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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1922
Page
1
Widespread disruption and fuel scarcity cripple rail traffic as more than 400 trains are annulled nationwide. Officials warn of possible plant closures while union and management push for peace moves and individual settlements to resume operations.
The diamond and ruby crown of the Shape burg, former rulers of Austria Hungary, was stolen from the Spanish consulate in Vienna after the revolution began. Count de Korwin Sokotowski, an African aviator who moved the diadem from a convent to the consulate, has been summoned to Paris to join the hunt across Vienna, Barcelona, Paris and possibly Moscow.
A coroner's inquest will determine how Leonard Kennedy, a railroad guard, died guarding a bridge on the Missouri Kansas & Texas line near Burlington. Kennedy's body was found beneath the structure with his shotgun nearby, one shell fired. He was assisting US marshals on strike duty near Burlington.
Governor Albert O Brown calls out New Hampshire National Guard from Manchester on July 21 to duty at Concord amid a railroad strike, aiming to secure operations and maintain order.
Postmaster General Work announced that any menace to mall delivery from the railway shopmen strike has passed. Officials reported trains were added elsewhere and mall moved by attached cars or motor trucks. Seattle railway mall chief Vandervort noted ten trains annulled in Washington and Montana. North Carolina routes Belhaven Mackeys and Columbia Mackeys reduced, with motor truck service likely.
Washington July 21 Secretary Hoover said government will issue coal distribution regulations in a few days. Priorities will be set to ship coal first to industries and regions in greatest need and to keep industry moving with minimal disruption. He noted consumer rationing is not planned.
The article notes expected relief from plentiful Nova Scotia imports amid a New England coal shortage. Secretary Hoover cites railroads holding over a week's supply per the Survey of Jistocks. It also reports union warnings about using strikebreakers and inexperienced miners and references White House appeals for state cooperation on preproduction, with mixed governor responses.
Dublin reports ongoing battles at Limerick and Waterford as Free State troops press a siege and claim King John Castle. Belfast notes three Free State lorries blown by mines near the Ulster frontier and conscription of males over fourteen in Tullamore and Birr.
Washington reports the twin coal and rail strikes have cost about 555 million dollars in wages and production. About 1.2 to 1.5 million workers are on strike, including 600,000 miners and 550,000 rail workers.
Reports from County Cork say rebels sought peace talks. The Free State army HQ rejects peace built on compromise with irregulars as too costly for Ireland, signaling ongoing aggressive action against them.
Industrial paralysis threatens as 10 000 maintenance of way workers and 42 000 outlaw strikers, unauthorised by chiefs, escalate the rail dispute. The strike enters its third week since July 1, with 400 000 track workers poised to walk out and the Railway Labor Board struggles to quell disruptions. President Harding faces potential drastic action as rail operation gridlock worsens.
Harrisonsburg Pa July 21 Cavalry and machine gun troops of the Pennsylvania National Guard are ordered to the western coal fields for active service to resume mining. Gov Sproul issues a proclamation promising protection for workers amid a 15 week coal strike threatening fuel and welfare.
Senator Underwood said Americans' war claims totaled about 1 billion dollars and would be adjusted with the State Department. He predicted the final figure would be at least four hundred million dollars and that the process would be pursued in the postwar period.
American secret service men arrive in France to aid detectives from Britain France Italy and Switzerland in pursuing a notorious gang of forgers and counterfeiters. The gang operates across currencies and bonds creating near perfect replicas, alarming banks and governments.
Military units are reported moving into western Pennsylvania amid plans for transportation maintenance and labor actions. The scene involves nearby railroad workers and local authorities coordinating security and traffic management during the operation.
The Interstate Commerce Commission shows plans to ration coal to railroads. Troops moved into western Pennsylvania to reopen coal mines as part of the effort. In Detroit the Maintenance of Way Brotherhood meets to decide its stance on the strike.
The Interstate Commerce Commission started drafting plans to ration coal to the railroads on July 21 in Washington D C The move outlines a federal effort to allocate coal shipments among carriers amid supply constraints.
Special to The Eventing reports Purian forces in Tee State seized Ford and Limerick during July operations. Local troops engaged with opposing units, securing the towns and advancing strategic goals as part of ongoing campaigns.
In Chicago on July 21, seven defendants including one Worthan were sentenced to one to five years in the penitentiary and a 204 fine each in labor terrorism cases. Two others received ninety days in jail, and two more were found guilty of perjury and fined.
London July 21 Doctor Fridtjof Nansen told the League of Nations council that twenty four millions of Russians are starving. He said peasants are too weak to till fields or harvest crops and urged the creation of an international commission to direct Russian relief work.
Mrs. Lyd Adame Williams, a Republican candidate for U S senator from Nevada, travels with circus companies to address sizable audiences, using the uneven campaign trail to gain exposure and voters.
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