Strike in hard coal field threatens 150000 workers
In Pennsylvania anthracite, 150000 miners faced a looming work suspension as a wage dispute raged. Operators push for at least a 17 percent cut while unions demand increases, amid fires and costly preparations for a possible shutdown. The balance of power includes state police reinforcement and potential headquarters setup by United Mine Workers leaders.
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New York
D. Warriner
Philadelphia
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
Sproul
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Murray
Sebor
Altoona
John Brophy
Central Coal Assolation
Central Coal Association
Author and Artist Duel With Fists in San Francisco
In San Francisco on March 31, author and playwright Harry Leon Wilsoy and artist Theodore Criley dueled using padded riding gloves under Old English rules. Criley won after several rounds of fighting. the feud stemmed from a pay quarrel following a New Year’s festivity.
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San Francisco
Harry Leon Wilsoy
Theodore Criley
San Francisco Examiner
Criley
Examiner
Wilson
Cannibal Diet Advice At Erie County Women's Clubs
Buffalo March 31 delegates of the Erie County Women's Clubs heard Dr Albert Sy of the University of Buffalo urge extreme meal practices to gain physical perfection. He claimed civilization has pampered people and that the cannibal diet includes raw meat, bones and even vegetables in raw form. He advised drinking two glasses of water with each meal.
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Buffalo
Erie County Women's Clubs
Albert Sy
University of Buffalo
Dr. Sy
Insurance as bonus plan discussed with President
Senator Smoot proposed paid up life insurance for World War veterans as a substitute for adjusted service certificates. The plan bases policy face value on length of service with a veteran eligible for 500 dollars in adjusted compensation receiving about 2100 dollars in policy value. Banks could lend on the policies but the government would not guarantee the loans. The senator said President Harding expressed no opinion and he would not support the pawnbrokers' certificate plan in the House bill.
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Smoot
Washington
Harding
Utah
Four Miners Sentenced After Mine Cavern In Snow Shoe Field
Bellefonte Pa March 31 Four miners who pleaded guilty to removing props at a Snow Shoe bituminous mine caused a cavern delaying operations for days. Each was sentenced to eighteen months in the penitentiary by Judge H C Quigley.
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Bellefonte
H.C. Quigley
Royal Exile Near Death From Extreme Unction
Former Emperor Charles of Austria in Funchal Madeira is gravely ill with double pneumonia and has reportedly received extreme unction. A Vienna monarchist relief drive has raised about 3,000,000 crowns. Separate brief items report a Seattle mother amputating her arm under alleged spirit command, the resulting injuries to daughter and self, and ice coating trees in Altoona with fears for early fruit. also wild horses in Idaho along the Snake River.
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Austria
London
London Times
Funchal
Madeira
Charles
de Lug
Vienna
Idaho
Snake River
Loved Babies Taken In Logansport Suspected Baby Sale
Mrs Nelen Libby a 44 year old Loganport Indiana wife of a traveling salesman is jailed while state welfare officers investigate how she obtained two babies under three months old and allegedly told her husband they were his children. The infants were traced to Chicago and returned there. Two other children described as hers were placed in an orphanage awaiting court disposition. Libby claimed she acted from love of babies and husband absence.
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Indiana
Logansport
Ind
Nelen Libby
Chicago
Jai
Libby
Peterson
Local Hollywood Scandal Reports Stir Suburban Suburb
Hollywood Illinois near Cacapy reports a small upheaval as residents reference scandals said to be connected to Hollywood California. Citizens protest and discuss the origins and names tied to the controversy in the community meeting.
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Hollywood
Illinois
Cacapy
Californi
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