Borah Links Coal Crisis to Plan to Crush Unions
Senator William Borah, chair of the Senate labor committee, argues that capital used the end of World War I to target union labor. He cites attempts to back Gen Leonard Wood in 1920 to place troops at the doors of unions and urges government control of the coal industry to relieve hardships and reduce living costs.
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Borah
Labor Committee
Washington
William K. Borah
Senate Labor Committee
Boral
Leonard Wood
White House
Senate
Congress
Edith Rockefeller McCormick to Erect 16 Foot Wall Around Home
The Chicago mansion owner orders a 16 foot high brick wall to enclose her Lake Forest estate. Neighbors and passersby prompted the fence as the former Mrs Harold McCormick seeks privacy from curious observers. A nearby estate developer recently built several bungalows on adjoining property.
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Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Chicago
Lake Forest
Harold N. F. McCormick
Harvester
John D. Rockefeller
Firefighter injured saving frog farm blaze in San Francisco
Fire Captain James Bridgewood sustained serious injuries while battling a blaze at a frog and terrapin farm in San Francisco. The fire killed 5,000 frogs and terrapins and 7 guinea pigs.
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San Francisco
James Bridgewood
Syrians Attack French in Mandate Turmoil Reports
Cairo Bayt Inly 27 reports say Syrian committees reacted to the League of Nations council confirming the French Syrian mandate by attacking French troops at Heuran. Two officers and seventeen men killed, two tanks destroyed, prisoners taken, and war material seized. French retreat followed until Damascus reinforcements arrived. A French aircraft was shot down at Barab and a French outpost at Javroud was attacked killing fifteen French soldiers.
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Cairo
Bayt
League of Nations Council
Heuran
Damascus
Bsrab
Javroud
Rob Bank in Holabird. $50,900 Taken
Gunmen robbed the State bank of Holabird near here. They blew the safe and fled with 40000 cash and 10900 in securities. Authorities reported the heist occurred July 27. Harvard, 8S, was referenced in the report.
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Harvard
State Bank of
Government ownership eyed as rail and coal strikes widen
Washington officials and prominent senators debate a possible shift to government control and ownership of railroads and coal mines. Senators Borah Cummins warn that if the crisis persists, public ownership may become inevitable, with private operators facing increasing control measures.
President Urges Rail Workers Back To Work
President Harding telegraphed J Cleve Dean of the Railway Employees Publicity association urging striking shopmen to return to work and saying he would seek reconsideration of wage issues. Dean had attacked the president over handling of the strike, and Harding defended the administration and outlined steps taken to settle the rail and coal strikes with protection for workers who stay within the law.
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Wires J. Cleve Dean
Washington
Harding
Railway Employees’ Publicity Association
Railway Labor Hour
J. Cleve Dean
Dean
Free America
Law Must Be Supreme Says President on Labor Disputes
The President urges workers and employers to accept the arms length of impartial commissions and the American Railroad Labor Board as the lawful path to settle coal miners and railway dispute. He calls for peace and obedience to law and invites a rehearing where doubt exists to ensure justice and national welfare.
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American Railroad Labor Board
Wort Woder
Treasury secretary appeals to banks to aid debt refunding
Secretary Mellon asked banks to extend facilities to exchange outstanding 4% Victory notes for new 4.5% treasury notes to refund about 4 billion dollars of short term debt in the current fiscal year. The plan includes 300 million in notes for certificates maturing August 1 and for needs through September 15, plus additional notes to reduce Victory notes and avoid market disruption. It also calls for redeeming about half the Victory notes before maturity, with December 15 payments and potential refinancing to ensure stability ahead of January 1, 2028 reaching about 1 billion in Victory notes outstanding.
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Washington
Mellon
Treasury
Nation Returns to War Time Rail Regulation
Washington July 27 The nation is back to war time regulation of the railroads as peace in the industrial chaos remains distant. The Interstate Commerce Commission becomes a miniature railroad administration to move food and fuel, suspend rules, and enforce orders with penalties. Government aims to protect workers with troops and avoid profiteering while boosting mining and production. A presidential committee will work with ICC to distribute coal supplies, but the plan is not a cure yet.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Miniature Railroad Administration
Cepepetcety
Interstate Ecommerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commisctom
General Henry J. Reilly Awarded Legion of Honor
Brigadier General Henry J. Reilly former colonel of the 149th field artillery in the Rainbow division is named a commander of the Legion of Honor by the French government. The decoration recognizes gallantry in action during the Champagne engagement.
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Champagne
Chicago
Henry J. Reilly
149Th Field Artillery
Washington
Teilly
Champaene
Freight moving as railways push to avert walkout
Chicago July 27. Railroad executives say freight is moving without delay and passenger service is improving as calls for government ownership grow. Labor leaders deny an imminent nationwide strike while negotiations with the labor board proceed. reports of isolated fret vary across the country.
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Chicago
B. M. Jewell
Railway Employees’ Department
the American Federation
Tt Wis
Washington
Harding
Finstern Roads
BK. F. Grable
Imen
Detroit
Labor Board
Acting Governor Proposes Arbitration For Illinois Miners
Springfield July 27 Acting Governor Sterling urged immediate resumption of mine work at current wages and called for conferences in the governor's office between operators and miners to complete a wage agreement. If no settlement, he proposed submitting disputes to a nine member arbitration panel three miners three operators and three impartial appointees from the governor. The telegram was sent to President Frank Farrington in St Louis where the Mine Workers' executive board meets today.
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Springfield
Hinnets
Sterling
Frank Farrington
Ilinois
Com. Calle
Parrington
St. Louis
First Airplane Stowaway Reported in Cleveland
Pilot D G Richardson heard hammering near the tail of the aero marine plane upon arrival in Cleveland Ohio. A mail compartment with a spring lock concealed Mike Stone of Detroit claimed as the first aerial stowaway in America. Stone said he hid in the compartment seeking passage as the ship landed.
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Cleveland
D. G. Richardson
Aero-Marine
Mike Stone
Detroit
America
Stone
Governors Call Coal Conference Proposed by McCray
Governor McCray urges President Harding to convene a conference of state governors where the coal mine strike has shut the industry. The aim is a united campaign of action to resolve the disruption.
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McCray
Indiana
Aska Harding
Indianapolis
Harding
Baron de Rothschild sues for breach of promise in New York
Baron James Henry de Rothschild heir to a vast Paris fortune sues Marie Porquet in the New York Supreme Court for $500,000 damages alleging breach of promise of marriage. The suit names de Rothschild as son of Baron Henri de Rothschild a leading Paris banker.
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New York
James Henry de Rothschild
Paris
Baron Henri de Rothschild
Ves
Marie Porquet
Supreme Court
Fifteen Mine Victims Identified Near Herrin
Fifteen bodies of the coal mine war victims near Herrin remain unidentified with one more name confirmed as Robert J. Anderson of Sparta Michigan. The identified body was sent to Michigan for burial.
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Herrin
Lit
Robert J. Anderson
Sparta
Mich
Michigan
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Carl Vogelgesang
Carl Vorckresang
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