Railroad Walkout Ends As Trainmen Return To Duty
The Pennsylvanian Railroad and other lines reported most yard crews back at work in Chicago after a U S District Court injunction ended a wave of sick calls and walkouts. The NYC firemen at Mattoon had struck over misinterpreted rules, but were ordered back to work by the Firemen's union head.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
U. S. District Court
New York Central
Mattoon
Ill
Washington
Congress Appointed
Arbitration Board
U.S. Supreme Court
Nyc
International
Firemen’s Union
HE. Guilbert
New York
Train movements amid firemen strike at Mattoon
Supervisory personnel moved seven trains out of Mattoon as firemen struck. A lone union member crossed the line to assist, while other union members honored the picket line and about 60 to 75 workers stayed home until Gilbert's telegram arrived, causing no scheduling disruption.
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Mattoon
America’s History Through Key Dates 1792 to 1983
A capsule of moments from 1792 to 1983 highlights Captain Robert Gray naming the Columbia River, Minnesota’s statehood, Jefferson Davis’ capture near Irwinville, Rome liberation drives by US forces in 1944, and Kennedy Pearsons talks on defense cooperation including nuclear issues at Hyannis Port.
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Robert Gray
Oregon
Columbia
United States
Minnesota
Jefferson Davis
Irwinsville
Eighth
Fifth
Italy
Rome
Turing
Hyannis Port
Mass
Kennedy
Pearson
U.S
Birthdays and historic figures mixed with local incidents
A sprawling column lists figures born on anniversaries including Grant Marsh riverboat captain and poets and artists, then shifts to a fatal skydiving accident in Lancaster California. It notes university ceremonies and a Maryland commencement speaker Arnold Toynbee, followed by a Maryland truck crash death and finally a note on vampire bats in tropical America.
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Canada
Grant Prince Marsh
Chatauqua
N.Y
Rochester
Ohio River
Marsh
Mark Twain
College Park
Arnold J. Toynbee
University of Maryland
Heidelberg
Germany
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Spain
Carl Koch
Milwaukee
Phil Silvers
Brooklyn
Lancaster
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Jack Smith
Manhattan Beach
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Wilson H. Elkins
Juniversity
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Toynbee
Mattawoman
Donald Dixon
Rt 4
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Frederick
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Dixon
Tropical America
Middletown Lions Club
Middletown High School
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Terminixy
Chrysler
ALERS
Chrysler Motors Corporation
Roney Motor Company
N. Market St
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