Thursday October 27, 1921 Strike Averted. Silesia Divided. Thousand Yard Stare.

Railroad unions, feeling they'd been outmaneuvered by their employers, called off a threatened nationwide strike, but only narrowly.  The move came at 11:30 p.m.

The unions had run their threat a bit too long, and by this time forces opposing it, including the government, were fully mobilized against a move that threatened to paralyze the nation's transportation system during a time of economic depression.

Germany and Poland accepted the League of Nations division of Silesi

U.S. Army Sergeant Michael J. Donahue, a man whose face alone tells a story, was photographed on this day in 1921.  He was obviously a highly decorated soldiers. While I can't read the ribbons in this photograph, two of the awards in the upper row of ribbons have been awarded multiple times.