Word: laboring
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...retained: Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, Secretary of Labor Davis...
...Perhaps to be Secretary of Labor: William N. Doak, not because he is a Virginian but because, as vice president of the Brotherhood of Railway Engineers, he is an able representative of union labor...
...last U. S. jazz band to play in London?three and a half years ago?was the relatively restrained Brooke Johns Orchestra. Dauntlessly, however, "Conductor Abie" sailed from Manhattan. The Ministry of Labor agreed that "Abie's Own" may perform at a London night club, on condition that the proprietor hire an equal number of authentic British musicians...
...from gigolo to genius. His notebooks fattened with vicarious experiences. Nana's obscene smiles were for his pages, not for him. Called by the public Dr. Filth, the slimy Giant, he was in reality a clinical analyst of living. His private life was of astounding purity. His livelihood was labor, his distraction more labor...
Died. Cornelius P. ("Con") Shea, 55, famed & robust Chicago labor racketeer, onetime dump cartman, onetime President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters; after an operation for gall stones; in Chicago. In 1905 Racketeer Shea led a four months' strike of Chicago teamsters. Twenty-one were killed, 416 injured, 4,620 idle. Cost to the union: $1,050,000. Estimated cost to employers...