Postoffice probe to widen across major offices nationwide
Washington reports a broad extension of the inquiry into the postoffice department. Postmaster General Payne says the $5,000 rise in his office contingent expenses funds the probe into large post offices with annual receipts over a half million dollars. He notes abuses may exist in methods since reform years and hints at seeking better practices. He also updates on responses from ex officials and the Tyner paper theft case, now considered closed with no grand jury action likely.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
Payne
Dayne
Wanatunker
Charles Emory Suit
Treasury
Tracewell
Merritt
Bristow
Cushire Tultoch
Washington Post Office
Police Office
Jaxx N. ‘Tyner
United States
District of Columbia
Grand Jury
Cassini Denies Reports On Diplomatic Row
Russian ambassador Count Cassini denies a circulating report that he was angered by the German ambassador listing Miss Violet Langham as a member of the German embassy. He calls the claim absolutely malicious and untrue and says no such discussion occurred with the secretary of state.
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Violet Langham
Washington
New York
Germany
Count Cassini
Miss Langham
Germ
Eiher
Tham
Unlucky Thirteen Cutting A Figure
Evansville Ind May 7 No 13 figures in a distillery career now in receivership. The government gave it the number 13 and it began operations Feb 18. Inspectors found the still capacity 1 bushel. A later timber measurement showed 18. A telephone order and a cat bite disrupted operations. Bad luck led to losses for stockholders and the plant closed.
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Evansville
Ind
Goodson
Storkholders
Revolution Persists in Nicaragua Amid River Fort Unrest
New Orleans reports via reliable inside sources that Nicaragua’s revolution endures. Government forces cannot cross Lake Nicaragua to strike fortified revolutionary positions. Fort San Curios and Fort Castille along the San Juan river are under rebel control, along with a Zelnya gunboat.
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New Orleans
Lake Nicarasta
Fort San Curios
San Juan River
The
Republic
Fort Castille
Deal Reported Closed on St Louis & Francisco Railway Control
Wall Street reports the Rock Island renewal for control of the St Louis and Francisco railway is virtually closed. Separate items note weather service consolidation at Grand Rapids and Grand Haven Lansing stations, naturalization treaty negotiations with Roumania, and a Canton plague famine crisis with famine and a missionary report of cannibalism.
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Rock Island
St. Louis
San Francisco Road
New York
Wall Street
St. Louis & Francisco
Part of French Fleet Ordered to Salonica
A fragment notes a portion of the French fleet being ordered to Salonica. The snippet implies strategic movement but provides few specifics on date or unit details.
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Salonica
Bedford Stone Workers Strike for Equalization
Indianapolis reports Bedford stone workers strike for wage equality across quarries. Five cosmno union men are on strike in Rowan, causing the stone industry to halt operations. The conflict centers on standardizing wages and labor conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford Stone
Indianapolis
Rowan
Bedford
Coal Combine in Indiana Denies Unlawful Price Agreement
Ten coal companies and ten individuals answer the government in a Chicago court filing, admitting a time under an agreement but denying any unlawful price fix. They contend the pact was abandoned before suit, sales occurred below market, and their output was small relative to national production.
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Tadana
Ilinois
Ohio
West Virginia
Maryland
Kentucky
Pittsburg
Chicago
United Stated
Indiana
Finos
Wabash Valley Coal Company
Max Eichberg
Parke
Vermilion
Vigo
Ind
Hinois
Terre Haute
Crescent Coal and Mining Company
Delare
Indina
Fifteen Die As Gloucester Schooner Wrecks Off Whale Cove
In thick fog the fishing schooner Gloriana, Captain George Stoddard of Gloucester Mass, ran ashore at Whale Cove near White Point Ledges. Fifteen crewmen perished including the captain, among them Armaworth Thomas EU Melanson Ansel Goodwin Reuben Surrette Harry French Fred Loucette Thomas Frazier George V Muisee Martin Goodwin Alex Benson Charles Pierce John Moulsong Arthur Bonaghan and an unknown sailor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cansy
N.S
Carnegie Is Honored in Manufacturing Reward Vision
An early 20th century reflection on rewarding workers shares profits, praising sympathetic leadership and fair distribution. The piece notes the power of appreciation over money alone and highlights a Chicago scenario where a morning collision injured several, including a woman believed fatally hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bette
Fortun
Chicago
Chicago Street Cars In Serious Collision
The fragmentary text reports a headline about a serious collision involving Chicago street cars. It also contains a scrambled discussion of Andrew Carnegie being inaugurated as president of a steel institute and commentary on profit sharing and young partners in a company, with notes on inheritance of shares and the perils of overexertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Andrew Carnegie
Fron and Steel Institute
Carnegie
Abram K Hewitt
New York
Phos
Wits
President in California Gives First State Speech
President Robpevsk arrived in California last night and delivered his first speech in Barstow this morning. The stop marked the initial appearance in the state during his current campaign tour.
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California
Barstow
Robpevsk
Denver editor Edward M Wilson dies after illness
Well known Denver and Chicago newspaper writer Edward M Wilson dies at his Denver home from consumption. A Bloomington Bloomington Pantograph alumnus, he worked at The Record and The Record-Werald in Chicago and wrote poetry. remains to be shipped to Bloomington for burial.
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Denver
Edward M. Wilson
Chicago
Wilken
Blomington
Wilson
Bloomington
Bloody fight in Philippines routs Moros near Mindanao
Manila May 7 Captain Marshing has defeated Sultan Aimparu gano's force in Turaea country east of Lake Lanse Mindanao. Americans captured one fort and thirty five Moroy killed wounded and sixty prisoners including the nulab. Two Americans killed and seven wounded.
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Manila
Mey
Marshing’ An
Sultan Aimparu
Gano
Morop
Turaea
Lake Lanse
Mindanao
Maroy
Ex Mayor Howard Bunkoed at Aurora
May 7 Aurora reports former Mayor Pheodore Howard of Aurorat was bunkoed by a stranger. The con man solicited an endorsement for two drafts totaling 930 dollars claiming lodge affiliations. Howard indorsed the drafts. a warning appeared in the official lodge organ. A detective agency offered a reward of 100 dollars for the suspect’s arrest.
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Aurora, Lis
Pheodore Howard
Aurorat
A. C
Vallejo
Howard
Tw Avelier
Shield
Order
Msi
Fetter
Bry
Detective Agency
Naval Paymaster Under Arrest For Account Irregularities
Philip W. Pela fies assistant paymaster of the United States navy has been placed under technical arrest while authority investigates irregularities in his accounts. The arrest follows allegations of false statements and discrepancies in financial records. Washington officials say the move is to facilitate a full inquiry into the books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip W. Pelafies
Stites Navy
Wachington
Arged With Stealing: Is Deserted by Father
Chicago dispatch reports detectives pursued a case in which a 15 year old boy Samuel Horwity, accompanied by two youths Joseph Wallice and Max Langereau, faces pilfering charges from an organization. The father withdrew support and urged harsh punishment, while Shekton Lagourne, a co operator, was also arrested.
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Chicago
Tukn
Prisoer
Marrivon Street
Samuel Horwity
M. Clas Bos
Joseph Wallice
Max Langereau
Debate on Irish Land Bill Resumed in Commons
In London on May 7 the House of Commons resumed debate on the Irish Land Bill. A stream of routine speakers preceded nationalist Timoth y M. Mealy who argued the bill would weaken peace hopes and inflame tensions in Ireland and England.
Dahoman Appointed Attorney for Porto Rico
Willis Sweet of Coeur d Alene Mabe has been appointed attorney general of Porto Rico succeeding James S Marlen who recently resigned. Sweet was not Justice of the peace and later represented the state in su renges.
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Porto Rico
Washington
Willis Sweet
Coeur d'Alene
Mabe
Porte Riew
James S. Marlen
Sweet
Justicn
Htaha
Sungrens
Fearful rail wreck near Port Arthur Ontario details
A Winnipeg clerk reports twelve men burned to death and eight people slightly injured in a train wreck about 50 miles near Port Arthur, Ontario, with the incident dated May 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Canada
St. Paul
Minn
Winnipeg
Port Arthur
Orr
Terms of Vast Loan Settled on England Tamudin
May 7 Transeaul reports a vast loan terms agreement in England with Remuresh and officials, offering a 3 percent redeemable option in 1953 and details of the settlement.
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England
Tamudin
Transeaul
Remuresh
Judge Grants Temporary Injunction Against Team Drivers Union
In Omaha on May 7 Judge Munger granted a temporary restraining order against officers of the Team Drivers International Union Local 71 1 K Crews Wilcox and Edward Sumner and all members of the union, barring actions that interfere with interstate commerce. They must appear May 20 to show cause why the injunction should not continue. The petition cites threats and interference with deliveries from Omaha to Connell Math and other routes, with several delivery and coal companies as complainants.
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Omaha
Prlncipal
Wrike
Munger
Fateral
International Union
Crews
Yeeaidents RR
Wilcox
Tronsneer
Edward Sumner
Kecretary
Waion
Cerfila Nets
Team
Injunction Bars Interference by International Teamsters Union
A sweeping injunction issued by Judge Munger targets more than 300 Teamsters Union members and bars actions that disrupt interstate commerce. It prohibits picketing, intimidation, or threats against workers, forbids congregating near teams or wagons, and blocks efforts to force employees from continuing work. The order also restrains officers and members of International Union Local No. 71 from continuing organization or any action that restrains interstate commerce.
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Vortidden
Judee Munger
Teamsters’ Union
Firat
Ubelk
Serge
Ayl
Mariner
Hank
Focal No
Tte
Wtdh
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Cassini
Associated Press
Til Pate
Nicaragua
Chief Moore
Weather Bureau
Grand Haven
Lansing
Mich
Grand Rapids
Charles F. Snyder
Roumania
State Department
McWade
Canton
Honin
Shuntak
Yeon Kung
Yuengshan
Kwangsi
Coal Blot Mining Company
the Coal Combine
Uncle Sam
Iron and Steel Institute
London
Fez Melilla
Morocco
Fez
Charlotte
Charlotte, Mich
Phineas Ballard
Wiest National Bank
Henry
Suleiie
Sven Pulecess
Carnegie Steel Company
Amin
Pital
Howard M. Wilson
Philippines
Parshing
Moros
Aurora
Stranger
I. W. Delano
New Hampshire
Walter Jardine
Cominion
Pea
Connell Maths
Jurge Munger
Teasers
Reniier
Oder
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