Begin Strike Probe Today
State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation will hold a public hearing in Lynn to fix responsibility for the 14 000 General Electric workers strike. The session aims to explain labor troubles across Massachusetts and possible agency attempts to sow discord among workers. The Lynn City Hall hearing follows a meeting by the strikers executive committee outlining their nine employer demands.
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State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation
Lynn
General Electric Company
Massachusetts
State Board
No Alarm Over Russian Army Mobilization
Washington reports say the Russian army mobilization announced from Moscow via Amsterdam is not viewed as serious by State Department officials. Some see it as a move to raise a draft army, while others doubt any large push against Allied and American forces in the Murmansk peninsula is feasible.
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Washington
Moscow
Amsterdam
State Department
Leon Trotzky
Murmansk
Hay Fever Relief Claim for Ascatco Ad
An old advertisement touts Ascatco as fast acting hay fever and asthma relief suitable for home use without climate change. It urges preattack use, claims bronchial relief and free breathing, and offers a free sample from Ascatco Laboratory New York with Boston availability via Liggett's and Riker Jaynes and other druggists.
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Ascatco
Ascatco Laboratory
West 47Th St
New York
Boston
Liggett’s Riker-Jaynes
All Druggists
Dentinol
Broadway
Democrats Name Smith for New York State Ticket
In Saratoga Springs on July 24 the New York Democrats recommended Alfred E. Smith to head a full State ticket paving the way for party harmony after primaries. The move risks a three cornered primary if independent candidates William Church Osborn and William Randolph Hearst do not withdraw before primary night.
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Saratoga Springs
Alfred E. Smith
New York
William Church Osborn
William Randolph Hearst
Democratic Party slate for state offices listed
A party ticket named by county roll call and approved for primary voters includes Alfred E. Smith for Governor, Harry C. Walker for Lieutenant Governor, Franklin E. Bard for Secretary of State, Bird S. Coler for Comptroller, Charles Morschauer for Attorney General, Jacob G. Cohen for Treasurer, and Dwight B. Lady for Engineer and Surveyor.
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Alfred E. Smith
New York Board of Aldermen
Tammany Hall
Harry C. Walker
Binghamton
Franklin E. Bard
Erie
Gowanda
Bird
Coler
Kings
New York City
Charles Morschauser
Poughkeepsie
Dutchess County
Jacob G. Cohen
Westchester
Fifth Avenue
New York
Dwight B. Lady
Washington
States Engineer's Office
Prince Arthur Returns From Orient Visit to Japan and Canada
Prince Arthur of Connaught arrived at a Canadian Pacific port on July 24 after a tour of Japan. He was greeted by provincial army and consular officials and patriotic society representatives. In the Orient he presented the baton of a British field marshal to the Japanese Emperor.
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Canadian Pacific
Prince Arthur of Connaught
Japan
Orient
Sugar Ration Set for Railroad Dining Cars
Patrons in railroad dining cars will receive two half lumps or one teaspoonful of sugar per meal as the federal food board announces the limit. Dining car superintendents are ordered to remove the sugar bowls until the shortage improves.
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New York
Federal Food Board
Cambridge Draft Sends 300 Men in City Quota
Cambridge dispatched nearly 300 men in the citys largest draft quota. The men left in one day from four local board headquarters at 9 30 a m for Camp Devens and assembled at North Cambridge Hall for processing.
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Cambridge
Camp Devens
Newtowne
Faint Taielape Soap Promoted As Skin Cleanser
An advertisement touts BO-RAXO as a rich cleansing lather that soothes purifies and keeps skin clear soft and healthy claiming it is not a toilet luxury but a necessity.
BO-RAXO Sifter-Top Can Promises Clean, Odor-Free Skin
Mule4 BO-RAXO offers an economical sifter-top can that replaces soap cake, shielding against dust and germs. It claims to eliminate perspiration odor and leaves skin fragrant and inviting with multiple uses shown in illustrations. Try a can from your dealer and test it in your bath tonight for a revelatory sense of comfort.
City Officials Welcome Delegation And Present Gifts
Mayor Quinn leads city government reception where guests receive cigars and cigarettes. Tom Daly of the Chicago Americans is noted among Local Board 3 participants. Dr Gordon L. Plummer from Division 2 receives a wrist watch as friends, led by Representative Frederick Clauss, present gifts.
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Quinn
Tom Daly
Chicago Americans
Gordon L. Plummer
Frederick Clauss
Fares Finally Set for Portland Street Cars
Cumberland County Power and Light accepts engineer Robert Foustal's fare plan ending hearings on a petition for higher rates. City core stays at five cents, suburbs rise to six, distant areas set at two cents per mile with $110,000 extra revenue expected.
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Portland
Cumberland County Power & Light Company
Robert M. Foustal
Public Utilities Commission
Benjamin F. Cleaves
Child Little Hurt by 25-Foot Fall
Anna Gannett seven years old of 5 Paris Place East Boston fell from a second story window of her home about 25 feet to the pavement. She was taken to the Boston Relief Hospital where doctors said she sustained only bruises and a minor contusion with no serious injuries.
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Anna Gannett
Paris Place
Boston
Boston Relief Hospital
Civil Service Bill Favored by Constitutional Convention
The executive committee agreed to report a blanket civil service measure for all appointive positions. The convention rejected a plan to set a future constitutional convention date and blocked salary and expense control for delegates. Pillsbury’s bill to rename the General Court failed and the census abolition proposal was voted down.
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Pillsbury
Wellesley
General Court
Mogridge Leaves Yankees for Staten Island Shipyard Club
George Mogridge, veteran pitcher of the New York Americans, severed ties with the club and signed with the Standard Shipyard Company club of Staten Island. He joined the Yankees in 1915 from the Chicago Americans as the War Department weighs work or fight orders affecting baseball during the Cleveland trip.
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New York
George Mogridge
New York American
Standard Shipyard Company Club
Staten Island
Mogridge
Yankees
Chicago Americans
Standard
New York Americans
Cleveland
War Department
Minnesota Added to U.S. Training Ships
Steamer Minnesota, newest ship in the Atlantic squadron of the United States Shipping Board training ships, was brought into Boston harbor yesterday and docked at the Federal wharf in East Boston for the merchant marine training program.
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Minnesota
United States Shipping Board Recruiting Service
Boston Harbor
Federal Wharf
East
Boston
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Board of Aldermen
Prince Arthur
Blackstone
Hanover
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Massachuse
United States Food Administration
Thurst
Ayrshire
York State
Colburn’s
D.C. F
Libby’s
DEI Frankforts
Lay, Frida
Strictly Fresh
Ie Bellin
Abc
Grayco
Victory Bread
Armour
Oregon
Tel. Rish
Express
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Ayer Cantonment
Ugue Bora
Shipyard League
San Francisco
Herbert C. Hoover
Catholic Educational Association
Mr. Hoover
U. S
New England
United States
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