Fishermen press for higher pay as 24 hour shifts persist
Captain James Doyle of the Spray and Captain Herbert Greer testified to War Labor Board examiners about long shifts and inadequate pay for fishermen here. Doyle cited 12 to 24 hour stretches and rising incomes in 1918 reaching 5700, while Greer noted 1917 work year and 1918 goals as captains seek other lines within 10 to 15 years.
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James Doyle
Spray
Herbert Greer
Claphan
Horton and Skeffington
War Labor Board
Federal
Doyle
William B. Wilson
Henry J. Skeffington
Skeffington
East Coast Fisheries Company
Bay State Fishing Company
Gorton Pen Fisheries
Green
Film men indict Mrs. O Grady over alleged filthy films in New York
A committee of the Association of Motion Picture Advertisers issued a challenge to deputy police commissioner Mrs Ellen A O Grady to appear and answer ten questions about alleged suggestive immoral films shown in New York. The inquiry also accuses her of seeking cheap publicity against a long established industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ellen A. O'Grady
Association of Motion Picture
Woodrow Wilson
William H. Taft
Professor Lowell
Conference in Vienna Rejects Austrian Soviet Republic
The German-Austrian soldiers councils met in Vienna and decided against a Soviet republic in Austria. They backed a socialist government while acknowledging Allied power and the need to avoid new blockades or renewed hostilities, according to Ilerr Deutsch the secretary of state for military affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne
Conference of Soldiers’ Councils
Vienna
Austria
Ilerr Deutsch
Wilson Can Talk 1200 Miles by Wireless Phone
President Wilson will be able to talk from 1000 to 1200 miles by wireless telephone as the George Washington returns him from France. The vessel's wireless range has been greatly improved, from about 2 miles to well over a thousand, per Lt. H. L. Leeb, radio officer at Hoboken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
New York
George Washington
France
Europe
H. L. Leeb
County WCTU Convention Voices League Endorsement
The County W C T U semi annual convention at Fourth Presbyterian Church South Boston urged alliance with nations allied in war and rejected a peace treaty without the League of Nations, passing a resolution endorsing the League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Presbyterian Church
South Boston
League of Nations
Chemical magnate dies in 79th year
Mr. Cochrane born in Scotland was a leading Boston businessman and proprietor of the Cochrane Chemical Company. He sold his interest to the Merrimac Chemical Company about three years ago and since then managed private affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Cochrane
Commonwealth Avenue
Mr. Cochrane
Scotland
Boston
Cochrane Chemical Company
Merrimac Chemical Company
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Jordan Marsh
Jordan Marsh Company
New Capes
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Portant Foundation of the
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Batiste
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