Sacco Vanzetti verdict condemned in public debate
Boston August 24. The Sacco and Vanzetti verdict prompts widespread nausea and debate as jurors face scrutiny and critics claim the trial evidence did not justify conviction. Reactions from prosecutors, police, and supporters highlight perceived bias and calls for appeals review.
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Boston
Mass
Sacco
Vanzetti
Braintree
Nicola Sacco
Cage
Walter H. Ripley
Alexander Berardelli
Frederick Katzmann
Charles van Amburgh
Commonwealth
Plymouth
Dedham
Brockton Daily Enterprise
Enterprise
Harold Williams
Williams
Katzman
Michael Connolly
Brockton
Slater and Morrill
Mary Eve Splaine
Frances Devlin
Mike Splaine
Food thefts rise in Chicago amid unemployment woes
Chicago on August 13 reports growing thefts of food from doorsteps and small shops in poorer districts. Police Chief Pitemorris warns of a possible worst crime wave if the Midwest unemployment is not improved this fall. Arrests for dining without payment increase as families skip cooked meals to save fuel. Chief estimates city unemployment around 100,000.
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Chicago
Pitemorris
Middle West
Police Rescue Scabs After Cleveland Strike Riot
A August 17 clash in Cleveland saw eighty scabs loaded from the B F Keith theatre project site on Euclid Ave and East 17th St mobbed by about fifty strike pickets and sympathizers. An officer drew a revolver but retreated, club in hand, and five flying patrolmen quelled the riot. Wounded and dazed workers bore bruises and blackened eyes as the disturbance ended with authorities restoring order.
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Cleveland
B. F. Keith
Euclid Ave
East 17Th Street
Erie
Unemployment Figures Reported for United States in 1921
Washington reports 5 735 000 unemployed nationwide in 1921 with 1 160 000煤 miners and 700 000 railroad workers idle. The data, described as rough by Secretary James J. Davis, detail shortages across mining, manufacturing, and service sectors and include state breakdowns for Illinois Ohio Pennsylvania Michigan Wisconsin Indiana Minnesota Iowa and more.
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Washington
United States
Department For Labor
Ohio
Secretary of Labor
James J. Davis
Senate
Labor Department
Hthelbert Stewart
Department
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Wisconsin
Indiana
Minnesota
Towa
Irish Americans Organize Branch in Cleveland
The Irish workers of Cleveland formed a branch of the Irish American Labor League last week. The new group aims to hold large mass meetings and social events and to pursue a campaign to recruit members. The league advocates abolishing capitalism and forming a workers' republic as expressed by James Connolly. Officers elected include Edward O’Neill president, Martin Bone vice president, Patrick Doyles treasurer, John M. Gallagher secretary, and M. H. Rogers organizer. Initiation 50 cents, monthly dues 50 cents. Meetings at B W A Hall 226 Champlain Ave each Tuesday.
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Cleveland
League
James Connelly
Boole the
Gallanteee
Larkland League
Edward O'Nill
Martin Bone
Patrick Doyles
John M. Gallagher
M. H. Rogers
B. W. A. Hall
Champlain Ave
City Relief Bureau Sees Funds Run Short in Winter Needs
The City Outdoor Relief Bureau of Cleveland reports depleted funds for needy families despite a recent 45,000 addition to a 2,000 baseline. Superintendent W. A. Kenney says the bureau now serves about 8,000 families, up from 800 a year earlier, with 6,000 applications arriving daily. Current appropriations will exhaust soon, likely forcing aid cuts as winter approaches.
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Clevelitha Familion
W. A. Kenney
City Outdoor Relief Bureau
Aaid Kenney
Kenney
Defense of Political Prisoners Fund Donors Listed
The Toiler lists donors for the defense fund supporting political prisoners Lewis Bruske and George Davis. Named contributors include P. Deveikis A. Staponavice Joe Kailis Tony Davia GS L. Bob Re Felice G. Rents Glovan Polite Albert Fronini Angello Vorgel Tifigi Angeli B. Pofinon Tom Yankes Geo Plunker A. Bagsea G. M. Ancetin T. Leuigel.
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Ple
Lewis Bruske
George Davis
Deveikis
A. Staponavice
Joe Kailis
Tony Davia
GS. L. Bob
Felice G. Rents
Glovan Polite
Albert Fronini
Angello Vorgel
Tifigi Angeli B. Pofinon
Tom Yankes
Geo. Plunker
A. Bagsea
G. M. Ancetin
T. Leuigel
National Figures On Personal Crisis Reports
New York reports Tuesday as the chief day for self destruction. An analyst cites wartime unemployment and life troubles as the rise in personal crisis reports across the nation. The data show a notable 7 percent linkage to World War II outcomes and job scarcity.
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Federated Press
New York
United States
New York City
Open Air Personal Crisis Reports in Chicago
Rostan Quillan notes a rise in unemployment driven by one time workers leaving 15 West Madison abodes for open air and water. They perch on statues and park spaces, viewing public playgrounds as backdrops while the unemployed army grows.
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Chicago
America
Madison Street
Surplus Medicine Bill Aims Aid for Russia Relief
In Washington on August 19 a Senate bill from Senator King Utah proposes handing over five million pounds of War Department surplus medical supplies to Russia relief efforts. The measure seeks to empower the president to direct disposal for humanitarian use amid wartime shortages.
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Washington
War Department
Senate
King
Utah
Kimi
Thomsandy
Rucalan
Enthusiastic Demonstration for Soviet Russia at Lex Theatre
A crowd of about 3,000 attended an American Labor Alliance rally at the Lexington Theatre in New York to aid Soviet Russia workers. Donations topped $4,000 in cash and pledges plus about $1,000 in jewelry, handed to Friends of Soviet Russia. The event backed a nationwide campaign to support famine relief and praised Soviet policy, with speakers criticizing Hoover and urging continued Soviet-led aid and solidarity.
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Russia
THE
Friends OF Soviet Russia
13Th Street
New York City
Help Care
New York
Lexington Theatre
American Labor Alliance
Caleb Harrison
Hoover
J. W. Hartmann
Soviet Russia
Ludwig Lore
Volkszeitung
Soviet
Rose Pastor Stokes
America
Ington Opera House
Workers Must Aid Russia Speech by H. W. Garner
A labor union issued piece argues for aiding Soviet Russia, urging solidarity with workers and denouncing capitalist interference. It calls unions to pass resolutions supporting relief to Russia while resisting relief committees dictating Soviet policy. The piece stresses international workers’ struggle and the need to consider Russia’s sacrifices.
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Russia
H. W. Garner
Jean
American Relief Committee
America
U. S. Steel Cuts Pay for Third Time
New York August 10 United States Steel reduces day labor pay from 417 to 80 cents per hour. The wage cut marks a third reduction by the United States Corporation affecting workers and operations in multiple plants.
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U. S
New York
United States Corporation
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France
New England
Charles F. Dole
Boston Herald
Alexander Howat
Kansas
Defense Committee
Vanettti
Sons of Italy
Massachusetts
New Republic
Sacco- Vanzetti
Appeals Court
Sacco and Vanzetti
Court of Public Opinion
Remi Relief Committee
Seach
West Va
Mingo County
T Creek
Charleston
Sy M. BH
Rogers
Irish-American Labor League
Ational
Rostan Quillan
Mrs. Stokes
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