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...twelve-hour day is said to be practically eliminated from the railroads of the country as a result of a decision just handed down in Chicago by the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals of the Seventh Circuit in a test case brought by the Government against Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. The case was brought on the complaint of the yardmasters that the twelve-hour day for yardmasters was contrary to the Hours of Service Act limiting the hours of railroad employes to nine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Hours of Labor | 12/15/1924 | See Source »

...little-heralded developments in the Southwest is the establishment by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway of a double or alternate track from Chicago to Los Angeles, with the exception of a level stretch in Arizona now under construction. The completion of the latter will mark the termination of a 20 year effort by the road, will cover a route of 2,231 miles, and has cost about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Atchison Double Track | 11/17/1924 | See Source »

...Republicans* admonished him, brought it to his attention that politics was one thing while "merchandising half-baked scandal," "raking up unsupported allegations," "mudslinging," constituted quite another. "Very prettily said," retorted Mr. Wheeler; and continued his attacks on the Coolidge and Dawes pre-office records, through Caldwell, Wellington, Herington, McFarland, Topeka...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: Alarums & Excursions | 11/3/1924 | See Source »

Edwin Thacher, '63, slide rule inventor, designer of the five-span Kansas River Bridge at Topeka...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Extension | 10/13/1924 | See Source »

...States has but 10; and that in ocean-going submarines and airplane-carriers, our position is still more disadvantageous. We must not let praise for the good intent that lay behind the Washington Conference blind us to the partial and in- adequate character of its scope and results." At Topeka, Mr. Davis, in a number of rear-platform speeches, turned his attention for the first time to Mr. LaFollette: "It is conceivable-I do not believe it probable-that the Republican Party may win . . . It is conceivable -and I think it is probable-that the Democratic Party will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: Words | 9/22/1924 | See Source »

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