Black
Gas Field Line Declares First Dividend Today
The Arkansas and Louisiana Missouri Railway Company declares a three percent dividend payable to stockholders of record June 30. The Ouachita gas field line from Monroe to Crossett has paid its first dividend since the line’s rebuilding and reorganization by Frost-Johnson lumber interests of Shreveport two years ago. The railroad, once threatened with junking, posted its highest May business and nearly record June activity in the gas field line.
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Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri Railway Company
Millions to be spent on good roads for nation
The U S government will fund about 100 million dollars for federal aid to roads in the coming fiscal year. States must match funds, with the Post Office bill adding 65 million for 1923 and 75 million for 1924. total programs total around 380 million.
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Washington
Post Office
Harding
Secretary of Agriculture
Bureau of Good Roads
Legislature Nears End as 169 Bills Pass
Baton Rouge July 7. Of 573 bills introduced this session which adjourned at an early hour today only 169 finally passed. With few exceptions the laws enacted were minor or local and all race track measures were defeated.
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Baton Rouge
New Peace Plan Emerges in Rail Strike Settlement
Reports from sources close to the United States Railway Labor Board and B M Jewell indicate executives may adopt a conciliatory stance, risking the strike's end. Signalmen head C L Helt will not call a walkout until the executive committee meets the labor board. Railroads continue recruiting to cover urgent repairs while clashes remain limited.
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United States Railway Labor Board
B M. Jewell
Central Savings Bank Declares Semi Annual Dividend
At a directors meeting the Central Savings Bank and Trust Company declared a four percent semi annual dividend. The board said the bank's business is strong and that a pivotal year is ahead. Construction on the $250,000 Central Savings Bank and Trust Company building on DeSiard and Jackson streets would be rushed to be ready for occupancy by year’s start if possible.
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Central Savings Bank & Trust Company
Central Savings Bank, and Trust Company
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Peace Prospect Heartens Chief of Shop Crafts of Lines
Chicago July 7 A strong willingness to grasp the olive branch of peace until the strike of railroad shop crafts is settled was expressed by B M Jewell president of the railway employee department of the AFL In a statement he cites a letter from Ben W Hooper head of the United States railroad labor board The board has been protecting the interests of the striking shopmen Officials report most men remain out on strike after July 10 those who return lose seniority rights with many reclassified as new hires Major railroads show varying levels of strikers with Chicago & Northwestern 7000 8000 out Illinois Central 60 percent Santa Fe 4200 out of 15000 Burlington 1400 out of 15000 Rock Island 8000 Southern Pacific 50 percent Union Pacific 50 percent.
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B. M. Jewell
Hattiesburg, Miss
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Hattiesburg
New Orleans
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American Federation of Labor
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Chicago & Northwestern
Illinois Central
Klansmen Present Fifty Dollar Purse to West Monroe Pastor
In Monroe Louisiana on July 6 1922 Ku Klux Klan members in white robes delivered a fiery cross salute and presented Rev J L Evans pastor of the West Monroe Methodist Church with a purse of fifty dollars and a letter praising his work to spread what they call the pure doctrines of Christianity during a revival at the West Monroe church led by Rev Dan Kelly of Hattiesburg.
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Monroe
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Realm of
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J. L. Evans
West Monroe
West Side Church
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Hattiesburg
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Pay Bills By Tenth to Save Ten Percent
Pay your bills by the tenth of the month to secure a ten percent discount. Bills not paid by the twentieth will face service discontinuation without further notice.
Kentucky Booze Seized by Federal Men Near Lawrenceburg
Federal agents seized the Paxton Brothers distillery near Lawrenceburg Kentucky and 400 barrels of whiskey. The seizure followed a prohibition commissioner report that a large quantity had been stolen from a warehouse in the previous two weeks.
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Louisville, Ky
Paxton Brothers
Lawrenceburg
Federal
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