An important contribution to the history of the Industrial Workers of the World. A superb account by a rank'n'file Wobbly organiser; on the road, on the job, on strike, in jail, on the run, coast to coast.
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It was Saturday night in Chillicothe, Aug. 24, 1918, and the Queen Theater on the corner of Paint and Water streets was screening “Moonshine,” a two-reel silent comedy starring Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle. At the time, the silent screen idol was second only to Charlie Chaplin in making filmgoers crack up laughing.
The story is set in the Virginia Hills and Fatty Arbuckle plays a revenue agent captain charged with raiding and destroying a cleverly camouflaged, well-guarded moonshine operation. Thankfully, Fatty has a lieutenant sidekick, played by a young Buster Keaton, to help him shutdown down the mountain moonshiners. The hijinks of Arbuckle and Keaton had audiences rolling with laughter.
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Two Air Force pilots, one a newlywed and the other a student from Japan, were killed in a plane crash near Montgomery Regional Airport in Alabama on Friday.
The accident occurred around 5:30 p.m. local time, when a T38-C Talon assigned to the 50th Flying Squadron crashed in a wooded area, Col. Seth Graham, 14th Flying Training Wing commander, said in a press conference. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
Following You ll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. There were two pilots on board, and tragically, neither of them survived the accident, said Graham. We here are a close-knit team, and the loss of two of our teammates is something that affects us all. That said, the strength of our bond is what will help