Mail Clerks Hear Bills At San Antonio Meeting
Postal officials and civic leaders gathered at a Mexican restaurant in San Antonio to discuss bills increasing postal clerk retirement pay to 100 dollars, paid holidays, a 44 hour week, and the Kelly postal measure. Speakers included I W Strickland and John J Starle, with about fifty attendees present.
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Bailey Mall Association
Congress
I W. Strickland
Aciation
John J. Starle
Eleventh District
San Antoniy Organization
San Antonio
Refition
Convicted man re-arrested amid postal soap scheme
In Columbus Ohio May a man named Wesley McCafferty was jailed for petty crime and later re-arrested after using a soap promotional ruse to lure customers. He collected signatures for a Vebana improvement petition, arranged samples, and mailed them to post offices, then sold the soap. authorities charged him with fraud and paving violation as the scheme collapsed.
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Columius
Ohio
Wesley McCafferty
Gail McCaffer
Oho Penitentiney
Hin
McCaherty
Two British Papers Endorse Navy Parley Plan
London editors back a proposed Anglo American salary conference and a representative UK plan for a naval parley. The Nov 2 dispatch notes strong press support in Britain for coordinated talks on naval pay and related issues.
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Navy Pariey
London
Tao
Great Britain
Ecewl
Illinois Farmers Air Grievances
Illinois farmers aired grievances about rising costs and low dairy profits in Northern Illinois. Farmers complained about fertilizer and feed prices, and urged action to support dairy production and farm income amid economic pressures.
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Illinois Farmers Air
Chicago War on Gambling Spreads to South Side Raid
Police Commissioner William Russell warned his cabinet to clear up Chicago or resign. A raid led by Captain O Connor targeted the Gianaini Cafe on the South Side, a key gambling spot, resulting in the arrest of four men as officers searched upstairs rooms amid Thanksgiving eve commotion.
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William Russell
Chicago
O'Connor
Commissioners’ Office
Gianaini
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