“Chicago Exhibitors Close 350 Movie Theatres: Fight With Union Hits 400,000 Patrons”

New York Times (August 30, 1927)
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Publication New York Times
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Place New York, NY
Publication Date August 30, 1927
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Headline: “Chicago Exhibitors Close 350 Movie Theatres: Fight With Union Hits 400,000 Patrons”

Special to the New York Times.

CHICAGO, Aug. 29. — Every motion picture and vaudeville theatre in the Chicago district belonging to the Chicago Exhibitors’ Association was ordered closed at 6 P.M. today in what both sides declare will be a war to the finish between the association and the Chicago Motion Picture Operators’ Union.

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Citation “Chicago Exhibitors Close 350 Movie Theatres: Fight With Union Hits 400,000 Patrons,” New York Times, August 30, 1927.
Location ChicagoIllinois
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