Sabotage Ring Exposed in Gary Express Wreck Case
Confessions from four striking shopmen reveal participation in wrecking a Michigan Central express near Gary. Authorities disclose a nation wide sabotage plot to disrupt railway communications with secret material locations and arterial centers. Four named suspects identified with addresses and roles as car repairers and shopmen.
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Chicago
Michigan Centrale
Gary
Charles Usells
South Rockwell Street
New York Central
Joe Pepauriteh
West Forty-third Street
John Petrowski
South Halsted Street
Adina Alessio
Washington Boulevard
Usetis
Michigan Central
Prenk
Terature Seftea
Secret Communist News Trove Guarded From Reds
Justice Department official J. J. Thooney says large amounts of Communist literature and propaganda detailing attack plans have been uncovered. Investigators report small unapproved meetings in various localities where the terrorism schemes were developed and disseminated.
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Crete
J. J. Thooney
States Department of Justice
Unien
Latimore Brothers Shot and Killed in Georgia Rail Yards
Dan and Baxley Latimore, brothers, were shot and killed in the Georgia railroad yards at Camak. W. H. Hall, a guard, fired the shots and later surrendered to authorities at Warrenton.
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Dan and
Baxley Latimore
Georgia
Camak
Dan
W. HL. Hall
Hall
Warrenton
Plan for coal price controls sparks big fight in Congress
Administration advocates price control measures as Hoover warns of a prolonged coal emergency. Senate opposition doubts passage while Hoover presses for temporary actions and possible coal zones to aid distribution. Officials predict continued demand for bituminous coal and delayed movement to the upper lakes.
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Senate
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
House
Committee of Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Winewumgehe Cominen
Congress
Hoover
Administration
Secretary of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Comisssion
House Committee
Tchitcherin Seeks Passport To Travel To United States
Riga report says George Tchitcherin Peoples commissar for foreign affairs of the Russian Soviet government seeks a passport to visit the United States to secure a loan for Russia. He is believed to be in Germany after a recent return from Belgium where a passport visa issue blocked his London trip.
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Russia
Germany
Riga
George Tchitcherin
People’s Commissa
United States
Russa
Tehiteherin
Henee
London
Washington Mines to Open After UMWA Agreement
Operators representing 13 Washington coal mines signed an agreement with United Mine Workers of America officials to resume operations immediately after the nationwide strike. The pact ends a period of halted production and restores work at the mines in Seattle and surrounding areas.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Textile mills restore wages after city strike
Lawrence Mase Aug 29 reports Monomac Kaiama and Acadia mills reopened with schedules restoring wages to levels before the 20 percent cut that sparked the textile strike in the city last March.
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Lawrence
Mase
Monomac
Kaiama
Acadia
Indus City
Irish Rebels Suffer Heavy Losses at Kenmar
Twenty irregular soldiers were killed in a Kenmar clash as irregulars were driven from Waterville and three were slain near Dublin. In the West and South west fighting continued with several captured and shot, including victims near Ballybough Bridge and Bully Griffin. Intermittent clashes have persisted along the line since Friday.
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Dublin
Kenmar
Waterville
Bhick and Tan
Ballybough Bridge
Bully Griffin
Blarney
Settlement prospects in anthracite strike talks
Reports say a formal settlement timeline for the anthracite strike is near after talks between Philadelphia mine operators, John J. Lewis, and union leaders. Key issues include arbitration versus extended prestrike wage scales and the length of the wage agreement, with pressure to resolve before April 1, 1924.
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Anthraette Preddon
Philadelphia
John J. Lewis
Cowl Winers
Itute
Worriner
Poliches Committee
Loew's
Belleveth
Ford to Fight Coal Profiteering and Close Plants
Henry Ford moves to block profiteering in coal by closing plants amid claims of ample coal supply and no shortage. Ford says investigations show brokers hold large stocks and plans to act in Michigan and across the nation to help workers and manufacturers. Washington sources say by mid September coal at a price Ford will pay should be available.
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Detroit
Mich
EA Ienry
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Washington
Michigan
Henry Ford
Spencer
California Argonaut mine disaster claims 52 lives
Governor Stephens learns 52 miners are dead at the Argonaut gold mine in Amador County after a fire trapped workers on the 4,500 to 5,000 foot levels. W. D. Rider reports 32 Americans among the victims and aid is being coordinated by state forestry and district authorities. Clarence Bradshaw and two others escaped.
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Sacramento
Cal
State Department of Forestry
Jackson
Stephens
W. D. Rider
State Forestry Department
Rider
Amador County
Clarence Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Bradsjiw
Flames Rip Through Keonedy Mine Trapping Diners
Rescue efforts capsize as flames sweep the Keonedy mine near the Incline shaft of the Argonaut. Miners fear the trapped diners may already be dead, though fresh air reaching lower levels offers a slim sign of hope. Gas and smoke pour from the mine opening, indicating fumes rising rather than spreading underground.
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Java
Argonaut
Big Beer Expose Promises Details on Chicago Bribe Scheme
Chicago reports an impending expose alleging breweries paid over $1,000,000 to local politicians and lawyers to secure protection for 5 per cent beer and potent liquors. The charges claim protection rates rose to 15 per barrel, with inflated costs and alleged cheating in the industry as part of a broader report.
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Chicago
Polit
Boonkeeper imMst
Chowtugh
Mayfield Leads After Texas Runoff for U S Senate
Former Governor Ferguson conceded the runoff result and backed opponent Earle B Mayfield while vowing to continue against the Ku Klux Klan. In Abilene the renomination of Congressman Blanton is virtually assured with a 11,158 majority over Oscar Callaway.
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Temple
Tex
Ferguson
Earle B. Mayfield
United States Senate
Ku Klux Klan
Abilene
Blanton
Congress
Oscar Callaway
War Time Wages Asked By Rail Men
Chicago August 20 the United States Railroad Labor board opened hearings on a demand by 400 000 maintenance of way workers for wartime wage parity The union chief statistician W J Lauck testified to present the basis for the claim noting that adult workers in lower grades unskilled railroad jobs should earn a yearly income to maintain a healthy decent standard of living and advocating higher differentials for skill responsibility training and hazard
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
W. Jett Lauck
KK. FB
Mea Lanuek
AsgetVell
Maintenance workers face hearing on wage scale rise
Maintenance staff attend a hearing today to appeal for a large increase in the wage scale. The meeting addresses cost of living pressures and demands higher pay.
Railway Board Rules Wage Claims Must Reflect Finances
The United States Railway Labor Board ruled that wage demands from 400,000 maintenance of way workers must be grounded in railroad financial conditions, not cost of living. The decision directs unions to stick to the transportation act standard of a just and reasonable wage.
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Chicago
United States Railway Labor Board
Drys win Sweden plebiscite amid riotous crowds
Stockholm led the nationwide vote with 772 747 in favor and 46456 against in Sweden’s prohibition plebiscite. Gothenburg reported 19 608 for and 1487 against. Helsingfors 3684 for 12025 against. Malmo 6767 for 2836 against. Sunday brought intense crowds in cities as streetcars paused due to congestion.
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Stockholm
Gothenburg
Welsingfors
Mate
Sweden
Bic
Bank clerk drowns in Mississippi near Alton
William Most twenty five assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Woodriver Illinois drowned while bathing in the Mississippi about two miles north of Alton despite a rescue attempt by Miss Margaret Hell of Alton.
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Alton
William Most
First National Bank of
Woodriver
Ill
Mississippi
Margaret Hell
Farmer Dies Aged 126 in Clarksburg West Virginia
John I Drysdale a farmer aged 126 according to family records died in Clarksburg West Virginia as noted in local notices. The fragment cites an obituary style notice from August 29 and hints at pay ad wording.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
John I Drysdale
Aero
Hart Named Quartermaster General Of U S Army
Col William H. Hart has assumed his post as quartermaster general of the United States army. He previously led the intermediate depot of supplies in New York City.
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Wiliam H. Hart
United States Army
Mart
New York City
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