Rail shop crafts threaten walkout over wage cuts
Federated Shop Crafts representing over 400000 workers issued an ultimatum to American railroads through the labor board. They seek a conference to demand immediate board jurisdiction over alleged violations and warn of a nationwide strike ballot if pay cuts proceed.
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Chicago
Armerica
United States Labor Board
Federated Shop Crafts
Rail Tuber Board
KB. M. Jewell
Jewel
Jewell
Chicago Police Crack Auto Theft Ring Leader
Chicago officials say they have arrested a leader in a gang of automobile thieves after the return of William Simith to the city. Cornelius Shen, agent for Theatries Janitors union, is charged with murder in a police killing. Detectives report 500 cars stolen last year valued at $1,000,000.
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Chicago
William Simith
St. Louis
Cornelius Shen
Theatries Janitors’ Union
Shen
Michael Vaughn
Manchurian Mutiny Expands Across Harbin
Mutiny spreads from Peking to Manchuria with Harbin garrison joining Gen. Wu Wei-fu and seizing control of the Chinese Eastern railway from Harbin to the Maritime Province, reshaping regional control amid Gen. Chang Tse-lin’s leadership.
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Peking
Chang Tse-lin
Harbin
Wu Wei-fu
Farbin
Elberta
Michigan Honor Camp A Success Despite One Violation
Battle Creek May 31 48 honor men from Michigan state penitentiary at Jackson work on an addition to the American Lesson hospital at Cutter Camp as a summer program. They are treated as workers not convicts and may be paroled if they meet trust conditions. One prisoner vanished after a month and an internal court system was formed among the men. Warden Harry L. Halbert of Jackson suggested the experiment.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Michigan State Penitentiary
Jackson
Camp Custer
Custer
Harry L. Halbert
Jackson Prison
Murphy Wins Auto Race at Indianapolis
Jimmy Murphy won the 500 mile Indianapolis race in a Miller, leading from start to finish. He set a new record with a time of 5 hours 17 minutes 80.79 seconds and an average speed of 94.48 mph, surpassing the prior mark set by Ralph DePalma in 1915. Harry Hartz finished second in a Dusenberg, as crowds estimated near 185000 in attendance.
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Indianapolis
Jimmy Murphy
Speedway
Jimmy
Barney Olfield
Eddie Rickenbacker
Ralph DePalma
Murphy
Harry Hartz
Dusenberg
Speedy car runners in tight race at rally event
Hartz led early and stayed second as Murphy pulled away. Hearne claimed third while Keldie Heine drove a French ballot car to THERA plate at 22222610 for US speed. Ralph DePalme in a Duesenberg finished fourth, Ora Hathe fifth, with misc misread times and averages in the final listing.
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Keldie Heine
Ralph de Palme
Duesenburg
Ora Hathe
Jerry Wonderlich
Evacuation of Beeleck Salient as Ulster Forces Withdraw
Belfast reports the withdrawal of special constables from the Beeleck salient in County Wermanagh after sharp fighting. Free State troops and republicans move in as Protestant residents flee. Magherameena Castle is abandoned and headquarters shift to Rough Island, with the Irish republican army occupying large estates in Beeleck and Pettigee.
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Belfast
Ulster Forces
Beebek Walcent
County Warmanagh
Ulster
Free State
Enniskillen
Lough Erne
Beelock
Donegal
Beeteck
Specials
Magherameena Castle
Rough Island
Beeleck
Pettigee
Irish Republican Army
Lincoln Memorial Dedication Highlighted as Supreme Chapter
Washington May 31 President Harding accepting Lincoln Memorial notes that preserving union and nationality outweighed emancipation. He credited Lincoln with restraint on slavery, viewing emancipation as a means to the greater end of preserving the republic and the founding inheritance. Ceremony attended by Grand Army of the Republic veterans.
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Washington
Hoarding
Lincoln
Ages Veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic
Republic
America
Doughtrees
Car Crash Kills Tekousha Pair En Route to Indianapolis Race
In Indiana, on May 31, a car carrying William Simmons, Clarence Upston, Eri Randall, and Fred High traveled from Tekousha, Michigan toward an Indianapolis automobile race. Simmons was killed, Upston fatally injured, while Randall and High suffered minor injuries in the seven mile north of Anderson collision.
Farm Bloc Fights Tariff Slugfest On Building Bricks
Washington May 31 The senate finance committee overseeing the tariff bill faced reversals led by the Republican agricultural bloc. It backed away from a 25 percent ad valorem duty on bricks for buildings and saw cyanide and magnesite provisions shift in contentious votes. The bloc gained Democratic support and some GOP aid, as cyanide was returned to the free list and magnesite duties rose.
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Washington
Senate
Repubican
House
Preparation Made to Vote on Wage Cut
Officials of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way employees and railway shop laborers began preparing strike ballots. Ballots will be sent to members nationwide for a vote on accepting wage cuts imposed by the railway labor board.
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Evening Journal
Detroit
United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Railway Labor Board
Britain Rules Out Ireland Republic in Commons Debate
London May 31 Secretary Churchall says in Commons debate the UK will not tolerate an Irish republic and troops will occupy Dublin if treaty terms are not carried out. He warns Britain will enforce terms if needed.
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Evening Journal
London
Churchall Io
MecCumber Soldier Bonus Bill Reported Favorably
Senator MecCumbers soldier bonus bill was reported favorably by the senate committee today with a nine to four vote in Washington DC on May 81.
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The
Evening Journal
Washington, DC. C
Senator MecCumber
Senate
Daily Thought Quote from Carlisle
The remark notes a paradox about faults and self awareness attributed to Carlisle. It suggests that the greatest fault is to be unaware of one’s own deficiencies.
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Carlisle
Oyster enlarges its own shell over time
A description of an oyster growing by secreting materials that extend and thicken its shell. The mollusk spends infancy in its burrow and, as it ages, adds carbonate and animal matter to the existing shell, gradually enlarging the hollow dwelling.
Poem Quote About Daily Effort and Beauty
A brief quotation notes that small daily effort can lead to depth of poetry and beauty across languages. It likens gradual work to a bee reaching towers of language and art over months. The line reflects Leigh Hunt's perspective on cultivation and imagination.
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Leigh Hunt
Fosdick Possible Replacement for University of Chicago Leader
Raymond B. Fosdick a New York lawyer closely linked with John D Rockefeller Jr may succeed President Turry Judson of the University of Chicago Fosdick is about forty a Princeton graduate and during the war served as chairman of the Commission on Training Camp Activities for the army and directed athletic work
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Raymond B. Fosdick
New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Turry Mratt Judson
University of Chicago
Mr. Fos
Princeton University
Army
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Manchuria
Chang
Michigan
Victor
Hartz
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Beelee
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