Word: mained
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Organization of the Miners. The main organization is the United Mine Workers of America whose headquarters are in Indianapolis. Under this organization are "Districts," of which Numbers 1, 7 and 9 cover the anthracite fields. Under the Districts are "Subdistricts," and under these "Colliery Locals." District 7, containing about 13% of the anthracite miners, is supposedly completely unionized. District 9, containing about 31% of the anthracite miners, has recently been almost completely unionized. District 1, containing 56% of the anthracite miners, is a little more than half unionized...
...been cleared of projectiles, trenches and barbed wire, leaving less than 1,000,000 acres to be cleared; 19,920 out of 22,160 factories have been rebuilt; more than 1,235,000 acres out of 4,941,000 of devastated farmlands have been put under the plow; the main railway system has been repaired; nearly all the water ways made navigable; of 36,450 miles of ruined roads, 19,743 have been restored to traffic and 8,671 improved...
...hearty laugh rather than the oh-so-sophisticated smile. But while occasionally stereotyped and sometimes a trifle repetitious he maintains on the whole a pretty high average of chuckles to the item. He is probably the most popular living humorous writer in English, for his work deals in the main with matters of commonplace experience made unexpectedly ludicrous by the angle from which he attacks them...
Frankfurt-am-Main was the scene of violent Communist rioting, which resulted in the brutal murder of Dr. Haas, Federal District Attorney. Many people were wounded...
...main effects of Einstein's relativity will be felt in philosophy and ethics by a reaction from dogmatic materialism...