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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1922
Page
9
United States railroad labor board orders July 1 pay reductions for about 400000 maintenance of way staff. Majority ruling trims most workers five cents an hour amid cost of living declines. A three member majority signed the decision with a labor group dissent saying the scale fails to meet basic living standards.
Washington reports from bituminous coal fields show a notable rise in production despite the general strike. Over four days railroad cars loaded exceeded 14 000, totaling 15 026 on Tuesday, with weekly output forecast above five million tons versus about 4.5 million the prior week. Higher prices and demand push marginal mines to operate, while anthracite remains nearly halted.
Six United States destroyers worth nine million dollars were erased from the active navy list in a ceremony in San Diego California on May 29. Rear Admiral Guy Burrage led the salute as the division’s ensigns were lowered and the Stars and Stripes taken down. Crew will be reassigned to other vessels.
Delegates arrive in Lausanne to open the fourteenth international conference of Supreme Masonic Lodges with the United States among the fifteen nations represented. The American delegation includes former vice president Thomas R. Marshall and other prominent figures.
Two 11 and 12 year old girls were arrested in a department store elevator after a pocketbook went missing from a rider. Detectives say Florence Sylvester and Nettie Sword confessed they had spent a year learning to pick pockets from a gang of boys.
Major W T Blake was forced to land near Borely Park outside Marseilles while attempting a global circumnavigation from Lyons to Turin. The aircraft damaged its running gear and propeller, towed to Miramis field for repairs, with no injuries to Blake or companions Broome and Mac Millan. An note on ancient Chinese anesthesia follows.
A six year old boy previously deaf and mute spoke for the first time during a flight with airman A Livingston Allen over Atlantic City. The Brooklyn boy William Rosembers age six, in the care of his family chauffeur, exclaimed Oh plane sir and then spoke more as Allen circled above the resort before landing at the station to report the remarkable moment to his anxious parents.
Belfast reports unofficial truce on the Slough Armagh border with Newry and Dundalk. Ulster constables used carrier pigeons to summon aid during South Armagh fighting. Casualties few but civilians believed dead nearby. McCabe wounded in head, his horse killed. He allegedly earlier faced death sentence for spying. Dundalk crowded with border residents. boats at Carlingford. Mammoth Cave lands may be sold under will terms after trust ends.
William Blizzard was found not guilty by a jury in Charles Town West Virginia on a treason charge related to miners’ armed march in Logan county last fall. The trial featured closing defense and prosecution arguments with several attorneys addressing remains of proceedings.
Mrs. Aliee Pawling of Nogales Ariz drove over 2000 miles across the continent to reach Sunbury Pa and speak with her dying mother Catherine Guyer before she died. Guyer widow of George Guyer longtime Captral Hotel owner and prominent Central Pennsylvania real estate holder, aged 84.
Martinsburg Pa May 29 The Juniata Classis of the Reformed church covering Blair Huntingdon and Bedford counties fixed 1400 and parson age as the minimum salary for a pastor as soon as industrial conditions warrant The classis also voted to insure all eligible ministers in the sustenance fund enabling retirement at 70 on 500 a year The note asks whether a tariff bill will pass Congress this summer or the soldiers' bonus will be enacted
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