Senate To Probe Railroad Strike and Newport Military Ball
The report merges a Senate probe into a railroad strike with coverage of a brilliant Newport military ball noted as a high point of local society. It details the event’s music by Burroughs orchestra, the diverse program, and the audience enjoyments, while also touching on St Johnsbury Academy commencement honors and a peace resolution debate in the House of Representatives.
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Newport
Burroughs’ Ee Orchestra
Lenny
Davis
St. Johnsbury Academy
Chapel
Harriet Vernon
Newell Perrin
J.newton
Trig Underwood
Vernon
Underwood
St. Johnsbury
Washington
House
Senate
Sile
Medical inspection in the schools gains momentum in Vermont
Vermont towns increasingly vote for medical inspection in schools with 128 towns, 62 percent, embracing the plan via district health officers. March disease reports show low contagious illness, influenza dipping from February levels. State lab tests include diphtheria and typhoid fever among others as prices and prices inflation in shoes prompt a congressional probe.
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State Board of Health
Burlingto
Vermont
Heiely
State Board of Meath
State Laboratory
Exani Nations
Diptheri
Picketing at British Embassy Halted After Hearing
Two Irish women Mary Galvin and Myra Quinn were jailed after a preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner Richar son on charges of picketing the British Embassy. Bonds of 1000 dollars each were posted and the trio would be held until Monday for other cases. Picketing did not resume and leaders planned moving protests to the treasury department. Governor Coolidge signed a daylight saving bill set to take effect April 25. Boston residents were told outdoor sports may be played next Sunday afternoon under city approval of the state sportshow.
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Nashington
Mary Galvin
Philadelphia
Mya Quinn
Jamaica Plaza
Mas
United States
Richarson
Bitrel
Trio Steel
T Weasury Department
Boston
Peters Toda
Suffrage Question Dead in Delaware Special Session
Legislative leaders announced the suffrage issue is dead for the current special session in Dover Delaware. An unrelated teletype from April 9 claims magazine writer John Reed was executed in Finland for supporting Bolshevik causes.
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Delaware
Dover
Del
Chilago
John Reed
Finland
Don Overalls Protests Clothes Prices Rally in Birmingham
Birmingham residents join a protest against high clothing costs wearing overalls in a spirited campaign. The club’s headquarters buzzed as members signed rosters, with Rotarian guests joining lunch in Gadsden. U S Senator Underwood attended the luncheon.
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DON Overall
Birmingham
Ala
Wis
Gadsven
U.S
Underwood
Wages of 980000 Employes Must Be Increased At Once Says Union Head
United rail workers representing 980000 employees plan 15 day ultimatums demanding 20 cent hourly raises and restoration of prewar differential wages. T. A. Worrell, Chicago Northwestern official, said the move follows widespread unauthorized strikes among switchmen and engine men. Food shortages loom in New York as railway and marine workers strike, halting yard operations and delaying shipments on Erie, West Shore, Pennsylvania, Jersey Shore and Lehigh Valley lines.
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Chicago
T. A. Worrell
Chicago and Northwestern System
Telege Mipher
United States
Worrell
Wilson
New York
York
New York City
J. J. Mantell
Railway Managers Organization
Erie
West Shore
Pennsylvania
Jersey Shore
Evie
Lehigh Valley
Mr. Mantel
Switchman Shot at Chicago Meeting in Railroad Strike
One switchman was shot during a meeting of striking railroad workers in Chicago on April 9. A fellow striker who urged the men to return to work was also shot, and a bystander was described as taken away in a waiting automobile by friends.
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Pluto
Inibany
Chicago
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