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Saturday, June 17, 1922
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The Headlines
THIRD RAIL PAY CUT TAKES $26,500,000 FROM 325,000 MEN; Railroad Unions Announce Conference With Striking Miners as Labor Board Issues Order. TOTAL OF CUTS $135,000,000 Latest Reduction Affects Clerks,Signal Men and StationaryEngine Forces.LABOR MEMBERS PROTESTMajority Upholds Decision as Maintaining Living Wage--Says Workers Must Aid Readjustment. Labor Group Protests. Roads Unprepared for Prosperity. THIRD RAIL PAY CUT TAKES $26,500,000 Holds Living Standards Upheld. Protest of Labor Members.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Buddy
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Technicolor Films, Water Skiing & Audiometer.
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
37,975 days ago
(104 years, 15 days)