Coal Strike Settlements and Rail Labor Turmoil Across Nations
The Cleveland agreement in the bituminous coal industry aims to avert a major disruption through wage realities and arbitration machinery, while rail unions challenge the plan amid violence. President Harding seeks enforceable laws to curb profiteering, stabilize transport, and study fair wages. Internationally, Germany defaults on war debts, France weighs sanctions, and Ireland faces renewed rebellion setbacks as Shanghai talks begin.
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Cleveland
Ilinois
Indiana
Borah
Idaho
Federal Fuel Committee
Spencer
Hoover
Washington
Harding
Congress
Railway Labor Board
Senate Passes Tariff Bill With Trade Zone Amendment
The senate approved the finance committee tariff bill by a fair majority and sent it to conference. Amendments include authorizing foreign trade zones in ports for duty free storage and export, with logs and scientific instruments moved. Debates failed to cut aluminum rates, and Senator Harreld lost his bid on crude petroleum duties.
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Senate
Committee On Finance
Harreld
Okla
Mississippi Democrats in Senate Primary Contest
Mississippi Democrats held a senatorial primary with James K. Vardaman and Hubert D. Stephens leading a three way race. Belle Kearney polled about 17 000 votes to deny a majority, prompting a September 5 runoff between the top two. Former President Wilson had urged against sending Vardaman to Washington.
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Ississippi Democrats
James K. Vardaman
Hubert D. Stephens
Belle Kearney
Vardaman
Stephens
Wilson
Washington
France’s Poincare Returns as London Conference Ends In Failure
The text notes Premier Poincare’s return to Paris after pressuring Germany over payments and reports the London Allied conference dissolving without a concrete result, signaling stalled efforts without a clear accord.
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T Frasis
Germany
Poincare
Paris
London
Contradictions surround ex Prince Oleg Radimir story
The note details ex Prince Oleg Radimir, descendent of Montenegro's King Nikolas, now a U S citizen and businessman, denying a Mrs Hammerstein engagement. It recounts his early runs from a military school, service as a private in Siberia, a freighter stowaway, hardware clerk in Clarksburg Virginia, and a later tenors concert tour in New York lasting fifteen weeks.
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Oleg Radimir
Nikolas of
Montenegro
Qi! Company
Constantinople
New York
Rodith
Oscar Hammerstein
Oleg
Owas
Siberia
Clarksburg
Janet Moffett Named Flying Fan of Navy Line
Janet Moffett daughter of Admiral Moffett chief of the naval aviation division is described as a flying fan.
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Janet
Janet Moffett
Admiral Moffett
Aeronautical Division
The
Navy
Women employed under Mary Anderson aims of labor bureau
More than eight million employed women are the charges of Miss Mary Anderson, director of the women's bureau, Department of Labor. It is her function to develop standards and policies for their employment. During the past two years this bureau has investigated conditions affecting 83,000 employed women in 11 states.
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Marynderson
Women’s Bureau
Department of Labor
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Wu Pei-Fu
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