Senate subcommittee to probe newsprint shortage in Washington
A Senate sub committee of the committee on manufactures led by Senator Reed will open a inquiry next Wednesday into the newsprint shortage. The probe will examine supplies distribution and current prices with possible State Department involvement as it seeks removal of export restrictions.
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Senate Committee On Manufactures
Reed
Missouri
New Exterior VapoRub Ad Promotes Outdoor Fresh Air Remedy
An old advertisement extols Vicks VapoRub as an external treatment for croup and colds, urging mothers to give children outdoor exercise and use the rub at night. It cites rapid relief within minutes and claims 17 million jars used yearly, noting shortages in New England last winter and availability in three sizes.
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Newspaper publishers to testify on paper restrictions study
Canada’s raw material used in paper making and embargo issues draw interest at a House Foreign Affairs committee meeting. Senator Reed said publishers from New York Boston Philadelphia and Providence will be heard with others in Western cities to share views. Senator Underwood urged a commission to seek removal of pulp wood embargoes and warned of injury to newspapers without retaliatory legislation.
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Potter
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Reed
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Underwood
Alabama
Ask More Pay in Schools in Boston
Twenty three attendance officers in Boston schools petitioned the school committee for higher pay, arguing their last raise of 83 percent lagged 100 percent rise in cost of living. The committee took no action, while teacher pay petitions and a high school teachers’ equal pay for equal work drive also loom. A. L. Rafter was re elected assistant superintendent for six years.
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Boston League of Women Voters
A. L. Rafter
Hyde Park streetcar revocation approved by council vote
Hyde Park voters heard the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway track locations revoked by unanimous City Council action. Council President Moriarty ordered the move after a hearing with Hyde Park residents urged revocation. The measure awaits mayoral approval before potential appeal to the Public Utilities Commission.
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Hyde Park
Moriarty
Noted
Improvement Association
Ma&yor
Public Utilities Commission
Dear Miss Champagne in Love Letter Confession
A reader writes Mildred Champagne seeking dating advice. She notes a year-long engagement-like understanding with a man two years older, and a recent quarrel where he questions why he always asks to call while she never initiated.
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Miss Champagne
Post
Trained Teachers for Americanism Urged
John J. Mahoney, Massachusetts Americanization supervisor, urged trained teachers and an annual state appropriation of 2 000 000 dollars to support Americanization work. He spoke at the Abraham Lincoln School in Arlington Street, noting 800 classes teaching English to 10 000 immigrant pupils across the state.
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Massachusetts
Division of University Extension
Abraham Lincoln School
Arlington Street
Mahoney
May revise church laws in Methodist conference readies change
Syracuse April 26 The Rev Dr Edward M Mills acting secretary for the Methodist Episcopal Church general conference says the Des Moines gathering will likely revise the ban on amusements from mandatory to advisory. Memorials from conferences nationwide indicate about one third of...
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N. Y
Edward M. Mills
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Des Moines
Mills
Preachers Push To End Dancing Theatres And Card Plays
Clerical leaders aim to erase all dancing theatres and card plays from public life while others remain undecided on the proposal. The debate centers on moral reform and social customs.
Plan One Day Strike In France On May 1
Paris April 26 Leon Jouhaux head of the General Federation of Labor said a decision on the May 1 demonstration would be made at a federation council meeting on Wednesday. The current plan calls for a 24 hour work stoppage with no parades or street processions to avoid clashes with police.
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Leon Jouhaux
General Federation of Labor
Council of the Federation
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