Payne Brings Major Postal Shakeup In Free Delivery
Washington May 8 a sweeping Post Office action relieves A W Machen of duty as general superintendent of free delivery and grants him indefinite leave of absence. Fourth Assistant Bristow urged swift action to aid ongoing investigations and transfer of the division to the Fourth Assistant’s bureau. Fosnes named acting superintendent as Machen transfers duties and Bristow’s probe proceeds. Payne announced the decision after hours with Bristow pressing for broader control and faster conclusions.
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Tribune
Washington
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Bristow
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Payne
Mr. Bristow
General Bristow
M. C. Fosnes
Fosnes
Free Delivery
Wynne
Mr. Payne
Russians Reoccupy New-Chwang Amid Manchuria Tensions
May 8 dispatch reports Russian forces reoccupying New-Chwang with heavy guns and provisioning, with forts planned at Liao-Yung hills and garrisons at the Liao River mouth. Fourteen thousand troops mass between Liao River and Port Arthur as Moscow refines demands and China declines.
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Port Arthur
Mukden
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China
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Prince Ching
United States
Machen Fired After Washington Conference
Washington reports Mr. Machen relieved from duty after a talk with the Postmaster General today. Mr. Payne said he could rebut the seven weeks of charges aimed at the free delivery service. The investigation touched on box furnishing to rural routes and route selections, with prior friction between Machen and First Assistant Wynne. Ad reads about travel contrasts on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Bristow
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Wynne
New Pavement a Dump Blocked by Subway Dumping
Elm street between Prince and Great Jones streets shows new paving covered by tons of old cast iron water mains and debris from subway work. Elm and Marion streets house poor residents and busy business districts blocked by broken mains and timber, hampering travel and trucking. Borough President Cantor criticizes the Rapid Transit Commission for lax oversight and vows to press the Mayor to curb contractor dumping and restore usable streets.
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Song Rejected Brings Club's City Anniversary Plans Forth in Debate
The City History Club laments the Board of Superintendents rejection of Ida Primoff's Song of New York for the 250th anniversary exercises. They question the choice of Rooney's Right Is Might, while the board cites merit and timing. John Rooney, a broker, authored the accepted piece.
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Ida Primoff
New York
John Jerome Rooney
Robert Abbe
Frank B. Kelly
Mary J. Pierson
China
Board of Education
Mr. Rooney
Rooney
Rooney & Spence
Beaverst
Edmund Clarence Stedman
VOTE TO STAY OUT SIX MONTHS AND ARTISAN STRIKE
Deadlock over arbitration stalls labor peace as subway excavators refuse settlement and threaten to quit. Police escort coal carts as two men are shot in the ensuing tensions.
Subway Strike as Italians Hold Out for Higher Wages
The Rockmen and Excavators Union in Harlem voted to prolong the subway strike for six months if wage demands are not met. Four thousand Italian workers may be replaced by other laborers, with possible South and Negro labor arriving to fill jobs. Central Federated Union arbitration is awaited. contractors warn delays threaten public works.
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Harlem
Central Federated Union
John B. McDonald
Tribune
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McDonald
Free Society
East One
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First-ave
Herman Robinson
Thomas E. Crimmins
Crimmins
Theos
Italy
New York
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Bricklayers’ Unions
Lumber Dealers’ Association
Building Material Dealers’ Association
No. 18
Broadway
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State of New York
United States
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A. J. Robinson Company
Belmont Hotel
Park Ave
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
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Fourth-ave
Thompson-Starrett Company
Kuhn-Loeb
Brooklyn
United Board of Building Trades
Amalgamated Carpenters
Seventy-fourth-st
Columbus Ave
Central Park West
Bishop Potter
Roosevelt Visits Los Angeles on Campaign Swing
President Roosevelt toured Riverside and Los Angeles on a West Coast journey, greeting crowds at the Glen Hotel in Riverside and Pomona College students in Claremont. He spoke on irrigation, physical training, and American scholarship, then rode through Pasadena to Wilson High School and back to the train, ending with a view of the San Gabriel Valley.
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Claremont
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Gates
Beca
Grand Army
Harvard
San Gabriel Valley
Pasadena
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Vedder
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Americas Club
Elks
Pbuilding
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Elks’ Lodge
Congressman McLachlan
Wilson High School
Orange Grove Avenue
Garfield
Joint action planned over Manchuria crisis
The United States Britain and Japan may unite to press Russia to evacuate Manchuria and preserve the open door after New Chwang reoccupation. Secretary Hay in California awaits Roosevelt's decision while Russia insists the open door proviso was violated by Japan. Warning from China agents signals risk to a treaty opening American ports. SUMPTUOUS TRAINS WESTWARD. Ad.
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Great Britain
Japan
Hay Ifs
California
Russia
New Chwang
Peking
China
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Goodnow
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Moukden
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