Rail unions plan fight over leasing shop facilities
Rail union leaders prepared to protest the transfer of Erie shops at Marion Ohio to private control under nonunion conditions. More than 500 Marion shop workers refused to join Railway Service Company, raising a strike threat amid labor board actions. Leaders from the big four and Switchmen's Union pressed for enforcement as other roads prepared to follow Erie. The dispute centers on wage and working rate questions during a conference in Chicago.
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United Press
Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Erie
Marion, O
Marion
Railway Service Company
B. M. Jewell
Railroad Department
American Federation of Law
Labor Board
The
Transportation Act
Timothy Shea
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Big Four
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Western Railroad
Good Killers Italian Band of Assassins Probe
New York detectives hunted a dozen cities for six alleged hired killers linked to the so called Good Killers gang. Fontana confessed to a 15 year murder spree beginning in Brooklyn, involving stabbings and poisonings aimed at powerful Italian rivals. Six others were arrested in connection with the Caizzo murder.
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Ualited
New York
Bartola Fontana
Detroit
Fontana
Brooklyn
Ollt
Europe
United States
Camillo Caizzo
Caizzo
Dail Proceeds Amid Crowd as Terms From Britain Are Rejected
Dublin crowds thronged the streets amid a political spectacle with priests farmers shopkeepers and Irish politicians observing. A public meeting of the Dail Hireann adjourned to an indefinite date after rain cleared and private sessions will begin tomorrow.
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Dublin
Dail Hireann
Rail road bill expected to unlock labor work surge
Washington August 17 The administration aims to pass the railroad bill before adjournment to fund railroads with 500 million dollars cash now while deferring certain offsets. Eugene Meyer of the War Finance Corp says the plan could restore up to a million jobs at about four dollars a day, boosting production and national recovery.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Congress
War Finance Corporation
Eugene Moyer
Eugene Meyer
House Committee On Interstate Commerce
Ite
Opposition Fears Credit Inflation in Railway Aid Plan
Debates center on a government bookkeeping move seen as renewing credit inflation. Critics argue the measure is improper largess to railroads already favored, while supporters claim it is a necessary step in recovery from previous strains.
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New Yorks Evening “Post, Inc
Wholesale Religion Soothes Negro About to Die Upon Gallows
Walter Lee, a Black man, was hanged at the county jail in Kansas City for an elderly white woman assault. He sang a hymn on the scaffold and appeared calm, while officials and spectators showed more emotion. He had embraced several denominations since his confinement.
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Associated Press
Kansas
City
Walter Lee
Lee
Greek Army Advances Toward Turk Capital
Greek forces push toward Angora as Constantine’s army closes within eight miles of Turkish Nationalist defenses along the Sakaria river sixty miles west of Angora. Four columns press toward Ankara while one strikes north toward Tsmid with the objective of cutting retreat routes.
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Associated Press
Sywyrna
Constantine
Sakaria River
Angora
Tsmid
Smiles and Kinks Jump Off Today’s Wires
United Press report from Evanston describes Police Chief Liggett wearing civilian clothes at a neighborhood ballgame between rival teams. In Chicago Mary Durkin demands hotel room details, while George Hiscomh Washington faces a judge over dropping his surname. Denver police separate a melee of waitresses and a scab.
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United Press
Evanston
Liggett
John Sullivan
New York
George
Hiscomh
Washington
Poultry and Potato Clubs Hold Cedar Falls Picnic
Cedar Falls August 17 Special Annual picnic of boys and girls poultry and potato clubs organized under the rural education department attracted about 259 persons. Several attendees were delayed by poor roads on the way to the city.
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Cedar Falls
Boys and Spirls
Jeducation Department
Clinton Police Think Insane Patient Believed Slayer
Clinton Iowa police say an escaped state hospital patient, N bert Svenksen of Belle Plaine, confessed to killing W. C. Davis a colored man, with a single 33 caliber bullet. Svenksen was arrested with a 38 caliber revolver from which one cartridge had been discharged. The death appeared unmotivated and without warning.
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Associated Press
Clinton
N.bert Svenksen
Belle Plaine
State Hospital For
Independence
W. C. Davis
Schenksen
Davis
Battle Over Spreckels Estate Sparks San Francisco Case
In San Francisco on August 17 conflicting claims emerged over the 250000 dollar estate of John D Spreckels Jr John D Spreckels Sr filed for letters of administration while Lydia Wirt Spreckels the divorced wife and chief beneficiary was reported to be en route to claim the estate. John J McNab attorney for Lydia said the will named her sole executrix and beneficiary after the couple divorced in March.
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United Press
San Francisco
Cal
John D. Spreckels, Jr
John
D. Spreckels
John J. McNab
Lydia Wirt Spreckels
New York
Spreckels
Paris
McNab
Black railroad veteran killed in holdup by highwayman
Arthur C. Grosvenor, a veteran Northwestern railroad man from Council Bluffs, was fatally shot after a holdup last night. The unidentified Black assailant struck him in the groin and Grosvenor died an hour later.
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Council Bluffs
Arthur C. Grosvenor
Northwestern Railroad
Grosvenor
J E Brady Dies After Illness in Rochester Minn
J E Brady aged 52 of 415 Thompson avenue died at 11 a m in a Rochester hospital after a yearlong illness cancer was the cause following two major operations his widow and two sons Edwin 15 and Charles 13 survive with brothers Charles Mason City Eugene Waterloo Joseph Davenport and sister Mrs Edward Carney Cedar Falls. The body will be brought to Waterloo for burial.
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J. E. Brady
Thompson Avenue
Rochester
Minn
W. B. Schuneman & Co
Fourth Street East
Illinois Central
Waterloo-Freeport
Edwin
Charles
Wiso
Charles Brady
Mason City
Eugene Brady
Waterloo
Joseph Brady
Davenport
Edward Carney
Cedar Falls
Railroad Relief Bill Favorably Reported by Panel
United Press reports the administration bill extending financial relief to railroads was ordered favorably reported to the Senate by the Interstate Commerce Committee. Senators LaFollette and Stanley voted against the motion as Townsend, the acting chairman, planned to report the bill today but doubted major passage before the proposed recess on August 24.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Interstate Commercce Committee
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Stanley
Kentucky
Townsend
Michigan
Hudson Essex Motor Co Makes Third Price Cut
Weather report lists Charles City Iowa area with various towns and conditions. Early notice notes lighter rains and improved forecast after 26 hours of precipitation. Automotive firm announces a third price reduction with prices from 420 to 705 dollars in stock listings.
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Hudson-Essex Motor CO
Charlies City
Detroit
Adson
Economic benefit of parleys at Washington conference
Tokio aug 17 It is my belief that the greatest benefits the world will derive from the forthcoming conference in Washington will be of an economic rather than a diplomatic character Hajine Muto leading figure in Japanese spinning industry who supported armament restraint says he hopes powers at the conference keep their attention on economic results.
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Tokio
Washington
Hajine Muto
Find Woman Dying in Des Moines Street
An unidentified woman about 60 was found dying on a Des Moines street early this morning. Police say she is suffering acute alcoholic poisoning and was seriously injured.
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Des Moines
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Oklahoma
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Hileman Motor Co
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