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...allowed deadly quantities of coal dust to gather in the tunnels at Centralia No. 5. Neither was it Robert M. Medill, the cynical, hard-drinking director of the Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals. Medill had sought political contributions from mine owners. He had refused to listen to an inspector who had pleaded that the Centralia mine be closed as a deathtrap. Medill resigned in a hurry-but Lewis showed no interest in him. He was after bigger game...
...safe? At best, mine safety was a relative thing. Said I. N. Bayless, president of the Union Pacific Coal Co., owner of the two mines certified as safe: "On the day of inspection these two mines just happened not to have anything wrong called to the attention of the inspector. Many other mines are equally safe...
...this week opened, the Lenten season demand for fresh fish forced the price of haddock above the union's minimum, brought about a temporary truce between the fishermen and boat-owners. But much of last week's unsold catch was condemned by the state health inspector, sold for fish meal and fertilizer. Price...
...worst recent labor flare-up came last fortnight at Cawnpore, where militant Communist-and Socialist-led workers have developed some new bargaining techniques. They locked a labor inspector in an office and made a factory manager stand bareheaded in the sun for four hours until he agreed to reinstate four discharged employees. When the district magistrate ordered the arrest of 100 labor leaders, workers marched in protest, women in front. Police used lathis. Workers threw stones. When the police opened fire, six were killed. Last week 100,000 Cawnpore workers were still...
Died. Lieut. General Daniel Isom Sultan, 61, Inspector General of the U.S. Army who relieved the late General Joseph Stilwell as wartime commanding general of the India-Burma Theater, first soldier to receive four Distinguished Service Medals; of a heart ailment; in Washington...