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Quickly A.F. of L. organized a maintenance men's union, raced to Mayor Edward Jeffries demanding that it be recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for the operators and that it have exclusive use of carbarn bulletin boards. Actually, A.F. of L. was fighting for survival in Detroit, for...
Early this week, as pugnacious A.F. of L. teamsters and other brother unions began sidling up to the battle line, as C.I.O. shouted gleefully for a chance to run the busses and end the tie-up, as the city faced the prospect of new strikes and a bloody war, Mayor...
Tommy Milfon, champion racing driver of the early '20s, crashed with another car at a Detroit street crossing; one woman was killed. ∙ ∙ Driving in San Diego, Al Schacht, longtime "Clown Prince" of baseball, collided with a motorcycle. The cyclist and passenger were fatally injured. ∙ ∙ Banjo...
Jeffries Wyman Jr., to further develop work already in progress on the chemical reactions of hemoglobins and other respiratory pigments
After all, it is more than 30 years now since Jack Johnson pounded Jim Jeffries to his knees under a scorching Reno sun, and thereby marred the greatest record in the history of the heavyweight game. . . . Jeff had beaten the titans of his era-men who would have ranked as...