Railroads favor regional talks to settle labor disputes
Chicago meeting adopts a plan to settle train service conflicts via regional conferences. The move, from Brotherhood leaders, envisions three territories and aims to compose wage and work rules issues without restricting discussion. A separate board decision ends penal overtime for clerical rail workers and allows flexible shifts to save up to 25 million annually.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Association of
Washington
Hoover
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Railroad Administration
Brotherhood of
Senate approves treasury money bill with $120 million
The senate passed the treasury appropriation bill the first annual measure carrying 120,272,000, higher than the house's 118,806,000. It includes 9,250,000 for prohibition enforcement and a provision to concentrate bonded liquor in a few warehouses to save guarding costs. The measure heads to conference.
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Washington
Treasury
Senate
House
Genoa Conference Delegation Reorganization Report
Soviet foreign minister Tchitcherin informs Italian Premier that the Russian central executive committee was called in extraordinary session to decide the personnel of the Russian delegation for the Genoa conference, signaling Russia’s concurrence in the plan.
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Moscow
Tchitcherin
Genoa
Mession
Prince of Wales Welcomed by Vast Crowds in Mysore
The Prince of Wales arrived in Mysore India on January 24 to a tremendous welcome from local inhabitants and thousands more arriving from surrounding areas.
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Wales
Mysore
India
Prince A Wales
Storm Claims Fifty Deaths in Lisbon This Week
A fierce storm in Lisbon on January 24 caused more than fifty deaths and extensive property damage. Reports indicate widespread destruction including unroofed buildings and severe structural damage across the city.
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Lisbon
Bnieding
Trade review shows cautious improvement but no revival
New York reports mixed signals with some textile gains yet overall activity remains limited. Buyers stay cautious, contracts deferred, prices uncertain, while easier money and rising spring construction offer cautious optimism for gradual, uneven improvement.
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New York
Agreement on Bonus Debt Bills In Senate Room
Washington January 20. A secret conference of most Republican senators decided to pass the foreign debt funding bill and a soldiers bonus bill. The group favored a sales tax to fund the bonus until a return on the proposed 4 billion dollar British debt bond is assured.
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Washington
Senate
Lynching Narrowly Averted at Streator Factory Gate
In Streator Illinois January 20 police halted a mob of about 300 strikers who had placed a rope around F C Mason superintendent of the Metal Stamping Corporation plant. Mason was rescued as riot police intervened to stop the attack.
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Streator
Ill
F. C. Mason
Metal Stamping Corporation
Mason
John Kendrick Bangs Dies in Atlantic City Hospital
Author John Kendrick Bangs dies at the city hospital in Atlantic City after a second operation for an intestinal disorder. Mrs Bangs and the author’s three sons were at his side.
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John Kendrick Bangs
Atlantic City
N. J
City Hospital
Stillman Not in Europe Divorce Suit Moves on
Norfolk Jan 24 James A Stillman suing for divorce gave up a duck hunting trip in Currituck North Carolina to prove he is serious. The report notes Stillman remained in Norfolk while pursuing the case.
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Stillman
Europe
Norfolk
James A. Stillman
Currittuck
Sound
Carolina
Rerk
France Vows to Enforce Versailles as Poincare Wins Confidence
Premier Poincare secures a 472 to 107 confidence vote in the chamber as France pledges to make Germany pay for war damages. He signals possible unilateral action if Britain and allies do not back Paris, and calls for strict enforcement of reparations, war crime punishment, and allied control if needed.
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Paris
Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
France
Great Britain
Europe
Berlin
Rhineland
Genoa
Cannes
England
United States
Washington
McCormick
Hoover Sees Coal Strike Likely by End of March
Secretary Hoover said the bituminous coal strike may erupt when current wage contracts expire at end of March. He noted negotiations by government officials with both sides had yet to yield concrete results and no further talks are expected.
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Washington
Hoover
Kansas City Bandits Kill In Hotel Card Game Hold Up
Three bandits entered a hotel room where men played cards in Kansas City Missouri. Christ Stathes age thirty eight resisted the robbery and was shot dead. The robbers escaped with five hundred dollars.
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Kansas City
Christ Stathes
Senate Passes Treasury Appropriation Bill in Senate
The treasury appropriation bill, the first annual appropriation measure, was passed by the Senate. It carries $120,000 in funding as compared with previous totals.
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Senate
Washington
Treasury
U. S. Market Report Weekly Grain and Livestock Trends
The weekly U S market report shows a firmer tone with higher prices in grains as demand improves for wheat and corn for Russian relief. Chicago May wheat gained 2 5 percent while corn rose 4 cents. Livestock prices were mostly steady to weaker, with hogs down slightly and cattle and veal values mixed.
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Chicago
Iowa
North Dakota
Kansas
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Winnipeg
Massachusetts
St. Louis
New York
Baldwins
Northwestern
Timothy
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Memphis
Philadelpha
Boston
Wisconsin
Harding Opens Big Parley at National Agricultural Conference
Washington January 24 President Harding opened a major agricultural conference described as the most representative of its kind in the United States. The President looked for results that would be far-reaching in remedying the present ills of American agriculture.
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Washington
Harding
Viscount Bryce Dies in Sidmouth
Viscount Bryce dies suddenly at Sidmouth. Born May 10, 1838, he served as Ambassador to Washington from 1907 to 1913. Police arrest fifty in Calcutta during three prohibited meetings as part of a new civil disobedience tactic.
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Washington
London
Calcutta
Plucking Board Proposed for Army Generals
Washington Jan 23 The army considers a plucking board of generals to weed out the least efficient officers among the higher ranks. The move aims to raise overall effectiveness and streamline leadership.
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Army
Washington
Oficers
The Sin of Selfishness in Naboth's Vineyard
Ahab covets Naboth's vineyard in Jezreel and with Jezebel's treachery takes it by deceit. Elijah proclaims doom on Ahab and Jezebel and warns that sin will find its watcher, ending with Ahab's partial repentance and promised delay of judgment.
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Ahab
Naboth
Jezreel
Jezebel
Elijah
Death of Abraham Ends Long Life of Patriarch
The Bible notes Abraham lived 175 years and died in a good old age. He expired and was gathered to his people, marking the end of a storied life in Genesis.
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Abraham
The Murmuring Congregation and the Lord’s Question
A fragment cites the phrase The Lord spoke unto Moses asking How long shall the murmuring continue. It reflects a biblical dialogue theme without complete context or location.
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Moses
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Brotherhood
J. G. Luhrsen
American Train Dispatchers’ Association
United States Transportation System
Luhrsen
Labor Department
Davis
Dun’s Trade Review
Bush
Poincare Ministry
America
Robert Haab
Zurich
U. S
Bureau of Markets and Crops
Viscount Bryce
P. B. Fitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Naboth’s Vineyard
Lio
Baby Eye
The
Lloyd Manufacturing Company
Heywood-Wakefield Co
Menominee, Michigan
Chadren
Adrian, Mich
Paul Atkies
W. EF. Young, Inc
Temple St
Springfield
Mass
King Pin Plug Tobacco
Edmonds
Darien
Conn
Custom Mfg. Co
Ashland, O
Elmer’s Confectionery
Watertown
N.Y
Steel Safety Pin Company
Yonkers
Margery A. Ricker
Dept. 3
Lynbrook
Long Island, N. Y
Broadway
Fort Wayne
Bellans
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