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Dates: during 1920-1929
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About 40 anthracite miners' and 25 mine operators' representatives met to consider the demands which the United Mine Workers (Districts 1, 7 and 9) are making for a new contract to supplant the present one expiring on August 31 (TIME, July 9). The conference opened at Atlantic City. John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers, led the miners. The Presidents of each of the Districts were present also, and with William J. Brennan, the head of District 1, was Rinaldo Cappellini, the young and fiery President-elect...
...Baptists are the largest denomination in America. The Baptist Young People's Union of America met in Tremont Temple, Boston, for its 32nd annual convention. " The Attractive Christ" was the keynote, frequently referred to by the speakers. The 5,000 delegates, from all parts of the United States and Canada, filled Tremont Temple to over flowing. In his address of welcome, Mayor Curley lamented the " growth away from idealism" in the United States, and rejoiced in the gathering of so much youthful idealism as was represented by the Young People's Union. Leaders of the convention stressed...
...met-the first World Conference on Education. Assembled at San Francisco simultaneously with the regular annual conference of the National (American) Education Association, the World Conference brought hundreds of teacher-delegates from 50 nations, and promulgated plans to destroy war through the instrumentality of education...
William Vincent Astor is given chief credit for the new air-route. He has always been interested in speedy methods of transportation by sea and land. In his early youth he met with many accidents, including the notorious smashing of Mrs. Ogden Goelet's car at Newport...
Notable among the other backers of the Newport air route is Mr. T. Suf- fern Tailer. Mr. Tailer met the first passengers on their arrival at Newport and took them for a round of golf before dinner...