Paper mill workers go on strike in Glens Falls area
Five thousand members of the International Brotherhood of Pulp Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers walked out nationwide after rejecting a proposed roughly ten percent wage increase in a new contract that would have started today. The strike began between midnight and 8:30 a.m. at International Paper Company mills.
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Glens Falls
N. Y
International Paper Company
International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite
Papermakers win 15 percent raise as strikes widen
Workers across pulp and paper mills press for higher pay bands with eight hour days. Papermakers secure full 15 percent increase and plan to report to work next morning. Other unions seek eight to ten cent hikes with eight hour shifts, while mills offer smaller rises. Proceedings involve Minnesota Ontario Paper at International Falls and Fort Francis with ongoing exports of labor actions and upcoming talks in Canada.
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International Brother of Papermakers
Palmer Falls
Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company
International Falls
Minn
Fort Francis
Ontario
Union Bag and Paper Corporation
New Union Is Formed By Striking Expressmen
After a strike of more than nine hundred railway expressmen in New York, several hundred local express handlers chauffeurs and teamsters joined a newly formed union under the International Brotherhood of Teamsters at Wells Memorial building. A second organizing meeting is planned for Wednesday night as more workers are expected to leave the company controlled Boston group to join the AFL unit. Speakers included John M. Gillespie and P Harry Jennings with Lt J O'Donnell James Garrity and Jeremiah Foo.
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New York
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Wéells Memorial Building
Boston
A. F. of L
John M. Gillespie
The
International
P. Harry Jennings
Boston Central Labor Union
Lt. J. O'Donnell
Co. L. U
James Garrity
Teamsters’ Joint Council
Jeremiah Foo
Milk Wagon Drivers’ Union
Gillespie
American Federation of Labor
Labor notes from Boston unions report new members and wage requests
At a Wells Memorial meeting Coal Teamsters Local 8 enrolled 22 new members and referred grievances. The union plans monthly meetings. Secretary Hunt noted Local 25 purchased $1000 of Victory Liberty Loan bonds. Wholddale Wine Clerks Local 853 elected delegates to the Providence convention. Sprinkler Fitters Local 669 seeks expanded jurisdiction near Boston and higher wages. Members eye $8 day, 5 days weekly, and 4 hours Saturday. A. F. of L railway department organizers plan a Boston meeting with Machinists officials. Bartenders Union 77 elected delegates for the Providence convention. A strike looms among Riverside Press and allied firms due to arbitration refusals. Details include multiple union actions and upcoming conventions.
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Coal Teamsters
Wells Memorial
Joseph J. Hunt
Truck Drivers’ Union 25
Victory Liberty Loan
Treasury
Wholddale Wine Clerks’ Union
Wells Memorial Building
Walter J. Deiss
Patrick F. Hastings
Robert Oliver
Providence, Rr
the International
Union
Washington Street
Railway Department
A. F. of L
Boston & Albany
New York
Cxntra
P. F. O'Connell
International Association of Machinists
Pemankce
Saturton Bartenders’ Union
Bartenders’ Hall
Harrison
International Bartenders’ Convention
Providence
American Feder
Green Resember
Field
Mass
Elec
Valor and memory at Old South Church 250 year tribute
Rev George A Gordon commemorates William Dawes and Paul Revere link to Lexington 1775, Samuel Adams, Jacob Merrill Manning, Samuel Johnson, and Civil War heroes. He recalls colonial defenses, Tea Party zeal, Patriot meetings, and Lincoln memorials as part of Old South’s 250 year history. Large congregation attends services and evening addresses by officials.
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William Dawes
Samuel Adams
John Hancock
Lexington
Paul Revere
George A. Gordon
Old South Church
Gordon
Third Society
Jacob Merrill Manning
Samuel Johnson
Washington and
Milk Streets
Andros
Boston
George Washington Blagden
New York
New England
Amherst College
Benjamin Franklin
Discharged Soldiers in Workers Parade in Toledo
Women with babies and veterans marched through downtown Toledo carrying American flags. The procession included workers locked out of the Whitys Overland plant and Ford Plate Glass strikers. Street meetings followed the parade with no disorder and no arrests.
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Toledo
Whitys-Overland Automobile
Ford Plate Glass Company
Welcome Home Day in Lexington for returning service members
The welcome home committee selects Flag Day Saturday June 14 for Lexington’s discharge soldiers sailors and marines event.
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Welcome Home Committee of
Lexington
Locate Heir to $100,000 in Millbury
Charles Mee age two has been found in Millbury after 12 years of search as heir to a $100,000 Manchester England estate left by a brother. He will sail Friday from New York to claim his share but says he will remain in England. Mr Mee retired six years ago and recently gained a fortune in the copper market.
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Millbury
Charles Mee
Manchester
England
New York
Mee
Mrs Wilson and Madame Poincare Attend Reception
Paris May 10 Mrs Woodrow Wilson and Madame Poincare attended a reception at Trocadero Palace hosted by the Matinee of French Homes Association. Madame Sarah Bernhardt read a message from French mothers to American sisters and recited a poem "Victory" by Fernard Gregh. Sacha Guitry and Yvonne Printemps performed a one act verse play by the same author at Chateau Thierry.
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Mrs. Wilson
Madame Poincare
Paris
Woodrow Wilson
Trocadero Palace
Matinee of French Homes Association
Sarah Bernhardt
Fernard Gregh
Sacha Guftry
Yvonne Printemps
Chateau Thierry
War thrift drive taps junk dealers for stamps
The New England war savings committee relaunches efforts to promote war savings stamps. Junk dealers, second hand books and coins, stamps, and precious metal buyers will exchange goods for stamps. A thrift chest for home savings is introduced as a new tool in the program.
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Massachusetts
New England
New England War Savings drive expands training efforts
A weekly pictorial news service will be distributed to schools, stores, plants, post offices and stations to promote investing in War Savings. Mrs. Higginson, savings director for New England, aims for public realization of W S S value. Dean Lord at Boston University runs a new school for field secretaries with 35 enrollees, planning broader War Savings societies across New England.
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F. L. Higginson
New England
Lord
Boston University
City clubs host varied events across city today
Election Women's City Club sets tag day at 8 a m to 7 30 p m to raise 150 000 for war dead memorial tablet fund. Harvard Overseers meet at Harvard College. Dorchester Catholic Guild luncheon and musicale at Hotel Vendome at 2 p m. Fusilier Veterans' Association marks 132nd anniversary with parade at 3 p m and banquet at American House at 5 30. Massachusetts Anti Suffrage Businessmen's supper at Gilbert Hall 5 30. Rotary Club hosts Party to the Boys at City Club 6 p m. Purchasing Agents elect officers at Hotel Westminster 6 p m with address by D D Rankin. Lungedeen Club banquet at Copley Plaza features Congressman Gallivan and wounded men of 26th. Girls' City Club dance and bonfire at Lynn Beach in evening. Men's Club ladies' night at Trinity Church Parish House with Chaplain Rollins. St Mary's Women's Club minstrel show at St Mary's Parish House Charlestown at 2 p m. Jamaica Plain Council K of C minstrel show at Dudley Street Opera House in evening. Trustees of Boston Public Library.
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Massachusetts
Rotary Club
City Club
New England Association of Purchasing Agents
Hotel Westminster
D. D. Rankin
Copley Plaza
Gallivan
Lynn Beach
Trinity Church
Rollins
St. Mary’s
Charlestown
Jamaica Plain
Welcome home reception for service men at library hall
Evening program lists a welcome home reception for service men in the Lecture Hall of Copley Square Library. Massachusetts Joint Committee on Free Nations presents Pilgrim Hall talk by Hamilton Holt on Paris and the Peace Conference. Anti suffrage meeting to follow with Wadeworth Goldstein and Rowe as speakers. Ladies Night by Boston Sunday School Superintendents Union at Fen Hall. May party details include Temple Lodge Strand Hall Huntington Ave.
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Copley Squar
Massachusetts
Joint Committee
Teague of Free Nations
Pilgrim Hall
Hamilton Holt
Paris
Tremon Temple
James A. Wadeworth
David Goldstein
Charlott Rowe
Boston Sunday School Superintendents Union
Fen Hall
Temple Lodge
Strand Hall
Huntington Avenue
Yai
Captain Shea Dawned at Newport Harbor
Ca ptain Thomas Shea harbor master of Newport for a decade and famed among yachtsmen was found drowned in the harbor. Believed to have fallen from his launch last night. He was about 70 years old.
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Newport
R. I
Thomas Shea
Hostler Suffocated in Stable Fire in Holyoke
Michael Connors a hostler died of suffocation in a livery stable fire early today while asleep. Ten horses also suffocated. Connors worked in the stable by day and slept in the same building at night.
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Holyoke
Michael Connors
Mr. Connors
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Boston Public Library
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