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I C C rejects application of group of Western rys for 5% increase, rules no financial emergency exists
War debts
Delaney wins title from Berlenbach
Prospects for peace believed brighter through efforts of H A Metz as mediator; co offers strikers old jobs back, but Quackenbush denies that co will give back seniority rights; more reported to have returned to jobs; com of strikers confers with Mrs L R Sire of N Y S Dept of Labor on legality of co's withholding pay; Mrs Sire and Quackenbush disagree on legality of matter; Hedley's statement on operating conditions; statement by J L Sherman, publicity director for strikers
Negotiations for sale of White Star Line to British syndicate ended by mutual consent, conditions not stated
1926Édouard Carpentier, French-Canadian wrestler (died 2010)[†]
Édouard Ignacz Weiczorkiewicz was a French and Canadian professional wrestler, gymnast, and member of the French Resistance during World War II, known by his ring name, Édouard Carpentier.
1926Willis Carto, American activist and theorist (died 2015)[†]
Willis Allison Carto was an American far-right political activist. He described himself as a Jeffersonian and a populist, but was primarily known for his promotion of antisemitic conspiracy theories and Holocaust denial.