Critical stage in nationwide railroad strike today
The strike entered a crucial phase across multiple states with federal and state troops mobilized, rail yards guarded, and shops operating under threats of stoppage. Injuries and assaults reported as unions and managers maintain stiff stances while authorities seek to preserve order.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Yin Thinais
I Ugs
Ilinois
Glinton
Michigan
National Guard
Missouri
Kansas
California
United States
Levy
Carpenter
Burlington
Aurora
Ill
B. E. Fitzpatrick
Parsons
Kap
Gay
I. K. Pearsall
Kansas City
Slater
Chicago &Alton
Pearsall
Missouri Pacific
Nebraska
Poplar Bluffs
Little Rock
Ark
International & Great Northern
Georgetown
Roundrack
Tex
Alf. Taylor
Tennessee
Memphis
Golden State Limited
Rock Island & Pacific
Topeka
Burrt
Baltimore & Ohie
New Castle
Monroy
Knoxville
Walter Floyd
Baltimore & Ohio
Ivy City
District of Columbia
Denver
New York
Erie
United States Railroad Labor Board
Clinton
Jil
Milnois Central
Chicago & Alton
E. H. Fitzgerald
Railroad Labor Board
Wes Opon
Wilkesbarre
William B. Roberts
United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Ena
Town Wrecked by Windstorm In Iowa Valley Town
Sioux City dispatch reports a tornado struck St Charles South Dakota near Bonesteel ten miles from the storm path. One man killed and many injured. Nearly every building in St Charles damaged. Property losses estimated at over 775,900 with farm and resort damage along Lake Andes shore also noted.
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Sioux City
Charles
Sioux City Journal
Bonesterl
St. Charles
Lake Andes
Strikers Near Riot When Guard Drops Sawed-Off Shotgun
A nervous Ligton station guard in Burlington on July 10 dropped a loaded sawed-off shotgun. The weapon exploded, narrowly missing two people and lodging in the depot lobby ceiling. The guard was removed, while strikers taunted guards from a safe distance amid a tense scene.
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Burlington
Ligton
Javier
Saye Price
Name Three Judges for Re-election at Hampton Convention
Hampton Hampton July 10 judges H W Kry Boone Eo Metals Nevada and G J Thompson Webaber City al oof the eleventh jue diein district renominated as candidates for reelection all this morning session district convention held here. Three candidates Tor nomination man gartered Judge BR OM Wright Fort Nedge candidates C Clock Frank lin county Boyd Bryson Hardin county Mr Hanson Webster county On five ballots this morning Jansen received 33 votes Cook 27 1 3 Bryson 60 delegates from Arouer Franklin Hamilton Hardin Scovy Webster Wright counties attend convention
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Hampton, Ja
H.W. Kry
Boone
Eo. Metals
Nevada
G. J. Thompson
Webaber City
Tor
OM. Wright
Fort Nedge
C. Clock
Franklin County
Boyd Bryson
Hardin
Mr. Hanson
Webster County
Jansen
Cook
Bryson
Arouer
Franklin
Hamilton
Scovy
Webster
Wright
First Onyx Mining Company Organized by Dubuque Resident
Dubuque resident Joseph A. Kelly heads the new First Onyx Mining Company filed to operate nine placer claims at Mayer Arizona. The Arizona quarry will supply the first two carloads of onyx stone to Chicago this week, signaling a shift toward lower prices due to removal of import duties. Government reports note the onyx is a rare type.
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Dubuque
United States
Fist Onyx Mining Company
Arizona
American
Coyx
Mayer
Ariz
Aj Duduque
Joseph A. Kelly
Chicago
Des Moines Man in Winnetka Sanitarium Ends Life with Gun
Des Moines Illinois native Richard Roland Rollins, a retired real estate broker from Des Moines, committed suicide by shooting himself at a Winnetka health resort sanitarium. He was in ill health and had been a patient there. survived by a Brown son.
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Des Moines
Winnetka Sanitarium
Chicago
Richard Roland Rollins
Ira
Winnetka
Rollins
Flo
Governor Small Vacationing at Keokuk on Steamer Illinois
Governor Len Small and his son and daughter visited Keokuk today aboard the steamer Illinois while on a river vacation. They inspected the Keokuk power plant and dam during the trip on the Illinois and Mississippi rivers.
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Keokuk
Len Small
Ann
Ilinois
Mississippi
New Coal Mine Opens on Parm Clarinda Farm
A new coal mine begins operations on the B. I. Halfeld farm near Clarinda. A 24 inch vein of coal was found at a depth of 45 feet, marking the discovery and early development of the site.
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Parm
Clarinda. In
B. 1. Halfeld Farm
Halfeld Farm
Berlin Looks to U S as Marks Link to Allies
Berlin faces a fragile finance moment as the Weimar government seeks a moratorium on reparations payments. Germany leans on England and the United States to pressure France, hoping London and Washington intervene. Talks in Paris involve Rehrachsr and Fisher about delaying cash payments due next Saturday amid a looming international crisis.
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France
United States
England
Germany
Berlin
Republic
Americans
London
Washington
Rehrachsr
Fisher
Reyirarions Commission
Paris
Thinitebianya
Nawe
Slayer of Civil War Veteran Escaped In Independence Asylum
Des Moines reports a man identified as Critello, who had two years in the Independence hospital, killed an elderly Civil War veteran with an ax in a shack in the White Chapel district Saturday afternoon. Officials say he will likely be returned to the state insane asylum at Independence after questioning and possible dementia confinement. Sheriffs discovered the murder during a raid for liquor.
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Des Moines
Sam Yitella
Independence
Critella
Independence Hospital
R. A. Stewart
Independence Asylum
Cripeeio
Critello
White Chapel
Critela
Lquer
Irish Rebels Run Before Free State Attack
Irish Free State troops push south as Irregulars withdraw from positions. Rebels reportedly move headquarters from Cork to Limerick. Brugha funeral security tight as De Valera evades capture. Skeogh rebel garrison surrenders and fire breaks out at Letrekkony court house. Carnegie library set ablaze in ongoing insurrection reports.
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Daniel O'Connell
International News
Dublin
Free State
Ireland
Cork
Limerick
Irish Provisional Government
Cathal Brugha
Eamonn de Valera
Brugha
de Valera
Wicklow
Skeogh
Donegal
Letterkenony Court House
Carnegie
Associated Press
London
Reland
Publican movement and unrest in Ireland and Belfast violence
A UK centered report notes the collapse of the republican movement outside Cork where Valera may appear soon. It describes Belfast clashes with bridges blown on the Belfast Dublin line, killings of a constable and a youth, and looting amid street combat. A separate feature covers Ben W. Hooper’s July 1924 statement on the railroad labor board and the enforcement of its decisions amid strike pressures.
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Cork
Ramon de Valera
Hin
Dublin
Cathal Brugham
Charles Burgess
Belfast
International
Dundalk S
Belfast-Dublin
Ben W. Hooper
States Railroad Labor Board
Transportation Act
Railroad Labor Board
Lifelong bachelor weds friend’s widow in Hempstead
In Hempstead New York on July day 45 year old Eliot Wadsworth assistant secretary of the treasury obtained a license to marry Nancy Whitman Scull widow of Guy Scull a deputy police commissioner in New York City. Wadsworth a lifelong bachelor had been close to the late Guy H Scull and Mrs Scull gave her age as 35 with Garden City address.
Former Cedar Falls Student Seeks to End Life
Omaha Nebraska July 11 Inty 1 ftdncela Sykes 21 year old college student at Cedar Falls Iowa whose home is Swaledate Iowa is taken here by police after an attempted theft Sunday of a revolver with which he said he planned to kill himself. Penniless and unemployed Sykes said he preferred to die rather than let his parents know of his condition. He left school in May and nothing is known of his whereabouts since May 28 when spring term at Iowa State Teachers College ended.
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Omaha
Neb
Pals
Vhis
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls Girl Struck by Motor Bus Sustains Serious Injuries
Margaret Smith eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Hugh Smith sustained serious injuries to her side and back when struck by a Johnson Motor Company bus at about 10 30 yesterday while crossing Second and Main streets. She is resting well at home today.
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Cellar Falls
Margaret
Hugh Smith
Johnson Motor Company
Theos
Small Cyclone Strikes LeClaire Causes Property Damage
A small cyclone hit LeClaire fourteen miles from Davenport on Sunday causing downed trees and wrecked telegraph and telephone lines. Interurban and train service between Davenport and Clinton were halted. Several residence roofs were blown off but there were no injuries. Davenport city saw heavy rain with no serious damage reported.
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Davenport
LeClaire
Here
Hinton
Wlso
Auto crashes injure three in Des Moines
Des Moines headlines report three people injured in a series of Sunday auto accidents. One driver is jailed on charges of alleged drunken driving with drugs involved.
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Es Moines
Great Britain Delayed Action Amid Reparations Commission Low
A report notes Britain will delay action until the inter allied reparations commission makes a recommendation. The article mentions a new low in the franc and dollar exchange moves with the franc at 10.00 francs per dollar and changes through the week. In a separate item a West African village is shaken by fear at the sight of a white man as it terrifies an infant.
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Great Britain
Maite Pr
Paris
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