Carpenters Accept Open Shop View in War Labor Talks
Washington Feb 20 Government officials and leaders of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners failed to seal a labor pact for shipyard workers at today’s talks with the Shipping Board and the Emergency Fleet Corp. President Hutcheson signaled openness to the open shop principle but refused to cede the adjustment board’s authority over conditions. Further meetings are planned to reach an understanding on hours wages and employment methods under federal supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Shipping Board
Tion
Carpenters
Shipbuilding Adjustment Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Hutcheson
Adjustment Board
Wilson
The
United States
Department of Labor
A. J. Berres
American Federation of Labor
Whipple
Eaton
Belmont
New York
Pasadena
Peg
Boston Ships Quota Filled as Push for Volunteers Continues
Boston’s public safety drive to speed up federal shipbuilding extends enrollment for a week. The city has met its 8000 quota of 250,000 needed, with stations at Faneuil Hall Victory Cottage YMCAs Huntington Avenue Boylston Street Roxbury Dorchester South Boston and Ashmont. Enquiries welcome 1 to 9 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Boston Committee On Public Safety
Bay State
Alexander Whiteside
Faneuil Hall
Victory Cottage
Y. M. Cc
Huntington Avenue
Boylston Street
Roxbury District Court
Columbus Club
Pearl and
Pleasant Streets
South
Boston Court House
Ashmont Club
Dorchester
Dorchester Court House
Salaries and disputes at Thompson's Spa trial
Testimony details pay raises for Ezra and Malcolm Eaton at Thompson's Spa and the formation of a corporation. Mrs Eaton describes tensions with Ezra and Thayer the chauffeur, hospital visits, and alleged efforts to influence the estate. Witnesses outline salaries for the Big Four and other staff, with focus on ownership and profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marblehead
Malcolm
Spa
Ezra
Mr. Eaton
J. C. Thayer
Mr. Thayer
Eaton
Ezra Eaton
Pasadena
C. S. Eaton
Washington Street
Choate
Miss Borden
Big Four
Thompson’s Spa
Nelson
Archibald
Ross
Naval Reserve Man Dies of Pneumonia
Edward T. Coughlin age 18 son of Daniel J. Coughlin of 92 Woodrow avenue Dorchester died yesterday at the naval station in Hingham of pneumonia. He enlisted three weeks ago and has a brother Daniel serving with American forces in France. Funeral will be Saturday morning in St Matthew's Church Dorchester burial in Calvary Cemetery.
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Edward T. Coughlin
Daniel J. Coughlin
Woodrow Avenue
Dorchester
Naval
Naval Station
Hingham
Coughlin
Daniel
France
St. Matthew's Church
Calvary Cemetery
Cholm and border disputes spark Reichstag debate
During the Reichstag debate Adolf Groeber argued Cholm would not have been allotted to Ukraine if Poland joined Brest-Litovsk talks. Tierz Seyda protested the exclusion of Poles from negotiations on Ukraine and urged Cholm stay Polish while Grodno and Bialystok remain Polish rather than go to Lithuania.
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Amsterdam
Adolf Groeber
Cholm
Ukraine
Poland
Brest-Litovsk
Tierz Seyda
Ile
Grodno
Bialystok
Lithuania
Gets-It corn remover promises painless relief
An advertisement claims Gets-It removes corns and calluses quickly with two drops, letting wearers walk and dance without pain. It touts easy use, no bleeding or bandages, and appeals to trials from druggists or mail order at 25 cents a bottle through BE. Lawrence & Co. of Chicago.
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BE. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Ill
Hardware leaders urge war effort at Boston dinner
At a Boston dinner honoring John R. Gamble of Montgomery Alabama president of the National Retail Hardware Association urged members to view their business as part of the war effort. The 25th annual New England Hardware Dealers Association convention opened in Mechanics Building with an education exhibit focused on wartime themes.
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John R. Gamble
Montgomery
Ala
National Retail Hardware Association
New England Hardware Dealers’ Association
Mechanics’ Building
West
Ohio
Association
Boston
Frank J. Ryan
S. H. Thompson
Lowell
F. F. Hitchcock
Woodbury
Arthur FE. Towne
National Hardware Bulletin
James Stockbrine
Watertown
F. Alexander Chandler
German Plots Against Spain Revealed in Madrid
Paris reports that documents published by El Sol show Dr. von Stohrer, second secretary at the German embassy in Madrid, sent funds to anarchist agitators and wrote to them. The propaganda aimed at public order and even the king, shocking Madrid.
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Paris
Madrid
Explosives Dropped on Belgian Docks and Airfields
British naval airmen pounded Belgium targets with multiple drops. Docks at Bruges and the St Denis Westrem area were struck Monday night, aiding in downing an enemy aircraft. Further blasts hit Aertrycke airdrome and Engel dump on Tuesday with reported good results.
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London
Belgium
Admiralty
St. Denis Westrem
Bruges
Aeritrycke
Engel
Inside Bath Claim Improves Health and Appearance
Article promotes an inside bath using hot water and limestone phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It asserts pores in the bowels affect health and urges readers with bad breath coated tongue or constipation to obtain limestone phosphate for daily use.
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Ship Board
William L. Hutcheson
Carpenters’ Organiza
Ren Tayeae
Iain
Mark Cross Co
Tremont St
Bet
Temple Pl
West St
Fifth Av
Broadway
Regent Street
Thompson’s
East
Fzra
Thayer
Baker
Waton
Miss Larsen
Mrs. Eaton
Mr. Whipple
George L. Fowler
Norwood
Susan M. Borden
Ivara
Mabel
Naval Reserve
R.A Waite Co
Kirschbaum
Corns
Hardware
F. A. Chandler
A. J. Osborne
Holyoke
Spain
Varsity
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Hart Schaffner @ Marx Clothing
Continental
Washington St
Boyiston St
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