Rail Employes Move Toward Acceptance of Rules
B M Jewell signals that 450000 shop crafts may accept new working rules and notify carriers of wage deflation. Executive committee to vote on acceptance or rejection amid cuts totaling about 750 million dollars a year in labor costs. He warns earnings across railroad employes could fall far beyond prior cuts while freight rates stay high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
B. M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Labor Board
Kendall Urges Governors Action on Farm Produce Prices
The speaker argues producers face debt and low mood as produce must move at fair profits. He cites Iowa's 100 million bushels of old corn and suggests drastic cuts in transportation charges to prevent a further drop in prices and help liquidation of debts. He warns prosperity hinges on moving food commodities at reasonable figures.
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United States
Chicago
Ill
Corn Belt Advisory Committee
War Finance Corporation
Middle Western
W. T. McCray
Indiana
McCray
McKelvie
Nebraska
Kendall
Iowa
Robertson
Oklahoma
John A. Whitehurst
State “Board of Agriculture
Peter
Paul
Slow progress marks third day of gas rate hearing
Cross examination of L A King in the Muscatine gas rate case drags into a potential Saturday finish. The city contests a 1.94 per thousand cubic feet rate, while court proceedings may pause for other trials and travel to Des Moines. The hearing attracts few spectators as figures and corporate ownership facts dominate the testimony. The Tri City Railway and Light group holdings complicate precise accounting for charges.
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John A. Gusher
Muscatine Lighting Company
L. A. King
Gusder
Des Moines
U. S
M. J. Wade
Degler
D. W. Jackson
City Hall
King
E. R. Tipton
United Light & Railway Company
Tri-City Light & Railway Company
Tri-City
Iowa Corporation
Illinois Corporation
People’s Light Co
Davenport
People’s Power Company of
Moline
Clinton, Davenport & Muscatine Railway Company
Iowa
Butcher Strike Ordered Across Midwest and Kansas
Packinghouse workers in Nebraska Kansas Missouri Iowa and Oklahoma prepare for a general strike next Monday as unions push for wage gains. Omaha firms Cudahy Swift Armour Morris plus Wilson and Co among those to be affected with 4500 to 5000 Omaha workers potentially idle.
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Omaha
American Federation of Labor
Fort Worth
Tex
St. Joseph
Oklahoma City
South St. Paul
Nebraska
Wilson and Company
Nebraska City
Jacob H. Davis
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen
North America
Cudahy, Swift, Armour and Morris
Cold Packing Company
Davis
Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Richard J Hopkins
Kansas Court of Industrial Relations
Towans
Cedar Rapids
Sinclair Packing Company
Chicago
Kansas City
Packing House
Armour, Morris, Swift, Wilson and Cudahy
Waterloo
Iowa
Rath Packing Company
Mason City
Dail Receives New British Terms Amid Sinn Fein Talks
The written terms were revised after long cabinet discussions and Sinn Fein input. Ulster will be informed only after Sinn Fein accepts. if rejected, full correspondence will be published. In Belfast two policemen were killed during an attack on Londonderry jail aimed at freeing prisoners.
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Griffith
Sinn Fein
Dail
Belfast
Associated Press
Londonderry
Londonderry prison raid ends with guards seizing attackers
Rebels forced entry to ten cells until surprised by guards who opened fire. The militants fired back with revolvers but the guards gained the upper hand without freeing any prisoners and captured three young Londonderry men attempting to aid the escape. Three cars fleeing the scene were seized along with their running engines.
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Republican Rescue Party
Londonderry
Lone Mail Sack Thief Escapes in Galesburg
A lone thief seized a locked mail sack from a Santa Fe depot platform in Galesburg Illinois at 2 am. The unguarded pouch was ready for transfer from train No 5 to train No 10 and the thief fled into the dark.
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Galesburg
Santa Fe
Lloyd George to sail for United States for armament talks
London December 2 Prime Minister Lloyd George plans to leave England for the United States December 5 to attend the Washington armament conference. The move was confirmed this afternoon by Associated Press reports.
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London
Associated Press
Lloyd George
England
United States
Washington
Falling Tree Kills Iowa Man at Chopping Bee
Brandon December 2 William Evans age 50 died from injuries after a tree felled by companions at an I O O F chopping bee struck him. The tree deflected off another causing a sudden change of direction that prevented his escape.
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Brandon
William Evans
Evans
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Jewell
Labor Federation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Elmer M. Ziegler
Iowa Avenue
Christ
D & M Sporting Goods
Thompson's Hardware Store
Butcher
East Second Street
Hickey-Freeman
Stratford
L System
Vogue
West & Fuller
Tri-Cities
Southwest Limited
Milwaukee
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Ask
Elmo Ferguson
Muscatine
A. Mallum
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