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July 10, 1926

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Headlines from July 10, 1926

JOBS VACATED AT 1 A.M.; One-sixth of Power Men Quit in Sympathy With Fight for Pay Rise. I.R.T. GUARDS PLANTS Says It Can Replace Employes and Maintain the Service if Machinery Is Unharmed. TRANSIT BOARD PREPARES Added Bus and Ferry Facilities Planned if Power Fails -- It Might Affect B.M.T.

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148 power men join strike; Hedley reports increased service, says it will be maintained if machinery is unharmed; I R T loss in fares; strikers ask status of strike leaders; officials of Brotherhood of I R T Co employes say wage increase demanded is impossible; Dist Atty Banton suggests that Transit Comm investigate charge that incompetent motormen are being employed, after second derailment at So Ferry; J F Hylan calls strike a plot to get increased fare

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Notable Births

Carleton Carpenter

1926Carleton Carpenter, American actor, magician, songwriter, and novelist (died 2022)[โ€ ]

Carleton Upham Carpenter Jr. was an American film, television and stage actor, magician, songwriter, and novelist.

Fred Gwynne

1926Fred Gwynne, American actor (died 1993)[โ€ ]

Frederick Hubbard Gwynne was an American actor, artist and author, who is widely known for his roles in the 1960s television sitcoms Car 54, Where Are You? and The Munsters, as well as his later film roles in The Cotton Club (1984), Pet Sematary (1989), and My Cousin Vinny (1992).