Word: ported
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been to assign the Central Railroad of New Jersey and the Philadelphia & Reading to the B. & O. system. President Smith of the New York Central, however, made a plea for the acquisition of these lines by his road, pointing out the greater service which could be rendered the Port of New York thereby. If this arrangement were made, a fifth trunk line, controlled by the New York Central and 939 miles in length (shorter than any existing trunk route except the Pennsylvania) could be established. The route would run from Jersey City over the Jersey Central lines to Tamanend, thence...
...spectacle that the enterprise of motion picture producers has not yet exploited is a fight between the Industrial Workers of the World and the Ku Klux Klan. But the city of Port Arthur, Texas?population 22,000?staged for the public the thrilling battle...
...were released and, as they left the jail, were kidnaped by a group of men. According to some reports they were "beaten up," according to others, murdered. Holland, at least, was not killed. From a hospital "somewhere" he filed a $50,000 libel suit against a Port Arthur paper for a story printed about him when he was arrested...
Puget Sound is witnessing the gathering of nearly all the American warships in the Pacific. All the first-line ships in the western ocean, with many cruisers, destroyers, colliers and other craft are at (or on their way to) Port Angeles, Wash. These preparations anticipate a review of the fleet, which is to take place when President Harding passes through Puget Sound on his return from Alaska...
...Dock Strike (TIME, July 16) has ended. Strikers at nearly every port resumed work. The press does not mention the terms on which settlement was effected, but as it was unofficial and against the advice of the men's leaders, it is presumed that the strike simply fell through...