Trolley Men Seek Raise During New Jersey Strike
Newark June 7 Thousands of wartime workers faced transport gaps as trolley service in northern New Jersey halted by a wage strike. John J Rogers of the Labor Department conciliation division arranged conferences with company and union officials to settle the dispute while thousands of shipyard and munitions workers sought other transport to plants.
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Newark
New Jersey
John J. & Rogers
Department of Labor
Motormen and conductors strike for 50 cents an hour
After a morning meeting, nearly all motormen and conductors at Union Railway walked out to push for a 50 cent hourly wage, a 15 cent raise. The company serves Bronx and parts of Westchester and Connecticut. Police were dispatched to car barns and transfer points as service stalled.
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New York
Union Railway Company
Bronx
Weatchester
Connecticut
Lice
Government bars men's Norfolk coats in 1918 fall line
New York dispatch reports the War Industries Board conservation division urging clothiers to eliminate belts and sewed-on belts on trousers for the 1918 fall season. The advisory covers coats and garments using cloth for belts and pleats, aiming at wool economy and broader fabric use.
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New York
Conservation Division
The
War Industries Board
Flour dealer’s license revoked in wartime action
Hartford June 7 A telegram from Herbert Hoover announced the revocation of the wholesale license held by Genaro Franco & Son of 127 Columbus avenue for the duration of the war starting June 10. The move follows the Ridgefield raid revealing hoarding by 10 families who bought flour at excess prices via New Haven firms. Franco admitted selling wheat flour with insufficient substitutes and charging excessive prices. Franco & Son is the second New Haven firm to lose its wholesale license. In Ridgefield case, excess stock was seized from households. authorities spared further action due to residents being poor and largely foreign-born and not fully aware of the offense.
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Hartford
Conn
Herbert Hoover
Robert Scoville
Genaro Franco & Son
Columbus Avenue
Ridgefield
New Haven
Franco
Franco & Son
German War Losses Told by Berne Woman
A German woman in Berne reports 25 relatives killed, five invalid, and only two of 32 engaged in the war remaining unhurt. She recalls her uncle sending seven sons to the front, six of whom were killed in two months, highlighting the high German losses since the March offensive.
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Berne
Associated Press
Arras
May butter scores show improvement but aroma lapses
The fifth monthly butter scoring at the dairy building judged most samples as uniform yet lacking the clean creamy aroma of top butter. May average score reached 92 while April was 91.8. Moisture averaged 14.92 and salt 2.76. A list of scorers 90 or over includes H. T. D. Smith Cloverleaf Fairfield ML Story North Montpelier Co op East Hardwick and others with scores up to 97.0. The sixth scoring will be June 18. samples due by June 13.
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TD. Smith
Cloverleaf Creamery
Haat Fairfield
ML Story
North Montpelier
Co-opera- North
Waahsuensass Mojorth
Montpelier Cooper Eases
Eastran
Iment Tari
Gonville
E Tensey
Scott
Fiewt
Jenberger
Animal
Must reclaim sick soldiers to help them be useful
Col Harry E Mack urged the National Tuberculosis Association to rehabilitate soldiers disabled by TB, including mental and physical training, to restore them as useful members of society. He outlined programs from bed to vocational schools and emphasized close supervision and broad vocational retraining for mobilized troops.
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Harry B. Mack
Surgeon General's Office
Suill
National Association
A. Prosser
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Washington
Canada
Ex-Soldiers and Sailors Urged to Seek Individual Reeducation
A wartime notice discusses varied injuries among veterans requiring personalized rehabilitation plans rather than broad fines. It notes a second U S guard call for older or previously servicemembers to serve stateside in prison camps and government facilities, with full details from the Recruiting Officer in Montpelier Vermont. The Burlington Neighborhood House is slated to become an army clubhouse within a few weeks.
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War Department
United States Guard
U. S. Army
United States
States
U.S. Army
Lawrence Building
Montpelier
Burlingtonis
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B. W. Goodiclow
South Main Street
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Florida
New England
Harry E. Mack
National Tuberculosis
Ipswich
C. W. Boyer
North Main Street
F. H. Rogers & CO
N. Main St
W. E. Howard
Wells River
H. L. Kugelman
Woodsville, N. H
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Marine Corps
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