Shopmen Seek 40 Percent Wage Increase Budget Proposal
B M Jewell head of the shop crafts union told the railroad labor board a budget of 2636.97 yearly is needed to sustain a workingman’s family. He urged railroads must grant 40 percent more pay to mechanics to avoid wage cuts and avoid a blockade ration.
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Chicago
B. M. Jewell
Shop Crafts Union
Railroad Labor Board
America
Germany
Jewell
Department of Labor
Labor rail rate dispute outlines bare essentials budget
The text details a proposed hourly wage for railroad workers and helpers, comparing earnings to a calculated family budget. It cites food allowances, clothing costs, and the menu choices like oatmeal potatoes and coffee as sustaining staples, with specific annual and daily figures and timelines for wear on clothing.
Ford Asked About Return of War Profits to U S
Secretary Mellon wrote Henry Ford seeking clarification on reports that Ford returned 29 million dollars in war profits to the government. Treasury said it could not locate any such fund, and Ford’s secretary acknowledged the letter before he left for the South without an explanation.
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Washington
Mellon
Henry Ford
Detroit
Treasury
Ford
Siamese Twins to Be Parted in Desperate Operation
In Chicago the 42 year old Siamese twins Josefa and Rosa Blazek were unconscious at West End hospital with yellow jaundice. Doctors planned a severance operation as a last resort if either twin dies, awaiting fate as of March 28.
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Chicago
Josefa
Rosa Blazek
West End
Sisters seek heir and settled life in Chicago colony
Josefa plans to make Franzel her heir while both sisters have built up property during travels and intend to settle in the Czecho-Slovakian colony in Chicago. The article notes a law requiring child vaccination in public schools, which the House refused to extend.
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Josefa
Franzel
Chicago
Private School Vaccination Bill Defeated in House
In a voice vote yesterday the House rejected a committee favorable bill requiring all children in private schools to be vaccinated. The outcome blocks a measure aiming to standardize immunization across nonpublic campuses.
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House
Committee On Public Health
Desperate surgery planned as twins near critical condition
Dr. Benjamin Breakstone says the case is extremely critical and the operation could be a last resort. Attorney J. L. Triska waits to draft separate wills for Rosa and her sister, noting the law treats them as different individuals. Rosa, widowed in the war, has an 11 year old son Iranzel. the other sister never married.
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Benjamin H. Breakstone
J. L. Triska
Rosa
Iranzel
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