RAL MANAGER SAYS UNION PRESSURE HIT BRIDGEPORT WORKERS
Labor leaders claim union affiliation led to discipline and dismissals among Bridgeport and Hartford operating forces. Nine employees faced actions. one Hartford union leader resigned, another Bridgeport official quit during talks, and several workers were discharged for union ties or conduct. Company denies targeting unions and cites disruptive outside origins.
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Hartford
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Germanys bouvain and sieges in central Europe history
A Geographic Society bulletin narrates medieval sieges and rulers in Germany and nearby regions. It recounts Madgeburg’s suffering under Tilly and Wallenstein, the 30,000 civilian casualties, the burning of the city, and the fate of the cathedral. It recalls Maurice of Saxony’s siege tactics and the politics surrounding Innsbruck. It ends with a note on von Guericke, Magdeburg’s native inventor of air experiments.
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Lieges
Louvaine
The
Geographic Society
Burg
Berlin
Madgeburg
Johan Tilly
Ferdinand II
Tilly
Dante
Troy
Jerusalem
Maurice of
Saxony
Charles V
Onry II
France
Inssbruck
Charles 'VI
Alps
Wallenstein
Ferdinand
Impresto
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Edward T French Dies After Sensational Honeymoon
Edward Tuck French of Newport died in Chicago after a reportedly dramatic marriage in Boston where his bride twice left him. A Tank Corps veteran, he had moved to work with the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad, with his father said to be an investor. His wife, former Miss Lillian Harrington of Manchester NH, accompanied him. a Newport sister had previously stirred local headlines by marrying a chauffeur, and another sister remarried a young officer.
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Edward T. French
Newport
Edward Tuck French
Rone
Amos Tuck French
Amos Tuch French
French
Lillian Harrington
Manchester
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Electrical Workers Vote To Strike In Detroit
Detroit April 17 Business Agent W P Frost of the Electrical Workers Union No 171 announced all branches had voted for a strike in a country wide referendum. He said no wage demands would be made now but the move protests Postmaster General Burleson s refusal to hear grievances of telephone employees. More than 5000 workers involved. Hartford April 18 House Votes Down Cat Bill. The house rejected licensing cats bill amid ridicule and joke amendments after senate passed it. Boston April 11 Transport Patricia Docks. The transport Patricia homeward with 99 officers and 2355 men of the Yankee division arrives amid cheers and whistles in Boston Harbor.
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Electrical Workers
Detroit
Mich
W. P. Frost
The
Electrical Workers’ Union No. 171
Burleson
House
Hartford
Senate
Dr. Higgins
Coventry
Board of Health
Patricia
Boston
Villa In Paris
Santee California reports Private Roman Marquez de Leon of the 144th machine gun battalion says Pancho Villa is alive and a French army officer, whom he knew and spoke with in Spanish, according to the Sierra voyage arrival account. Charlotte is first to subscribe its fifth Victory loan quota of $75,000 in 15 minutes, with plans to triple the target. An American observer heard a French Colonial regiment member speaking French, and mocked him with a racial taunt.
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Charlotte
Mich
Monument to Woolworth Immense Tower of Commerce by Gilbert
The New York Times reflects on Frank W Woolworth creator of the 10 cent store empire. It lauds his warehouselike monument in Manhattan as a colossal leap in architecture while noting his rise from modest pay to vast wealth and the public embrace of the idea despite limited personal use.
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Frank W. Woolworth
Cass Gilbert
New York
Co Life
Manhattan
Woolworth
One of Nature's Noblemen for Shenandoah Mayor
A card promoting Fred N. Hackett for mayor features a Shenandoah, Indiana candidate with a biography noting his early life on a farm and his later work as a traveling salesman of 25 years. The text mentions wages of $4.00 a month during childhood.
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Shenandoah
Fred N. Hackett
Werteen
United States
Canada
Bayer Aspirin Packaging Urges Buyers to Demand Genuine Bayer
A pamphlet urges consumers to insist on the Bayer package with the Bayer Cross on both box and tablets to ensure genuine aspirin. It warns against counterfeits and cites a Brooklyn case of tainted tablets as an example of danger. Bayer is described as American made and owned, with products sold in boxes of 12 or bottles of 24.
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Bayer
Brooklyn
Téleum
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